This summer we will be reading Banville's The Sea.
Please join us and share your thoughts in this thread.
This summer we will be reading Banville's The Sea.
Please join us and share your thoughts in this thread.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I probably will start this around mid July. I will be reading McCarthy's The Road first.
Last edited by Virgil; 06-21-2008 at 06:59 AM.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
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Started reading it: Finding the initial flashbacks a little confusing as it seems like the story keeps going back and forth between 3 different time periods... but story is intriguing.
And I see that the poll is divided between "Waste of time" and "Good book."... Interesting!
Didn't know it was a Man Booker Prize Winner...
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Hmm, I see Babara didn't like it. I hope she'll tell us why.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
Why are we calling it a challenge ? should I be worried?
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Yes, be worried, Night, be very, very, veeeerrryyy worried!Originally Posted by Nightshade
Why are we calling it a challenge ? should I be worried?
Do you think the family surname "Grace" has a significance? The way it has been repeated, "the Graces", makes me wonder... Maybe it might be clearer as the story progresses; I have only read 1/4 of the book yet.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Rats! ahh well at least I got a new smilie source out of the deal ( nice smilie btw scher).Yes, be worried, Night, be very, very, veeeerrryyy worried!
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My mission in life is to make YOU smile
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"The time has come," the Walrus said,"To talk of many things:
Forum Rules- You know you want to read 'em
|Litnet Challange status = 5/260
|currently reading
I am intrigued by the selection. Is there a schedule for chapters or spoiler rules?
Thanks
Oh, I did not think you were literally posing a question for us to answer; thought it was more of a rhetorical question as I am sure most of us here are familiar with the Graces (otherwise, I would have put my hand up and shouted "Me, me, me, M'am!!)
I have read only 1/4 of the book... So do not feel ready for an in-depth analysis/discussion yet.
What's more I almost never read the study guides when I am pleasure-reading.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I'm going to be gone, but I guess I'll try and jump into the conversation when I get back in early August. Perhaps if it is a good book, the conversation will last that long.
This is a summer reading so I am sure there wil be others who read the book later in the summer (I have to return mine to the library as soon as possible, which is why started so early to read).
Hope you have a great time wherever you are going, JBI!
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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I read the book last summer, and I thought it was one of the most boring novels I ever read. There were just very few passages that appealed to me, otherwise Banville wasn't able to get me interested in his characters. But I will follow this thread closely, maybe there was something I missed. Many posters seem to be fascinated by the book, and I'm eager to know why.
O schaurig ists übers Moor zu gehn,
wenn es wimmelt vom Heiderauche,
sich wie Phantome die Dünste drehn
und die Ranke häkelt am Strauche.
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797 - 1843) (see avatar) Der Knabe im Moor/The Lad in the Moor
I read The Sea a little while back and had only a medium reaction to it. I felt I must be missing something, especially now in retrospect, since I have really taken such a liking to many other of Banville's works. Since I have also already read The Road for the other discussion, and don't have to read it again so urgently, it sounds like I'll pull The Sea back off the shelf and reread it to join this discussion in a little while. I'm sure I'll get more out of the reread and also the discussion, so I'm looking forward to it.
See you soon.
I read The Sea 6 months ago. I found Banville's prose rather elegant but somehow the story in itself still came out dull and tedious, just a profusion of ramblings.
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I may be negligent, foolish, and fearful.
In every one of these no man is free,
... These, my lord,
Are such allowed infirmities that honesty
Is never free of.
-- The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
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