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Super big hug to you, Nicole. You're such a beautiful person inside and out. Sending you much love from St Louis. Sterling

A Field Guide to Getting Lost. That title is perfect. It conjures up such vivid imagery in my mind! I can't put my finger on it. I can't explain why it makes me feel the way I feel. It's just a wonderful and exciting title, full of possibilities. I most certainly need to read this book. Thank you, Nicole.❤

Hello Nicole. I'm so grateful that I stumbled upon your review, although I am saddened that you haven't posted anything in three years. But I understand; life sometimes gets in the way. Well, I must say that Hemingway's "A Moveable Feast," is my all-time favorite book. I can't remember when I first read it. Thirty, maybe forty years ago. Yes, I'm old. The novel was published the year before I was born. Now, I must say that I love Hemingway's style of writing, but his subject matter has always put me off. I never liked the idea of glamorizing war or big game hunting. I'm definately not a "macho alpha male." However, when I first read A Moveable Feast, I fell in love with it immediately. It solidified in my mind that Hemingway was indeed a great writer, and that he need not glorify war and violence to make his skill known. Again, thank you for this review. Respectfully, Sterling

I'm going to do a multi episode series on Updike's Rabbit novels on why podcast; I feel that RABBIT IS RICH is the greatest in the series if I can say such a thing. It is a real treat to hear how you approach his work here. There is so much nonsense written about Updike and you dispel a lot of that stuff here. Thank you!

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I saw David Sedaris in Edinburgh. He was just as lovely as I expected him to be. Me talk pretty one day is one of my favourite books

I read the Inquisitor a while back and learned that it's a part of The Brothers Karamazov. In the near future I would like to read The Brothers Karamazov. N

My favorite book, really stoked the fires of my quarter life crisis outta college (thankfully before I made any of Rabbit’s mistakes 😅). This is a terrific review!

Great summary! I'm almost at the end of this book, and it's one of the most challenging and rewarding reads I've ever experienced. This book absolutely requires a second read, IMHO. My problem is that at the end of each chapter, I've been going to a lot of literary review sites just to ensure I "got" everything. And more than likely, I didn't "get" everything. So, there's definitely been a struggle between just wanting to sit back and enjoy the ride, and making sure you know what the hell is happening as well as comprehending the heavy symbolism throughout this book.

A good book? One of your favorites? Huh. I wonder what your therapist thinks of your opinion. 🤔

"Ridiculous White Savior" could have even been the title Lol 2:25 I see what you did there lol You made some good analytical points that I appreciate! In particular, I really enjoyed the concept of Ignatius as the "funhouse mirror" reflection of all of us know-it-all, "The-book-was-better" folks lol

Thanks for reminding me to read this again!

Outstanding analysis !

I really like your explanation about the book. I learned a lot!

Thanks so much - I don’t know anyone who has read it either.

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A novice is someone training to be a monk. You can be a priest without being a monk and married men can be priests in the Orthodox tradition.

I've read this book way more than once. I'm 66 yr and laugh all the way through every time, Highly reccommend

Wonderful and spot on review. I just ordered Tristram Shandy based on your recommendation. Do you have a list of the greatest comedies of all time?

One of the most overestimated writers of all time. Really? What can one say about Aliosa's theological discussions with a 13 year old boy? What can one think about the ending of Brothers Karamazov, where Aliosa together with some pre-adolescent children (!) are happy and celebrate the coming of Last Judgement Day!... Seriously? Is this suppose to be good literature? In Dostoevsky there is always the following concept: All "good" guys get to be rewarded and all "bad" guys either commit suicide or go to prison or get crazy. Ivan Karamazov, the one that could have saved Dmitri's, his brother's, life, gets crazy one day before the court! And why? Because he is the "atheist" of the novel! Excuse me, but is there anything more p r e d i c t a b l e in whole literature? Do you want your literature to be predictable in that silly way? How can a healthy human mind accept this forced and totally disgusting solution? This is the most horrible, boring and kitsch author out there. Not even his language has anything to offer! Please, read him anew; don't let yourself repeating "what the world is saying". Fortunately, there are at last some critical voices on Dostoevsky on YT. One can find them.

I’ve not finished the book yet but I’m almost to the end and it was a hard book for me to read, between all those characters and unfamiliar surroundings. One doesn’t know how to interpret Woland is he possibly a good guy? And pointed Pilate? Is he a hero? What’s going on here? I don’t get it.

Wow that’s the best book review I’ve ever seen! Thank you ❤❤❤❤

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This novel blew me away. It helped me get through Covid. I took my time and found it to be an experience rather than an entertainment. So many other allegedly great novels pale in comparison. I didn't mind that "nothing happened" because for me, most days, nothing indeed does happen. Yet I happen. As do the others around me.

