tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.comments2023-11-22T04:10:49.266-05:00Dispatches from ZemblaAlokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4277125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-50396756564596004342015-03-07T17:43:24.378-05:002015-03-07T17:43:24.378-05:00Thanks for the reference to Hrabal's Too Loud ...Thanks for the reference to Hrabal's Too Loud A Solitude. A related essay of mine here from some time ago on Good Soldier Schweik and Closely Watched Trains:<br /> <br />http://goodsoldiersandcloselywatchedtrains.blogspot.com/2009/02/good-soldiers-and-closely-watched.html<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />EACEugene Costahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15649417453647803409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-10070542543504338882014-08-18T18:38:46.614-05:002014-08-18T18:38:46.614-05:00"To Nabokov literature is all about experimen..."To Nabokov literature is all about experimenting with the langauge, inventing new ways of saying things, playing with words, metaphors and images." <br />I don't think he ever said that. It's only what you thought he thought. Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-15742213407677836882014-03-13T23:08:19.258-05:002014-03-13T23:08:19.258-05:00Thanks so much for posting this. I'm reading t...Thanks so much for posting this. I'm reading the book now, and this is a richly intelligent and educational essay that digs deep into the heart of a novel that as a notoriously thick crustAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16762495483918721103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-65658188787081283792013-12-04T20:46:17.559-05:002013-12-04T20:46:17.559-05:00Another interesting aspect of the film is its endi...<i>Another interesting aspect of the film is its ending. In the end Davis is reunited with a young and good looking church minister who is interested only in an asexual friendship with her ("new kind of love", he calls it). I don't know in what ways this serves as wish-fulfillment for women audiences (most of classic hollywood melodramas were indeed wish fulfillment fantasies) but it is interesting to think about it.</i><br /><br /><br />Davis' character went on to marry Jeffrey Lynn's character in real life. Rachael Field's novel was based on a descendant of hers.The Rush Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667282586023023623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-31626407178118518922013-09-06T00:17:55.485-05:002013-09-06T00:17:55.485-05:00Cool!Cool!Thomashttp://thesteammop.info/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-46201043818720134052013-08-25T03:30:42.979-05:002013-08-25T03:30:42.979-05:00Today watching this movie, if felt wonderful exper...Today watching this movie, if felt wonderful experience of what people thing and feel when they are in love. What a good love story told with some simple words, it's heart touching.<br /><br />-Anand MoonAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07944731728354894723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-33032672049896589812013-08-22T12:05:10.285-05:002013-08-22T12:05:10.285-05:00For anyone wanting to read 'The Last Days of M...For anyone wanting to read 'The Last Days of Mankind' in English there is now a translation with notes to be found on thelastdaysofmankind.comMichaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-36457092050059798802013-03-10T23:18:59.230-05:002013-03-10T23:18:59.230-05:00I would certainly prefer to read more foreign fict...I would certainly prefer to read more foreign fiction which were translated from <a href="http://www.rosettatranslation.com/Korean-translation/%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">Korean translation</a> to english, or in any languages.Because in that way I could have an idea what do people think,feel or their culture is.When we read books from a foreign country it seems like travelling in that country through the stories plot.We could recognize how they have been living afar from our own culturemiahttp://www.rosettatranslation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-20419355422302572162013-03-08T14:04:35.012-05:002013-03-08T14:04:35.012-05:00the girl who has sex with another man just after h... the girl who has sex with another man just after her wedding in Melancholia : it's Kierkegaard to. I was happy to read your article when I realized it. Your blog is smart, you shoud go on. