tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post1846107578656758120..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Selma Lagerlöf’s The Saga of Gösta Berling - some Swedish renunciationAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-28027950212670332992014-07-09T14:20:00.611-05:002014-07-09T14:20:00.611-05:00Miguel, I think you are right.
Jonas Lie is on m...Miguel, I think you are right. <br /><br />Jonas Lie is on my Maybe list, meaning Maybe I'll get to him before I get sick of Scandinavian, and Maybe not. But he sounds good.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-37738494395109550292014-07-09T12:37:42.105-05:002014-07-09T12:37:42.105-05:00The Scandinavians seem to have a fascinating relat...The Scandinavians seem to have a fascinating relationship with fantasy and fable. A "treasure-house of stories - folk-tales, myths, German fiction, crazy things locals have done" seems like Jonas Lie, author of a lovely collection called <i>Trold.</i>LMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538873868140070018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-59855608053128275002014-07-09T12:28:39.992-05:002014-07-09T12:28:39.992-05:00Weird? I have a Lagerlöf novel in my book pile abo...Weird? I have a Lagerlöf novel in my book pile about the coming of the Antichrist in modern times. Perhaps it's finally time to read it.LMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538873868140070018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-76835389472686799592014-07-09T08:06:21.171-05:002014-07-09T08:06:21.171-05:00The catch might be social. A schoolteacher for gir...The catch might be social. A schoolteacher for girls (the moralistic, Christian side) has an exuberant imagination and a treasure-house of stories - folk-tales, myths, German fiction, crazy things locals have done. How do you combine these things into fiction? <br /><br />Come to think of it, there is a saint in <i>One Hundred Years of Solitude</i>. Saints are magical creatures, too.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-58725280950446113732014-07-09T00:18:30.639-05:002014-07-09T00:18:30.639-05:00Renunciation, sainthood, chastity... In a serial a...Renunciation, sainthood, chastity... In a serial action adventure book. There's a catch somewhere.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-17726441769354611002014-07-08T21:00:54.507-05:002014-07-08T21:00:54.507-05:00Yes! Good. I did not know if I was getting anythin...Yes! Good. I did not know if I was getting anything across, but I did. It's such a weird book. One reason I start with the German stuff is because that helped answer the "what is this?" question which I began asking about five pages in.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-6088933625747078132014-07-08T18:47:26.960-05:002014-07-08T18:47:26.960-05:00That's...really odd. I mean, I like Selma Lag...That's...really odd. I mean, I like Selma Lagerlöf quite a bit, though I haven't read all that much of her writing, but that's really pretty weird. I'll probably need to read that one of these days.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.com