"it will be a wild"?? Clearly someone slipped something into my bush tea.
I want a novel from her, too. In the meantime, I'll take some non-fiction crumbs. Maybe she will go to Japan. That might be a wild ride, but something tells me it will be a wild before we get another novel from her, since her current creative venture is brewing a baby.
OMG! I reread my e-mail after I sent it - a late check for misspellings - and noticed just how embarrassingly enormous it is! I surpassed my usual chatty self and that's a world record right there. Subconsciously trying to compete with Brothers Karamazov in suppose.
Here it's a holiday too: the national day, December 1st - a short break. I will get out of the city for a day or two - but I look forward for your explanation on the Brothers Karamazov. You made me curious!
They would say it's a joke :-) No, really, a claim which seems to be made "jocandi causa" as the Latin would say is inadmissible here. That is to say, a claim which cannot be serious, because such thing does not exist, cannot be settled by the court and will be denied upon a prima facie examination. One of the schoolbook examples is a claim based on witchcraft: you cannot claim in court that a witch caused you damage by way of some occult practice, it would be denied as inadmissible.I think a claim against God will suffer the same regime here. Implicitly, it means that God does not exist, legally - he lacks legal capacity; you know, the difference between divine justice and earthly justice and all that :-)
Check this out:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7673591.stm
But of course. Didn't want to make a fuss. Romanian fruitcake with orange topping baked in its own aura & innocent passerby caught in the friendly fire as seen on the streets of Barcelona one year ago. There must be more in the fashion collateral victims section of the local magazines at the time, I will look.Still haven't got the time to read Muller's book - a lot of work this past week -but I will and let you know what I think.
Did you know? Zadie's got a collection of essays just out. I can hardly wait to see what she's been up to since On Beauty.
Thanks for the update! I assumed you went away for fruit supplies someplace of gentler weather and maybe thought you'd stay till spring :-) In the meantime I busied myself buying one of Herta Muller's novels - Nadirs - and plan to read it soon.
Sorry -- I got distracted by your alter ego. I wanted to ask whether you've read The Trial of Henry Kissinger and what you think of it -- I did and although I appreciated its purpose, courage and language, much of it requires some detailed knowledge about American politics' intricacies. Or maybe it just seemed to, to me.
I see the Fruit Truck moved to the Tropics for winter. Wise move. Think of a truck of mistletoe or some other dismal little winter fruit in the hemisphere!
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/10/i_wish_i_could_have_seen_that.php
Fruit Truck! Long time no see.Thank you for spotting this one out; it's been a surprise, I heard it on the news. Never read anything by her but I guess now I should.
I was aware, dimly, of the existence of Mr. Swift. His publicity team has failed to capture my attention on his behalf and you have, so perhaps you should offer him your services. As he is apparently now in his sixties, I imagine he is a writer of some promise, and will add him to "Wish List". Thanks for the reco!
I like him too. I read somewhere that in his Last Tango in Paris Bertolucci alluded to Truffaut with the fiance character (interpreted by one of Truffaut's favorites, Leaud). I am not sure that was a compliment :-)
It's gratifying to know your Lurking habits are paying off.
You have such good taste in reading material lately!
Tinky simply dotes on Waugh. I tried to read Vile Bodies, but we weren't meant for each other. I liked Brideshead revisited much, much better.Great Expectations ranks pretty high on my list. My favorites are Little Dorrit and The Old Curiosity Shop. Barnaby Rudge and some of the Christmas stories are at the bottom. My mentor says one reads Barnaby Rudge simply because it's there. I've re-christened it Barnaby Drudge. Awful.
It's turning into a veritable Seattle down here, with rain several times a week and more on the way. Mr. B is petrified of the rain. I usually find him sleeping on the bath mat, curled up like a small dog. He's really enjoying kindergarten. Everyday is a new adventure. Hope things are going well up your way.
Nice to meet your face! :-) The fruit truck was nice too; while you were engaged elsewhere, it gave me a tip about TED ;- ) Send my thanks, I enjoy watching the talks there a lot!I know you are right - maybe skepticism is not the best reaction to propositions such as this; a lesser evil should be let pass for a greater good. I might be too much of a pessimist, but I fear that, since we evolved by constant squabble, it would require a gigantic leap from all of us to be able to surpass the "narcissism of minor differences" (I am not sure this is the correct phrase :-) and actually collaborate in preserving this planet. All this is very new; I mean, cultures (various religions y compris) became interacting in a meaningful and - to some extent - respectful manner very recently. But what could have been an auspicious beginning is marred by the conflict over resources - I am not sure which is first and foremost among the reasons for war overseas these days: the fight against Islam religious fanaticism? One wonders. It would be ironic, with the Christian right as strong as it is in the US. Retaliation for 9/11? In two regions already, and Iran to come? (And no Saudi Arabia, if I am allowed :-) Again, it does not sound convincing. Or oil? Getting hold of the resources is the ultimate motivation of all wars since forever but we are still too prudish to admit it. It's so much easier (and effective) to play people on the chords of religious belief -- and other cultural differences.In short, I do not believe that the solution for peace lays with religion, or secularism - not per se, for that matter. These are too high a worry in Maslow's pyramid to discuss about while half a planet suffers from hunger and the other half is desperate to feed its over-consumption.Science holds the answers, because science is our hope to find new sources of energy and new ways to limit consumption of what we have, not to mention methods of limiting the impact we have on the environment. Then I believe we could deal with morality, prejudice etc. and hold more realistic hopes we'll ever achieve universal compassion, humanism, secularism. How's that for a long note? :-)PS I know nothing about the Gog and Magog!PPS Can I opt for ET as admonishing alien? I found the finger tip-cum-light bulb rather convincing:-)
