<p>Dubliners is quite lovely. “The Dead” is my favorite of the stories. It’s so beautiful and sad, like a dying heroine’s aria. </p>
<p>If anyone is interested in a book recommendation, I highly recommend 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith. It’s a look at ordinary people living in a neighborhood in Edinburgh, but he really gets into the nature of the lines between love and infatuation, and also love and friendship. The characters are very real too.</p>