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shiels reacted to jenks's post in the thread The accelerating commodification of irishness with
Love.
You can hear the Irish in the prose - the rhythm and rise and fall of that rural accent. It’s mesmerising. I think Clare Keegan is the... -
shiels replied to the thread American Artlessness.I would love to have an American brain. Life would be simpler
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shiels replied to the thread American Artlessness.Any accusations of American artlessness will have a tinge of jealousy
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shiels replied to the thread The accelerating commodification of irishness.Like Ballard you’re not going to him for real people you’re there for another world
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shiels replied to the thread The accelerating commodification of irishness.All of his dialogue is like that too, not natural, lectures. But I do really like him
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I read some criticism of DeLillo a few years back saying he gave everything "the atmosphere of a catholic mass in old latin".
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You wouldn’t kneel down to pray for your mother on her deathbed when she asked you. Why? Because you have the cursed jesuit strain in...
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shiels replied to the thread The accelerating commodification of irishness.McGahern is beautiful. He pulls so much out of the everyday simplicity. I’m reading amongst women at the moment and just finished the...
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shiels replied to the thread The accelerating commodification of irishness.Don’t know if that’s possible we’re all in the stew together are we not
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shiels replied to the thread The accelerating commodification of irishness.I’m glad I’m a catholic though, hate to be a Protestant or muslim or Jew
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shiels replied to the thread The accelerating commodification of irishness.I remember a teenage atheist arrogance. But as yoi get older you realise how much you’re steeped and stewed and how its inescapable.
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shiels replied to the thread The accelerating commodification of irishness.Yes! It shows up whether you like it or not
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What I think about this is that again it has the feeling of truth rather than actually being true. Someone like McGaherne is about as...
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@luka sent me a PM yesterday, reiterating that he doesn't own a fleshlight, but confessing that he does own one of these: for use on...
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shiels reacted to jenks's post in the thread The accelerating commodification of irishness with
Fire.
Yeah I’ve read a few. Earthly Powers is the pick of the longer ones. Bizarrely enough he reminds me of Genesis P Orridge - a brilliant...