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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
I have to go now. Thanks for the literary pummeling. I needed that.
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
Nice. I like that.
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
They were metaphorical.
All of the discussion about riding the bike in the room — that was code for saying he was masturbating.
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
Sorry — I didn’t mean for my comment about the title to be a “response” to the Kafka discussion.
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
I haven’t quite figured the title. What is the significance of the missing half? Of “grace of God go I” ???
It is what we think when we see someone who is worse off than ourselves. and instead of judging […]
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
That’s wonderful.
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
I thought that Anna was an appealing character. Her job with the refugees was heartbreaking.
Especially the committee that decides whether someone’s story is convincing or not.
Very Kafkaesque.
A lot […]
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
ha ha she “borrows” it
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
That was a bit garbled, sorry. I’m trying to get my all thoughts posted before I have to go. I don’t really have my thoughts very well pulled together.
But if I were to write a paper on this book I’d […]
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
Yes! That was nice.
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
Haha!
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
I think that there is something to be made of the significance of the Thames — the “historic river” which is discussed in the last paragraph — and yes Vaq it is a great allusion to Finnegan’s Wake.
And her […]
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
I liked the “cleverist” distinction too.
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
The various indignities of growing old. I thought that was really well done.
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
I also liked the old woman. I liked the discussion of Harbour House — the fear of the nursing home. And nursing homes are places where people are locked in rooms in a way.
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
And then on page 233 there is the discussion of her story:
“Brooke said…I want the story to be true and factual as well as a made-up thing. So you want miraculous talking frogs and realism, her father […]
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
page 229 “…I can see the point of a joke, and I can see the point of a fact, but what is the point of a book, I mean the kinds that tell stories?”
I flagged that discussion, naturally.
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
Wences – I also liked the “ruminations (and worry) over the circled words in The Secret Agent”
The Secret Agent was an interesting choice.
I mean because it is about the use of violence as a means of […]
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
“Sometimes, her mother said, it’s the only way to describe what’s real. I mean because sometimes what’s real is very difficult to put into words.”
That seemed important to me. The reason why Miles locked […]
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notwavingbutdrowning commented on the post, There but for the, on the site Wordsmoker 1 year, 1 month ago
The lack of quotation marks was annoying to me.
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