@realMattKParker The whole section(s) on Kohler’s breakup with his summer love, Lou, is worth the price of admission alone. How Gass writes the scene in the cafe with the fleeting, sailing, cigarette cellophane, the spoons, the sunlight, etc. on pgs 160-161, is masterful. @Dalkey_Archive
@fender_belly@Dalkey_Archive grams who were already laid out in the knitting baskets, needles crossed, who couldn’t hear a word they were so far away, vacationing in death; aunts in aprons, uncles in knuckles and sun-wrinkles, wash-faded shirts…
@nypost Imagine how much traffic and increased AET your site would register if it was actually readable! Popups and the like make it impossible to read.
@pourfairelevide The boring (cluttering of reality) I think is on purpose. Goes to the lines: Jesus is the masterpiece & the thieves are minor works, and the thieves are there to hide rather than frame the crucifixion. Profound truths of existence are often obscured by the noise of everyday life.
@PaulEhrlich13@Kulambq Yes! Franks’s Dostoevsky- A Writer in his Time is so good. Another one from @PrincetonUPress that’s up there is Konstantin Mochulsky’s Dostoevsky - His Life and Work (trs. by Michael A. Minihan).
@janisyopplin It’s definitely a book you need to read the criticism for (while reading the book), and take lots of notes. I totally get your perspective though.
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@realMattKParker@Dalkey_Archive Oh, that’s right! I’m reading it now. I’m nearing the “true beginning” of the book, around pg. 100. I really am most wanting the Reader to augment my reading, plus I preordered the bundle, didn’t buy it on 4/7.
This right here, I have found most helpful: https://t.co/VyGVXi175M