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Fortuitous circumstance, such as a relatively complete (since to what extent are friends not also?) stranger commenting on the thread of the review of The Avignon Quintet, encouraged an initially cursory but developing to in-depth perusal of establis
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"“That the purport of [Lethem’s] themes don’t go much beyond surface satire is in its favour, as we aren’t subjected to...the tedium the exploration of “ideas” in fiction usually entails.” A limiting view of innovation/exploration/new ways of seeing the old. The ‘novel of ideas’ de-emphasises character (let alone plot), which Green acknowledges as motive for writers attempting to push the envelope." — May 16, 2015 08:26PM
"“That the purport of [Lethem’s] themes don’t go much beyond surface satire is in its favour, as we aren’t subjected to...the tedium the exploration of “ideas” in fiction usually entails.” A limiting view of innovation/exploration/new ways of seeing the old. The ‘novel of ideas’ de-emphasises character (let alone plot), which Green acknowledges as motive for writers attempting to push the envelope." — May 16, 2015 08:26PM
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Netsuke is tighter and different material....an altogether other trek with Rikki. This is just....fa ...more " |
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"His genius was filled with the mysterious sounds of nature, but transformed into sublime equivalents in musical thought, and not through slavish imitation of the actual external sounds. His composition of that night was surely filled with raindrops, resounding clearly on the tiles of the Charterhouse, but it had been transformed in his imagination and in his song into tears falling upon his heart from the sky. ... The gift of Chopin is [the expression of] the deepest and fullest feelings and emotions that have ever existed. He made a single instrument speak a language of infinity. He could often sum up, in ten lines that a child could play, poems of a boundless exaltation, dramas of unequalled power.”
― George Sand, Story of My Life: The Autobiography of George Sand
Flimsy attempts at satire
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updated May 13, 2015 06:30PM
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The title says it all, really.
Film Hall of Fame
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The idea for this is owed to Brian's Review Hall of Fame.
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updated Oct 21, 2012 09:33PM
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Currently two short stories submitted for the 2012 The Age (Melbourne newspaper) Short Story Competition.
On The Issue of Identity
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updated Nov 15, 2010 12:52PM
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Just my own personal take...
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Princess Fililee has been forbidden to accompany her father to the Elves. She disobeys, and seals her fate.
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