tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post2446282734608360962..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Recycled Fictionbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-35742362809236355522010-01-15T23:55:02.890+08:002010-01-15T23:55:02.890+08:00I always admire those who write using plain Englis...I always admire those who write using plain English yet manage to make the prose "readoutloudable". Reading Auster's is like seeing Morgan Freeman reciting his script. The pauses are always right; the tone always hits on the right spot; the tempo.. you can basically dance to it. Though the settings are almost always the same (the characters are mostly intellectuals who have trouble enjoy their privileges or status), Auster's works could be real hauntingly close to fervent readers from any background. Take "Moon Palace" for example, the part where the protagonist read through his deceased uncle's collection (boxes and boxes of them) regardless of their titles and genres and sold every single box after finishing... THAT is every "big-bad-wolf" shoppers secretly dream of yet understand perfectly that they wouldn't be able to do such a thing in their life time. That includes myself and when I first came across that part of the story, I can imagine Auster's ghoulish eyes mocking me from the dark corner of my overstuffed reading room.FRANKOSTEINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794945280375983288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-57365102709467092542010-01-15T22:34:46.877+08:002010-01-15T22:34:46.877+08:00i feel that Auster's repetitions are exploring...i feel that Auster's repetitions are exploring different sides of the same question - and i do rather enjoy spotting them ...bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-46061680722518393892010-01-15T01:47:09.044+08:002010-01-15T01:47:09.044+08:00Yes! The other night I was finishing up Jasper Ff...Yes! The other night I was finishing up Jasper Fforde's latest, Shades of Grey. Oh Ford! I realized that it was incredibly akin to Huxley's dystopian masterstroke, Brave New World. I enjoyed both novels, but I did kick myself for not seeing all the parallels earlier in the story.<br /><br />www.bookliciousblog.comMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478994630689879108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-20692559990206809672010-01-15T00:42:17.401+08:002010-01-15T00:42:17.401+08:00Since Paul Auster and Murakami are mentioned.. I d...Since Paul Auster and Murakami are mentioned.. I do have my views on this. Been reading their works for years and it has its special magic on my reading habit. Pick up any Auster's, I tend to finish them without knowing it, and only discovered its bulkiness (say, Brooklyn Follies with its extremely small fonts) after finishing. When I say 'finishing' it, it's not like what people might thought as reading it in a binge. It happens at a much lower level than that. A few chapters here and a few pages there. It seeps through my reading habit. I have always known that Auster's recycling his materials as his novel background is mostly centered at New York city. I remember Saul Bellow, when asked why his works are always about Jews, he answered that he wrote about Jews because that's what he knew best. Honest answer if you ask me.Frank, Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02219802332423235192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-41046265173889411752010-01-13T22:31:10.532+08:002010-01-13T22:31:10.532+08:00Cats, clasical music (especially jazz) and wells a...Cats, clasical music (especially jazz) and wells are recurring images in Murakami's stories, but i think that's because he has personal affiliation towards them. <br />It's like complaining JK Rowling writes only about wizards, or Tolkien was obsessed with elves and men-in-armour. Oh, and there's always someone dying in Stephen King's books.Kokyeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15851562918336162594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-43576698979891418422010-01-13T17:14:07.409+08:002010-01-13T17:14:07.409+08:00yes, agree Amir. and newspaper columns don't ...yes, agree Amir. and newspaper columns don't make satisfying essays.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-53743454564079047962010-01-13T15:54:49.488+08:002010-01-13T15:54:49.488+08:00Most Malaysian English non-fiction books tend to b...Most Malaysian English non-fiction books tend to be recycled newspaper columns anyway. No use blaming local readers for failing to read books, when local writers can't be bothered to write them ;-)Amir Muhammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144421497045270238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-68386356064449682742010-01-13T11:23:51.359+08:002010-01-13T11:23:51.359+08:00yes i do. that is why i try my best to read only o...yes i do. that is why i try my best to read only one or two books written by the same author except for lisa jane smith. she writes the best vampire romance ever!<br /><br />renaye<br />http://renaye.nutang.comrenayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156982816820971641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-73825315525651777282010-01-13T10:41:07.076+08:002010-01-13T10:41:07.076+08:00After reading many of those Sherlock Holmes storie...After reading many of those Sherlock Holmes stories, I find that a few are strangely familiar. :)Oxymoronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12476290895680339395noreply@blogger.com