tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post111626823647504292..comments2024-03-28T13:18:28.238+00:00Comments on Grumpy Old Bookman: Foer and StraussMichael Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11338398159818400930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1116384889805188132005-05-18T03:54:00.000+01:002005-05-18T03:54:00.000+01:00Bookman, you have taken the words right out of my ...Bookman, you have taken the words right out of my mouth. Terry Pratchett is a far better writer than D. H. Lawrence, and I neither have read nor plan to read any novel by Foer or Krauss, though I read hundreds of novels every year. This was a very good post!Jenny Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1116346684092711432005-05-17T17:18:00.000+01:002005-05-17T17:18:00.000+01:00Jonathan's first book was pretty good, though. Wh...Jonathan's first book was pretty good, though. What I found particularly impressive was that even though Jonathan had no clue about Ukrainian and especially Ukrainian English, his narrator was still compelling and seemed authentic as a character. (I'm a Russianist and usually bad Russian/Slavic elements will cause me to put a book down immediately.)Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15169707337312707247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6656468.post-1116346091424961992005-05-17T17:08:00.000+01:002005-05-17T17:08:00.000+01:00"At 13, she was taught One Hundred Years of Solitu..."At 13, she was taught One Hundred Years of Solitude at school and had an epiphany. The teacher said it was a book about nostalgia and she thought: 'A word for the thing I feel.' "<BR/><BR/>I did have a bit of a giggle with the article on Knauss.<BR/><BR/>If my teacher said that an entire work was about 'one thing' only then they wouldn't be a very good teacher in my mind.<BR/><BR/>What made me laugh harder was the reference to Knauss 'having an epiphany'. Sometimes I think these journalists lose themselves, in this case they tend to forget what being 'thirteen' is like.<BR/><BR/>Did Jesus have an epiphany at age 13? I don't remember if he did. His epiphany occured later on in life, after the hormonal whirlpool of adolescence.Dee Jourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03292268023897537647noreply@blogger.com