This is a 1935 novel from the Anglo-Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen. I know her primarily for her novel The Death of the Heart, which always reminds me of the Cure song “Pictures of You”, but I think she’s also as well known for The Heat of the Day. This novel takes place primarily in Paris at a house on a single day. Henrietta has been promised a trip to Menton, the last town on the southern coast before you get to Italy. It’s a seaside town, and […]
Meeting people unlike oneself does not enlarge one’s outlook; it only confirms one’s idea that one is unique.
The House in Paris by Elizabeth Bowen

