tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post6125966401064402476..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Lures of shiny, silvery tin shaped like human hands - Meyrink's symbolizingAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-89608601877915166732013-05-13T22:31:07.815-05:002013-05-13T22:31:07.815-05:00Make is strange, it's all about the makin'...Make is strange, it's all about the makin' strange.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-1994346415985238482013-05-13T17:29:42.721-05:002013-05-13T17:29:42.721-05:00Sudden idea, has no purpose: I wonder if it would ...Sudden idea, has no purpose: I wonder if it would be possible to take Mann's descriptions of furniture and Zola's descriptions of food and merge them together so that the tables, chairs, etc, had smells, colours, ripe parts, "soft white flesh," beds "rather like bridal bouquets displayed on giant flower stalls."Umbagollahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14556344092820711893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-22592793832466397022013-05-09T08:39:22.190-05:002013-05-09T08:39:22.190-05:00Good, Buddenbrooks is good. Full of furniture. Lo...Good, <i>Buddenbrooks</i> is good. Full of furniture. Long, detailed descriptions of furniture.<br /><br />Also, easy, zippy, comparatively. We'll see if that lasts.<br /><br />Meyrink would be a good choice for German Lit Month. Semi-obscure, semi-difficult, obviously not a first-rate writer but easily worth a look or two or three.<br /><br />When, inevitably, the strain is too much for me and Wuthering Expectations becomes a science fiction and fantasy book blog, Meyrink will be a frequent subject.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-71284734083470528352013-05-09T00:22:27.390-05:002013-05-09T00:22:27.390-05:00You're killing me with all this weirdness from...You're killing me with all this weirdness from a book-buying temptation perspective. Saw that one of my local bookstores actually has several Meyrink titles, but <em>The Golem</em> & Co. will have to wait for a break in the action (or the next Germ Lit Month). Love the earth-fishing anecdote, by the way. How strange is that? P.S. Other than long, how's <em>Buddenbrooks</em> so far?Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.com