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Jewelled, Tear-drenched Effusions

Gabriele Annan MARCEL PROUST: PLEASURES AND REGRETS translated by Louise Varese Peter Owen, f11.95 M arcel Proust published these ponderous wisps of prose in 1896, when he was......

A Russian Wordsworth

Rupert Christiansen SCULPTING IN TIME: REFLECTIONS ON THE CINEMA by Andrey Tarkovsky Bodley Head, f14.95 T he case against Andrey Tarkovsky both the films he has directed, and......