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A story about "Underground"

nobody@allconsuming.net (ideath) — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:15:38 GMT

The soundtrack for this was playing at the end of a wedding reception and my fella and i made a pact: we will watch this movie twice a year.

Because it deserves it.

A story about the last time I consumed "Naguib Mahgouz - 3 stories - Midaq Alley; The Thief and the Dogs; Miramar"

nobody@allconsuming.net (ideath) — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:45:45 GMT

Naguib Mahgouz - 3 stories - Midaq Alley; The Thief and the Dogs; Miramar

by Naguib Mahfouz

I think the third novel, Miramar, is the best of the three. One of those multiple-viewpoint narratives, with political and cultural lessons on Egypt thrown in. I would have gotten a lot less out of it without the translator’s footnotes, though. Something about ideological intrigue and historical references doesn’t travel well through space and time without a guide.

A story about "Naguib Mahgouz - 3 stories - Midaq Alley; The Thief and the Dogs; Miramar"

nobody@allconsuming.net (ideath) — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:34:17 GMT

Naguib Mahgouz - 3 stories - Midaq Alley; The Thief and the Dogs; Miramar

by Naguib Mahfouz

I’m reading it a little more rapidly now that school is over and sometimes seamus gets up and leaves before i get up and i don’t want to go back to sleep (it seems wrong) so i reach over and grab the book on top.

I finished the Thief and the Dogs. yow.

Why it's taking me forever to finish consuming "Naguib Mahgouz - 3 stories - Midaq Alley; The Thief and the Dogs; Miramar"

nobody@allconsuming.net (ideath) — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:47:12 GMT

Naguib Mahgouz - 3 stories - Midaq Alley; The Thief and the Dogs; Miramar

by Naguib Mahfouz

It’s a book beside the bed. I only go to bed once a day, and i’m often sleepy or distracted or both.

I’ve reached the end of the first story. It feels different from other novels, but i’m not enough of a lit person to tell you why. It makes me want to know more about Arabic literature.

Why it's taking me forever to finish consuming "The Gormenghast Novels"

nobody@allconsuming.net (ideath) — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:05:03 GMT

The Gormenghast Novels

by Mervyn Peake

It’s being read out loud to me. We are often very sleepy. He does voices better than i do.

Why I recommend "The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel"

nobody@allconsuming.net (ideath) — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:01:03 GMT

The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel

by Margaret Atwood

This book gets more and more relevant as the government (and the Right’s) position on women gets more and more clear-cut and even accepted.

I first read this when i was too young to read it, so it seemed fairly surreal in a “something i don’t understand is happening” kind of way. The next time i read it, women’s rights were under attack and it seemed surreal in an entirely different, “this can’t be really happening, not now” kind of way.