As a HUGE fan of Leonora Carrington, from a painting and literature stand point. Her short stories are the best. I feel like the Hearing Trumpet loses its energy whereas her short stories are short surprising and also funny and meaningful. I would recommend "The Debutante and Other Stories" to anyone
your channel inspired me to really get into reading. Just finished The Road by McCarthy and I picked up a few books this Christmas you had reviewed (Camus' The Plague, Kobo Abe's Woman in the Dunes, and Mishima's Confessions of the Mask). Starting to read The Plague today. Happy New Years Cliff.
"Dry British wit plus Mexican surrealism-" that sounds like a potent cocktail. Thanks for introducing me to literature I didn't know about. This sounds great. I'm a big Bunuel fan, so if this is anything like his work, I'm sure I'll dig it. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year too! Discovered quite a few of my favourite stories from last year on this channel. Below were my top five: 1. The Peregrine by J.A. Baker 2. The Invention of Morel by Casares 3. Doctor Faustus by Marlowe (the best telling of Faust) 4. Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl 5. Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist Honourable mention to Trout Fishing in America and The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster. Looking forward to seeing what you recommend for 2021.
Cliff, I find it funny that you are having an overdose of magical surrealism, because I feel like I don't have enough of it! In the past I have enjoyed The Master and Margharita as well as Borges and Garcia Marquez, so I went ahead and bought this book.
I plan to read The Hearing Trumpet as soon as I can. The advent of an ice age in the plot reminded me of Ice by Anna Kavan, another English writer. That novel takes place as an a new Ice Age is engulfing the world. Kavan could be an excellent subject if you have not covered her already.
Hi Cliff. I got three books for Christmas (Between You and RC) Infinite Jest, Epitaph of a Small Winner, and Naked Lunch. I'll be reading for months now. Happy New Year from Montreal.
have you read Tokarczuk's "drive your plow over the bones of the dead"? the old lady protagonist is similiar, but has no magic realism elements. not surprised she wrote the afterword. Happy New Year!
Almost done with Stoner at the moment. I love it. Might start reading Lucky Jim after. Have you read it? I'm hoping you review Judas by Amos Oz, Loitering by Charles D'Ambrosio, Rings of Saturn by WG Sebald, and Artforum by Cesar Aira this year. I think you'll like them.
I am currently listening to this book through Audible and enjoying it immensely. I agree with you about the humor. I find myself laughing out loud through a lot of it. I think Edward Gorey would have been very flattered to hear you compare Carrington's illustrations to his own work. I'm just speculating, of course, since they are both dead.
You have to read The Corrections by Franzen. Despite how large it is, it's so enjoyable you can't help but blast through the pages. I think you'll really enjoy this one.
Have you read an Charles Portis? I know his name gets thrown around a lot but I just finished reading Norwood and The Dog of the South and they were both hilarious and gripping. I would recommend him if you’re looking for something a little “lighter”.
I really enjoyed this book for it's continuous surrealism, as I tend to be too serious and analytical, however listening to what you were saying, yes there needs to be some reality for the surrealism to have meaning or purpose. Although perhaps the surrealist perspective here is how Carrington saw religion, and her book is a metaphor for how anything could happen at the end of time or start of a new time, because from Carringtons perspective non of us acutally know, hense the purposely ridiculous amount of surrealism.
0.33 - I laughed out loud. Thank you for a wonderful content. Read more Clarice Lispector . She has an amazing short story called ‘Brasilia’ - I’m from there. Not born, but grew up there. Amazing city. I’m from Latin America, and I particularly dislike magical realism .
ja i got that, but if i may do a little critique: you assume (unintentionally?) that a book is written for critics, but it is not - keep that in mind: it never is, but nonetheless, if an author is trying to do such an undertaking, he/she will fail , or "at least" you have to be a genius of another kind, if you know what i mean, there are examples for that, very successful ones, i know...
hey cliff! i noticed that you've deleted your crash review. You've talked before about how you weren't happy with that video. I've just finished the book and am very curious about your opinion on it. Will there be a new review on it soon?
