An Interview with Patrick deWitt about “The Librarianist” – Chicago Review of Books

An Interview with Patrick deWitt about “The Librarianist” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] In The Librarianist, the latest novel from Patrick deWitt—author of The Sisters Brothers, French Exit—Bob Comet, a 71-year-old retired librarian, has chosen to spend the majority of his life reading, sequestering himself cozily in the pages of the world’s great literature. In his younger days, after Bob’s best friend Ethan had a marriage-destroying affair … Read more

A Conversation with Patrick Mackie on “Mozart and Motion” – Chicago Review of Books

A Conversation with Patrick Mackie on “Mozart and Motion” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] A book that will unquestionably stand among the more poignant investigations of Mozart and his genius, Mozart and Motion: His Work and His World in Pieces, by poet and former Harvard visiting fellow Patrick Mackie, is a serious study of the composer’s character and music as it fits within the context of European manners … Read more