tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post9179777708323508429..comments2023-05-30T07:00:13.707-04:00Comments on Bookphilia.com: The terrible intimacy of historyBookphiliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-69025406922059848632010-07-17T09:41:52.826-04:002010-07-17T09:41:52.826-04:00Tony: Why do writers write the same book over and ...Tony: Why do writers write the same book over and over? I personally feel that only Shakespeare and Wodehouse may be forgiven for this.Bookphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-24337821669555413382010-07-15T21:01:45.014-04:002010-07-15T21:01:45.014-04:00Yes, one of his earlier novels. I've liked al...Yes, one of his earlier novels. I've liked all three of his I've read (this one, 'Atonement' and 'On Chesil Beach'), but I am noticing a pattern: all are set in the past, feature lost loves and finish with a final section set decades in the future, showing consequences of the actions taken. We'll see if number 4 is the same...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-72861059836352989022010-07-15T11:48:06.046-04:002010-07-15T11:48:06.046-04:00Smithereens: I think very highly of it too, obviou...Smithereens: I think very highly of it too, obviously. How did you come across your copy? I hadn't even heard of the book until I saw a rather beaten up copy at a secondhand shop. I love the random browse and the new things it brings!<br /><br />Celine: I know. The last passage haunts me. I keep thinking about it and then going back to read it.Bookphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-54859380753424791312010-07-15T10:57:04.220-04:002010-07-15T10:57:04.220-04:00My God, those excerpts. Wrenching. Most particular...My God, those excerpts. Wrenching. Most particularly the last.Celinehttp://www.celinekiernan.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-77309433625636771002010-07-15T09:31:10.417-04:002010-07-15T09:31:10.417-04:00Surprisingly, I also read this book a month ago. I...Surprisingly, I also read this book a month ago. It was shoking, but probably one of the best books I read this year.Smithereenshttp://smithereens.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-89220578256240306542010-07-14T11:12:28.759-04:002010-07-14T11:12:28.759-04:00Tony: I've somehow never heard of McEwan's...Tony: I've somehow never heard of McEwan's The Innocent - is it a novel? I've read only Amsterdam, which I thought was atrocious, but think I should give McEwan another chance before giving up on him completely.<br /><br />heidenkind: It's intense and painful but incredibly beautiful and the writing is, to use a horrible but in this case accurate cliche, more alive than almost anything I've come across. It's really worth reading.<br /><br />Stefanie: I've previously read two of Duras's novellas and enjoyed them as well, but this really transcends them in terms of writing quality, I think. I'll be interested to know what you think!Bookphiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05155882653615842141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-26973576210557373902010-07-14T09:55:13.670-04:002010-07-14T09:55:13.670-04:00This sounds like an amazing book. I've only re...This sounds like an amazing book. I've only read one novel by Duras, more a novella really, and quite liked it. I will add this one to my list!Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-10258028827679428052010-07-13T19:39:40.053-04:002010-07-13T19:39:40.053-04:00Sounds very interesting! Not sure I want to read i...Sounds very interesting! Not sure I want to read it, though...Heidenkindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09494625457587427781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972764383963459152.post-68138883884274679952010-07-13T19:21:19.720-04:002010-07-13T19:21:19.720-04:00War (good God, y'all... etc); obviously it'...War (good God, y'all... etc); obviously it's good for literature anyway. Jokes aside, it's important to read this stuff to keep alive the memories of how utterly stupid war is.<br /><br />I, of course, often find myself looking at it (and its consequences) from the other side of the trenches. I'm currently reading another Remarque ('Drei Kameraden') and will be reviewing it soon along with McEwan's 'The Innocent' (set in Cold War Berlin).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.com