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You will be pleased to learn that Sr. Rios has seen and likes this video, and in fact told me about it. I happen to be re-reading it now for the first time since I saw it through the press in 1990, and remain blown away by it.

It reminded me of Voltaire's Candide. From your review. Philosophical satire questing. The dust excerpt was hilarious. It would be great if your ramblings built up or around three key excerpts of a text that capture a key dimension of the book. Also, a few key lines from texts that influence the text reviewed could also be an idea, to demonstrate the textual influence. I enjoy your reviews!

Those are the thinnest books I ever saw on vedas and Upanishads.

In my teenage years in the mid-1970's I discovered Michael Moorcock, I think it was via his Elric stories, and began reading what I could get my hands on. From the mid-70's to the early-80's it was remarkably hit-and-miss tracking down books from genre authors who were not in the mainstream. Every time I encountered a new Moorcock tale I grabbed it regardless of how it looked. The main Eternal Champions that I liked were Elric, Cornelius & Carnelian (it was quickly apparent that any of these characters with initials JC - Jerry Cornelius, Jherek Carnelian, Jhary-a-Conel, Jaspar Colinadous, et al. - were all specific aspects of Jerry Cornelius in their respective reality, Hawkmoon, Corum and others. My all-time favorites were any of his stories where he had multiple of his Eternal Champions encounter each other, and the fact that for some characters their previous meeting was in the others futures. It is a shame that collections of Moorcock lock out Jerry Cornelius due, somewhat to the sex, but mostly to his single (but prominent) appearance in the Whoniverse via a Doctor Who-licensed novel.

God bless you. Thanks

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Thanks for this! I'm really looking forward to the upcoming film series that's in pre-production. I'll struggle to replace Crowe-Bettany, we can only hope that they really get the casting right. I look forward to seeing which actresses play Sophie and Diana too.

It has always puzzled me that although we have excellent novels about The Napoleonic Wars and the British Navy during the colonial era but no great novel about the War Of Independence. ?? I wonder why..? There has been no shortage of great American novelists : Hawthorne / Dreisser / Twain / Melville Steinbeck....etc etc....?? And yet the subject has barely been touched..?

William James was an intellectual Titan compared to most of our current crop. This book ranks alongside the very greatest ever written. The depths of his research and analysis have hardly been matched to this day..! There should be a statue of James in every City in US and UK....!!

I played Vershinin in college. The play was hilarious.

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Just saw this video after finishing L.A Confidential, lol. Figured I’d pick up this book after my first watch of the movie. I’ll have to read the other three books.

I've just finished my 5th time reading this novel, and I can't express how much I love and appreciate it. It truly is a masterpiece. I like how you say that this is the height of her artistic vision because although The Waves is this vision on steroids (🤣), Lighthouse is the mastery of her writing philosophy as a whole, much in the way that Beloved is to Morrison, Slaughterhouse to Vonnegut, Ulysses to Joyce, Fences to Wilson, Streetcar to Williams or Salesman is to Miller. There are other masterpieces by these writers and maybe other favorites, but objectively I'd argue they are the epitome of their overall oeuvre. For me, however, with Woolf, this is also my favorite of all her novels (and I love almost all of them). I agree with you that it should be revisited, but for me once a decade is too little. 🤣I'd also agree that it isn't the best place to start with due to its difficulty, but I would definitely argue that it's worth the effort and there is so much more to gain each time it's revisited. I wouldn't discourage someone from listening to the audiobook though because my first time trying to read this, I was completely lost and the audiobook read by Juliet Stevenson oriented me and saved me from abandoning the book altogether. I felt as she was reading that the shift in perspective made much more sense and that the thoughts were my own going through my mind as I multitasked, feeling much more connected to the characters. It may be different per person but it could be worth checking out. Overall, I'd suggest starting with another novel to ease you into her style as you progress (Jacob's Room or Mrs. Dalloway) and trying the audiobook if you want to. With 5 reads and 2 audiobook listens, I think it's clear I'm an advocate for the novel in any form. 🤣

You cover some interesting titles - I'm looking through your videos.A very indepth and captivating review. Ordering the book now. Thank you

Very nice! You have GOT to read the new 2014 translation that integrates decades of research. Fascinating background and among other things I learned was that the mysterious gentleman happened to be the most famous musician of his era, Minamoto no Sukemichi, as master of biwa among other instruments.Takasue no Musume Sugawara no, The Sarashina Diary, trans. “with an introduction, by Sonja Arntzen and Itō Moriyuki (Columbia, University Press, 2014.)

