tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696300894871865744.post8547211787431910669..comments2013-07-11T13:40:24.836-07:00Comments on The Dusty Anachronism Book Club: A Farewell to Yawns (1929)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696300894871865744.post-47239582663668413542009-04-10T23:16:00.000-07:002009-04-10T23:16:00.000-07:00I think the one about the old man is entirely abou...I think the one about the old man is entirely about him boxing his way out of a sandcastle.Elihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542184747920837798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696300894871865744.post-47507878838716970502009-04-09T08:06:00.000-07:002009-04-09T08:06:00.000-07:00I'm deliberately not reading this as I'm going to ...I'm deliberately not reading this as I'm going to Cuba tomorrow and I intend to leaf through Big Ern's For Whom the Bell Tolls and the one about the old man at the seaside.<BR/>I may or may not report back depending how much boxing takes place in either.<BR/><BR/>Oh and Eli, please don't recommend anymore counter-revolutionary literature for me as I'd very much like to get through customs.Philip McGinleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01407120460402748681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696300894871865744.post-13195824554214664542009-04-04T16:49:00.000-07:002009-04-04T16:49:00.000-07:00Ooh ooh Nemirovsky - yeah she right popular. All t...Ooh ooh Nemirovsky - yeah she right popular. All the papers have been raving about her for quite a while. isn't she like the elliot smith of her time (without the music and suicide)...er, i mean the wasted talent bit. Suite Francaise is meant to be ace, non? Is that the one to go for?<BR/><BR/>Farewell is ok but i have 3 pages left and can't be bothered to finish them. am reading tom robbins' 'half asleep in frog pajamas' (in preparation for lonely hunter of course...) and those 3 pages aint gonna get a look in. But you might enjoy it...it's a quick read either way.<BR/><BR/>Also 1 - iraqi and afghan lit? sweet, but i'd have to sever my pathetic umbilical connection to the western canon first. this can be easily arranged. got names?<BR/><BR/>and also 2 - yeah nick cage is a Loser, it's all over his face. that film can fuck off. but the book, when you've just done 'romeo and juliet' for GCSE and you're a bucket of hormones and budding romantic cliches, corelli's mandolin is the business.<BR/><BR/>But we shall talk no more about it. This ain't two mothers meeting in Waitrose. This is DUSTY SHIT!Elihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07542184747920837798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696300894871865744.post-72356874220349934742009-04-02T10:38:00.000-07:002009-04-02T10:38:00.000-07:00I've always been highly suspicious of Hemmo on the...I've always been highly suspicious of Hemmo on the basis everyone seems to love him and I think his novels have rubbish titles (I'm judgemental like that).<BR/><BR/>That being said, I'm quite a fan of war related novels/poetry/novellas. I might have to read this, despite your hatred of it thus far in.<BR/><BR/>Can I propose some sort of comparative discussion soon? Only because I'm devouring Nemirovsky novels/novellas/unfinished masterpieces at a rate of knots. Her writing is incredibly of its time, but still incredibly evocative of 1930s Paris. <BR/><BR/>Also, on a slightly related note; have you read any of the stuff to come out of Iraq and Afghanistan. Some is pretty good. Some of it is horribly trite and I think possibly going to reak of the early 00s in a few years time in the same way Hemmo seems to exude timeliness (of a sort)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, this is really a post about how I plan to read this. And then post some more. <BR/><BR/>And Corelli's Mandalin was fairly rubbish. And the film is worse. Nick Cage?!Katnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696300894871865744.post-70136398578289999212009-03-23T16:17:00.000-07:002009-03-23T16:17:00.000-07:00Me too! Now I'm gonna hit my head against my offic...Me too! Now I'm gonna hit my head against my office wall repetidly with the hope of inducing temporary amnesia and forget how much you hated the first 172 pages Eli...Lettiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737429930121870110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696300894871865744.post-12803484115842107002009-03-23T16:16:00.000-07:002009-03-23T16:16:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lettiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737429930121870110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4696300894871865744.post-12814791886464252052009-03-23T06:10:00.000-07:002009-03-23T06:10:00.000-07:00I am now officially Carrying A Farewell To Arms Ar...I am now officially Carrying A Farewell To Arms Around In My Bag. Which is the official prelude to starting reading it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14094908726598572563noreply@blogger.com