Re: 3 new topics

These are great, Tina. I may respond more tomorrow. I think we just got all
talked out about Hapworth. Any thoughts on "the Inverted Forest"? The author
character?

Jim

tina carson wrote:

> Hi.
> I'm a life-long labour party liberal, and I'll not deny it. Although the
> political diatribes have been fun, I thought I'd like something different,
> perhaps more literary from a JDS board. See if you fancy these:
>
> Proposal #1) I asked before if anyone knew where I could find the
> "Pierre...Don Quixote" story in a fiction collection. No response, fair
> enough, might not exist out of Borge collections. But are there any little
> snippets anyone would care to share? Meaning, a short story that was
> surprisingly good, or from someone that popped up in a surprising place, or,
> well, anything good or odd. For example a couple of years back, a
> girlfriend, after reading my published erotica, gave me a book of erotic
> horror stories that included some surprising authors as contributors. I'll
> dig it up and tell you about it.
>
> Proposal #2) I said I was having trouble with Hapworth, with the age thing,
> and apparently since I wasn't the first to bring it up, got little response.
> Fair enough, I should have subscribed long ago instead of spending months
> in the lotus position. Nevertheless, what problems do you all have with
> JDS? You may well have discussed them already, but post anyway, it'll give
> me food for thought. I have all the early works, the V. brothers, etc, and
> may even have the last & best of Peter Pans & ocean full of bowling balls
> still lying around, so if you make reference to even his obscure works, I
> promise you I have them & can discuss the with you.
>
> Proposal #3) Friends tell me that when I go through months of reading
> nothing but JDS, I become maudlin, even morose. I think it's because of his
> take on love, which, except for familial and unrequited, seems terribly
> unsatisfactory. Not that I want to read romance novels, simply that he
> takes the hope from me, part of the beauty of his writing. Okay, I'm
> overstating it, being a bit melodramatic, but you know what I'm saying.
> What's your take on "salinger on love"?
>
> Can't wait to hear from you,
>
> "I get enough politics from BBC world news" tina
>
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