tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post1881369134898670104..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: As I recall it aloud, I write what I recall - Nievo describes the kitchen, and other thingsAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-70752296783006367552015-04-01T11:27:54.104-05:002015-04-01T11:27:54.104-05:00The first chapter, or the first couple, suggest th...The first chapter, or the first couple, suggest the possibility of a quite different novel than the one Nievo wrote, a novel that I would not see, even in hints, without the help of imaginative writers like Kafka.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-86722369208048951342015-04-01T10:32:49.613-05:002015-04-01T10:32:49.613-05:00There were points where I wondered if the narrator...<i>There were points where I wondered if the narrator was ever going to get out of the kitchen.</i><br /><br />It's an inverted Kafka! One more resonance.<br /><br />If I didn't have my hands full I'd give this novel a try; for now I'll just enjoy your wonderful scholia. LMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538873868140070018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-70479846044095776752015-04-01T09:48:18.580-05:002015-04-01T09:48:18.580-05:00Peake's books exist outside of time.Peake's books exist outside of time.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-56508923998374753152015-04-01T09:10:51.330-05:002015-04-01T09:10:51.330-05:00One similarity already with Manzoni - the narrator...One similarity already with Manzoni - the narrator explicitly conscious of and attentive to his audience. It's striking to me how this keeps showing up in Italian literature, as though something of the oral storytelling tradition has lodged more or less permanently in the written narrative.<br /><br />On another subject, maybe it's the other way around with the elements found in Peake, who seems to have had an uncanny knack for anticipating the past. seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.com