French Literature: Great Fire of London: A Story with Interpolations and Bifurcations (Paperback)

from jonfaith

I will forever cherish Roubaud's idea of drab insularity as to English literature, but other than his asides on Boston, the British Museum and what constitutes a proper croissant, I'm not sure what would weigh in my memory.As a postscript, I do think about this work rather often. I bought Mathema...

from jonfaith

I will forever cherish Roubaud's idea of drab insularity as to English literature, but other than his asides on Boston, the British Museum and what constitutes a proper croissant, I'm not sure what would weigh in my memory.As a postscript, I do think about this work rather often. I bought Mathema...

from slickdpdx

Robaud's effort to preserve his memories as prose; eliminating them as memories. A memoir with digressions, like something Sebald or Marias might write. It started slow. As it went on, the good parts were great, but there was also a substantial slog near the end with no payoff that I could detect...