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so so many breath-taking scenes in this book come to mind whenever I think about it

I'm reading Wise Blood right now after years of not reading Flannery. Her writing is as bright and vibrant as religious iconography and lurks with mystery . I love her. And yes, she is hilarious!

Great review. You are very good at this .

Referencing Shakespeare; 'a fellow of Infinite Jest'. My favourite Huxley was 'Eyeless in Gaza' referencing Milton in this case and is perhaps more a novel where, if my memory serves me, the narrative threads are connected at the conclusion.

Fascist according to Wyndham Lewis, "You as a fascist stand for the small trader against the chain-store; for the peasant against the usurer; for the nation, great or small, against the super-state; for personal business against Big Business; for the craftsman against the Machine; for the creator against the middleman; for all that prospers by individual effort and creative toil, against all that prospers in the abstract air of High Finance or of the theoretic ballyhoo of Internationalism." Wyndham Lewis, British Union Quarterly, 1937

I agree with all your viewpoints in pretty much every vid. You’re really good at what you do 👍 I love Rimbaud, my favorite poet as a 30 year old, and he’s been since I was 16 or so. Keep up the great work 😃

Why would Dowell have killed Maisie?!

i’m no stranger to pessimist philosophy and LOVED this book. it could almost breed a genre of post-pessimism or something of the like. I got much more catharsis in this book than I did sadness or depression, it is one of the most honest philosophy books I’ve read on the subject.

just one tip: read Machado short histories. If you think Machado is good with Dom Casmurro and Bras Cubas, you gonna discover a genius, a montain, the god of short stories, same level of Poe, better sometimes. Another think, Machado is the guy who defined the portuguese at Brasil: vocabulary, modern use of verbs, coloquial but always perfect language, he writes with flow, portuguese can be vary complex, he never loses the tone, always clear. I confess, I read and reread Machado just for the pleausures of good language, beatiful sentences, small new surprises. And don´t know if the translation keeps those aspects. Ok, he is good, always good. READ THE SHORT TALES, it´s the best think written in Brazil at the xix century.

Omw to pick up a copy rn

I was a personal friend of Don Carpenter. We lived wall to wall in our apartment building in Mill Valley CA. I love seeing this review. His work should live on, and it takes reviews like yours to make that happen. What a dear fellow and writer.

Just picked this book off the shelve of my humble library. 3 chapters in I had to stop myself for fear I may have finished the entire novel in one sitting. Thanks for the review 😃 I'm looking forward to the next 3 chapters!

Are you still going to make a film of Histoire de L'Œil?

13:50 I am in my 20s and I've had my Giovanni's room, but I cheated in the end bc I can't express my feeling of how Jealous I am with my ex's ex I was indeed living, I was loved but the fear of being a rebound and invaulueable was stronger I was loved by my ex I miss her room and our cat after 5 month of breakup I can't believe I stumbled upon this advice from you just because I just read Giovanni's Room I relate a lot with David too, except I'm a sapphic haha.. a lot of shame I need to process

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I read this a while back when my daughter was very young. I would read cringing and squinting outta one eye til I couldn’t take it anymore. Then I would ache to go hold my daughter for dear life and bawl my eyes out. So freaking heavy.

Thank you for your insight! I needed this for my World Literature finals.

Thank you for your insight! I needed this for my World Literature finals.

The comment section would lead you to believe you have the wrong opinion, Cliff. But, just finishing this novel now, I had the same exact sentiment. Maybe it was the translation 🤷🏼‍♂️

Cormac would call you an annoying f slur if he ever had the misfortune of seeing this review

I just finished this book and it’s left a huge hole in my soul. It was extremely alienating. Subscribed!

I thought it was a great read - and I am not 20.

The story is more than a year or two after the fall. And as far as the way it ends cormac in an interview strongly suggests that it is a meteor impact event and loss of atmosphere

a bit expensive in India, but worth every quid!

Henry's strength was not in being a deep thinker but in being a deep feeler who wrestled around with words in an attempt to capture life's messiness and ecstasy.

