tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post3531179115990844797..comments2023-11-03T11:10:05.152+00:00Comments on JOST A MON: Under 200Fëanorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17101113676992105240noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-53213292164254868732012-12-05T07:19:29.252+00:002012-12-05T07:19:29.252+00:00Haven't read Lispector! But that's the let...Haven't read Lispector! But that's the letter L, and at my current rate of consumption, even assuming that she has books of 200 pages or under and they're available at my local, I'm a couple of months away, heheh.Feanorhttp://jostamon.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-18020064310178622772012-12-05T04:27:05.636+00:002012-12-05T04:27:05.636+00:00I am sad to say I have never finished a Bolano (bu...I am sad to say I have never finished a Bolano (but that was 2666 so I can be forgiven?)so I wouldn't know.<br /><br />But there seems to be an endless supply of material turning up, so who knows - one day.<br /><br />The one I am now curious about is Clarice Lispector. Any thoughts?Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-36657553343255940192012-12-04T16:06:15.577+00:002012-12-04T16:06:15.577+00:00Amazing. The rest of the text got glumped...
Bola...Amazing. The rest of the text got glumped...<br /><br />Bolano sets up scenes and builds up expectations of resolution - instead, every action evanesces. It's like walking through cobwebs and expecting to see a spider, except that there are only more cobwebs. So I remain puzzled by it.<br /><br />Have you read it? What did you think?Feanorhttp://jostamon.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-16630945338492882012012-12-04T15:45:09.779+00:002012-12-04T15:45:09.779+00:00And? Suspense? Zombitude? What?And? Suspense? Zombitude? What?Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-60981567876259056702012-12-04T14:40:49.453+00:002012-12-04T14:40:49.453+00:00I read one by Krajewski - wrote about it in 2008 d...I read one by Krajewski - wrote about it in 2008 during those days of <a href="http://jostamon.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/foreign-crime-roundup-of-2008.html%22" rel="nofollow">crime fiction in translation</a>... <br /><br />Bolano, umm, not entirely convinced by M'sieu Pain. All foreshadowing and Feanorhttp://jostamon.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-85305844692316371222012-12-04T14:07:45.026+00:002012-12-04T14:07:45.026+00:00No, it's worth reading, I think. You need a st...No, it's worth reading, I think. You need a strong stomach for it, though. <br /><br />Also interested in your response to Bolano.<br /><br />(And totally get the attention span thing. I find having a Kindle very unhelpful in this matter. I flip restlessly from one book to another with no effort at all - that part is good, I admit - and read nothing.)<br /><br />Oh. I am about to read this person: Marek Krajewski. You have read? You approve?Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-18895604130018206282012-12-04T13:24:37.735+00:002012-12-04T13:24:37.735+00:00Yes, I'm a bit concerned about that one. A bit...Yes, I'm a bit concerned about that one. A bit of a song of squalor perhaps? Still, a man's gotta do what a man's said will do...Feanorhttp://jostamon.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738516321598278692.post-37498478944887232792012-12-04T12:37:13.558+00:002012-12-04T12:37:13.558+00:00Can't *wait* to read what you have say about B...Can't *wait* to read what you have say about Bataille. *snort*<br /><br />(You have considered the probability of of under 200 page books being a continuous pale parabola of joy?)Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.com