In Praise of Daphne Du Maurier Posted by parulsehgal 0 Image credit: flickr/gnovi By Parul Sehgal, The New York Times, July 6, 2017 Few writers have watched and captured women with such conspicuous pleasure as du Maurier — the way they walk and wear coats and unscrew their earrings. The way they pin up their hair and stub out their cigarettes; the way they call to their dogs, break horses, comfort children, deceive their husbands and coax plants from flinty soil. Few writers (Elena Ferrante comes to mind) have been so aware of how women excite one another’s imaginations. Read more
