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| Fiction about a U.S. Presidential candidate |
Posted by billkarns on May, 08. :: 0 Comments
I wonder if someone can remember the title of a book or perhaps it was a short story...I believe from the '60's or '70's?
In the book a presidential candidate was selected by his party to run because he most nearly 'satisfied' the demographics of the voting American public...the title involved a number (the presumed number of discreet demographic groups) e.g., "The 387" or "The 287"
I'd like to relocate this book for reference purposes. My memory is that the fiction of that time is analagous to the 'reality' of this election which I take to be a study in bipartisan mediocrity.
Any help on the title?
BK
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| A flip dark chill winter bastard though dry |
Posted by boomerang on May, 07. :: 22 Comments
Once upon a time in college we were made to read The Epic of Gilgamesh and then write a classic "contrast and compare" paper about it. I chose as the comparision Ecclesiates 9:4 in which it is said that "surely a live dog is better than a dead lion".
I wrote that the writer of Ecclesiates spoke with such "passionate indifference".
The teacher fawned and ahhed over the expression and I recieved an A on the paper.
It was only years and years later when rereading "Lolita" that I realized I had cribbed the phrase from Nobokov.
In "A Clockwork Orange" Burgess, right at the very first of the book, has Alex describe the evening as "a flip dark chill winter bastard though dry". A phrase that, for me, really sets up the whole tone for the book.
I'm always amazed how some writers can describe something so complicated or convey such intent with so few words.
What are some of your favorite few word descriptions?
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| Beatrix Potter - what an amazing woman |
Posted by mismi on May, 04. :: 7 Comments
I just saw a movie called "Miss Potter" with Renee Zellweger playing Beatrix Potter. It was so good. I enjoyed it so much. One of the things it said that I find wonderful is that Beatrix Potter donated 4000 acres of land to Britain to be preserved. I must read more about her. I have all of her books and have read them to my children countless numbers of times but I never knew about her, and I am now on a mission.
Has anyone read anything about her that you can recommend?
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| Junk |
Posted by kelseybelfast on April, 30. :: 4 Comments
Anyone read the book "Junk"
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