Hi there. A friend shared this with me and I just wanted to say thank you so very much for the deep, engaging reading of RG. It really means a lot. I'm so happy you saw the parallels with Don Quixote as well! Take care, Mark

Thanks, I took your recommendation Saint Sebastian's Abyss and enjoyed it very much. I'll search this one out too.

I love Corum the most ! I love The Warhound and the World's Pain very much ! That would make a brilliant film !

Thanks for your video! Been diving into Maupassant and it’s so difficult to find coverage on his work in the TH-cam world.

Thanks for doing this video. I’ve slowly been collecting these.

Well shit, I started with LA Confidential. I guess I'm boned. Still loved it, I think it's one of the finest crime novels ever written. Great video. You got yourself a sub.

Thank you for this. I just finished reading the book, and I’m still digesting my thoughts.

Please help me I want to know about diaspora elements of Ama Ata Aidoo s short stories

What a good book

Been reading taking care since I watched this video. It’s great.

Br'er just means brother. It's meant to express interconnectedness. Rabbit is our trickster, our mental self. At times the ego. The talking self. John/Jack and the Rabbit are in some way two sides of the same coin.

I devoured the Elric series when I was like 10, 11 years old and then would take trips with my dad to the used bookstore and snag all the other eternal champion books. Did periodic rereads even through college.. just wildly inventive multiverse he created, and it's just so blatantly obvious how things like the Witcher and game of thrones are heavily influenced by this. It's a bummer to me that this IP has never been itself developed into animation or for the screen... The other have been a lot of great comic books and graphic novels. By the way, I'm remembering an eternal champion incarnation by the name of count brass? Can't remember if those were just in stories or had any books but I liked them as well

I enjoyed your commentary on one of the books that really got me immersed into the literary catalogue of NYRB! Also from NYRB, have you read Christopher Priest's "Inverted World"? If not, I'd highly recommend it as its quite intense at times- but also very human with how peoples' "truth" is often tied to their perception. Love the channel!

I preferred _Crocodile_ to _Montmartre_ because it still felt that there was some hope left.

I really enjoyed this one. Especially the relationships with the 2 male friends.

Great video Jack, cool to hear your thoughts on such diverse readings! I'm curious to know whether you have read Minor Detail by Adania Shibli - a video on that in the future would be really interesting.

I’ve read “A&P” but don’t remember it. It sounds like your reading was weighted toward stalwart old white guy literary figures - I like Darwish a lot but haven’t seen that.

I believe the best way to read is to read all the books of an author with explanatory texts which include graphic novels and cliff notes-all together. I did this for Austen's, Trollope's, Dickens' and Hardy's books. I also read "Ulysses" during the pandemic with eight explanatory texts as my father who had worked as a professor until he was 91, said.

I prefer Wallace's A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again essay collection, however primarily for E Unibus Pluram and Ticket to the Fair. But Consider the Lobster is just as comical, insightful and probably more well-rounded as a collection. Enjoyed hearing this July wrap up!

The guy who has the "guest" wasnt alive over 100 years, the "guest" stayed in the home after the owner died of old age, the "guest" was living over 100 years, much over.

My favourite when I was younger was Boy, his autobiography, he had a job as a chocolate tester which I was pretty jealous of.

Fantastic. What a well spoken young lady?💕

What a treat to see the Junior Ranger Raconteur!!! 😊 Roald Dahl is one of my daughter’s favorite too. And Matilda is the best!

My younger sister will tell you that big brothers can be very, very, very annoying.

I have never read Dahl. I do what to pick up his short stories someday. I think you’re going to have a challenger to your channel.😊

This was so nice! But no mention of Matilda?!

Very wholesome and fun video! Love this 🙌🏼

But I loved George's Marvellous Medicine! So much that I would almost credit it with my choice of career. Sadly no medication I have ever given has made anyone grow or shrink significantly.

This was so wonderful. Congratulations to Junior Rambling Raconteur for completing such a big reading project! Save the one she mentioned as the next one she wants to read. Hope she finds many delights in her next project. ☀️📚

Good job young lady! Also, good job to mom and dad for nurturing her love for reading🩷

Best book review on youtube!! Congratulations! 😊

This was great. I’ve never read Dahl so I appreciate the recommendations about where to start.