Richter

I often listen to Max Richter while I write. In his music illustrating Virginia Wolf’s Mrs Dalloway, Richter captures the atmosphere with such majesty. The unyielding rhythm, the drama but also the compassion, the admiration and, above all, the flow. With Richter you never know whether you are dragged or suspended, but you do know…

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Clarissa

The other day, I finished Mrs Dalloway. I liked it very much. I think you have to read this book after turning 45, maybe 50. Once things have happened to you in life. Good and also bad. And, above all, once things have not happened to you. Things that you thought would happen, but haven’t.…

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