Book Review
Portable Magic – An enchanting look at the relationship between page and reader
Emma Smith’s new tome persuasively suggests that we are both reflected and moulded every time we read a book
There is a famous photograph of Marilyn Monroe that shows her reading James Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses. Taken in 1955, it captures the actress sitting on a children’s roundabout, wearing a striped swimming costume with her knees drawn up towards her chest. With most of the pages resting against her left forearm, she is apparently enthralled by the novel’s final section, possibly Molly Bloom’s celebrated monologue. For a generation of movie and literary fans, it was ...