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« Reply #105 on: 22:38:53, 21-03-2007 »


Quote from: clough on 23:25:48, 19-03-2007
most definitely praise - it's a rip-roaring polemic, and makes one want to rush back to the records, which must be a good sign in a music book! And to rush off and grapple with Adorno, Attali, Finnegans Wake etc(which may not be). And I find it funny.
(Disclaimer: I knew the author when he lived in Leeds)

that's killed this thread, then.... Embarrassed
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« Reply #106 on: 07:21:05, 22-03-2007 »
          
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« Reply #107 on: 09:40:55, 22-03-2007 »

George,

That`s one of my favourites. It`s a delightful book. Beautifully written, as always, and very wise. It evokes a sense of time and place with great poignancy. A shame she is no longer with us.
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« Reply #108 on: 20:52:04, 22-03-2007 »
Quote from: Soundwave on 10:31:13, 20-03-2007
Ho MabelJane.  There are quite a few others on Yahoo by various illustrators.


Thanks Soundwave - this is another Ionicus. I have another 10 on my PGW shelf - must read them again.
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« Reply #109 on: 21:00:50, 22-03-2007 »
Quote from: Morticia on 09:40:55, 22-03-2007
That`s one of my favourites.

Delighted to hear that, Mort. Me too. I've yet to meet anyone who has read it and hasn't come to have great and lasting affection for it

Not related to Tove Jansson at all but you wouldn't happen to be a Barbara Pym enthusiast as well, would you? It would be perfect if you were Smiley.
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« Reply #110 on: 10:09:45, 23-03-2007 »

George,

You clever thing, you! Yes, I am an admirer.  Once again, someless else who can conjure up a sense of time and place effortlessly. Her books are wonderfully observant and wry studies of human behaviour and the social mores, all shot through with a sharp but forgiving sense of humour.

Hmmm, since I`m laid up this would be the perfect time for a re-reading session, don`t you think? Smiley
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« Reply #111 on: 11:12:38, 23-03-2007 »
It most certainly is, Mort. Recuperating in the company of Mildred Lathbury in 'Excellent Women'. Few things more healing.

Couldn't be more delighted to know you are a fellow admirer. We can usually spot each other on buses and tubes. No need for a secret handshake or anything; you can usually just tell  Cheesy
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« Reply #112 on: 12:23:43, 23-03-2007 »
I don't particularly like the cover, but the book is brilliant!



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« Reply #113 on: 12:25:28, 23-03-2007 »
And this one is just as funny.....



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« Reply #114 on: 17:06:57, 24-03-2007 »
i just brought these books from the library. I have high hopes for the first book (hopes for it to be funny).
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« Reply #115 on: 18:49:25, 24-03-2007 »
Thank you, Ian, for an introduction to Georges Bataille's books. If it would not be for you I would never discover him. I know you mentioned different book, but our library only had this book by the author. There are essays by Susan Sontag and Roland Barthes.
I am delighted that there are such interesting people on this board. I enjoy it very much. I was teasing you with pornography. I am not so smart with regards to theories etc. It is great opportunity for me to know about books and to be able to discuss them.
I am going to ask to mention your nameto our  mistress of contemporary music (programme director). We still have three concerts coming. There will be Brodsky Quartet among those three and some early music. There is Jacqui Dankworth coming with Brodskys. I never heard them. The program incluces songs, jazz ballad and blues including some by Elvis Costello, John Dankworth and Richard Rodney Bennett. I don't know any of these names.
We had Rp;f Jomd earlier this season and there is an interest in contemporary music (the mistress promots it). I want to hear Ligeti studies. I heard two and I like them. She is recording her music now and is going to launch it at some point.
In any case post your concert in Dublin closer to the date. I would like to come to Dublin to hear you.
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« Reply #116 on: 19:19:59, 24-03-2007 »
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Thank you, Ian, for an introduction to Georges Bataille's books. If it would not be for you I would never discover him. I know you mentioned different book, but our library only had this book by the author. There are essays by Susan Sontag and Roland Barthes.

Those are both very interesting essays - that by Sontag is very worth reading and comparing with the two essays I gave links to on the camp thread ('Notes on Camp' and 'Fascinating Fascism').

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I am delighted that there are such interesting people on this board. I enjoy it very much. I was teasing you with pornography.

There can be no denying that the Bataille is pornographic! Smiley

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I am not so smart with regards to theories etc. It is great opportunity for me to know about books and to be able to discuss them.
I am going to ask to mention your nameto our  mistress of contemporary music (programme director).

Thank you.

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We still have three concerts coming. There will be Brodsky Quartet among those three and some early music. There is Jacqui Dankworth coming with Brodskys. I never heard them. The program incluces songs, jazz ballad and blues including some by Elvis Costello, John Dankworth and Richard Rodney Bennett. I don't know any of these names.
We had Rp;f Jomd earlier this season

Err - I just tried typing with a certain displacement of the right hand, and realised you presumably mean to type 'Rolf Hind'? By the same kinetic strategy, I would become Oam {ace and you would be traomed [oamost. Wink

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and there is an interest in contemporary music (the mistress promots it). I want to hear Ligeti studies. I heard two and I like them. She is recording her music now and is going to launch it at some point.
In any case post your concert in Dublin closer to the date. I would like to come to Dublin to hear you.

Will do! Very exciting pieces - do check out the Aimard recording in particular.
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« Reply #117 on: 23:23:19, 26-03-2007 »
At the moment I'm reading:

But I'm also reading:
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« Reply #118 on: 23:33:01, 26-03-2007 »
Just finished



which was quirky but quite fun, and deep into



which is fascinating but uneven - or perhaps I should say the combination of subjects covered doesn't make for a sense of completeness.
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« Reply #119 on: 01:59:08, 29-03-2007 »
I recently read



because a friend had recommended it to me and I found it a very moving book. It restored my faith in modern novels which had come to seem to me very dreary and uninteresting. However this book concerns matters which I think can only successfully be explored in fiction.

Has anyone else read it or any of her others?

Another friend has just given me Miss Garnet's Angel so I'll get on to that soon.

The cover is a detail from Caravaggio's The Death of the Virgin - the paintings of Caravaggio feature quite strongly in the book which adds to its appeal for me.
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