tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post5009082919309206377..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Thomas Mann's The Stories of Jacob - we know the stories in which it all comes to passAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-83625514420827569842020-07-19T22:25:19.522-05:002020-07-19T22:25:19.522-05:00Yes, mummified cats! Mann introduces an Egyptian ...Yes, mummified cats! Mann introduces an Egyptian character in the Dinah chapter, weeping and worshiping his cat mummies, I fear just to make sure the "Egyptian motif" is introduced. It is so artificial. Klutzy, even.<br /><br />Mann's <i>Joseph</i> has been not just overshadowed but almost crushed by the novels on either side of it. So of course he liked it best, of course.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-23289411100988515012020-07-19T21:34:49.459-05:002020-07-19T21:34:49.459-05:00I'll be curious what you make of this as you g...I'll be curious what you make of this as you go on. <br /><br />I read it about ten years ago and I find I don't remember it all that well. Not a good sign. Were there mummified cats?! Mann thought it his masterpiece; one of those things he was wrong about, I think.reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.com