tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post116322031970030606..comments2023-08-15T07:49:45.055-04:00Comments on bloomabilities: 23alvinalinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04503984086482905226noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-1163803405764346082006-11-17T17:43:00.000-05:002006-11-17T17:43:00.000-05:00I couldn't get beyond the first few pages of POSSE...I couldn't get beyond the first few pages of POSSESSION....I loved A HANDFUL OF DUST, in fact at one time Evelyn Waugh was one of my favorite writers. I still reread this from time to time -- I have to admit that John Gielgud as the father in BRIDESHEAD REVISITED eclipsed TAHT novel for me! The book I feel the most passionately about is A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME by Anthony Powell. It's one of my very favorite books in the world -- iup there with Jane Austen, though in a very different way. I am in awe of this novel (well, 12 novels), partly because it grows up with you...reading it, you experience both time passing and the different preoccupations of the different stages of life, just as you do in real life. One very odd thing about the book is that (so far, anyway) with each stage of my life I have liked different books best. When I was young I really only liked the first one! Now I like all of the first nine and find only the last three inferior -- I wonder if they really are or if when I get to that stage I will realize how true to life those are too? Anyway very very good, beautifully written, and very English! Maybe that's why it's not as well-known in this country as it deserves to be?Libby Koponenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508041827996196293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-1163703779877170132006-11-16T14:02:00.000-05:002006-11-16T14:02:00.000-05:00I didn't like POSESSION either. Bump MIDNIGHT'S CH...I didn't like POSESSION either. Bump MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN to the top, stat!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-1163605726848160342006-11-15T10:48:00.000-05:002006-11-15T10:48:00.000-05:00Alvina: I have to say I didn't like Possession. ...Alvina: I have to say I didn't like Possession. The "victorian poetry" was unreadable, I thought. <BR/><BR/>I'd suggest anything by Evelyn Waugh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-1163449137769421502006-11-13T15:18:00.000-05:002006-11-13T15:18:00.000-05:00Jane, I KNEW someone would say POSSESSION. I'll mo...Jane, I KNEW someone would say POSSESSION. I'll move it up on my to read list. And WATCHMEN, too!<BR/><BR/>And T.S.--get reading, man!alvinalinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04503984086482905226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-1163309937202244662006-11-12T00:38:00.000-05:002006-11-12T00:38:00.000-05:00I reposted this in my blog under a friends lock if...I reposted this in my blog under a friends lock if you want to see how badly I sucked. :-PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21394993.post-1163254217003558592006-11-11T09:10:00.000-05:002006-11-11T09:10:00.000-05:00Wow! I'm suprised/impressed that Watchmen is on th...Wow! I'm suprised/impressed that Watchmen is on the list. I wonder if The Times is trying to stip up debate about the term novel. It's a thick, gorgeous comic book that really is spectactular. And what with the new Yen Press... you should be definitely add it to your read list.saramooheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14783224587617471249noreply@blogger.com