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Marcel Proust, Du Côté de chez Swann

I’m now 3/4 of the way through. My husband tried to buy more volumes in France but for some reason it’s much easier to get v.1 than any of the others. I can’t think why … Trying to erase the … Continue reading

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Iain M. Banks, Use of Weapons

I’d be happy to read more Banks on the basis of this one. I wondered whether the sci-fi setting was necessary for what Banks had to say, though. I can’t compare it to other sci-fi, but I noticed that the … Continue reading

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“Dalton’s Weekly”: Michael Kennedy (ed.), The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music

One of the most useful reference works for music that we have is a 1985 edition of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music, edited by Michael Kennedy. This manages to pack a huge amount of information into a paperback of … Continue reading

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