The little white attic

Yesterday I watched a Vietnamese film called Vợ ba , or The Third Wife in English, directed by Ash Mayfair (despite the name, she is Vietna...

1/ Sicinius Velutus and Junius Brutus discuss Caius Marcius (who later becomes Coriolanus):  “BRUTUS Being moved, he will not spare to gird ...

I should start off by saying that I received a copy from the author to review. But don’t worry, I’m not paid for it, and anyone who knows me...

1/ Could anyone read The Jew of Malta now without comparing it to The Merchant of Venice ? I doubt it. The difference is quite clear from t...

  Painting of Imogen by Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon 1/ I often say we cannot know Shakespeare the way we know other writers, because his plays...

1/ Apparently the thing most often said about The Merry Wives of Windsor is that it’s a disappointment, for fans of Falstaff. It’s not hard...

I’ve been reading Light in August . Faulkner is very, very different from Proust. People (or rather Proust fans) often say that after Proust...

I have complaints. Before we get to that, it must be said that I do think Proust is a great writer, which you can see in my previous 5 blog ...

There are, you probably noticed, different modes in Proust. According to the New Yorker :  “There are at least six Marcel Prousts to study, ...

1/ The Book Shopper: Buys more than reads. Tweets photos of book posts and book hauls, but doesn’t say much about books. Loves book sales, e...