A young Duras on her childhood
Adolescent diaries of Marguerite Duras reveal that she was “utterly alone, idolizing her unpredictable mother, indifferent to anyone else.” (Via.)
Adolescent diaries of Marguerite Duras reveal that she was “utterly alone, idolizing her unpredictable mother, indifferent to anyone else.” (Via.)
The Murphys, who inspired Dick & Nicole Diver of Tender is the Night, recall their time in Paris with Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald.
Is the Times‘ new “sea of cubicles partitioned by wood-veneer cabinets” what a 21st-century newsroom should look like?
All of a sudden I’m going to be doing a public interview with Rupert Thomson — a literary hero I’ve never burned out on — at McNally Robinson on Friday, August 17, at 7 p.m. The scheduling dovetails with the U.S. publication of his latest novel, Death of a Murderer. A more stripped-down, contemplative story than I’m used to seeing . . .