Fleur Jaeggy to me writes secrets, moments so private that you almost double-take to make sure they're actually happening. so much occurs in her tiny little books. precious, delicate little cakes. i recently just finished Sweet Days of Discipline (reviewed on my channel) and can't wait to get to more of her work!
I love reading obituaries - the rare ones that are more personal (reflecting the writer or the deceased) than the usual summary of a career. Some of my favorites...A British guy who had immigrated to Northern Europe decades ago; his obituary said that he had adapted well, but his favorite sandwich remained one with marmalade or jelly on top (instead of something savory like the local ones). I have never read another obituary mentioning somebody's favorite sandwich. Brilliant! Just one sentence in and I liked the guy already and felt I knew him. Another one published in a small local paper, written by a person not accustomed to writing, told about a man, very ordinary man, who may not have had any career at all, because the obituary said he loved his walks with a dog. And the rest of the piece was more about the dog and the route they used to do. But somehow I felt I got the essence of the guy in the description of the dog and the walk and the somewhat clumsy writing.
I am told that there is a tradition in Iceland. You spend Christmas Eve eating gifts of chocolate and reading books. True or not, this sounds perfect to me.
The premise for this reminds me of written lives by javier Marias, who also wrote a heart so white which was also reviewed here. He passed away recently. A great writer.
Oh, I didn't know that he is gone. I used to read his columns in the weekly supplement magazine of El País. Then my library stopped subscribing the mag (at least in print) and I lost touch.
Moved back to switzerland recently, grew up there, lived in London couple of years for my studies and now returned. Felt the need to update my knowledge of German language contemporary canon. Bernhard and Bachmann had been on that list for a while but somehow skipped to Jaeggy….
From what you've said here it does sound like it could very well be a sort of meta?...no, that's probably not the right word...maybe an ironic or simply "knowing" reference to Schwob's 'Imaginary Lives': *"Along with Thomas de Quincy and Walter Pater, Schwob established the genre of fictional biography with this collection: a form of narrative that championed the specificity of the individual over the generality of history, and the memorable detail of a vice over the forgettable banality of a virtue."* Jaeggy has obviously erred on the side of memorable detail in this slim volume. Definitely adding it to the TBR.
The words you use to describe Fleur Jaeggy are the same I would use to describe Joan Didion. I mean, they are probably very different writers but the cold, detached prose of Didion seems similar to Jaeggy.
There is a void unevitable in the struggle of the day life that nonone can change the new side of the prospect of the trayectory that something took for best, there is somethig in the face of the tomorrow, a god video, awaiting the next very good proyect, say more...
Hello, Merry Christmas. I apologise for gatecrashing your comments. Do you do paid promotions because I am looking for some influencers? Thank you and have a blessed day. xx
There’s a nasty, malicious little blackened voice in the back of my head shrieking and writhing for you to write your own book. But seriously, from watching your videos it seems like you’re a very deep thinker and have been privy to an ocean of literary theme and nuance. I would absolutely love to hear what thoughts you have to bring to the table and put something out there.
Cliff Sargent gotta be one of the hardest names
I do like the intro shots of you reading in interesting places- and the coffee!
Happy to see some Fleur Jaeggy exposure. Her short novel Sweet Days of Discipline is also great!
Fleur Jaeggy to me writes secrets, moments so private that you almost double-take to make sure they're actually happening. so much occurs in her tiny little books. precious, delicate little cakes.
i recently just finished Sweet Days of Discipline (reviewed on my channel) and can't wait to get to more of her work!
I love reading obituaries - the rare ones that are more personal (reflecting the writer or the deceased) than the usual summary of a career. Some of my favorites...A British guy who had immigrated to Northern Europe decades ago; his obituary said that he had adapted well, but his favorite sandwich remained one with marmalade or jelly on top (instead of something savory like the local ones). I have never read another obituary mentioning somebody's favorite sandwich. Brilliant! Just one sentence in and I liked the guy already and felt I knew him.
Another one published in a small local paper, written by a person not accustomed to writing, told about a man, very ordinary man, who may not have had any career at all, because the obituary said he loved his walks with a dog. And the rest of the piece was more about the dog and the route they used to do. But somehow I felt I got the essence of the guy in the description of the dog and the walk and the somewhat clumsy writing.
My favorite Jaeggy novel is S. S. Proleterka (2001). Roberto Calasso was a genius.
I am told that there is a tradition in Iceland. You spend Christmas Eve eating gifts of chocolate and reading books. True or not, this sounds perfect to me.
Excellent ideas but how do you get the reader to give honest feedback?
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Feedback is a gift.
Alway love a Monelle shoutout… Probably my favourite book of all time!
Excellent ideas but how do you get the reader to give honest feedback?
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Feedback is a gift.
The premise for this reminds me of written lives by javier Marias, who also wrote a heart so white which was also reviewed here. He passed away recently. A great writer.
Oh, I didn't know that he is gone. I used to read his columns in the weekly supplement magazine of El País. Then my library stopped subscribing the mag (at least in print) and I lost touch.
Yeah, I really want to read both books
Moved back to switzerland recently, grew up there, lived in London couple of years for my studies and now returned. Felt the need to update my knowledge of German language contemporary canon. Bernhard and Bachmann had been on that list for a while but somehow skipped to Jaeggy….
I could not make heads or tails of her book The Water Statues, but now i’m very curious to read this one.
From what you've said here it does sound like it could very well be a sort of meta?...no, that's probably not the right word...maybe an ironic or simply "knowing" reference to Schwob's 'Imaginary Lives':
*"Along with Thomas de Quincy and Walter Pater, Schwob established the genre of fictional biography with this collection: a form of narrative that championed the specificity of the individual over the generality of history, and the memorable detail of a vice over the forgettable banality of a virtue."*
Jaeggy has obviously erred on the side of memorable detail in this slim volume. Definitely adding it to the TBR.
Merry Christmas!
Sweet Days of Discipline is also awesome!
1:50 Hell is having to deal with gators, hurricanes, Florida men, AND gloomy winter weather at the same time.
You're the best book reviewer.
The words you use to describe Fleur Jaeggy are the same I would use to describe Joan Didion. I mean, they are probably very different writers but the cold, detached prose of Didion seems similar to Jaeggy.
you should read Roberto Calasso
Could you read/review Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote?
There is a void unevitable in the struggle of the day life that nonone can change the new side of the prospect of the trayectory that something took for best, there is somethig in the face of the tomorrow, a god video, awaiting the next very good proyect, say more...
Hello, Merry Christmas. I apologise for gatecrashing your comments. Do you do paid promotions because I am looking for some influencers? Thank you and have a blessed day. xx
A buddy just gave me Les onze mille verges. I wonder what you'd make of it. I have the Frenc. Despite my bad French there's no mistaking the porn!
There’s a nasty, malicious little blackened voice in the back of my head shrieking and writhing for you to write your own book.
But seriously, from watching your videos it seems like you’re a very deep thinker and have been privy to an ocean of literary theme and nuance. I would absolutely love to hear what thoughts you have to bring to the table and put something out there.