Haussmann, or the Distinction

I finally got around to reading this novel because the author recently died at the young age of 52. Haussmann is a wonderful entertainment. It works mainly due to its clever, witty narrator and La Farge’s decision to limit his biographical work to a small part (not time, but relationships) of the su......more

I enjoyed this book. That said, it took me forever to complete it, I found the beginning difficult to follow, difficult initially to get engaged in. Deciding this fall that it was time to finish it, I began the story from the beginning. The beginning charts the life of Madeleine at length, leaving o......more