A review by schopflin
Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death by Laura Cumming

medium-paced

5.0

What a wonderful book. I love Laura Cummings' writing and her intelligent exploration of memory and knowledge. This book had a ln extra appeal because I have a long-term love of 17th century Dutch art. Twenty-something me would have been very excited to read this, but would have struggled with the actual reading. With a more flexible fifty-something reading muscle, I found myself going back over paragraphs because the writing was so insightful and beautiful, and I didn't want to miss anything.