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a personal history of the decade in monthly instalments

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Janvier 1990

vendredi 5 janvier, Paris            Dans le métro, on rénove le carrelage. Au burin, on casse les vieux cadres dorés des panneaux publicitaires, mettant à nu le plâtre grossier et, derrière, un mur en brique. Ici et là on aperçoit des lambeaux d’affiches qui datent des années cinquante ou soixante. À Notre-Dame-des-Champs, j’en vois uneContinue reading “Janvier 1990”

Posted byelgin marbleJanuary 15, 2020March 28, 2022Posted inannée 1990

January 1990

Friday January 5, Paris           Coming out from teaching an early class into the Avenue de l’Opéra, I went straight into Brentano’s bookstore and found, in one fell swoop, most of what hadn’t been available in London last week. Books such as Ishiguro’s Booker winner, The Remains of the Day and Stephen Hawking’s A Brief History of TimeContinue reading “January 1990”

Posted byelgin marbleJanuary 15, 2020March 28, 2022Posted inyear 1990

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