Bryan Alistair Charles
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Writer in midst of disorienting midlife free fall / Author of a novel, a memoir, and a book about Pavement written for 33 1/3 / Broken Hearts Are Blue guitarist / Amateur Proust scholar bryanalistaircharles.com
Related to this & your above thread-I recently rewatched Murphy's Romance, which I saw many times as a kid, including in the theater. I loved it! Then & now. I don't feel super adept at evaluating movie trends but I kept thinking--They don't put movies like this in the theater anymore!
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Related to this & your above thread-I recently rewatched Murphy's Romance, which I saw many times as a kid, including in the theater. I loved it! Then & now. I don't feel super adept at evaluating movie trends but I kept thinking--They don't put movies like this in the theater anymore!
Blackwell's.
They must have a U.S. distribution center somewhere because I got it here in CA a day before UK pub date.
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
They must have a U.S. distribution center somewhere because I got it here in CA a day before UK pub date.
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
The Guermantes Way
The Guermantes Way is the third volume of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time (1913-27), one of the most important novels of the twentieth century.
blackwells.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Blackwell's.
They must have a U.S. distribution center somewhere because I got it here in CA a day before UK pub date.
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
They must have a U.S. distribution center somewhere because I got it here in CA a day before UK pub date.
blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Yikes! Amazon is never even on my radar. Although an English translation of François le Champi did turn up there when I was searching the other day ...I then bought it from the university press that first published it!
October 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Yikes! Amazon is never even on my radar. Although an English translation of François le Champi did turn up there when I was searching the other day ...I then bought it from the university press that first published it!
Indeed in all my Proust hunting in recent years, this is the first time I've come across it. And it is a pristine copy!
October 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Indeed in all my Proust hunting in recent years, this is the first time I've come across it. And it is a pristine copy!
Sunbeam Wireless. Highly recommended.
October 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Sunbeam Wireless. Highly recommended.
Dang, going to see new Frankenstein tomorrow which I notice is 2.5.... And obviously will not have that greasy, sun-baked, chicken-in-a-birdcage vibe.
October 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Dang, going to see new Frankenstein tomorrow which I notice is 2.5.... And obviously will not have that greasy, sun-baked, chicken-in-a-birdcage vibe.
Happens time after time...
October 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Happens time after time...
He had not yet got to the breezy prose style of Worstward Ho.
October 13, 2025 at 10:06 PM
He had not yet got to the breezy prose style of Worstward Ho.
He was! And I didn't know any of it. I was working in a bookstore when that bio came out and remember thinking...a translator? why? But he packed so much into his brief time.
October 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
He was! And I didn't know any of it. I was working in a bookstore when that bio came out and remember thinking...a translator? why? But he packed so much into his brief time.
Oh yes, I love the notes in Carter! And having them on the same page. For contrast, right now I am reading the Modern Library TIME REGAINED, in which there are a mere 10 (!!) brief notes at the end.
October 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Oh yes, I love the notes in Carter! And having them on the same page. For contrast, right now I am reading the Modern Library TIME REGAINED, in which there are a mere 10 (!!) brief notes at the end.