The Habit of Loving

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A collection of seventeen short stories that show a remarkable variety. Some, like The Tunnel are closeups.. One feel one has lived through the experience. Others such as the title story which describes the almost automatic affairs of an elderly man who cannot help falling in love, are more extended and tentative. The habit of loving -- The words he said -- The woman -- Through the tunnel -- Lucy Grange -- Pleasure -- A mild attack of locusts -- The witness -- Flavours of exile -- Getting off the altitude -- A road to the big city -- Flight -- The day Stalin died -- Plants and girls -- Wine -- He -- The eye of God in paradise