tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751850602006071202.post2820980608555751486..comments2024-02-19T20:45:03.110-05:00Comments on Red Mug, Blue Linen : Precedence and its pitfallsLaurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751850602006071202.post-33340558829716431852010-09-21T06:37:20.410-04:002010-09-21T06:37:20.410-04:00I was conscious of the shortcoming of not developi...I was conscious of the shortcoming of not developing that reference, and I thank you for the inspired courtesy of your comment. <br /><br />A natural ironist, Guy de M suffered one of the most painful mental lives, shaping the later stories of a very brief life. His "La Ficelle," which is customarily taught to students of French as a "foreign" language, is a masterpiece beginning with a promenade by the agrarian bourgeoisie and their sundry animals toward a crucible of injustice which you and I know as "the market." The irony is light but its edge is lacerating. All of the exquisite concentration we know to be possible in the form, short story, is epic in its impact in that bagatelle. Think of the depraved meanness of Crabbe's "The Borough" (Peter Grimes), or of an installment of evening news in Mr Murdoch's network, and you have its portable, constant aide-memoire in "La Ficelle."<br /><br />I love it when you visit.Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972899387484460347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4751850602006071202.post-4338676176539133732010-09-21T01:35:51.078-04:002010-09-21T01:35:51.078-04:00Maupassant was but one of a fair number of 19th-ce...Maupassant was but one of a fair number of 19th-century Parisians who did not care for the Eiffel tower; indeed, he often ate lunch in the restaurant at its base, not out of any preference for the food, but because it was only there that he could avoid seeing its otherwise unavoidable profile.<br /><br />this, is why we love wikipedia. <br /><br />refeshing ones's memory, or relishing the task, <br /><br />or is it the chicken before the egg ?<br /><br />Bethby land by air by seahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14244944447278013755noreply@blogger.com