![]() You might say that I could have re-read the other books without reading Three Rings, but in one way you would be wrong. Because I was reading in a time of lockdown, I decided not to try to get the supplementary books from anywhere but my own bookshelves, so there are some works discussed in Three Rings that I didn’t have on my desk for reference. I spent weeks re-reading parts of some, all of others, lost in that thrilling world of discovering what it was about them that I knew and loved, what had brought them into the orbit of Three Rings. ![]() I resisted the first time round, but on the second reading of Three Rings, I had beside me a small pile of dear old books. There is no real need, when reading it, to keep rushing to your bookshelf to take down your copy of Homer or Proust or Boccaccio, but it is a great temptation. ![]() It has been good to read Three Rings in the time of lockdown, not only because it is a great joy in itself, but because of the variety and richness of its references. In so many ways, Daniel Mendelsohn’s life affects his books, and his books affect his life. ![]()
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