Open a book this minute and start reading. Don’t move until you’ve reached page fifty. Until you’ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve. Carol Shields Republic of Love

A Game of Hide and Seek: Chatter, Week Three

In her biography, The Other Elizabeth Taylor, Nicola Beauman posits that two works influenced Elizabeth Taylor’s novel A Game of Hide and Seek.

These are Chekov’s story, “The Lady with the Dog” (1899) and David Lean’s film “Brief Encounter” (1945).

If you haven’t read/finished A Game of Hide and Seek, you might rather not read [...]