tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post4410224670497336052..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: The Saddest Story Ever Toldbibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-63561714008012572632008-06-21T14:17:00.000+08:002008-06-21T14:17:00.000+08:00oops sorry forgot to add that no, have not heard o...oops sorry forgot to add that no, have not heard of raymond flower but am interested to find out more.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-66558712945710071562008-06-21T14:16:00.000+08:002008-06-21T14:16:00.000+08:00hi robert - am happy if i can get one or two folks...hi robert - am happy if i can get one or two folks even to pick up this excellent and often overlooked book. will be very interested to know what you think. i do need to reread it myself too ...bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-76264100204389306302008-06-21T13:51:00.000+08:002008-06-21T13:51:00.000+08:00Thanks Sharon, just dug it out of my personal libr...Thanks Sharon, just dug it out of my personal library of unread books. Lately I've been catching up on my unread non-fiction books - books that I bought with good intentions and feel guilty about every time I come across it. The Good Soldier I picked up used somewhere -- in fact, I just remembered that Raymond Flower passed it on to me. He was off-loading from his stash while visiting Penang after an extended stay. Thanks for making that reconnection for me. Did you ever meet Raymond Flower? He wrote mostly nonfiction, including Raffles, the Story of Singapore, which has excellent photos of Old Singapore.<BR/>Robert RaymerBorneo Expat Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657806224924444058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-50778599411465644482008-06-13T15:58:00.000+08:002008-06-13T15:58:00.000+08:00thanks. that's one i've missed tho' i think someo...thanks. that's one i've missed tho' i think someone mentioned it before here ...bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-31769456400398487812008-06-13T15:06:00.000+08:002008-06-13T15:06:00.000+08:00John Lancaster's 'The Debt To Pleasure' had an unr...John Lancaster's 'The Debt To Pleasure' had an unreliable narrator. And it was a fantastic book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-24145391581908429102008-06-09T10:38:00.000+08:002008-06-09T10:38:00.000+08:00Sunt, Really? Tell us more.Sharon, I guess the gen...Sunt, Really? Tell us more.<BR/><BR/>Sharon, I guess the gentlemen are hidden by the corn as high as an elephant's eye.<BR/><BR/>Sorry couldn't help it - we almost did Oklahoma in school, and I always have to burst into song when I hear the word Oklahoma. I could go on about what British gentlemen get up to in Oklahoma.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-21166791886759374882008-06-08T10:18:00.000+08:002008-06-08T10:18:00.000+08:00there are more British gentlemen tucked away in th...<I>there are more British gentlemen tucked away in the Oklahoma panhandle than in all of London, Oxford, and Cambridge!</I> had no idea!bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-60157948720424756452008-06-08T08:04:00.000+08:002008-06-08T08:04:00.000+08:00TGS is a book that is well-worth reading and rerea...TGS is a book that is well-worth reading and rereading. My husband and I spend our days comparing the Dowell-esque aspects of our characters. <BR/><BR/>Dowell does beat up on Julius and admits it as candidly as he admits that he worries that the caviar won't reach him as it goes around the table. But of course we are from Oklahoma, and as you all know, there are more British gentlemen tucked away in the Oklahoma panhandle than in all of London, Oxford, and Cambridge!sunt_lacrimae_rerumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05659053841051896981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-77934498202107331932008-06-08T05:02:00.000+08:002008-06-08T05:02:00.000+08:00William C. Williams was influenced by Ford M. Ford...William C. Williams was influenced by Ford M. Ford!Burhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582444270077430405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-75898783850770752162008-06-07T23:41:00.000+08:002008-06-07T23:41:00.000+08:00probably nabokov's "pale fire" is a better example...probably nabokov's "pale fire" is a better example and i've yet to read it.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreliable_narrator" REL="nofollow">wikipedia has a very good list</A> of novels and films with unrelaible narratorsbibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-77648818611204063342008-06-07T22:50:00.000+08:002008-06-07T22:50:00.000+08:00rob - yes, was thinking of you this morning when i...rob - yes, was thinking of you this morning when i read this piece. i need to read the book again as i have forgotten so much ... isn't it annoying how novels just slip away.<BR/><BR/>rajan - good question! can only go on "lolita" and yes, HH is an excellent example of an unreliable narrator. but it sounds as if you might like to give this a shot and see for yourself! certainly though, this is a very much earlier example - wonder if nabokov was also influenced by it?bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-45856887208134812812008-06-07T20:09:00.000+08:002008-06-07T20:09:00.000+08:00Unreliable narration - no author has done it bette...Unreliable narration - no author has done it better? What about Nabakov?<BR/><BR/>RajanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-26080537123311349862008-06-07T18:59:00.000+08:002008-06-07T18:59:00.000+08:00Sharon - we talked about this novel, which I agree...Sharon - we talked about this novel, which I agree is mesmerising. I've taught it for years, and it never fails to impress students. This year, several of my students explored the idea, first put forward by a critic called Roger Poole, that Dowell is, far from bumbling, a cool, calculating customer, who benefits hugely by the events of the novel. It's an intriguing thought - Dowell as murderer??Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647405720597546140noreply@blogger.com