there are only a couple big set piece violence scenes iirc - Paul Owen, aftermath of the second threesomeas being relentlessly violent when I don't think there are actually that many violent scenes in it... ?
I read The Secret History when it came out and really enjoyed it a lot. It's about university life, an extremely precocious Greek class who go too far in their Dionysian experiments I seem to recall. Her next one I really didn't like and I stopped there I guess.On a related tip to BEE, has anyone read Donna Tartt? They were at college together and mates I think. I've never read her, but heard she's good, she's vaguely on the list. There was an article about their college days I had bookmarked for a while but never properly read. Also he's doing a podcast these days, I listened to the one about once upon a time in Hollywood, he's very earnest and he does the same personalised promo stuff that joe rogan does, which is pretty funny, but so irritating you can't listen.
he's a Trump fanatic, tho even Bateman wouldn't have predicted a Trump presidency I have to think, real life stranger than fiction as alwaysI seem to remember him thinking he's seen Trump or Ivana at least once.
Isn't that all books or narratives more than (I dunno) three hundred years old?in a couple senses - firstly that they also feature characters devoid of internal dialogue, so that thoughts/feelings must be discerned from actions and interactions
agree 100% with this (at least about Catch-22, never read Something Happened)Probably was a bit too long, but only in the way that Catch-22 and Something Happened are too long. They are all good enough to live with that flaw.
I'd never thought about it but I guess, yeah. I remember it as a key point in the introduction to a collection of sagas that I own.Isn't that all books or narratives more than (I dunno) three hundred years old?
have to imagine Doestoyevski is a notable influence
My understanding is that Princess of Cleves is normally seen as the book that introduced that (although I'm sure some clever clogs will find something earlier that might fit the bill)I'd never thought about it but I guess, yeah. I remember it as a key point in the introduction to a collection of sagas that I own.
no idea. I know Tristram Shandy gets mentioned as postmodern avant la lettre, but I'm no expert.My understanding is that Princess of Cleves is normally seen as the book that introduced that
ask some questions maybe? anything you/anyone is particularly interested inI do. Keep going.
it's very easy to make Rome/America comparisons, what's harder is to specify them in ways that are accurate/useful
ask some questions maybe? anything you/anyone is particularly interested in
it's a broad topic that I could talk about pretty much endlessly but as I say what's hard is to be actually incisive in a useful manner
I'd have to read the actual posts but just offhand I don't like that comparison at allIt came up in the Spengler thread re: Trump, iirc. Trump being a "Caesar".
Me either... and that is certainly a weird book, but I thought its (debated) post-modernity rested on the conversational style with the reader (and no doubt some other stylistic tics (or tricks)) rather than the self-awareness thing particularly.no idea. I know Tristram Shandy gets mentioned as postmodern avant la lettre, but I'm no expert