Half-agreed. The grandma anecdotes, although charming, needn’t have been so ‘integrally’ woven throughout the text. Not that he was entirely off there, however; eating is important, people like to...
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Half-agreed. The grandma anecdotes, although charming, needn’t have been so ‘integrally’ woven throughout the text. Not that he was entirely off there, however; eating is important, people like to...
Ohhhh, me too. :nod:
These I could do without. :biggrin5:
There’s a difference? :brow:
...and now I'll have that theme song running through my head for the rest of the night. :svengo:
Hard to say, but I wouldn’t personally peg Kafka as someone particularly interested in writing any patent religious/biblical references into his work. And if he did, considering his background, it’d...
Dorothy who? :angel:
No sir, I don’t like ‘em. Something about the smell and all those stickily-fingered books with loose spines…not cozy at all. :nonod:
That darn Darth Maul theme song from Star Wars Episode 1. :shocked:
Apparently Mr. Cleese, though mighty in many ways, is no great grammarian himself. Naughty Brit. :hand:
A small clip, in Dutch, for those interested which gives a bit about Mulisch’s, quite interesting, past and in which he also expresses a very practical view about death, namely, that it’s only a...
Art? Now isn’t that ADOOOOORABLE… :grouphug:
Sad indeed. And I’m ashamed to admit that, although I own a few of his works, I have yet to read a single one. But at least that much can be remedied. :)
Psychological, by far. It seems that the less concrete a fear/abnormal situation is, the scarier it becomes, moreover, nothing and no one knows how to get to the core of your fears quite like your...
Yeah, case in point: I have a French version of American Psycho (don’t ask) which clearly states “Translated from the American by…”.
Anyway, since you’re specifically looking for AAVE then...
Creepy, eh? :brow: I wanted to take my Spanish for a spin so he recommended Los funerales de la mamá grande, particularly for La siesta del martes. A colourful but quick read. I also bought some...
As far as I see it, K., there are two possibilities: either the contest judges are as whimsical in their tastes as Kiki’s list would lead us to believe…or the Great and Indisputable Gods of...
Great country, isn’t it? I was browsing through the open-air book market in Madrid and came to a particularly interesting stall just as a storm was beginning to break; all the other sellers began...
Dichters zijn luie schrijvers.
Ik zou rijk kunnen zijn, als ik een kut had en niet kon schrijven.
I like Wiener’s contributions best, albeit not for their beauty. :thumbsup:
Yeah, it sounds quite literary, but not in the best sense of the word. I even had to look up what ‘lavabootje’ was supposed to mean. :D Seriously, the cramped-bathroom idea is nice and quirky ‘n...
Out of curiosity, how would you respond to the Surrealist (Breton & Co.) preoccupation with automatic writing (drawing, etc)? Has it -in your estimation of course- produced anything of merit? Or...
He seems to be most popular amongst people who don’t really read, at any rate. :p But a funny interview, at least.
Yeah, I’ve been thinking about it but nothing really illustrative comes...
Exactly how hot are we talking here?
30C and I’m a happy camper. And no self-respecting private residence in Holland has air-conditioning…although I’m rather strangely seduced by the white noise...
Hey, the Dune series is actually pretty good. At least, the ones that Herbert Sr. wrote himself. :angel:
Neither is it my intent to dismiss a century’s worth of fine American fiction…Poe, to take your example, is certainly an interesting writer IMO and he hated those trippy transcendentalists too. :D
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I might have found Thoreau more sympathetic if he didn’t come across as downright campy. Not my cup o’ tea.
Indeed, far too carpe diem for my tastes; oh wondrous, oh wonderful world! ...