Andrew and I have now completed the Modern Library edition of In Search of Lost Time, Marcel Proust’s monumental work. Early in 2023, we turned the final page of “Time Regained,” and closed the sixth volume of the 1981/1991 edition, wrapping up at page 2616. This translation, by D.J. Enright (1992) builds on C.K. Scott …
Milan: Raphael’s “The School of Athens” and Me
[In brief.] Last spring, I had an experience in Milan that surprised me and left me thinking about the effect of remembering things that had happened earlier in my life. My years at university (in his case the University of Virginia in Charlottesville) took place a long time ago, and as with most people, it …