This was one of the books that made a profound impact on me. The book gets into depth about the concepts of disillusionment, the cyclical nature of empires, the "germ of empires," the line between civilization and the jungle, and the alluring nature of evil. While Conrad's writing style is superfluous, it can make the experiences Marlowe relates more palatable; plus his ethos as a navy man really brings the river journey to life.

I remember being assigned this book in high school. It made me think about the relationship between the individual and society, specifically how society may not only not work with John, Bernard, and Helmholtz but also against them. Indeed, the insulation of life can definitely breed that sense of ennui and isolation, which is exactly what the world represented. I do recall the important debate John had with Mustapha Mond about pain and life. When you read more of Huxley's works like "After Many A Summer Dies A Swan" and "Time Must Have A Stop," you will notice that he always has a wise man character constantly challenging the other characters on their beliefs. Yes, those debates can get "essayistic."

It’s so easy to call yourself apolitical when you’re a cishet white dude 🙄

If you read 25 minutes a day that typically equates to about 20 to 30 pages a day. If you do that 7 days a week for a whole year you will read about 9000 some pages (give or take a few hundred) per year. With the average book falling somewhere around 300 pages in length..that equates to about 30 some books a year. Thats a lot of books and that is my method. Read for about 25 minutes a day.

Pynchon? thud. The author has an arhythmic style that never allows for a gait, a stride. There is no music!*. "Two pissholes in the snow," sure, but memorable turns of phrase (that aren't self-conscious confections) are rarities. Does Bloom ignore the search for one's own whimsical mirrors in literature, the offbeat, the intentionally silly, the match to one's own freak? For me that's important. Hence Barry Hannah, Lydia Davis, and George Saunders may be more important than Virgil or Milton. *Crying of Lot 49 worked, for some reason.

I’m troubled. I read this book cold, getting it only as a result of reading a huge book on Africa by John Reader. HOD sat on my shelf for a long while, after my first reading attempt ended after only a couple of pages (“what’s the context? What’s this about?…well, maybe later…”). So recently I did a second try and committed to reading it completely. It took awhile but I finally got into the basic story line and completed the book. Still baffled, I began looking up all sorts of reviews and commentary. And then thought how much little I grasped on my solitary reading. I mostly found it an aimless and confusing book to read. So I am going to read it a second time. But my general feeling is, that I must be dumb, because I should’ve picked up a lot more reading it all by myself. There are so many opposing views on the book, I don’t even know what to believe now. But maybe I will see something new on the second reading!

Cybernetics is the word you looking for darling. Elias Koteas was the best in the movie truly embodying Vaughn. Talk about a Lincoln ......

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Andrea Dworkin is also friends with, or is admired by, or has worked with Peter Sotos.

I do this too! I try to choose different genres as well, its easier to keep track of the stories, characters and world building that way

excellent review brother - LLV I can relate

More Bernhard!!!

This was incredible, thank you.

As a brazilian, I am very upset that the main chacter is called Bento in the translation into english instead of "Little Bento"😞 (for "Bentinho")

Fantastic book. I personally prefer some of his short stories and the qualities of ‘Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises’ (probably my favourite ever novel) and ‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ from his works, but this is also a striking, memorable and enduring piece. One you cannot forget for ever after putting it down.

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Thank you for this review Cliff.

liar,

I hate how this book is written it feels like im reading the Bible. I tried so hard to get into it but I barely could comprehend wtf I was reading.

Thank you for reading it, I enjoy your reviews, and i feel great you read my favorite book. Reread and re-review. You got it. Though, wait at least 2 years.

The hermit of 69th street by Jerzy Kowsinski is a good partner to this book, also very Henry Miller-ish. Quite similar in completely different backround.

I really didn't get into this, though I liked the start. Maybe I should give it another go. Everything I've read by PK Dick is fantastic.

The only funny book I've ever read is Jerome K Jerome's "Three Men ina Boat (to say nothing of the dog)."

Tropic of Capricorn is way better More depth Tropic of Cancer is 🎉 only

Fam had a bodega on corner of 4th street and ave C from the 70’s to about 2000 it was a wild place.