tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post850587367274835534..comments2024-03-18T16:55:31.971+00:00Comments on This Space: A cure for literary sicknessStephen Mitchelmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-14424159428792755832008-04-02T09:37:00.000+01:002008-04-02T09:37:00.000+01:00Scribbling that too quickly between two long train...Scribbling that too quickly between two long train journeys I missed the joke but, joking apart, what I said I think still holds. (Sometimes life is too short to click on all links).Nicholas Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07189263209323471368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-37202790835960620642008-04-02T08:59:00.000+01:002008-04-02T08:59:00.000+01:00An interesting alternative shortlist might be the ...An interesting alternative shortlist might be the one consisting of Those That Aren't There Because They Haven't Been Translated. Lists like the Independent's (which is a great thing) are dependent on the accident of what gets translated and it would be fascinating to hear from readers or critics in half a dozen major European languages of what they thought were the key books of the year. Contemporary French writing, for example, seems to be very weirdly represented in English translation just now.Nicholas Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07189263209323471368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-26927874214720190092008-04-01T17:10:00.000+01:002008-04-01T17:10:00.000+01:00Aha, my favorite book!Aha, my favorite book!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-50551938856447815062008-04-01T15:06:00.000+01:002008-04-01T15:06:00.000+01:00Oh. Er. Ahum. (blush smilie)My excuse is that I...Oh. Er. Ahum. (blush smilie)<BR/><BR/>My excuse is that I read this after midday when strictly speaking, all such japes are invalid!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-72244984396925755402008-04-01T15:05:00.000+01:002008-04-01T15:05:00.000+01:00Good news. I read and enjoyed Bartleby & Co but h...Good news. I read and enjoyed <EM>Bartleby & Co</EM> but haven't got <EM>Montano's Malady</EM> yet. Will correct soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com