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-47445101793318506212013-02-07T03:38:16.188-05:002013-02-07T03:38:16.188-05:00Great post.Just a quick note it is important that ...Great post.Just a quick note it is important that <a href="http://www.rosettatranslation.com/Korean-translation/%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">Korean translation</a> being accurate and efficient can indeed not be overstated. Especially in the ever faster moving world of globalized business, successful information and technology transfer within multinational businesses can make the difference between win or lose.migzhttp://www.rosettatranslation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-23852925778684449082013-01-16T00:33:21.147-05:002013-01-16T00:33:21.147-05:00There is so much truth in fiction, the very nature...There is so much truth in fiction, the very nature of it allows for such deep honesty, particularly about the writer. Nabokov is not a great writer because he has perfected the art of composition, nor is he for exposing the world to the harsh realities of human nature, although it helps. Personally I cannot enjoy his writing because in his quest for perfection he forgot to be creative and his writing reeks of his own issues, it's like reading his diary. Someone like Dostoevsky, while not perfect in his delivery, was far more complex. He looked outward to a fault and examined humanity in a beautifully humble and emotional way. He too shows himself in his writing, as all inevitably do, and it's clear his art came from a much different, more sincere and creative place than Nabokov ever could have imagined for himself. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-77463050326564787092012-11-12T23:33:52.435-05:002012-11-12T23:33:52.435-05:00Nice post.This film is interesting.It should have ...Nice post.This film is interesting.It should have been translated in different languages.Very informative and thrilling.<a href="http://www.rosettatranslation.com/Korean-translation/%E2%80%9D" rel="nofollow">Korean translation</a> or in any translation it would be a blast.Translating film shows the rich blend of knowledge and culture in a society.It is important that films written in a foreign language since it helps one to get acquainted with the thoughts, traditions, principles and actions of the people from the region.kimhttp://www.rosettatranslation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-74001360921692534442012-10-02T02:43:42.120-05:002012-10-02T02:43:42.120-05:00There are moments when you seem to fault her for n...There are moments when you seem to fault her for not living up to her interpreters' expectations. Hardly fair. A work of art that lived up to its interpretations would be dead. There are moments when you seem to fault her for failing to live up to your own expectations of what a novel should be. Fair enough. By what else do we finally judge? But I think we'd do well to appreciate everything we come across as fully as we are able. (Admittedly, this makes me a poor reviewer.) Here's what I'd suggest to try to help you out: <br /><br />Think of what a strange work of art she has produced. Have you ever read anything quite like it? That moved and didn't move in quite the same way? That seemed not to advance through time in a line but to hover through it, as if capturing an essence drifting all about like a cloud? Or that laid down an idiom so dominated by metaphor as to seem at times more metaphysical than physical, elevating the particular to the universal, even while describing the most physical, most concrete, maybe lowest of human acts? That repeats itself?--no does not repeat itself: rather, takes an aspect of human existence, so long passed over in silence--nowadays more frequently dashed through in a few sweaty paragraphs of nervous authors hoping to avoid embarrassment--and devoted a whole book to it, sex, not repeating herself so much as exploring every leaf on its neglected tree, attending to every shade and nuance, never quite the same, in its vivid intensity of concentrated feeling.<br /><br />It's easy to produce something strange, but not something strange that's so well formed. A piece of art that works in its own new language, its own new rhythms, its own new expression of the soul. I read it and am not sure what to make of it. That's how I discover that I am learning.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12114739405091449571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-40710796244828675882012-09-03T17:03:08.946-05:002012-09-03T17:03:08.946-05:00stumbled on this blog while looking for a pdf of m...stumbled on this blog while looking for a pdf of malina in german.. not to be found! (or not to be found by me, never had the knack of finding what i want to download on the internet, bit of a so called sweetwaterpirate,) but then, I would have totally paid for it, and amazon kindle shop doenst have it either! <br />this bit about ingeborg b and cooking made me think a lot, how somehow my german psychiatrist mom, big fan of bachmann and of a generation of women that considered the hausfrau thing to be beneeth them and turned to the pursuit of intelectual and career goals, spawned me, translator/graphics artist secret devoted housewife and in love with cooking :) aanyway, really cool blog.Sofia Maytehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07329284814415113555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1344890552799130102012-06-29T22:12:17.660-05:002012-06-29T22:12:17.660-05:00A lot of opinion on the basis of very little readi...A lot of opinion on the basis of very little reading. If you have only read "One Day in the Life ..." and you recognize the limitations that places on your authority, why feel obliged to share that?Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-16877536839977577372012-05-30T02:37:19.250-05:002012-05-30T02:37:19.250-05:00It just struck me today while watching a biography...It just struck me today while watching a biography of the Zodiac killer that maybe Windom Earle was somewhat inspired by him. It's nice to see someone else noticed this.Squeekbathttp://www.squeekaboo.deviantart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-30532458596778803972012-04-24T20:58:27.790-05:002012-04-24T20:58:27.790-05:00I loved your piece about "Cria Cuervos" ...I loved your piece about "Cria Cuervos" and am so happy to see that somebody is making the connections with "Spirit of the Beehive" and also "Pan's Labyrinth." The first two are two of my very favorite films of all time. "Pan's Labyrinth" not so much. In fact, "Labyrinth" seems to have stolen huge numbers of elements from "Beehive" but managed to miss its intelligence and soul in the process. Where a deft hand is required, del Toro uses a sledgehammer. Erice understands the magic that emerges from ellipsis. Del Toro just doesn't get it. He comes from a younger and more brutalized generation, of course. Ironic that the two directors who came of age under fascism were less brutalized that one who was a product of a democracy. But there you have it. Mass culture has brutalized us in some ways that are harder to fight against than iron fists. I also loved your comments on Saura's use of the song "Porque te vas." I think this is one of the most effective uses of music I've ever experienced in a film.Mona Molarskyhttp://www.examiner.com/city-life-in-new-york/mona-molarskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-61158389820303563952012-01-26T17:54:08.971-05:002012-01-26T17:54:08.971-05:00Alok! 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BTW, John Paul, I think your comment is dead on.TJAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547661495797679800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-31254785244179148312011-08-28T04:14:01.455-05:002011-08-28T04:14:01.455-05:00I'd be grateful if anyone could tell me the na...I'd be grateful if anyone could tell me the name of the moviesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-56653926455375037712011-08-27T01:26:54.091-05:002011-08-27T01:26:54.091-05:00Having said that it must be added that his approa...Having said that it must be added that his approach was better than most of the other critics ... Critical works should be modeled like his 'Lectures on Literature' His understanding was profound and he understood Dostoevsky better than most critics specially those Camus and Sartres..... Attention should be paid on detail rather than the general ... Just look at his lecture on Metamorphosis and Ulysses .... <br />Note - I am not John Paul who is exactly what Nabokov calls a 'mediocre' reader and I would love to add imbecileAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-81625370046761414472011-08-27T01:08:54.947-05:002011-08-27T01:08:54.947-05:00Nabokov's Lectures on literature would better ...Nabokov's Lectures on literature would better be named as 'Nabokov's history of literature' ... considering his style and rules ... His outburts on other authors are witty though .... However he reworked Dostoevsky throughout his fiction expanding his themes and images.... The most obvious ones are Lolita, Despair, The Eye,etc..... would better be named as 'Nabokov's history of literature' ... considering his style and rules ... His outburts on other authors are witty though .... However he reworked Dostoevsky throughout his fiction expanding his themes and images.... The most obvious ones are Lolita, Despair, The Eye,etc.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-80046791037420475372011-08-27T00:54:48.314-05:002011-08-27T00:54:48.314-05:00Hate most film critics specially that Ebert . At l...Hate most film critics specially that Ebert . At least the Indian film critics are imbecile eight year olds ... They are senile .... Jean Luc and Bazin rocks...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-21324405855265542992011-08-27T00:34:44.014-05:002011-08-27T00:34:44.014-05:00The abrupt shifts in Kafka might well be due to it...The abrupt shifts in Kafka might well be due to it's incompleteness . Kafka's stories tends to run away from him The Trial most notably....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com