tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post6248687007601602267..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Knit together remaining stitches. Cast off loosely. - Amy Hempel knits patternsAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-36125217505894283112015-10-04T02:52:31.562-05:002015-10-04T02:52:31.562-05:00That's so interesting.That's so interesting. beautyisasleepingcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615305772119503648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-53733178424713996802015-10-02T16:29:10.715-05:002015-10-02T16:29:10.715-05:00That line I wrote about minimalists was nagging at...That line I wrote about minimalists was nagging at me. Is this point obvious or stupid? Obvious! Thank goodness.<br /><br />This was a fun series to write. I said pretty much what I wanted to say - that does not always happen.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-55815522484603315522015-10-02T16:11:03.346-05:002015-10-02T16:11:03.346-05:00Amy Hempel in connection with Sentimental Educatio...Amy Hempel in connection with <i>Sentimental Education</i> - I did not see that coming (despite your reference to her in a comment on the earlier post). I was leafing through <i>Reasons to Live</i> just yesterday, wondering if I should jettison the tattered paperback to make room. I kept it. <br /><br />What a fine series of posts this has been, leaving behind good reason to celebrate eight years of Wuthering Expectations.seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-53012109553668131942015-10-02T15:43:29.379-05:002015-10-02T15:43:29.379-05:00Davis translating Proust and Flaubert is a little ...Davis translating Proust and Flaubert is a little perverse, but only a little.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-12564609259719579002015-10-02T13:30:39.306-05:002015-10-02T13:30:39.306-05:00Possibly more importantly for Davis is that she tr...Possibly more importantly for Davis is that she translated Proust; she claims that as she worked her way through Marcel's long and intricate sentences, her own writing became progressively more abbreviated and spare. Though her story "The Walk" is pretty long and rich in image.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-88780870867244124672015-10-02T10:11:55.894-05:002015-10-02T10:11:55.894-05:00And Lydia Davis has, of course, translated Flauber...And Lydia Davis has, of course, translated Flaubert. We're back full circle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-48404122990916538102015-10-02T10:02:00.976-05:002015-10-02T10:02:00.976-05:00Lydia Davis makes Hempel look like Henry James. H...Lydia Davis makes Hempel look like Henry James. Hempel has room for a <i>little bit</i> of soft woolly fluff.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-65714635846389208502015-10-02T09:50:21.934-05:002015-10-02T09:50:21.934-05:00I love Amy Hempel. Lydia Davis is pretty minimalis...I love Amy Hempel. Lydia Davis is pretty minimalist as well, no? <br />I'm reading a lot of flash fiction these days and most of it is without any tiny bit of fluff. beautyisasleepingcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615305772119503648noreply@blogger.com