tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post4625066216802110156..comments2024-03-25T22:38:46.822+08:00Comments on in lieu of a field guide: The Tenant and The MotiveRisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-14419951911441167142014-07-11T23:52:35.330+08:002014-07-11T23:52:35.330+08:00Yes! Before I die & Soon are interchangeable.Yes! Before I die & Soon are interchangeable.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-40929357353153999752014-07-07T19:12:39.891+08:002014-07-07T19:12:39.891+08:00Soon, for me, is within next 30 years. haha.Soon, for me, is within next 30 years. haha.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-79516870674178134872014-07-07T15:42:17.192+08:002014-07-07T15:42:17.192+08:00Cercas sounds like someone I should read, if not t...Cercas sounds like someone I should read, if not these two. I might try Soldados de Salamina soon. Of course my definition of soon is elastic, as my reading has slowed and my TBR is towering over me.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-43132843271807190022014-07-05T18:54:06.250+08:002014-07-05T18:54:06.250+08:00Even the author acknowledged the shortcomings of t...Even the author acknowledged the shortcomings of these early works. In his later novels (if we can rely on fictional representation), the protagonists referred to these novellas as minor.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-90938582226942494022014-07-05T18:44:47.184+08:002014-07-05T18:44:47.184+08:00The must-read Cercas have to be the recent ones. I...The must-read Cercas have to be the recent ones. I heard good things about <i>The Anatomy of the Moment</i> and <i>Outlaws</i>.Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-9099834770937305892014-07-05T06:36:31.053+08:002014-07-05T06:36:31.053+08:00Well, I certainly didn't feel like rushing to ...Well, I certainly didn't feel like rushing to buy a book by the author. There's something about Cercas' prose that puts me off; everything about it is ordinary and unsurprising. I've yet to read a passage that hits my G-spot. LMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538873868140070018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-54871884926625845412014-07-04T21:43:31.458+08:002014-07-04T21:43:31.458+08:00I'm sorry this was at least a semi-dud for you...I'm sorry this was at least a semi-dud for you, Rise, but I have to say that neither the excerpts nor your descriptions of the two novellas sound anywhere near as engrossing as I remember <em>Soldados de Salamis</em> being many years back. That being said, I appreciate hearing about these early efforts from Cercas nonetheless.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-14613048494982358632014-07-04T12:59:45.673+08:002014-07-04T12:59:45.673+08:00I'd like to revisit Soldiers soon. See if the ...I'd like to revisit <i>Soldiers</i> soon. See if the affect is still the same. <br /><br />Cercas is right there with Vila-Matas and Marías in questioning the form of the novel and the function of the narrator. Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-82110963400908571982014-07-04T11:10:56.573+08:002014-07-04T11:10:56.573+08:00I have leaned towards Soldiers several times but n...I have leaned towards <i>Soldiers</i> several times but never settled down to read it. How interesting to learn about his other work.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.com