tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post506376255756255965..comments2023-11-22T04:10:49.266-05:00Comments on Dispatches from Zembla: Javier Marias: Dark Back of TimeAlokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-74882958398963529302007-10-12T16:00:00.000-05:002007-10-12T16:00:00.000-05:00just wanted to clarify that I didn't want to belit...just wanted to clarify that I didn't want to belittle or make fun of cases of actual sexual harassment or the abuse of power involved in such situations... It is of course a serious issue.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-55002955198143279342007-10-12T15:48:00.000-05:002007-10-12T15:48:00.000-05:00Thanks for the New Yorker link too. Saw it in the ...Thanks for the New Yorker link too. Saw it in the magazine but haven't read it yet. Will check as soon as I get some time.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-76127217800704281732007-10-12T15:47:00.000-05:002007-10-12T15:47:00.000-05:00Thanks Jenny for the link. There was something in ...Thanks Jenny for the link. There was something in the title of the paper, ("Pedagogy's Turn: Observations on Students, Teachers, and Transference-Love") that made me laugh so hard :) <BR/><BR/>I had no idea these things were being discussed and debated in such a serious manner by academics. It is quite a common phenomenon though, no doubt there are so many literary treatments. There is something i find comic in these situation which I thought Marias captured very well.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-67193425161307554142007-10-12T15:19:00.000-05:002007-10-12T15:19:00.000-05:00Sorry, I meant Tania Modelski's response to Ann Pe...Sorry, I meant Tania Modelski's response to Ann Pellegrini: <BR/><BR/>http://criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/issues/v26/v26n3.modleski.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-52051421949515762782007-10-11T20:17:00.000-05:002007-10-11T20:17:00.000-05:00Thanks for the post on that. I liked the inclusion...Thanks for the post on that. I liked the inclusion of the quote at the end. On that note, just read Tessa Hadley's "Married Love" story: http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2007/10/08/071008fi_fiction_hadley?currentPage=1<BR/><BR/>Throughout, I thought "isn't her name supposed to be Lolita, not Lotte?" But I think the story hinges on the fact that she is in fact called Lotte here-- Lotte of Goethe's Werther and others has become Lolita? Or is that Clarisse of MOE? BTW, the best article I found on these issues is Ann Pelligrini's Critical Inquiry piece... Schlink's The Reader, Eliot's Mill on the Floss and Coetzee's Disgrace also of note.j.b.s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04785218040275698043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-45407596159748562122007-10-09T08:08:00.000-05:002007-10-09T08:08:00.000-05:00glad you found it interesting. the red and the bla...glad you found it interesting. <BR/><BR/>the red and the black is a great literary entertainment. It gets even better towards the end.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-25113394741701594162007-10-09T03:12:00.000-05:002007-10-09T03:12:00.000-05:00coming to zembla from a readers words... and forgo...coming to zembla from a readers words... and forgot what i had to say initially :) felt, u shud have been in literature rather than technology, all with the russians, austrians, germans and kafka etc.<BR/>m reading mr. sorel's adventures these days. good to find it in ur list.<BR/>namaste.delhidreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613041484425960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-11778006869113354292007-10-08T16:19:00.000-05:002007-10-08T16:19:00.000-05:00lol! And I thought I had managed to dissuade peopl...lol! And I thought I had managed to dissuade people from embarking on that second section...<BR/><BR/>I am trying to find some way to clean up all the meaningless junk I have got in my head. Reading this book only added to it.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-11751824746503826212007-10-08T15:48:00.000-05:002007-10-08T15:48:00.000-05:00"It may appeal to geeks, trivia hunters and obscur..."It may appeal to geeks, trivia hunters and obscure books enthusiasts"<BR/><BR/>That's the strongest recommendation I've ever heard you give to a book.Cheshire Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463645065346922684noreply@blogger.com