tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post3020582719388119008..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Castles on inaccessible crags - the view from The Country of the Pointed Firs with Buddenbrooks thrown in as a regionalist bonusAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-78100417471562861442013-06-03T08:11:13.846-05:002013-06-03T08:11:13.846-05:00Yes, that's it, perfect. Canny, then - the ma...Yes, that's it, perfect. Canny, then - the man-made object turned into a decoration, then the natural object transformed into a decoration, then the slug-made decorative object. A symbolic thesis in a sentence.<br /><br />The food in <i>Buddenbrooks</i> is delicious but heavy. Someone had been reading Flaubert and Tolstoy.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-12781113594265067252013-06-03T00:25:52.445-05:002013-06-03T00:25:52.445-05:00Regarding crystallized bouquets of grass, apparent...Regarding crystallized bouquets of grass, apparently that's not just an interesting adjectival choice:<br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=VQFJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA382&lpg=PA382&dq=crystallized+bouquets+of+grass&source=bl&ots=C-lmteZN4I&sig=10lfrRXeIMmYhh7AfL4v_BGh9Kg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VyisUf6PFq3qiQKnhoCQAw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=crystallized%20bouquets%20of%20grass&f=false" rel="nofollow">crystallized bouquets of grass</a>, if the html worked.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-22008990123186424312013-06-03T00:18:11.997-05:002013-06-03T00:18:11.997-05:00For several years now, The Country of the Pointed ...For several years now, <i>The Country of the Pointed Firs</i> has been on my TBR list, but I've always thought it was a book about WW II. I don't know why I thought that, but I did. I'm much more likely to read it now that I know it's got all the stuff about pies and landscapes. What's the food in <i>Buddenbrooks</i> like?scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.com