tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post6167267719938956425..comments2024-03-25T22:38:46.822+08:00Comments on in lieu of a field guide: Conversations with SebaldRisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-63193414221002159682014-12-01T18:21:46.215+08:002014-12-01T18:21:46.215+08:00Er, the first link should be this: http://booktrek...Er, the first link should be this: http://booktrek.blogspot.com/2013/08/an-indication-of-cause.htmlRisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-77493489439598036342014-12-01T16:54:11.150+08:002014-12-01T16:54:11.150+08:00I should maybe quote Parks's words since my pa...I should maybe quote Parks's words since my paraphrase is reductive.<br /><br />"The time has come to say something about this writer's [Sebald's] extraordinary prose, without which his rambling plots and ruminations would be merely clever and unsettling. Like the coincidences he speaks of, it is a style that recovers, devours, and displaces the past. He has Thomas Bernhard'sRisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3769714277850142841.post-1483220237148973322014-12-01T12:58:23.401+08:002014-12-01T12:58:23.401+08:00(However, I disagree with Parks's characteriza...(However, I disagree with Parks's characterization of his prose style as "much lighter" and "more flexible" than Thomas Bernhard's.)<br /><br />Really? I'd have to go with Parks here - both use complex structures, but there's nothing light about Bernhard's prose...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546287562521628467noreply@blogger.com