Diary: David Leavitt on the Lisbon novel, a small genre
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Is it an oddity of mine that sometimes I will read a novel just to spend some time in the city where it’s set? Looking back, I’m struck by how often this impulse has driven my reading decisions. Paris—Jean Rhys’s Quartet, Mavis Gallant’s A Fairly Good Time
Diary: David Leavitt on the Lisbon novel, a small genre
Diary: David Leavitt on the Lisbon novel, a…
Diary: David Leavitt on the Lisbon novel, a small genre
Is it an oddity of mine that sometimes I will read a novel just to spend some time in the city where it’s set? Looking back, I’m struck by how often this impulse has driven my reading decisions. Paris—Jean Rhys’s Quartet, Mavis Gallant’s A Fairly Good Time