#a morbid longing

brambled-rose:

“Donna Tartt’s The Secret History entices us into an exciting and enviable world, far removed from the humdrum of everyday existence. It’s a delight to escape to the old-fashioned campus of Hampden College in the warm glow of a Vermont autumn. It’s a thrill to join the elite clique of students handpicked by Professor Julian Morrow and to share not only in their appreciation for the philosophy and beauties of ancient Greece but also their most intimate secrets. Admittedly, there are also frightening bacchanals to survive and a cruel murder to solve, but that only adds to the fascination of this modern classic.”

— Jordison, S. (2022, April). Licence to ill: music and culture for a sick day.The Guardian.

vanwssa:

In the first week of April the weather turned suddenly unseasonably, insistently lovely. The sky was blue, the air warm and windless, and the sun beamed on the muddy ground with all the sweet impatience of June.

Donna Tartt, The Secret History(1992).

ltacademia:

vanwssa:

A terrible storm came around the first of February, bringing with it downed power lines, stranded motorists, and for me, a bout of hallucinations.

Donna Tartt, The Secret History(1992).