dirtyvicar
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Currently I am reading the True Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, by James Hogg - crazy Scottish Presbyterian gothic. Deadly stuff.
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Currently I am reading the True Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, by James Hogg - crazy Scottish Presbyterian gothic. Deadly stuff.
I'm reading 'The Secret Lives of People in Love' by Simon Van Booy, and I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand the writing is nicely considered, the stories poignant and sad, the images poetic if a little bit gothy (majorly gothy - poetry is like a little bird!) and on the other hand its the kind of... maudlin stuff that makes me feel like I'm being manipulated into glorifying through severe tuggage on the emotional strings. All of the stories feature the old withold and reveal to an almost pained degree. It reminds me of watching a film that was made to win oscars, more than likely starring Sean Penn, and one which everyone will rave about and then forget forever, until its shown on TV3 and we all realise it was never really that good in the first place. In fact it was sanctamonious and unnatural. I'M LOOKING AT YOU 'I AM SAM'. I just hate feeling like I'm being manipulated despite the fact that that is essentially the point.
Still there was a lovely short story about a Russian guy living in Brooklyn that I really liked.
And Jesus, Simon Van Booy:
just finished the immortal life of henrietta lacks by rebecca skloot, which was superb, and am now on the surgeon of crowthorne by simon winchester, which is my second time reading it. also superb.
i think i have that at home somewhere, must dig it out
Like the look of that - nice review Jonah. I'm a sucker for "severe tuggage on the emotional strings", especially in the written form. Books can indeed be awfully manipulative, but thats ok! It's easier for movies, as they have music and visuals to help them out.
I read Death at Intervals by Jose Saramango. For a bit of attention death decides not to take anyones life from midnight on the first day of the year. nobody can die and almost dead people start piling up all over the shop. then after 7 months she realises the error of her ways and reinstates death as normal except that everyone will now receive a pretty purple envelope from death a week before they are due to die giving them a chance to sort out their affairs, say good bye and make friends with enemies. more mayhem. then one of the letters is returned to death unopened which throws her into confusion. entertaining story but written in an annoying too-clever style. still, not bad. middling.
Death goes on holiday? Didn't that happen in Discworld?
at least twice?
Nobel Schmobel
I'm reading 'The Secret Lives of People in Love' by Simon Van Booy, and I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand the writing is nicely considered, the stories poignant and sad, the images poetic if a little bit gothy (majorly gothy - poetry is like a little bird!) and on the other hand its the kind of... maudlin stuff that makes me feel like I'm being manipulated into glorifying through severe tuggage on the emotional strings. All of the stories feature the old withold and reveal to an almost pained degree. It reminds me of watching a film that was made to win oscars, more than likely starring Sean Penn, and one which everyone will rave about and then forget forever, until its shown on TV3 and we all realise it was never really that good in the first place. In fact it was sanctamonious and unnatural. I'M LOOKING AT YOU 'I AM SAM'. I just hate feeling like I'm being manipulated despite the fact that that is essentially the point.
Still there was a lovely short story about a Russian guy living in Brooklyn that I really liked.
And Jesus, Simon Van Booy:
Bet he's a never nude alright.
I just finished Geek Love
It's completely bonkers.
Bet Katherine Dunn was not a never nude.
yeah, naked lunch is fucking loopy. i watched the cronenberg adaptation last week. it's an interesting film. not really an adaptation as such, but i guess that would be near impossible. it's mixture of bits and pieces of the book and real life incidents in burroughs life. there's a lot more cronenberg in there than burroughs.Let me know when you're finished we can compile a top ten most mental list.
this will take some beating though
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