tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486208150044133942.post2143977124041394039..comments2023-08-24T05:25:10.454-07:00Comments on this, that and everything else: Less Than OneMs. Edna (squared)http://www.blogger.com/profile/09889351629770150723noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486208150044133942.post-25852985965237129882012-05-29T14:24:39.311-07:002012-05-29T14:24:39.311-07:00Thank you Baldur for the suggestion. I have added...Thank you Baldur for the suggestion. I have added the book to my Summer reading list.Ms. Edna (squared)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09889351629770150723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486208150044133942.post-30020385675119431562012-05-29T11:51:02.349-07:002012-05-29T11:51:02.349-07:00Are we drowning in information, while starving for...Are we drowning in information, while starving for wisdom…?<br />Sorry what did you try to say, the iPhone bussed I was distracted and I stopped reading.Alistairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486208150044133942.post-81561354366431736062012-05-29T11:47:07.585-07:002012-05-29T11:47:07.585-07:00“The mob devours confessions, memoirs, etc., becau...“The mob devours confessions, memoirs, etc., because in its baseness it relishes the humiliation of the supreme, the weakness of the powerful. Upon discovering any unsavory detail, it is delighted: He is despicable, just like us; revolting, just like us! That’s a damn lie, bastards: even when despicable and revolting, he is not like you—he is different.” ~PushkinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486208150044133942.post-54487359828171623512012-05-29T11:45:30.161-07:002012-05-29T11:45:30.161-07:00“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of...“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” <br />― Joseph BrodskyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486208150044133942.post-60789363150203659002012-05-29T11:35:18.456-07:002012-05-29T11:35:18.456-07:00Thank you Ms. Edna for the post.
Allow me to re...Thank you Ms. Edna for the post. <br /><br />Allow me to recommend the following book -<br />Joseph Brodsky and the Soviet Muse by David MacFadyen<br /><br />The author revises the typical, simplistic representation of the young Brodsky and his peers in Western criticism, he demonstrates that Brodsky and his acquaintances absorbed an amazingly wide range of texts, both old and new, and that they read contemporary American, French, German, and Polish literature. Through numerous interviews with Brodsky's contemporaries and vast archival research, MacFadyen offers a vital new slant on Brodsky's early verse, providing the first published translations of these poems and examining Brodsky's work in relation to a broad international spectrum of influences to reveal the art and craft of his poetry. Joseph Brodsky and the Soviet Muse will appeal not only to those interested in Brodsky and the cultural influences that shaped his work and literature of the time but to those intrigued with Russian history and culture.Baldurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486208150044133942.post-64622208104380417132012-05-29T11:08:52.413-07:002012-05-29T11:08:52.413-07:00Thank you.Thank you.Mrs. Guttmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486208150044133942.post-72596475814458972262012-05-29T11:06:13.018-07:002012-05-29T11:06:13.018-07:00Indeed!Indeed!Ms. Capshawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486208150044133942.post-75742218998777942772012-05-29T11:03:39.644-07:002012-05-29T11:03:39.644-07:00well posted!well posted!your gaggle of fansnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486208150044133942.post-28525463022005601792012-05-29T10:45:09.972-07:002012-05-29T10:45:09.972-07:00Thank you for posting this, you are right: I am on...Thank you for posting this, you are right: I am one of those who has never heard about this book and his author. But I was amazed by the way he managed to describe my beautiful city! <br /><br />Thank you for sharing with us!!!another expatriatenoreply@blogger.com