Monday, March 2, 2020

Bob Drylie, reader of Proust

Bob Drylie was a home-repair contractor, reader, writer, and artist. From a beautiful appreciation by one of his customers:

“Whatcha readin’?” he called, descending the ladder. I told him of my New Year’s resolution to read all seven novels of Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past. This was the second.

“When you read them all, you will join me in a select group,” he said, grinning broadly.
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All OCA Proust posts (Pinboard)

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