Reread Pere Goriot last month. After the overstuffed start -- radical at the time -- it really gets going.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 11:42 (one year ago) link
the short story sarrasine thru the lens of barthes' S/Z is grebt (also nutso)
― mark s, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 12:11 (one year ago) link
Can’t remember if I’ve ever read a single thing, but really liked the film of LOST ILLUSIONS which recently opened here, so maybe it’s time.
― Jimmy Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne Mary-Anne (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 16:47 (one year ago) link
Did not know this translation existed
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/34956/history-of-the-thirteen-by-balzactrans-herbert-j-hunt/9780140443011
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 15 July 2022 22:58 (one year ago) link
i have that version & haven't read it. I got scared off by the introduction that called it not some of Balzac's best.
― adam t. (abanana), Tuesday, 19 July 2022 14:18 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ant8M2H.jpg
― adam t. (abanana), Tuesday, 19 July 2022 14:22 (one year ago) link
the history of the thirteen is the basis for jacques rivette's out 1: noli me tangere (running time: 12 hr, 55 min)
so i shd read it and watch the movie for a second time
― mark s, Tuesday, 19 July 2022 14:30 (one year ago) link
I love out 1 and assumed the source was never translated.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 19 July 2022 15:13 (one year ago) link
basis is doing a lot of work there. the overt balzac talk, and idea of a secret society is about it. even in the stories 'the thirteen' themselves only figure very loosely. worth pointing out that rivette did do a fantastic straight adaptation of one of the stories: 'duchess de langlois'
― devvvine, Tuesday, 19 July 2022 15:13 (one year ago) link
think i read the ellen marriage trans of the history of thirteen so cant speak to the one upthread; but would agree that its not peak honorebig rec for the black sheep which is my fav of course the long novels
― devvvine, Tuesday, 19 July 2022 15:17 (one year ago) link
Started "The Quest for the Absolute". There is a genius for description of rooms here that an AI would struggle to compete with. You can really feel him having so much fun with his power.
That can also provoke some frustration. You feel this could be half of the length (even in a short book like this) but the material is so good.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 29 September 2023 10:01 (six months ago) link