tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post1311317916742628540..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: The journey was uncomfortable - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's Heat and DustAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-45703076747389243472014-12-11T08:23:33.119-06:002014-12-11T08:23:33.119-06:00It's a strong novel, only dated in ways that m...It's a strong novel, only dated in ways that make it interesting, a good sign. I am pretty sure that I would be able to independently derive an interest in Forster and James from the text, but of course now there is nothing like independence. I have not seen any of her early films with Merchant-Ivory, though.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-8273547942845442342014-12-11T02:57:14.824-06:002014-12-11T02:57:14.824-06:00I only know Jhabvala through her adaptations of Fo...I only know Jhabvala through her adaptations of Forster for the screen although that intrigued me enough for me to buy this book at some time more than ten, or even twenty years ago. Still haven't read it though. Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-31269363440145519622014-12-04T14:29:51.867-06:002014-12-04T14:29:51.867-06:00Well any excuse...Well any excuse...Guy Savagehttp://www.swiftlytiltingplanet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-40540396660508153112014-12-04T09:13:47.610-06:002014-12-04T09:13:47.610-06:00No, I have not seen the film. I would like to - g...No, I have not seen the film. I would like to - good cast, good director, good story, and a nice technical challenge of seeing the same settings at a 50 year distance, which could be quite striking on film.<br /><br />You are right about the mystique. Jhabvala is perhaps offering a gentle comment on <i>Passage to India</i>. In her novel, at least, the heat and dust are not really a <i>cause</i> but may act as an <i>excuse</i>.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-55164109226894587122014-12-04T09:04:39.805-06:002014-12-04T09:04:39.805-06:00Have you see the film? If not, any interest in it?...Have you see the film? If not, any interest in it? You know how Forster wrote novels with the whole Italian mystique and as I like to call it 'women go wild in Italy' thing, I see another strain with India--as in his Passage to..Something to do with the heat?Guy Savagehttp://www.swiftlytiltingplanet.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-64014616280846813022014-12-03T21:35:56.991-06:002014-12-03T21:35:56.991-06:00I hope the descriptions stick with me, too. I mea...I hope the descriptions stick with me, too. I meant to quote some, but Jhabvala is not a flashy writer, so out of context some of the options looked a little flat. They certainly did not <i>feel</i> flat while reading.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-43972864591225370012014-12-03T18:14:41.369-06:002014-12-03T18:14:41.369-06:00You've piqued my curiosity. I read Head and Du...You've piqued my curiosity. I read Head and Dust a decade or two ago, and I have now only a vague memory of having read a fine novel; however, with my memory being what it is, I might be misremembering, so I will have to include Heat and Dust on my growing reading list. Oddly enough, I remember mostly what I think were vivid scenic and dramatic descriptions rather than characterizations, but I could be quite mistaken. R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com