Capping off the year with Time Regained. Took me most of the year to get through all of A la recherche... (though I read other things in between).
Thinking of tackling Ulysses at last. — SophistiCat
Toni Morrison
— 180 Proof
I met her several years ago she was very lovely. — Maw
Ulysses I found a bit of a mountain to climb. — Pantagruel
Proust has been on my to do list forever, but I fear it will be even steeper than Ulysses... — Pantagruel
Likewise. I'd attended a few readings / lectures she'd given in the late 1980s and met her in 1990 at a private dinner given in her honor by William Kennedy (I crashed that party as Hayden Carruth's last minute wingman (HC was invited)), which, for me, had turned out to be an incredible evening, especially Ms. Morrison, who was by turns easily charming & brilliant, down home funny & regal. — 180 Proof
Excellent, very jealous, although I doubt you want to know where I was in 1990 :razz: — Maw
one book at a time — Wheatley
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