tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post3054966717475273216..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: Jonathan Franzen: literary fiction’s Grumpy CatTim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-14039608890607932282013-09-28T04:26:31.292+01:002013-09-28T04:26:31.292+01:00No you are right, Tim Footman, that was Witches of...No you are right, Tim Footman, that was Witches of Eastwick. Unfortunately, I have no idea about anything else in this post but, hey, this is why we go on the internet, right? To improve ourselves? I shall go read "The Corrections" immediately, enjoy it, and forget it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-10438831989807858512013-09-25T05:19:30.176+01:002013-09-25T05:19:30.176+01:00And I'm sure you deserved it, BWT.
Oh don'...And I'm sure you deserved it, BWT.<br /><br />Oh don't get me started on DFW, Emma. One of these days I'll finish Infite Jest, honest. When I'm done with IQ84 and any number of other chunky tomes...<br /><br />Sorry, Vicus, I forget that teenagers such as yourself have such short attention sp ooh, puppies!<br /><br />It's weird, isn't it, Pearl? Thinking of the Witches of Eastwick, where everybody meets the new guy in town (who is Satan) but nobody can remember his name. Or was that in something else?Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-11075958589929701142013-09-23T14:39:11.384+01:002013-09-23T14:39:11.384+01:00I, too, read The Corrections. I seem to recall en...I, too, read The Corrections. I seem to recall enjoying it, and yet couldn't tell you much about it...<br /><br />PearlPearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-21285850397374217992013-09-23T10:08:31.297+01:002013-09-23T10:08:31.297+01:00tl;drtl;drVicus Scurrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731007799031343701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-49980334492287245882013-09-23T07:50:00.993+01:002013-09-23T07:50:00.993+01:00I'm actually beginning to enjoy how he's b...I'm actually beginning to enjoy how he's become the 'literary' novelist it's ok not to have read. I read some earlier novels of his - like there's actually one about the dangers of fracking!! And it drove me a bit mad. My inability to let go of him is to do with the fact that clearly David Foster Wallace who I do SOoooooo rate, was rather attached to him. For some reason, because of this, I cannot assign him zero significance even though i want to...emmathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03914805260939907394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-81975925870060366072013-09-23T07:19:45.947+01:002013-09-23T07:19:45.947+01:00Jonathan bit my finger.Jonathan bit my finger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com