1440 The French Novel from Eighteen Hundred to the Present, by Winfried Engler translated from the German by Alexander Goode (read 22 Mar 1977) This book bored me to death, mostly I suppose, because it talks of so many French novelists I had never heard of. It made me think I should read Julian Green, since the author said "we are certainly justified in claiming for Green a place next to Gide, Proust, Malraux, Martin du Gard, Aragon, and Butor among the leading novelists of the first six decades of the 20th century whose rank is firmly assured." In the years since I have read this stuff by Green:
1446 Diary 1928-1957, by Julian Green Selected by Kurt Wolff, translated by Anne Green (read 15 Apr 1977)
1448 To Leave Before Dawn, by Julian Green translated by Anne Green (read 22 Apr 1977)
1449 Julian Green, by Glenn S. Burne (read 23 Apr 1977)
2066 The Closed Garden, by Julian Green translated from the French by Henry Longan Stuart (read 22 Mar 1987)
3107 The Distant Lands, by Julian Green translated from the French by Barbara Beaumont (read 30 Aug 1998)
3108 The Stars of the South, by Julian Green translated from the French by Robin Buss (read 5 Sep 1998)
So reading that one sentence from this book caused me to read a lot of stuff, much of it with appreciation. This is an illustration of how one sentence can lead to the expenditure of a lot of time. ( )