I wonder if it's better read as an allegorical tour of the corrupt landscape of loneliness and dementia, paired with the neglect, abuse and hypocrisy of the System in which one frequently finds themselves trapped when relegated to some form of geriatric imprisonment or other.
Hello sir, Would you mind making a video on how a person who hasn't indulged into reading books get started venturing into this world. how should a individual go to a book store and get something to read. i have met a lot of friends and i want to engage them into reading so your opinion/experience on how one should start reading can be a wonderful insight.
I felt the same fatigue by the end of The Hearing Trumpet, though I did enjoy it quite a lot up until shortly after the tower scene. If I were to rewrite it, I'd have the eponymous hearing trumpet turn out to have been the Holy Grail all along and set the characters off on a quest to find it again, that would bind the real and surreal together and tie the story up nicely. It would have been a lot more digestible for me that way.
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As a HUGE fan of Leonora Carrington, from a painting and literature stand point. Her short stories are the best.
I feel like the Hearing Trumpet loses its energy whereas her short stories are short surprising and also funny and meaningful.
I would recommend "The Debutante and Other Stories" to anyone
Thank you! :)
your channel inspired me to really get into reading. Just finished The Road by McCarthy and I picked up a few books this Christmas you had reviewed (Camus' The Plague, Kobo Abe's Woman in the Dunes, and Mishima's Confessions of the Mask). Starting to read The Plague today. Happy New Years Cliff.
Great books! Woman in the Dunes & Confessions of a Mask are some of my favorites.
way to start off the new year with this review
I was given this book for Christmas not knowing you were about to review it just a few days later; I can't wait to dive into this now!
"Dry British wit plus Mexican surrealism-" that sounds like a potent cocktail. Thanks for introducing me to literature I didn't know about. This sounds great. I'm a big Bunuel fan, so if this is anything like his work, I'm sure I'll dig it. Happy New Year!
That jar is getting full of patrons! Great review as always, Happy New Year!
Love your channel, and thank you for the recommendations. You got me back into reading and cant thank you enough. Have a great new year friend!
I love when painters write... HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Happy New Year too! Discovered quite a few of my favourite stories from last year on this channel. Below were my top five:
1. The Peregrine by J.A. Baker
2. The Invention of Morel by Casares
3. Doctor Faustus by Marlowe (the best telling of Faust)
4. Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
5. Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist
Honourable mention to Trout Fishing in America and The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster.
Looking forward to seeing what you recommend for 2021.
Just want to say. Happy New year.🎈
Happy New Year!
Happy New Years, Mr. Cliff. Leonora Carrington is interesting as a personality.
Just picked up my copy of jorge luis borge’s collected fictions! Happy New Years from the Philippines!
Cliff, I find it funny that you are having an overdose of magical surrealism, because I feel like I don't have enough of it! In the past I have enjoyed The Master and Margharita as well as Borges and Garcia Marquez, so I went ahead and bought this book.
This recently caught my eye at the bookshop where I work. Looks like I'll definitely have to check it out now.
Happy new year by the way
Hey man don't stop uploading, a small admirer from india
I plan to read The Hearing Trumpet as soon as I can.
The advent of an ice age in the plot reminded me of Ice by Anna Kavan, another English writer. That novel takes place as an a new Ice Age is engulfing the world.
Kavan could be an excellent subject if you have not covered her already.
Hi Cliff. I got three books for Christmas (Between You and RC) Infinite Jest, Epitaph of a Small Winner, and Naked Lunch. I'll be reading for months now. Happy New Year from Montreal.
have you read Tokarczuk's "drive your plow over the bones of the dead"? the old lady protagonist is similiar, but has no magic realism elements. not surprised she wrote the afterword. Happy New Year!
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happy new year
Happy new year! This sounds like it could make a great film adaptation. I'll give it a go.
Happy new year! Thanks for another great review
Cliff, please do Burroughs.
Tarzan?
