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Oct 06, 2015
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Two in a two days! This book was also removed from my books. It was substituted with Auto Da Fe: Cronache in Due Tempi a book in Italian. See msg 6 for the probable explanation.
This one, the Canetti one, I read years ago. It was a difficult, depressing and extremely bizarre book. Of course I loved the book because Peter Klein (the 'hero') loves books beyond all else. Kindred spirits almost (view spoiler).
The other book that mine got substituted for? I don't know anything about it, I don't speak Italian. Bizarre that swap, I wonder how it happened?
Read Nov. 2000
This one, the Canetti one, I read years ago. It was a difficult, depressing and extremely bizarre book. Of course I loved the book because Peter Klein (the 'hero') loves books beyond all else. Kindred spirits almost (view spoiler).
The other book that mine got substituted for? I don't know anything about it, I don't speak Italian. Bizarre that swap, I wonder how it happened?
Read Nov. 2000
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Oct 06, 2015 12:52PM
I remember to have read it when he received the Nobel. His brother, Jacques was the producteur of french singer Juliette Gréco, Jeanne Moreau, Gainsbourg...I remember I was not sure to have all understand. Perhaps I ought to read again it now. With the time, our perception changes.
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Philippe wrote:"With the time, our perception changes..That is so true. I do wonder what I would think of books I hated as a child (all Charles Dickens for example) if I read them now?
Sheila wrote: "Sounds like a bad "combine" job by someone. Did you check the librarian change log for these books?"No I didn't. When I used to I found that they either had private profiles or ignored my messages so no point.
Books are linked to our life. They are associated with that we live even we do not want it.
Petra X wrote: "Philippe wrote:"With the time, our perception changes..That is so true. I do wonder what I would think of books I hated as a child (all Charles Dickens for example) if I read them now?"
I couldn't read Dickens as a teenager but I read David Copperfield in 2012 and loved it. Give him another go, Petra, you might surprise yourself! :-)
No no life is too short Gary. Maybe in the next one!
Hi Petra. I don't know why the swap happened but just a little info about Eugenio Montale. He was a writer a poet, a politician and won the Nobel prize for literature in 1975. "Auto da fe" is a collection of his essays written between 1925 and 1965. I haven't read this collection so I cannot tell if it's good. But his poems (I believe still) are compulsory reading at school. He's considered one of our most important poets of 19th century. Hope I haven't bored you to tears ;-) ciao
Sheila in message 6 explained what happened. No point in trying to get back to that librarian. What you wrote was interesting, thank you.
Petra X wrote:
That is so true. I do wonder what I would think of books I hated as a child (all Charles Dickens for example) if I read them now?"
Dickens was ruined for me by being forced to read 'Our Mutual Friend' for A Level... so many years ago. Last week I wondered the very same as you, picked up 'A Tale of Two Cities' and I am absolutely loving it. I'm not saying however, that it should work for everyone, I'm just in the right place at the moment :o)
That is so true. I do wonder what I would think of books I hated as a child (all Charles Dickens for example) if I read them now?"
Dickens was ruined for me by being forced to read 'Our Mutual Friend' for A Level... so many years ago. Last week I wondered the very same as you, picked up 'A Tale of Two Cities' and I am absolutely loving it. I'm not saying however, that it should work for everyone, I'm just in the right place at the moment :o)
You were lucky - only one Dickens. I had to read one every single term throughout high school, three a year. And one Shakespeare play each term as well. But that was all right because we went to Stratford-on-Avon to see the Royal Shakespeare company perform them. I did A Tale of Two Cities for A-level. Hated it. I can't think which Dickens I hated most so I'll just say all of them.
Oh there were others but none so painful as the above mentioned. Makes me shiver just recalling it.
Shakespeare was brought alive for me by a visit to Regent's Park open air theatre to see A Midsummer Night's Dream - fortunately, or the same might have been true here. When I went to school, teachers would shout at you to do something without ever caring to explain why, or share any particular love. Fortunately we're a different bunch these days :o)
Shakespeare was brought alive for me by a visit to Regent's Park open air theatre to see A Midsummer Night's Dream - fortunately, or the same might have been true here. When I went to school, teachers would shout at you to do something without ever caring to explain why, or share any particular love. Fortunately we're a different bunch these days :o)
Are you the only one experiencing this? Is it some kind of ploy to get you so frustrated that you leave GR? I mean ever since the merger, staff does not really like any kind of criticism.
I get on fine with the staff. Even got an invite for a drink with one of the senior ones when we were in the same town so I don't think it's that. It's just a job to them, my criticism isn't disrupting business like the 'gangs' who shot at any self-pub author stupid enough to raise their head over the paraphet! (view spoiler)On another review I did two days before, the first commenter said they had lost about 20 books. I have so many books I just find the missing ones every now and again. No need to get paranoid about it :-)
