tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post6786744244721476935..comments2024-03-29T07:54:19.736-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: Thomas Wolfe FatigueP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-70652297994623515922016-11-16T08:07:08.208-08:002016-11-16T08:07:08.208-08:00Last night I decided against going on with my read...Last night I decided against going on with my reading of GRAVITY'S RAINBOW. I could have gotten through it. I have gotten through SWANN'S WAY, TIME RECAPTURED, INFINITE JEST, ULYSSES, and OF TIME AND THE RIVER. But GRAVITY'S RAINBOW is the last novel I need to be reading at this time in my life and the life of my country. I bailed out. Watched the film version of "Sense and Sensibility" last night and spent the morning reading NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS and FOREIGN AFFAIRS. <br /><br />We don't get a do-over in the campaign or the election or in any other aspect of personal or political life."Going forward" is a phrase that adds nothing to a sense, in that there is no other direction we can go.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-17050969474136930152016-11-16T07:33:47.867-08:002016-11-16T07:33:47.867-08:00Thomas Wolfe fatigue? Perhaps try the Thomas Fran...Thomas Wolfe fatigue? Perhaps try the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2004/sep/12/politics" rel="nofollow">Thomas Frank</a><br /> cure.BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388509941702241290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-83969073525041950622016-11-14T08:56:35.625-08:002016-11-14T08:56:35.625-08:00Dawn and Helen, you both made me smile. I finished...Dawn and Helen, you both made me smile. I finished the novel this morning. The gains? Appreciation for the wonderful lyrical passages; fervent admiration for the editor who kept the book from being twice as long; and freedom from any future guilt over not having read other Wolfe novels!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-65118674144229882012016-11-12T19:46:18.382-08:002016-11-12T19:46:18.382-08:00I feel much the same about D.H.Lawrence. All the w...I feel much the same about D.H.Lawrence. All the way through his novels I think that, "Yes, that's exactly how I felt when I was an adolescent;" and when I''m finally through, I think, "That's another short story gone long...."Farshaw@FineOldBooks.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05663199582891083995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-1197122660458419382016-11-12T17:41:46.551-08:002016-11-12T17:41:46.551-08:00Decision theory which was a required course for li...Decision theory which was a required course for library science,says that decions should not be made based on sunk costs (money already spent) but that people usually do make decisions that way. Similar rule for pages alreafy read .Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-28098351408038180712016-11-12T10:27:11.320-08:002016-11-12T10:27:11.320-08:00I've bailed out a few times myself, Gerry, and...I've bailed out a few times myself, Gerry, and other times I've skimmed shamelessly. You're right that life is too short for..., etc.! In another season, I might not have persevered with Thomas Wolfe. What does that mean? I don't even know....P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-64439389773259862882016-11-12T09:19:02.002-08:002016-11-12T09:19:02.002-08:00It has crossed my mind that I am not a particularl...It has crossed my mind that I am not a particularly literary person. I love books, language, the reading experience itself - but it happens that I will begin a book and at some point say to myself, "I just don't have time for this." Meaning, really, that I'm not going to live forever and the time I have is too valuable to spend in that particular book. Fortunately there are many, many good books . . . and I've encountered quite a few of them right here! <br />Gerryhttp://torchlakeviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com