tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post3512600649843532922..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Grazia Deledda's Elias Portolu, or how an ex-con becomes a priestAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-30618591872078419162015-05-29T08:41:40.824-05:002015-05-29T08:41:40.824-05:00That Nobel ain't no guarantee uh nothin. Endu...That Nobel ain't no guarantee uh nothin. Endurance, quality, nothing.<br /><br />The two books I read have a humanistic quality that make her a good Nobel candidate.<br /><br />Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-42950474840659923812015-05-29T03:52:16.969-05:002015-05-29T03:52:16.969-05:00Thanks for bringing this writer to my attention, T...Thanks for bringing this writer to my attention, Tom. I looked her up: Nobel laureate 1926; how could I not know of her?!Simon Laveryhttp://tredynasdays.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-13091345366357301992015-05-28T15:15:15.594-05:002015-05-28T15:15:15.594-05:00Yes, this is a story where religious experience is...Yes, this is a story where religious experience is painful, and spiritual truth requires a sometimes brutal stripping away of earthly things. The final result is perhaps positive. But the road to it is hard, painful and hard.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-36692562831285857792015-05-28T15:10:22.012-05:002015-05-28T15:10:22.012-05:00It sounds as though the varieties of religious exp...It sounds as though the varieties of religious experience -- or spiritual awakening -- are not high on the author's list of positive experiences in a person's life. Hmmmm.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-67772688183832866542015-05-28T08:14:29.708-05:002015-05-28T08:14:29.708-05:00Do we learn the crime - I don't think so. Nor...Do we learn the crime - I don't think so. Nor do we learn if he was guilty of whatever crime sent him to prison, although it is clear that he was guilty of <i>something</i>.<br /><br />If Elias has trouble thinking about prison, he apparently finds it impossible to think about the life that sent him there.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-22757232908079747692015-05-28T00:40:39.999-05:002015-05-28T00:40:39.999-05:00Do we ever learn what crime Elias Portolu committe...Do we ever learn what crime Elias Portolu committed - or was said to have committed or is it one of those books?Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-85461604392943825822015-05-27T22:04:30.943-05:002015-05-27T22:04:30.943-05:00English, I am afraid, everything in English.
I li...English, I am afraid, everything in English.<br /><br />I like what the novel did, but I guess I did not find that it did much. The movement of Elias towards (and occasionally away from) priesthood was genuinely impressive. I would read more Deledda books. <i>La Madre</i>, certainly. I guess after that one there are not that many more in English.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-77187424617633355582015-05-27T18:20:30.540-05:002015-05-27T18:20:30.540-05:00You don't sound that enthused. I liked this mo...You don't sound that enthused. I liked this more than After the Divorce. Now I read your review of this, I see the theme of the returning convict clearly. La Madre, which is the other one I've read, retains the theme of the priest plagued by lust.obookihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03885121629202810216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-25941467900877229612015-05-27T17:25:39.041-05:002015-05-27T17:25:39.041-05:00"fixed vitreous eyes"-excellent. i get ..."fixed vitreous eyes"-excellent. i get that sometimes as a result of having worked for the gas company for 25 years. do you read these novels in italian? just curious...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.com