tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post8963493328047077065..comments2023-11-05T02:14:11.957-08:00Comments on L'chaim: While we’re on the subject…Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11470283761189392205noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-63846068848819310542007-02-20T13:45:00.000-08:002007-02-20T13:45:00.000-08:00Oh--you could do what I did with Ulysess. . . I di...Oh--you could do what I did with Ulysess. . . I didn't read it. I don't think I could.<BR/><BR/>I've never seen Funny Girl. Might be about time, eh?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789250398792504412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-22678227384314867952007-02-20T07:39:00.000-08:002007-02-20T07:39:00.000-08:00I put down books all the time when I don't like th...I put down books all the time when I don't like them, but I'm being stubborn with this one. Here's what I decided: what I get, I get. What I don't, oh, well. Some of the sentences are nonsensical (I'll chalk it up to "stream of consciousness"). But I'm following enough. Although I doubt this will become one of those life changing reads.<BR/>Pam, your B. antecdote made me laugh! How did he hear Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11470283761189392205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-83490239064372207702007-02-20T06:09:00.000-08:002007-02-20T06:09:00.000-08:00Strategy:find a different book.Strategy:<BR/><BR/>find a different book.L.L. Barkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333960142447144678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-32596929477134268412007-02-19T22:42:00.000-08:002007-02-19T22:42:00.000-08:00obviously I don't know anything about Ulysses. I ...obviously I don't know anything about Ulysses. I think I picked it up in high school and sat it on my library chair because I was too short to be comfy at the table.Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05404943895800549273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-44752773156316283402007-02-19T22:41:00.000-08:002007-02-19T22:41:00.000-08:00I was talking about Beethoven just today.How I saw...I was talking about Beethoven just today.<BR/>How I saw a made for TV Movie when I was young. In the movie he was already deaf... and was out walking with a blind boy.<BR/>He saw a bird - and asked the blind boy if he could hear it sing. The blind boy answered that he could. And they were both happy.<BR/><BR/>And I still remember thinking... Wha??? The guy is deaf, how did he know what the Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05404943895800549273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-85862755598126565902007-02-19T19:31:00.000-08:002007-02-19T19:31:00.000-08:00Just another bloated Irish literary offering. I'll...Just another bloated Irish literary offering. I'll confess I haven't read it, but I've read enough Irish crap to steer clear of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-84668197883429766452007-02-19T15:15:00.000-08:002007-02-19T15:15:00.000-08:00The only things I know about Ulysses are what I le...The only things I know about Ulysses are what I learned from reading Chaim Potok's The Chosen. That book made it clear that Ulysses is one hard read -- and perhaps a little, um, odd -- which made me take the same line as Amyann: I can't be bothered. I prefer to ENJOY, SINK IN, and actually GET the books I'm reading, not work hard to be snubbed by a writer who doesn't want me to get him in the christiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06278757714101308785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-17274089304677069062007-02-19T11:33:00.000-08:002007-02-19T11:33:00.000-08:00update: i'm feeling much better about the ulysses ...update: i'm feeling much better about the ulysses thing. looked up some things online (and thanks, amyanne for the helps). apparently, what i had gotten out of it thus far is in line.<BR/>maybe it won't be so hard after all.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11470283761189392205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29608097.post-81379677300368787892007-02-19T09:49:00.000-08:002007-02-19T09:49:00.000-08:00I know the book is about a 24 hour period of time ...I know the book is about a 24 hour period of time in Dublin--June 16, 1904. Everything in it actually took place, the people/places are actual. So I suppose if you do some research on Dublin, June 16th 1904, the book will make more sense. Maybe. I also, know that he uses something like over 20 styles of writing: stream-of-consciousness, parody, letters, interviews. There are also several amyannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08307782244305800432noreply@blogger.com