TranscriptPaid bills; then finished The Ambassadors; which, alas, for all its felicities, also exposed a host of absurdities, especially in Strether & his “spiritual stomach-ache.”
Read Styron’s Visible Darkness, sent to me by Bob Loomis. Mostly claptrap. By way of a corrective I read James’s “Julia Bride,” one of his last half-dozen stories. Began Bellow’s Bellarosa Connection; once more reacted to him as a smart-ass, but I’ll see how it winds up tomorrow. Strip sirloins for dinner, with spinach & french fries; bottle of new Medoc. Ordered Frank [Franck] Piano Quintet & Fauré string Qt (Nimbus CD) from Poplar Tunes. |