Almost done with Stoner at the moment. I love it. Might start reading Lucky Jim after. Have you read it? I'm hoping you review Judas by Amos Oz, Loitering by Charles D'Ambrosio, Rings of Saturn by WG Sebald, and Artforum by Cesar Aira this year. I think you'll like them.
Not read or heard of this but great start to the year!
I am currently listening to this book through Audible and enjoying it immensely. I agree with you about the humor. I find myself laughing out loud through a lot of it. I think Edward Gorey would have been very flattered to hear you compare Carrington's illustrations to his own work. I'm just speculating, of course, since they are both dead.
You have to read The Corrections by Franzen. Despite how large it is, it's so enjoyable you can't help but blast through the pages. I think you'll really enjoy this one.
Happy New Year!
Happy new year 🎊🎆
Happy new year! 🎉
Happy new year!
You should do a best of 2020. I've been waiting for it.
happy new year!!!
Have you read an Charles Portis? I know his name gets thrown around a lot but I just finished reading Norwood and The Dog of the South and they were both hilarious and gripping. I would recommend him if you’re looking for something a little “lighter”.
I really enjoyed this book for it's continuous surrealism, as I tend to be too serious and analytical, however listening to what you were saying, yes there needs to be some reality for the surrealism to have meaning or purpose. Although perhaps the surrealist perspective here is how Carrington saw religion, and her book is a metaphor for how anything could happen at the end of time or start of a new time, because from Carringtons perspective non of us acutally know, hense the purposely ridiculous amount of surrealism.
I know what you mean by surrealism fatigue
dunno if I can stomach more Bataille
would love to see a movie of this or down below or esp. the milk of dreams
0.33 - I laughed out loud.
Thank you for a wonderful content. Read more Clarice Lispector . She has an amazing short story called ‘Brasilia’ - I’m from there. Not born, but grew up there. Amazing city.
I’m from Latin America, and I particularly dislike magical realism .
review "Blood-Drenched Beard" by Daniel Galera \o/
dude i got you covered.
Recommended review: House Made of Dawn; Momaday.
ja i got that, but if i may do a little critique: you assume (unintentionally?) that a book is written for critics, but it is not - keep that in mind: it never is, but nonetheless, if an author is trying to do such an undertaking, he/she will fail , or "at least" you have to be a genius of another kind, if you know what i mean, there are examples for that, very successful ones, i know...
I like your reviews and I agree a good book is better than food of course we vary in taste but I like your reviews of books I wont read also
Hey, I would love to hear your thoughts on colm toibin's The Master.
Buñuel memoir's book is very very amusing and interesting
hey cliff! i noticed that you've deleted your crash review. You've talked before about how you weren't happy with that video. I've just finished the book and am very curious about your opinion on it. Will there be a new review on it soon?
Hi there, great book, yes I hope to get it out in the earlier part of 21. Thanks for watching.
I wonder if it's better read as an allegorical tour of the corrupt landscape of loneliness and dementia, paired with the neglect, abuse and hypocrisy of the System in which one frequently finds themselves trapped when relegated to some form of geriatric imprisonment or other.
I'd describe it as Roald Dahl for adults. It's hilarious.
Hello sir, Would you mind making a video on how a person who hasn't indulged into reading books get started venturing into this world. how should a individual go to a book store and get something to read. i have met a lot of friends and i want to engage them into reading so your opinion/experience on how one should start reading can be a wonderful insight.
That's a great question, I'll certainly think about it, thank you for watching and commenting.
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Have you read Vladimir Sorokin?
2021 lets goooooo
Consider reading William Wordsworth's 'The Prelude'
You make me want to read well.
How fast do you read a chapter?
I felt the same fatigue by the end of The Hearing Trumpet, though I did enjoy it quite a lot up until shortly after the tower scene. If I were to rewrite it, I'd have the eponymous hearing trumpet turn out to have been the Holy Grail all along and set the characters off on a quest to find it again, that would bind the real and surreal together and tie the story up nicely. It would have been a lot more digestible for me that way.
Have you even thought about reading non-fiction? There are a lot of great books about science, nature, history, etc.
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for once a book that's actually available to listen to...
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