tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post6679690110719767515..comments2024-03-28T15:49:23.639-04:00Comments on Shelf Actualization: Unbearable Lightness?MacEvoy DeMaresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01017894338443984921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-37434851869998316912011-12-14T21:31:38.423-05:002011-12-14T21:31:38.423-05:00Yes.Yes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13966538770293572551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-89006820033779325972011-12-13T18:56:27.856-05:002011-12-13T18:56:27.856-05:00Will do . . . I love erotic cinema.Will do . . . I love erotic cinema.Tucker McCannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09669402261761814260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-1419402812932878452011-12-13T18:24:30.458-05:002011-12-13T18:24:30.458-05:00'The Moviegoer' by Walker Percy. The peopl...'The Moviegoer' by Walker Percy. The people who recommended it to me were so very enthusiastic, I really looked forward to reading it—plus, it's supposed to be about existentialism, my favorite brand of philosophy. But when I sat down to read it, I just couldn't get into it. The writing seemed choppy, not very inspired, and the scenes were dull, even vacuous. I couldn't make my eyes stay on the page. I didn't finish it. =shrug=<br /><br />Say Tucker, you should watch the movie of 'Unbearable Lightness of Being.' I agree with you about the book, but the movie is a classic: it's erotic, moving, and a very satisfying story.Fi Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17376619646352503291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818215410689699213.post-79451481927087332242011-12-13T16:51:38.919-05:002011-12-13T16:51:38.919-05:00Journey to the East, by Hermann Hesse. I went in e...Journey to the East, by Hermann Hesse. I went in expecting Asian adventure, and was sorely disappointed. <br /><br />The book touches very briefly on some journey that never seems to get any farther than a mountain gorge in Switzerland, and the rest of the tale recounts how the narrator just can’t seem to put into words the heady days he’d spent on that ill-fated pilgrimage. I won’t spoil the book by revealing the ending, but it’s got exactly nothing to do with a Journey to the East.<br /><br />Maybe that’s more in the vein of false advertising than what you’re describing, but it seems to fit.MacEvoyhttp://www.shelfactualization.comnoreply@blogger.com