tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post1488755218126158163..comments2023-11-03T15:50:56.001+01:00Comments on POET IN RESIDENCE : Lost in the Amazon JungleGwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-78044195416702710942013-11-09T16:42:45.918+01:002013-11-09T16:42:45.918+01:00I just read it and left a reply. I like train jou...I just read it and left a reply. I like train journeys and never read in case I miss something.<br />Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-5430231507633161762013-11-09T16:36:32.445+01:002013-11-09T16:36:32.445+01:00I couldn't read all the time (3 hrs) because t...I couldn't read all the time (3 hrs) because the train was full and there distractions. I'd read 2 or 3 pages. Pause. Read again. Pause again etc.. But it passed the time and the journey just seemed easier in the end as I have a cold at the moment. I left a note about my night out with Arsenal 40 yrs ago on your blog.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-85232573335943024972013-11-09T16:19:03.804+01:002013-11-09T16:19:03.804+01:00Semiotics, that's what it was about, a difficu...Semiotics, that's what it was about, a difficult subject I think. The Prague Cemetery could be very good because I just checked it out and see it is described on Wikipedia as "a narrative on the rise of modern day anti-Semitism". How long was the train journey though....f<br /> Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-31897087963239806322013-11-09T15:32:59.161+01:002013-11-09T15:32:59.161+01:00Hi Rachel, Umberto Eco - The Prague Cemetery - I&#...Hi Rachel, Umberto Eco - The Prague Cemetery - I've just checked and I'm on p59 - which means I read 59 pages on the train today. "A complex tale of 19th cent plots and conspiracies says one blurb" so could get difficult as you say but going ok up to now.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-15030468454976308072013-11-09T13:15:45.965+01:002013-11-09T13:15:45.965+01:00No, I don't have a kindle either. I just thre...No, I don't have a kindle either. I just threw it in for good measure.<br /><br />Would that be Umberto Eco? I think he would stay in my rucksack. I recall having to read something of his at art school and finding him difficult.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-38060433023766719242013-11-09T09:29:27.979+01:002013-11-09T09:29:27.979+01:00Pat, perhaps you're right but it seems to me t...Pat, perhaps you're right but it seems to me they have made no effort to keep to their side of the contract. If they are having problems with their delivery agency that's something they have to deal with. I've kept my side of the contract. So they should keep theirs. <br /><br />Rachel I dont' have a Kindle. I just bought Eco's Prague Cemetery as my rucksack book. When I've finished with books I like to give them to friends or to charity jumble sales. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-38084448443376909902013-11-08T19:28:38.283+01:002013-11-08T19:28:38.283+01:00You must have been very unlucky about this. If yo...You must have been very unlucky about this. If you have a kindle you could download it straightway.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-36541173950305913522013-11-08T16:49:59.317+01:002013-11-08T16:49:59.317+01:00Peerhaps it is something to do with your living ab...Peerhaps it is something to do with your living abroad Gwil. I must say that I find them most efficient here (hope that isn't tempting fate).The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com