heh, i picked up a copy of 'A Month in the Country' just the other day :)
currently reading Martin Weitzmann - The Share Economy. which is NOT about the 2016 Neologism that ppl use to refer to Uber and Airbnb; it's a book written at the peak of 1970s stagflation by an economist who argues that Keynes had only come half-way in treating the symptoms of the business cycle, and that the true cure was to move a system were workers are paid in shares of revenue or profit, rather than in fixed wages. It's very well written, but as far as i know not very widely-read (judging by the price i paid for a used copy on amazon) so kind of a lost classic. it's the kind of gripping, ambitious, speculative big solution to a big problem you don't see much of anymore in the era of an abundance of technocratic micro-fixes, the kind of stuff that's fun to read whether or not you agree with the conclusions (so far i haven't made up my mind)
― flopson, Thursday, 29 September 2016 23:34 (seven years ago) link
bought a month in the country based on the mention here - sounds really interesting!
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 29 September 2016 23:59 (seven years ago) link
No endless summer on ILB so: The Decline and Fall 2016 of gILBert the fILBert: What Are You Reading Now?
― Berberian Begins at Home (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 30 September 2016 14:47 (seven years ago) link
Oh wait were we supposed to wait out the year? Sorry if so
― Berberian Begins at Home (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 30 September 2016 14:48 (seven years ago) link
It's fine by me to re-up for autumn.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Friday, 30 September 2016 15:14 (seven years ago) link
Momentarily reviving as i missed this at the time:
iyengar's book light on life is one of the more moving quasi memoirs ive read, it has lots of prescriptions for yoga practice but phrases them a bit gentler than light on yoga and places them in the context of iyengar's interpretation of the yoga sutras. recommended if you're looking to go further with his writings.xyzzzz__ do you practice at an iyengar studio?― he mea ole, he kanaka lapuwale (sciatica), Tuesday, July 19, 2016 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
xyzzzz__ do you practice at an iyengar studio?
― he mea ole, he kanaka lapuwale (sciatica), Tuesday, July 19, 2016 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Thanks I like to read it sometime.
I do most of my classes at yoga studios (although I've done some in a church space), most of which have ropes and props so get to do inversions and downward dog the Iyengar way sometimes.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 16 October 2016 14:52 (seven years ago) link
because grief is the thing with feathers
― Number None, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 18:42 (eight months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
did anyone else read this btw
― spud called maris (darraghmac), Saturday, 6 May 2017 14:10 (seven years ago) link
^ he says casually, referring obliquely to H IS FOR HAWK
― Aimless, Saturday, 6 May 2017 16:05 (seven years ago) link
no, 'grief is a thing with feathers' the separate short novel. sorry, unclear
― spud called maris (darraghmac), Saturday, 6 May 2017 16:47 (seven years ago) link
I've read the slender T.H. White book, The Goshawk, if that's any help.
― Aimless, Saturday, 6 May 2017 16:51 (seven years ago) link
Keen to read that book, deems, not read it yet tho. Got great reviews.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Saturday, 6 May 2017 17:06 (seven years ago) link
thought it was a phenomenon nb i dont read very much tho. caught me in the gut several times
― spud called maris (darraghmac), Saturday, 6 May 2017 17:26 (seven years ago) link
I'm reading Pascal Meringeau's massive Jean Renoir bio, the first major one in decades.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 6 May 2017 17:37 (seven years ago) link
let's not get side tracked and forget we have this contemporary thread
― Aimless, Saturday, 6 May 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
Confusingly, here's a link to a few posts in the Contemporary Lit thread (not the contemporary lit thread) where I read GITTWF: Rolling Contemporary Literary Fiction
― Tim, Saturday, 6 May 2017 18:56 (seven years ago) link