On the 26th of September 1905, Jeanne Clémence Weil, mother of writer Marcel Proust, died in Ile de France, Paris. Madame Proust, as she was to be known, seeing as Marcel never got married, was born Jewish on both sides of her family. Her genealogy actually shows that Marcel Proust and Karl Marx were distant cousins, albeit seven […]| A R T L▼R K
Photo by Mu00e9line Waxx on Pexels.com Recently, I was standing in my kitchen early one morning, tidying it up a bit and getting ready to prepare my breakfast. I turned on the radio. The timing was…| Gershon Ben-Avraham
Well, a dozen and a few honourable mentions because it was really hard winnowing down to a shortlist this year. 2023 was the year of Project Chunkster – a deliberate attempt to read some of the longer books on my … Continue reading →| Pechorin's Journal
