Reading about her life requires the suspension of belief in the generally accepted laws of time. Despite sometimes being choppy, Chevalier's text draws one in as she talks about how the more things change, the more they remain the same. Not a new story this but one well worth reading.
March 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Reading about her life requires the suspension of belief in the generally accepted laws of time. Despite sometimes being choppy, Chevalier's text draws one in as she talks about how the more things change, the more they remain the same. Not a new story this but one well worth reading.
+ Chevalier on one woman through everyone else's times.
The woman, who makes glass beads, lives for centuries while the rest of the world speeds by courtesy Chevalier's conceit of time in Venice (and Murano, where she lives) unfolding more slowly than it does elsewhere.
The woman, who makes glass beads, lives for centuries while the rest of the world speeds by courtesy Chevalier's conceit of time in Venice (and Murano, where she lives) unfolding more slowly than it does elsewhere.
March 22, 2025 at 4:52 AM
+ Chevalier on one woman through everyone else's times.
The woman, who makes glass beads, lives for centuries while the rest of the world speeds by courtesy Chevalier's conceit of time in Venice (and Murano, where she lives) unfolding more slowly than it does elsewhere.
The woman, who makes glass beads, lives for centuries while the rest of the world speeds by courtesy Chevalier's conceit of time in Venice (and Murano, where she lives) unfolding more slowly than it does elsewhere.