tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post5822496417125300198..comments2024-03-28T12:59:05.739-07:00Comments on Iron Tongue of Midnight: To This We've ComeLisa Hirschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-23528074662899394042009-08-07T07:13:37.478-07:002009-08-07T07:13:37.478-07:00In an effort to patronize my local classical recor...In an effort to patronize my local classical recording store, back when we still had one, I asked the clerk one day to look up Malcolm Arnold. When it turned out that <i>he didn't know how to spell "Malcolm"</i>, I gave up and left.<br /><br />My departure was soon followed by the store's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-69387565607035237302009-08-05T22:03:26.674-07:002009-08-05T22:03:26.674-07:00I think I will grab a volume of the short stories!...I think I will grab a volume of the short stories!Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-81941601822842638752009-08-05T21:57:48.067-07:002009-08-05T21:57:48.067-07:00"The Moon and Sixpence" is a good short ..."The Moon and Sixpence" is a good short novel, based on the life of Gaugin. I also liked "The Razor's Edge" way back when. Many of the short stories are incomparable. Try "Rain" for starters.Timhttp://artsblog.freedomblogging.com/category/uncategorized/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-38661939492283386932009-08-04T21:48:22.503-07:002009-08-04T21:48:22.503-07:00That last line, it is going right over my head.
I...That last line, it is going right over my head.<br /><br />I've read some Maugham but am not sure which works. I think <i>Cakes and Ale</i>, but a very long time ago, because I remember nothing about the plot. Have not read <i>Of Human Bondage</i>. I feel like I should read some Maugham, and maybe I will after I'm done with <i>In the Year of Jubilee</i>.Lisa Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014924958428072675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8957911.post-90693949156541595042009-08-04T21:44:19.022-07:002009-08-04T21:44:19.022-07:00I read Of Human Bondage in my teens, though none o...I read <i>Of Human Bondage</i> in my teens, though none of his other stuff; I associated it with the Tormented Youth genre which also held <i>Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man</i> and Thomas Mann's story "Tonio Kröger." (Needless to say the erotic subtexts, in the Maugham and Mann anyway, went right over my head.)<br /><br />But I think Morris is all out of tempura. Try the macaroni salad?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com