i made myself finish rings of saturn. there were some chunks in the middle that i got into just as interesting as historical anecdotes. but i found the book as a whole very tedious and i'm still in the woods re: the point
― na (NA), Monday, 13 March 2023 14:17 (one year ago) link
the segment i liked was joseph conrad/roger casement/the chinese dowager princess/the old english manor that is crumbling with the old family still living in it. but i still feel like i would have gotten just as much out of reading the wikipedia page on casement e.g.
― na (NA), Monday, 13 March 2023 14:20 (one year ago) link
Also I had to order a Borges anthology and break to read some of that halfway through
― the forces of darkness making making us laugh ourselves into DEATH?? (dog latin), Monday, 13 March 2023 15:42 (one year ago) link
I have read it convincingly argued that the concluding section of TROS is all holocaust-related, but I can't find the article
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Monday, 13 March 2023 16:15 (one year ago) link
Almost all of it seems to be atrocity-related at least
― the forces of darkness making making us laugh ourselves into DEATH?? (dog latin), Monday, 13 March 2023 18:46 (one year ago) link