tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post3548863616870029201..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: There was plenty of mustard - a Robert Walser story found by chanceAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-67669281034940036872013-11-07T09:03:41.065-06:002013-11-07T09:03:41.065-06:00I read the Middleton Collected Stories and the rec...I read the Middleton <i>Collected Stories</i> and the recent <i>Berlin Stories</i>. The former is closer to "classic Walser," I guess, but it would be nice if someone would take a shot at translating and publishing Walser's books as such, as originally published.<br /><br />We are still in the hodgepodge phase with Walser in English.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-8325110618414805372013-11-07T03:26:58.528-06:002013-11-07T03:26:58.528-06:00I also just posted two podcasts of his short stori...I also just posted two podcasts of his short stories -which collections did you read and have you a recommendation for one to acquire? ThanksMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-13850457157095521652013-11-06T22:08:44.771-06:002013-11-06T22:08:44.771-06:00I have read two Walser collections and still feel ...I have read two Walser collections and still feel like I only just discovered him. Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-90442039287681830192013-11-06T18:45:34.270-06:002013-11-06T18:45:34.270-06:00I just discovered Walser . I posted two of his st...I just discovered Walser . I posted two of his stories on my blog, public domain translations, both very briefMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-11338110319795612782012-06-05T17:09:10.947-05:002012-06-05T17:09:10.947-05:00I wrote three or four comments on that line and de...I wrote three or four comments on that line and deleted them all. It is so good.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-399286388504601492012-06-05T16:40:36.611-05:002012-06-05T16:40:36.611-05:00Walser has a way of getting to Nonsense without ev...Walser has a way of getting to Nonsense without ever seeming to aim at it; he lets the sentence take him where it likes (it seems) and suddenly there he is, politely being mad, eg, "Outside a car awaited me, which then whisked me away, and so off I drove, and no doubt am still doing so to this day."Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-47855275331185823202012-06-01T17:12:25.680-05:002012-06-01T17:12:25.680-05:00I have not read Kharms. He does sound similar.I have not read Kharms. He does sound similar.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-84472594511243275392012-06-01T10:37:31.185-05:002012-06-01T10:37:31.185-05:00Perhaps Walser wrote it with a single pencil sharp...Perhaps Walser wrote it with a single pencil sharpened only once?<br /><br />Have you read the Russian writer Daniil Kharms? I'm reminded of his minimalist tales of similar length and absurdity.seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.com