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Corpsey

Corpsey

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I'm kind of stuck reading Swann's Way, not that it's bad (quite the opposite) but I've lost momentum and as anyone who's read it knows there IS NO MOMENTUM in the 'plot' of Swann's Way, not like good old Dickens. I'd say for a reader like me it's exhausting because it's so densely packed with ingenious dissections of psychology.

And I have to finish at least this one, don't I?
 
jenks

jenks

thread death
I think I like it because he allows himself to become a bit more unhinged in it - there are the usual great comic characters but there is a great interest in obsession - sexual, monetary which he develops more fully than in his other work. And the golden dustman is a fabulous character.
 
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GhostofKinski

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Has anyone read ‘Prophet Song’ by Paul Lynch?
My sister gave me a copy on my Birthday.
I had it fairly down the line on my que of books to read. I’m falling far behind. When I was still working my first shift was 2300-0731
And I was averaging (depending on density) two books a month. I’ve been on the same two books since I retired almost a year ago.
Both are long though.
Anyway, ever since the Trump admin has started essentially disappearing people. I might move it to the top of the list.
Anyone have review/thoughts on this book?
 
jenks

jenks

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GhostofKinski said:
Has anyone read ‘Prophet Song’ by Paul Lynch?
My sister gave me a copy on my Birthday.
I had it fairly down the line on my que of books to read. I’m falling far behind. When I was still working my first shift was 2300-0731
And I was averaging (depending on density) two books a month. I’ve been on the same two books since I retired almost a year ago.
Both are long though.
Anyway, ever since the Trump admin has started essentially disappearing people. I might move it to the top of the list.
Anyone have review/thoughts on this book?
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I’ve read it. It’s pretty readable. Found the relentless present tense quite wearing after a while and I did wonder if a modern totalitarian state would operate in quite the way he suggests but the focus on the woman rather than the ‘heroic’ man is of interest.
 
jenks

jenks

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Corpsey said:
I'm kind of stuck reading Swann's Way, not that it's bad (quite the opposite) but I've lost momentum and as anyone who's read it knows there IS NO MOMENTUM in the 'plot' of Swann's Way, not like good old Dickens. I'd say for a reader like me it's exhausting because it's so densely packed with ingenious dissections of psychology.

And I have to finish at least this one, don't I?
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I think you should finish it - i must have tried Proust half a dozen times before it finally clicking - I've now read the whole thing twice, couple of biogs, his early work and lots of critical stuff on him - the only other writer that i had that same level of obsession with was Flaubert.
 
Corpsey

Corpsey

bandz ahoy
jenks said:
I think you should finish it - i must have tried Proust half a dozen times before it finally clicking - I've now read the whole thing twice, couple of biogs, his early work and lots of critical stuff on him - the only other writer that i had that same level of obsession with was Flaubert.
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It's definitely not a dip in and out book and I've lost the consistency

And you know how it is when that happens, you start getting impatient with the author, you start almost thinking up reasons NOT to carry on...

Anyway, I'll try and rededicate myself to it
 
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