tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post6379775918256409288..comments2023-07-10T01:17:13.383+10:00Comments on Brona's Books: 99 Interpretations of The Drover's Wives by Ryan O'NeillBronahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-76229477420541156122019-11-20T10:21:13.858+11:002019-11-20T10:21:13.858+11:00I find Calvino at his best to be emotionally engag...I find Calvino at his best to be emotionally engaging as well, but maybe that's just me... ;-) But even rereads of The Baron in the Trees can make me cry.reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-69917953529753914642019-11-15T08:12:20.160+11:002019-11-15T08:12:20.160+11:00I remember reading If on a winter's night many...I remember reading If on a winter's night many, many years ago. It was fun, but I usually read for connection or an emotional experience, so unless I'm not in the mood for an emotional journey, then books like this can leave me cold. Reading this when I was uber-busy and stretched a bit thin, was just right. Certainly by the end of the 99 stories I was feeling a bit tired of the game.<br /><br />I also found this quote from David Mitchell which sums up how I often feel about books like this - Author David Mitchell described himself as being "magnetised" by the book from its start when he read it as an undergraduate, but on rereading it, felt it had aged and that he did not find it "breathtakingly inventive" as he had the first time, yet does stress that "however breathtakingly inventive a book is, it is only breathtakingly inventive once" – with once being better than never.Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-56666872485441043642019-11-14T15:16:52.638+11:002019-11-14T15:16:52.638+11:00One of my favorites is Georges Perec's Life: A...One of my favorites is Georges Perec's Life: A User's Manual. You can read it as just a novel about a bunch of people in an apartment building and it's a lot of fun that way, but then you learn there's a pattern to it, too.<br /><br />Calvino is loosely associated with Oulipo, too, and I find him a hoot.reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-73172196384998371642019-11-14T00:43:28.005+11:002019-11-14T00:43:28.005+11:00It does sound like an interesting concept. I'm...It does sound like an interesting concept. I'm glad to hear that it was a nice intermission in your busy month.Silviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249978624747684879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-65737496626187036222019-11-13T10:20:23.478+11:002019-11-13T10:20:23.478+11:00I was glad he started with the original story as i...I was glad he started with the original story as it had been a very long time since I had read it at school.<br />This was my first (conscious) experience of an Oulipo-vian approach - it was a lot of fun.Bronahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110584237325026052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483877654474162845.post-4392693128817970022019-11-13T09:17:16.756+11:002019-11-13T09:17:16.756+11:00This does sound like fun. I know nothing about Hen...This does sound like fun. I know nothing about Henry Lawson's The Drover's Wife, but I am a sucker for Oulipo-vian thingsreesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818057262934008241noreply@blogger.com