The Book of Lost and Found

by Lucy Foley

The effect should have been one of chaos, and yet it was not. Or rather, it was the best sort of chaos: carnivalesque, a celebration of

colour and human creativity.

Hers had a unique luminosity, like mother-of-pearl, their brilliance undimmed by age.

be investing in culture, apparently, is a nobler endeavour than buying a racehorse, say, or a racing car – which would be unseemly at a time of such want. To be an artist

There’s something Martha Gellhorn said: “War happens to people, one by one.” That’s exactly it, you see.