Hugh HoodCritiques

Still musing on the significance of the title, not immediately obvious to me. Set in a richly evoked Venice, owing nothing to the guidebooks. A movie based on Marcel’s trip to Venice in Albertine Disparue is being filmed on site. Main characters have a sexual interlude of great erotic power. What it all adds up to will perhaps have to wait until further novels in the series.

The Narrator's Oedipal griping set against the backdrop of the Auto Pact and other events on the Canadian federal political scene in the 1960s. Better than it sounds. Reminded me at times of Richard Hughes' The Human Predicament project which I read recently.

Part intensely personal and Torontonian, part philosophical examination of the Holocaust. Both themes deeply, almost painfully felt. A book of textures.

Proust/A Dance to the Music of Time, but Canadian. For some, no doubt, a description of Worst Book Ever. I, however am finding The New Age series increasingly engrossing. Religious themes, Toronto landmarks, the persistence of memory.