false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174402974m/392307.jpg 392307 2 <div>On November 18th of alternate years Mr Earbrass begins writing 'his new novel.' Weeks ago he chose its title at random from a list of them he keeps in a little green note-book. It being tea-time of the 17th, he is alarmed not to have thought of a plot to which The Unstrung Harp might apply, but his mind will keep reverting to the last biscuit on the plate." So begins what the Times Literary Supplement called "a small masterpiece." TUH is a look at the literary life and its "attendant woes: isolation, writer's block, professional jealousy, and plain boredom." But, as with all of Edward Gorey's books, TUH is also about life in general, with its anguish, turnips, conjunctions, illness, defeat, string, parties, no parties, urns, desuetude, disaffection, claws, loss, trebizond, napkins, shame, stones, distance, fever, antipodes, mush, glaciers, incoherence, labels, miasma, amputation, tides, deceit, mourning, elsewards. You get the point. Finally, TUH is about Edward Gorey the writer, about Edward Gorey writing The Unstrung Harp. It's a cracked mirror of a book, and it's dedicated to RDP or Real Dear Person.<br></div> 381897 8 1999 The Unstrung Harp, Or, Mr Earbrass Writes a Novel total:271|5:126|4:89|3:50|2:3|1:3| 271 1145 352 24 5 1 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Fri Oct 19 01:42:40 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 01:42:40 -0700 2007 The Doubtful Guest.]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 11:46:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 11:50:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 06:24:55 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 06:26:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Sep 27 13:57:59 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 13:57:59 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Mar 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 09:57:18 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 06:02:42 -0700 2009 Very well done and autobiographial. ]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 07 15:31:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 15:35:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 11 22:21:20 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 22:21:20 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 13 13:58:57 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 14:05:40 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 17 18:37:50 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 18:38:13 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 08:15:20 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 01:39:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Aug 15 06:34:52 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 06:35:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 09 13:23:43 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 09 13:23:43 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 16:10:57 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 23 10:47:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Nov 10 17:13:27 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 10 17:13:27 -0800 2007 5 0 false false Sat Aug 16 05:18:46 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 05:21:35 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Oct 16 07:04:03 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 07:13:19 -0700 2007
If you've ever tried to write something, it'll also remind you of yourself (I don't know about the old sports shirt though).
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