{"id":35311,"date":"2012-07-11T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=35311"},"modified":"2012-07-11T09:44:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T13:44:20","slug":"potter-proust-and-papa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/11\/potter-proust-and-papa\/","title":{"rendered":"Potter, Proust, and Papa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/beatrixpotter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/beatrixpotter.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"beatrixpotter\" width=\"600\" height=\"467\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/beatrixpotter.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/beatrixpotter-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>Many happy returns,<a href=\"http:\/\/mhpbooks.com\/happy-birthday-proust-buy-the-lemoine-affair-for-5-today-only\/\" target=\"_blank\"> M. Proust<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>Many happy returns, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/blogs\/pageviews\/2012\/07\/our-chekhov-turns-81-happy-birthday-alice-munro\" target=\"_blank\">Ms. Munro<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/auctions\/ecatalogue\/2012\/english-literature-history-childrens-books-and-illustrations\/lot.161.html\" target=\"_blank\">Beatrix Potter illustrations<\/a> go on the block. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2012\/0\/william_faulkner_reads_his_nobel_prize_speech.html\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to William Faulkner<\/a> read his 1954 Nobel acceptance speech. <\/li>\n<li>Finding the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themillions.com\/2012\/07\/who-wrote-the-great-new-jersey-novel.html\" target=\"_blank\">Great New Jersey Novel<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>A<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/07\/10\/michigan-hemingway-tour-up-north-petoskey_n_1661888.html?utm_hp_ref=books&amp;ir=Books\" target=\"_blank\"> Hemingway-themed vacation.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[tweetbutton]<\/p>\n<p>[facebook_ilike]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many happy returns, M. Proust. Many happy returns, Ms. Munro! Beatrix Potter illustrations go on the block. Listen to William Faulkner read his 1954 Nobel acceptance speech. Finding the Great New Jersey Novel. A Hemingway-themed vacation. 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