Two more short Turgenev novels, included in one volume, both very good indeed. Rudin is the tale of an idealist young talker who inspires love in the young Natasha, but when it comes to a question of action (eloping with her in the face of her mother's disapproval) fails both Natasha and herself. The intensely moving, …
Month: February 2010
Three February Movies
Three fairly quick movie reports as I don't have much time these days. Easily the best both in terms of quality and enjoyment was Godard's Une Femme est Une Femme (1961) ; well that almost goes without saying. Godard's third film and his first in colour it is, by his standards, a lighthearted, even frothy …
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