Lesser ruins : a novel
"Bereft after the death of his ailing wife, a retired professor has resumed his life's work -- a book that will stand as a towering cathedral to Michel de Montaigne, reframing the inventor of the essay for the modern age. The challenge is the litany of intrusions that bar his way -- from memories of his past to the nattering of smartphones to his son's relentless desire to make an electronic dance album. As he sifts through the contents of his de...
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