Thanks Deb. This is a strange book, but all the devious stuff is handled in a very restrained way, nothing gratuitous or shocking for the point of shock. It is quite a bizarre addition to the collected fiction related to WW2. Hope you are well!
I read The Four Wise Men some years ago, found it confused or confusing, forgot it, found my note on it after watching your post, and now I just bought The Ogre and will give him a new get go. Thanks for "granting" me the opportunity!
Hello Kim, I can imagine his other books would be very confusing. It is really obvious, when I read this one, that the author had A LOT of knowledge and information that he wanted to put into his book. This can be a really dangerous thing for a writer, they can get lost in a sea of their own erudition, and ultimately become incomprehensible to the reader. I think Ulysses is like that. This is the first Tournier I've read, so I can't say, but I can easily believe how difficult his other books can be. My pleasure! Thanks for writing!
Hello Sal, very good call on the Painted Bird, I see some parallels. I think you will like this book. It's wildly unique from one scene to the next! Let me know when you get a copy and start reading it. I was a bit taken aback when the narrative switched from chapter one to chapter two, but in the end it all makes perfect sense.
@@TheSalMaris I suspected this one would be a rare, hard to come by, book. I was really lucky to find it that day. I'm glad you could get a copy, I hope it is a good one, Abe books is quite good, but a few times they've sent me some literal stinkers. It's absolutely a great novel. I am waiting to hear what you think of this one! Please let me know what you think!
Thank you Grant…… going to seek a copy…. Unaware of this writer till listening to your extraordinary interptrtation twice over tonight. So little time left in my life to read so much wonderful literature … thought I had most of the Prix Goncourt luminaries is my library. Just returned from Baltimore to visit my three year old granddaughter Genevieve… my unexpectedl one and only. When do you graduate? Respect to your wife and warm hugs for the little one …… Miss Jenny
Hello Miss Jenny, I feel a little uncomfortable recommending a novel with so much eye-popping deviant scenes, but if you are a lover of literature, I think you will appreciate the quality of the writing, and the immense imagination that has gone into this novel. Congratulations on your granddaughter! What a wonderful gift. I feel so stupid for waiting so late in life to have children. I will graduate in December, 2024. And then we have to make a big decision about what to do next. We live in a tiny apartment, which is bad for Matthew, and his incredible energy. But everything in the vicinity has become prohibitively expensive. I wanted to go to UBC for a masters degree in Creative Writing. Spend two years trying to write a good novel. If we move to Japan, I will really have to start working, and I might never get another chance to write something substantial. I'm a little sad, I feel the dream of writing a good novel is slipping away from me. I hope you are well. I will forgive your typing errors as long as you will forgive mine. (Actually the computer catches most of them and changes them before I even see what my fat fingers have done.)
@@grantlovesbooks Dear Grant, thank you for your reply. Besides the expense, do you you really need or want the hassle of a bullshit degree in so- called ‘creative writing’……… debt and servitude American style. For my money, you can tell your own story the way you want. My end years currently in turmoil…… the decay of a once pretty woman shouldn’t detract from a good mind. Hugs for Matthew from a surrogate grandma in a teeny apartment sans propagandist TV but filled with gorgeous literature stacked everywhere…..and my great grandmother’s Bechstein piano, shlepped around three continents…… just give Matthew words and music for a wonderful life. Love, Miss Jenny
Grant, my friend! I've been MIA recently but wanted to pop on to say hello! I hope school isn't making you too miserable! 😢 I just really hope you're doing well.
Hello Nikki! Thanks for taking the time to say hello. I am doing alright. I've got a few essays to contend with this weekend, and really don't have the heart for it. School is fine. Registration for next semester will be next week, and that will be my last semester to get a certificate. I often feel there is so much going on in the world, big events, huge sports tournaments, wars, important elections... but in my little corner of the world it is like time is at a standstill. It is like going to a rustic country house with no wifi or electricity, almost like the world is not happening here in Canada.
@grantlovesbooks yes, so much going on! Our politics here in America SUCK. I love my country, but I can't stand the politics and things are going to get a lot worse before they get better(if they do, at all). My mind is going a million miles per hour watching what is going on. It's a mess. Good luck on your essays.... you're probably wrapping them up at this point. You are getting so close to being done! I'm sure you are soooooo ready. I'm glad you're doing well, Grant.
@@nikkivenable73 Thanks so much Nikki! It must be hard to be in America right now. And it's only just July! You've still got several months of this circus. I try to avoid it myself, as I have no vote, I try also to have no opinions, but it is difficult. The media just loves to stir it up constantly. I hope the Olympics are good this year, I'm looking forward to them. Normally I don't care too much, Canada does so poorly in the summer Olympics, but I usually enjoy the highlights very much.
Hello 3rd Pill, I didn't get your email. Did you write to 'grantlovesbooks@gmail.com' I was expecting to hear from you. I know it's annoying to re-write and email, check your 'Sent' folder and see if you can re-send it. Or you could try to send it to my old man email address, 'grantship@yahoo.com'
@@grantlovesbooks Well, I send it now to both addresses. Hope this works. 🙂 Maybe my old mail is on your spam folder? Maybe I should haven't used the subject "Address the3rdpillblog934" - that sounds like a spam mail, haha.
