[lit-ideas] Re: Whattcha readin'?
- From: Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:23:49 -0700 (PDT)
This sounds like something I would have written. I
emptied out some drawers and had some empty space. I
love it. I'll have to get his book.
--- Torgeir Fjeld <phatic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Trying to reread Carl Lange by Kjell Askildsen but
> can never get past the first paragraph:
>
> When my wife was alive I thought she would leave me
> with more space. Just consider her underwear. It
> fills three drawers. I can put my copper coins in
> one, matchboxes in another, and corks in a third. As
> it is now it's a complete mess. And then she died.
> It's a long time ago. She was a demanding person.
> Peace be with her -- she finally gave me peace. I
> emptied drawers and shelves and cupboards of what
> she had left behind and ended up with lots of empty
> space ?- more than I could make use of. So I knocked
> down two closets, but was left with an emptier room
> instead of two empty closets. It was quite
> thoughtless of me, but, as I said, it's a long time
> ago. I was much younger then.
>
> Anyway.
>
> Torgeir F
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Whattcha readin'?
> > Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:45:08 -0500
> >
> >
> > > Just wondering, what everyone is reading?
> >
> > I'm reading Satanic Verses. It's fantastic. I
> love every page.
> > I'm turning back to page one the second that I've
> read the last
> > page and starting over. I had no idea it was so
> rich with humor
> > and pathos and knowledge and zaniness. But then I
> love Pynchon,
> > too.
> >
> >
> > > I'm kind of
> > > still obsessing about peak oil and climate
> change with
> > > a little economy thrown in. Boring stuff for
> most
> > > people.
> >
> > You and Lawrence. You're two of a kind, you know.
> : )
> >
> >
> > > I
> > > keep saying I'm going to get a nice who dunit
> but it
> > > never seems to happen.
> >
> >
> > No, no, no. That stuff kills brain cells. Read
> Amy Bloom's
> > collection of short stories: "A Blind Man Can See
> How Much I Love
> > You." It's truly wonderful writing and you'll be
> in pig heaven
> > picking apart all the psychological twistings and
> turnings in her
> > stories."
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike Geary
> > Memphis
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy"
> <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "lit-ideas" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 5:54 PM
> > Subject: [lit-ideas] Whattcha readin'?
> >
> >
> > > Just wondering, what everyone is reading? I'm
> kind of
> > > still obsessing about peak oil and climate
> change with
> > > a little economy thrown in. Boring stuff for
> most
> > > people. I have no patience with novels except
> the one
> > > I'm currently reading based in a post oil
> future. I
> > > keep saying I'm going to get a nice who dunit
> but it
> > > never seems to happen.
> > >
> > > So, Eric, Mike, Robert Paul, Bill Dolphin,
> everyone
> > > else. What are you reading, if anything? Care
> to
> > > share?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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