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The Bell Jar was a harrowing and powerful read but the writing didn’t grip me like Annie Ernaux’s already has. Amazing… and reminiscent of Anne Carson. Is there any actually decent writing on love by men? 🤔

’…little ant, says the abbot, shaking his head, little ant in the deep crack of the step, forever.’

When as simple a phrase as this can feel staggeringly profound as the culmination of forty pages intricately describing the restoration of a statue, you have a good book in your hands.

Started the Japanese translation of this. Getting the sense that this won’t be a very cheerful read.