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Book Talk
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:30 am
by wes9_Archive
Angus Jung wrote:chopjob wrote:-Harry Partch biography
-Morton Feldman Says
-Thomas Bernhard, Frost
Let's have a drink sometime.
I'm currently reading a book that I somehow never read earlier: Paul Bowles's
The Sheltering Sky.
This book was clearly written by a young man, for the edification of other young adults.
I find all the characters in this book to be insufferable. But I'm sort of okay with it. The book isn't badly written.
"Port" and "Kit" (female). The names of the main characters in this book are stupid.
Hey Angus, did you finish Bernhard's
The Loser yet? I'm about halfway through...not sure what to make of it. I'm enjoying it though!
Book Talk
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:34 am
by Angus Jung
wes9 wrote:Hey Angus, did you finish Bernhard's The Loser yet?
Yes!
I loved it, he said, I thought.
Book Talk
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:56 am
by Eierdiebe
burun wrote:Ty Webb wrote:Paul Auster
I am completely moony about Paul Auster.
then you should check out the new DVD of henning carlsen's 1966 film
Hunger. among the extras is a new 26 minute conversation between Paul Auster and Knut Hampsun' granddaughter. i snatched up this DVD the other week, but haven't had the time to actually sit down and watch it. but it looks very promising and, for what it's worth, the film-to-video transfer is top-notch.
Book Talk
Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:30 pm
by rayj_Archive
chopjob wrote:-Harry Partch biography
Hey, how is this? I think I might need to read it...
Book Talk
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 2:20 am
by Brett Eugene Ralph_Archive
Angus Jung wrote:chopjob wrote:-Harry Partch biography
-Morton Feldman Says
-Thomas Bernhard, Frost
Let's have a drink sometime.
I'm currently reading a book that I somehow never read earlier: Paul Bowles's
The Sheltering Sky.
This book was clearly written by a young man, for the edification of other young adults.
I find all the characters in this book to be insufferable. But I'm sort of okay with it. The book isn't badly written.
"Port" and "Kit" (female). The names of the main characters in this book are stupid.
Let It Come Down is much, much better--his best novel, I think.
The Spider's House is quite good, too. But Bowles is best in the short form.
Book Talk
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:10 am
by chopjob_Archive
rayj wrote:chopjob wrote:-Harry Partch biography
Hey, how is this? I think I might need to read it...
Quite excellent if dense. I'm embarrassed I'm so tardily tackling it. I plan to make up for the shortcoming by dovetailing it with
Bitter Music.
One is helped in the endeavor if familiar with music theory/jargon.
Book Talk
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:19 am
by Brett Eugene Ralph_Archive
chopjob wrote:rayj wrote:chopjob wrote:-Harry Partch biography
Hey, how is this? I think I might need to read it...
Quite excellent if dense. I'm embarrassed I'm so tardily tackling it. I plan to make up for the shortcoming by dovetailing it with
Bitter Music.
One is helped in the endeavor if familiar with music theory/jargon.
Yeah, I was mystified by a lot of the technical stuff, but it was still a great story about a fascinating life.
Book Talk
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:23 am
by chopjob_Archive
Angus Jung wrote:wes9 wrote:Hey Angus, did you finish Bernhard's The Loser yet?
Yes!
I loved it, he said, I thought.
Give
Correction a go, if you haven't.
Stay away from Gitta Honegger's "book" about him unless you have a thing for squalid analysis.
There was also released this year a collection of his poetry, work that preceded his novels and plays.
Book Talk
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:13 pm
by Dylan_Archive
Angus Jung wrote:wes9 wrote:Hey Angus, did you finish Bernhard's The Loser yet?
Yes!
I loved it, he said, I thought.
Is this the recently translated first novel?
I really like his stuff - how does this compare to, say,
The Limeworks?
Book Talk
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:44 am
by Angus Jung
Dylan wrote:Is this the recently translated first novel?
No, that is Frost. The one chopjob is reading.
I'll get to it soon enough.