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ALSO, IF YOU'RE ON INSTAGRAM, I'M:
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for those cat power fans.
these lines are charming:
lady warminster: "Erridge is not quite an Alfred."
moreland: "I was being heavily humorous."
and these nicknames: Boffles, Tuffy, and of course Baby.
#anthonypowelltogether
running into widmerpool in a hospital gown at the 'nursing home' where isobel is staying after her miscarriage. W really gets around! #anthonypowelltogether
@SoVeryBritish One of our neighbours was called ‘the artist’s wife’ because her husband was .. an artist.
Her husband became known as ‘the artist’s wife’s husband’
racing to catch up. p84. The remember 'Widmerpool's overcoat' moment. And I'm enjoying Nick's arguing himself into appreciating aging novelist st. john clarke at the Tollands' lunch. #anthonypowelltogether
when i first read these, my own daughter was 12 and I asked her to write a little note for my 'birthday present' (and she wrote a little in each subsequent volume spaced out over the span of over a year). what a delight to reread these now! #knausgaardtogethertheseasons
something about knausgaard's writing touches upon the prehistoric or premodern. the language as well as the images.
oil tankers "visible from everywhere like something, from another age." #knausgaardtogethertheseasons