All New *All Singing/Dancing* London Bookgroup Welcomes New Members thread
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Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
it didn't appear to be. nana ruins a few people and that seemed to be about it.Major Tom said:
citydreams
on the road again
What about chapter 7 and The Golden Fly? - The symbolic downfall?
onemonkey said:free unicum..
What the fuck is that???
I'm enjoying it Nana - I don't find the writing dense and over detailed at all - but you do wonder how much translations vary. I like the picture he's putting together of Paris and the era it's set in - and I would say it was painterly if that wasn't totally wanky. So I'll just say it's evocative instead
A shitload better than Cloud Atlas imo - he's developed a few characters along the way in this book for a start.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
You lot are making me feel like a lightweight. How can you not find the description dense and tedious and never-ending?
Hollis
bloody furious
Brainaddict said:
Because its painterly innit. Unlike dickens - who I can't stand, Zola builds up the tension, atmosphere..its like watching a damn good slow-moving game of test cricket. And it has so much depth compared to all this modern self-conscious clever rubbish.. (end of).
Don't worry, can't make it tonight.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I think it's adequate but I'd rather read about coal miners, coal even.
onemonkey
winmonkey
a special treat for those who actually turn up to the BG..PieEye said:
mind you, you are probably best off not knowing about it.. it's not nice
ihave to disagree, i don't think any of the characters are developed they are all caricatures.. not one plausible "real person" amongst them or at least he never seems to develop expand upon "the psychology of the individual".. and only rarely paints a good picture of their emotions.PieEye said:
or perhaps it's just that he is deliberately non judgemental or they are too much a product and to be understood in their own time and society? but, i doubt it, writers like jane austen or george elliot or even dickens manage fine.
(damn.. was meant save all online comment until after tonight..)
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
specifics?Hollis said:I'm afraid this sort of blanket dishing is going to require alot more flesh on it.. I demand specifics.
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
Next month's book, by unanimous acclamation, is The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts by Louis De Bernieres.
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
although brainaddict says that unanimous bit is quite untrue. 
he says he would have veto'd it but he'd had too much kava to drink. apparently.
it was citydream's suggestion, btw.
he says he would have veto'd it but he'd had too much kava to drink. apparently.
it was citydream's suggestion, btw.
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
of course!Derian said:I like that one. That would be an easier start .... if I can join?
Please?
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
we're provisionally meeting at the ritzy, a couple of minutes' walk from brixton tube on 22 sept.Derian said:Thanks!
Do I PM you for details/what to do?
also, the tenative proposal for the october book is jim mcgregor's 'if nobody speaks of remarkable things' - though that may be revised.
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