tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post8598978161818723934..comments2024-03-21T06:54:52.136-04:00Comments on Wisdom of the West: The Senses of "The Sense of an Ending"[s]Jim H.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-22158906993435730152013-04-22T14:16:34.281-04:002013-04-22T14:16:34.281-04:00We live life with the assumption that age and time...We live life with the assumption that age and time erode our memories of the past - that pain mitigates, and joy too looses it's ecstasy. If it sounds like a gross generalization, at least this is what I, as a 26 year old, had so long believed. In this poignant and tragic account of a 60 year old looking back at his life - indeed, all the way back to his school days - Julian Barnes (or ratherMeerahttp://shayari.co.innoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-18518266660459977912012-06-08T22:03:51.059-04:002012-06-08T22:03:51.059-04:00his is a heart-pounding, page-turning book that de...his is a heart-pounding, page-turning book that demands close attention. It is also a beautifully constructed and written work. The sentences and ideas are crisp and poignant. On a literary and philosophical level, the book is fascinating, a story brimming and oozing with ideas. Everything in this novel challenges our sense of how well we think we understand ourselves. Just like Camus' "Portugalhttp://appreciatelifevenmore.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-64284837889523309372012-05-03T20:59:46.045-04:002012-05-03T20:59:46.045-04:00I still want my motherfuckin' change, dammit.
...I still want my motherfuckin' change, dammit.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-27141847594890429252012-05-03T20:06:43.986-04:002012-05-03T20:06:43.986-04:00Take heart. Hey, being perpetually pissed off or s...Take heart. Hey, being perpetually pissed off or simply pissed (as our British cousins might have it) or even uncomfortably numb, as I've said over and over at this joint, are totes legit. Ask Bro BDR.Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191084196584249823.post-13212979947704872412012-05-03T19:10:33.555-04:002012-05-03T19:10:33.555-04:00Most days, it seems that unrest is all there is. I...Most days, it seems that unrest is all there is. I'm still trying to get past penning escapism.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.com