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WYATT MASON-Weekend Read: "The work that gave me trouble inspires a kind of grudge in me" |
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Contributed by Wyatt Mason
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This week, I've been reading essays by French Writer Henry de Montherlant. I admit to a comprehensive ignorance of his body of work, but find the collection into which I've dipped-an out-of-print Pléiade edition of his Essais-compelling: conversational, clear, rich in reference and wit. I'll try to translate a little piece of what I liked in the coming weeks, because there's pretty much nothing of his available in English online, with the exception of a largely unexceptional (though exceptionally self-regarding) essay on Henri Matisse. . . .
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