tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post1207011558043628486..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: Something nasty on the bookshelfTim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-66163824856772799882007-07-09T10:20:00.000+01:002007-07-09T10:20:00.000+01:00Added to the list FN. I'm doing Sarah Waters at th...Added to the list FN. I'm doing Sarah Waters at the moment. In a manner of speaking.<BR/><BR/>A sentiment with which I wholly concur, Andrew. Actually, I probably prefer women a bit, but there's not much in it.<BR/><BR/>Have read The Second Sex, Chris... will investigate. And Woody Allen's best films are the early, funny ones.<BR/><BR/>Never read any Firbank, Billy. Will put him on the gays-to-read list, when I've exhausted women.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-89944906369329816382007-07-08T16:43:00.000+01:002007-07-08T16:43:00.000+01:00I like the guy who maintains all the Bronte novels...I like the guy who maintains all the Bronte novels were written by the brother.<BR/><BR/>I must read more Waugh.<BR/><BR/>What do you think of Firbank?Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841187654606981532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-35612563181217971632007-07-08T12:13:00.000+01:002007-07-08T12:13:00.000+01:00Simone de Beauvoir trashes just about every aspect...Simone de Beauvoir trashes just about every aspect of modern-ish life in 'The Woman Destroyed', which has it that long term relationships lead to complacency, short term ones betray a lack of depth, and that any kind of happy medium is impossible. Don't know if it's quite satire though, more misanthropy / misogyny / whatever it is that Woody Allen's best films are about.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15961928950277859778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-3877131599179177702007-07-07T23:28:00.001+01:002007-07-07T23:28:00.001+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708539533684206357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-16163810395229158912007-07-07T23:28:00.000+01:002007-07-07T23:28:00.000+01:00Your finale brought to ind William Burroughs' resp...Your finale brought to ind William Burroughs' response to accusations of being a misogynist. His response being that his apparent antipathy towards women was misjudged; the comforting truth being that he simply didn't like people, rather than a particular gender.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708539533684206357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-49305562586253789072007-07-07T19:29:00.000+01:002007-07-07T19:29:00.000+01:00..so, yeah...Florence King, "Confessions of a Fail.....so, yeah...Florence King, "Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady". <BR/><BR/>MUST<BR/>READ.FirstNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387748372500478809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-19788189571519269062007-07-07T19:27:00.000+01:002007-07-07T19:27:00.000+01:00There's some very covert, savage stuff amongst the...There's some very covert, savage stuff amongst the laughs in Florence Kings' work. Nothing you could call unabashed, but pure poison nonetheless.<BR/><BR/>You nailed 'Cold Comfort'.FirstNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387748372500478809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-49320957667965221702007-07-07T19:24:00.000+01:002007-07-07T19:24:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.FirstNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387748372500478809noreply@blogger.com