In the late 60s, Joan Didion was a tool of mainstream, young enough and beautiful enough to credibly attack the counterculture from within, but no matter how far embedded she was (embedded in the sense of a reporter embedded in a military unit), she was not truly of that culture and didn't share most of the ideals that help one understand within context the excesses of the era. She was a fundamentally conservative and moralizing force, in the same way that TERFs are essentially of the left and yet so far so that they are actually tools of the right.

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A great novel Thank you very much indeed for a very clear and balanced analysis ❤

Do you have this books pdf?

Just bought this book ...will be reading it soon... Thank you ❤

I'm halfway through and have been wondering where it's going..... but it's not difficult to read. I think the second half holds promise and I like his writing style anyway.

Ok, now I need to go out and buy that “telephone book” you read from.

It’s about a woman who marries a man only for his money, then is surprised when her life is dull and she is unhappy. She is also mentally ill, and very stupid., and her husband is also very stupid! She has a man on the side for 4 years, plus others, too, and he doesn’t notice??! 🤣 And how in the world do you have an affair with someone for 4 years??! And he didn’t want to “run away” with her, so why did he lie and tell her he would, then stand her up on the night they were planning to leave??! If this was such a passionate relationship, why didn’t he marry her, and she divorce her husband??! They were obviously only using each other. For what, that I don’t know, for 4 years!! 😂🤣

"DFW wasn't a perfect person." As opposed to who was a perfect person?

"Street Urchins"? Is that any way to characterize a human being?

I love the proverb before the forward. Perfectly illustrates the paradox of the conflict

Wow, so glad I found this. I am writing my second novel and the secondary protagonist is like Stanley Kowalski or better yet--Harry Angstrom , and I wanted to know more about his "classic" analogy. And you have nailed it. So great to see someone on here who can give me more than a grade 8 book report.

I still need more arguments to agree that this is an undeniable masterpiece.

I am re-reading it for insight into the role and treatment of TB before the use of antibiotics. The treatment is interesting to me. But also the role of the disease, whether it is worthwhile to seek treatment or better to go off to work or war or family life; you might die of TB or of something else anyway.

Thank You very much for your good review. I happen to have ready the book recently and was impressed myself. The example Passage You give ist very close to the one that moved me Most. IT IS interesting how people respond differently and individually to a masterpiece Like rhis. This hints at the abundance of such good or touching passages included and at the context to prepare the ground for such great Moments. Hello to You Form Berlin, Roland

Should Harry save himself (Rabbit), or sacrifice himself (Harry)?

Thank you so much for your video. I got into literature a year ago, I feel like I have so much to catch up to… I enjoyed Kafka, I honestly love his books and I‘m halfway through Dosto. Now I know what to go for next, thank you :)

I just finished it and loved it. I’ve always been interested in that time period in Russia and how ideological changes across Europe hit Russia like a runaway train. Seeing it portrayed in Fathers in Sons, which is so beautifully written and through such thoughtful characters, is really rewarding. Turgenev really hits every note emotionally while still providing moments of wit and comedy.

Precise and succinct review of this beautiful literary masterpiece, one I am convinced ranks among the greatest English-language novels of the last century. It is a book with a flavor all its own, and has the power to become an enduring part of the reader's life, and indeed consciousness.

Just reading this now and realised I know next to nothing about Germany. I bought this book because I read Watson’s Convergence (twice!) which in my humble opinion is the most mind blowing book one can ever lay their eyes on and must be (not read all his books, but still!) the ultimate masterpiece of his career. I’m enjoying The German Genius so far, but it won’t be able to compete with Convergence as Convergence is beyond particular cultures and nations. For any non-fiction lover out there this is an absolute must. The ideas and concepts tackled in Convergence make my heart race and stimulate my mind like nothing else could. I’m sure that in a couple of years I’ll be picking it up again with renewed interest as the more you read and the more you learn you will uncover more layers to the book than you thought there are previously.

thanks for your review! I am fascinated by this book and have read it many times. I like Orwell's writing style. He just a common soldier who details his experiences and is trying to figure out the "Big Picture" of what's going on. It was his experiences in Spain that started him thinking about totalitarianism and led to his great novel 1984. Some of the trenches he was stationed in are preserved as the "Orwell Trail" You can see them on google earth.

I love this video you Mrs sound so very beautiful can you please make more? ???:) you made me want to read this 7 fold

It would be interesting to hear your "update" three years on about what has happened to Germany since your review. It's industry has been throttled, it is in a recession, and it is indebting its future to fund a foreign war against...wait for it...Russia. And its ruling political class supports the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

As a recommendation from a fellow fan of Thomas Mann I’ll put this on my list!

your content is amazing. i recently came across your channel and i love it. i hope you’re doing well and that you’ll start posting again💗✨

This was one of my Father's favorite novels. He was translating this book into our native language 'Sinhala' before he passed away. He had finished almost 90% of the manuscript. Someday, if I could, I would complete his work. I get why he admired this book so much. It speaks about isolation and loneliness which is not a strange feeling for both of us.