[a spring's treefeller's prose]

The list author says:
	"Marguerite Yourcenar: a masterly author of great humanity - Zenon's story is a good place to start exploring her..."

The list author says:
	"again, just a starting point for the labyrinthine Argentinian's mind and work..."

The list author says:
	"probably the best compendium of Zen texts around"

The list author says:
	"Sei Shonagon lived in an age (and world) of great (sexual) freedom and refinement - her book is acutely "modern""

The list author says:
	"one of the most beautifully crafted of Kundera's tales..."

The list author says:
	"... and its 'point of departure'"

The list author says:
	"the 'other' modern Czech writer: less appreciated and well known than Kundera, but equally (though differently)  stimuulating"

The list author says:
	"an amazing collection: a mind and craft in the same 'family' as the two above..."

The list author says:
	"...can't leave Henry James out of this list!"

The list author says:
	"... nor Raymond Chandler: the Yourcenar of the "noir""

The list author says:
	"some elegant prose on the joy-of-life!"

The list author says:
	"Neil Bartlett's first novel, "Ready to catch him should he fall", is quite as amazing - but this stays on my mind"