tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post5062026309080326427..comments2024-03-18T16:55:31.971+00:00Comments on This Space: To set the lost afire: The Roving Shadows by Pascal QuignardStephen Mitchelmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-67573847729861662312011-09-10T21:18:28.586+01:002011-09-10T21:18:28.586+01:00Dahlberg's memoir, Because I Was Flesh, is wor...Dahlberg's memoir, <i>Because I Was Flesh</i>, is worth tracking down. (It's not widely available in the States either, but New Directions publishes it.)Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-25361731838475974652011-09-09T22:16:32.585+01:002011-09-09T22:16:32.585+01:00You're probably right Thomas, but I think it w...You're probably right Thomas, but I think it was necessary to mention Reality Hunger given the profile it gained (the hyperlink goes to my hyper-review), and I did not dwell on it, though I might have pointed out the startling cultural difference it demonstrates. <br /><br />I've not seen let alone read a book by Edward Dahlberg. He's not been published over here.Stephen Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-65601371520946349692011-09-09T22:01:25.615+01:002011-09-09T22:01:25.615+01:00To mention Shields is to soil your review and Quig...To mention Shields is to soil your review and Quignard's achievement... It would have been better to mention some of The delightful books of Edward Dahlberg... A more worthy comparison..though not as contemporary, except to The very few...The Carnal Myth, Reasons of the Heart..I coud mention more......Quignard is retelling our lives at the moment...surely Chapter 9 The Ewer is this moment today... And a further thought: like Calasso, Quignard is taken by the Jansenists... Those ever modern alternatives to the world as it is.... I read the various Jansenist writings as I do Julien Green: to stay alive.... Given as I am forced to be in New York for this dreary weekend when politicians will be constantly vomiting...this morning the dreary Hilary Clinton appeared at the college where I have a small way of making money...Thomas McGoniglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05262994278231611143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-65677105824437388132011-09-09T17:23:51.317+01:002011-09-09T17:23:51.317+01:00I've had some Proustian moments lately. But li...I've had some Proustian moments lately. But like awakening from a dream, I'm never quite sure if I'm actually experiencing the past in The Present or only using words to express something only inarticulately felt. I don't trust myself, you see. How many problems I've solved in a dream - cold fusion, quandaries in nutritional science, issues of love and hate, etc. - only to awaken and realize that no problem has been solved at all. Likewise with experiencing the past in the present. An early morning riff, forgive me. Cheers, KevinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-61419501982136647512011-09-09T12:26:50.833+01:002011-09-09T12:26:50.833+01:00Thanks for the great review. I just given the book...Thanks for the great review. I just given the book to print. It should be in bookstores in November :)<br />(And thanks to Louise for pointing this review out to me.)<br />Bishan, Seagull Books, Calcutta.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-81974501664779812132011-09-09T11:57:24.314+01:002011-09-09T11:57:24.314+01:00Try reading the sixth paragraph Louise, or looking...Try reading the sixth paragraph Louise, or looking more closely at the image of the book cover.Stephen Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-73484270746324032532011-09-09T11:53:16.390+01:002011-09-09T11:53:16.390+01:00And the translator is....?And the translator is....?Louise Rogers Lalauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167247377406833592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-78852760068813664712011-09-08T15:33:11.673+01:002011-09-08T15:33:11.673+01:00Thanks - that's very kind of you to say so. I ...Thanks - that's very kind of you to say so. I should point out that the book isn't published until November, but I hope you can get it.Stephen Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-78254946255093151572011-09-08T15:30:28.396+01:002011-09-08T15:30:28.396+01:00Beautiful review Stephen and I am immediately goin...Beautiful review Stephen and I am immediately going to buy the book and read it.Braingrasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859826435710133646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-68573775865101329042011-09-08T12:46:12.526+01:002011-09-08T12:46:12.526+01:00Thanks to the author posting this on Facebook I wi...Thanks to the author posting this on Facebook I will read it later in the day...I have been reading The Roving Shadows but have not begun to find words for it...but I am writing this at 751AM in NYC... What a good day today is going to beThomas McGoniglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05262994278231611143noreply@blogger.com