That’s a Bit Much
Voyage Around My Room. Xavier de Maistre. Translated by Stephen Sartarelli. New Directions, 2016. 244 pp. $14.95 (paper). In 1790 Xavier de Maistre was put under house arrest for the offense of dueling. His sentence was forty-two days. As I enter my third month of social distancing (at the time of this writing), I suspect …