tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post8452857208523656776..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: A Memoir of Reading (4) Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-34922686110474103022017-03-09T23:38:24.042-06:002017-03-09T23:38:24.042-06:00I worked at Gallimard, Boulevard Raspail, the summ...I worked at Gallimard, Boulevard Raspail, the summer of 1979. The French translation of Terra Nostra had just come out, and we had piles of it. I hadn't read it, still haven't, but I gave spiels on it and the boom novel in general to curious customers. It seemed normal then, having that job and doing this, and only now do I realize how singular it all was. I had friends somehow living on Leslie B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10020364290777579994noreply@blogger.com