tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post5538052264689368548..comments2023-11-03T15:50:56.001+01:00Comments on POET IN RESIDENCE : 1. OpeningGwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-51231895658229864742010-12-30T12:57:19.962+01:002010-12-30T12:57:19.962+01:00ps -
I've just started "The City of Joy&q...ps -<br />I've just started "The City of Joy" by Dominique Lapierre. I like it.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-35093018747880494202010-12-30T12:54:55.407+01:002010-12-30T12:54:55.407+01:00Thank you Gedle,
I've made a note of the titl...Thank you Gedle, <br />I've made a note of the title and will have a look for it in our main library, which has all sorts (!) probably sometime next week. <br />Best for 2011,<br />gwilymGwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-78725672298022581112010-12-30T12:07:52.152+01:002010-12-30T12:07:52.152+01:00I got told to read it because it is a classic and ...I got told to read it because it is a classic and something I wrote reminded the recommendor. The Devil visits Moscow in the thirties accompanied by a demon or two, a naked witch and an enormous cat with a fondness for vodka and chess.. together they "redeem" an author disillusioned by the political censorship of the time. One of those books that (if you happen to be in the middle of it) makes everyday coincidences seem spookier...<br />Keep up the good work - enjoyed your "endgame" and the quote from "bouillabaise" too... very muchthegedlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16928822887730833434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-60355556571616166912010-12-29T15:56:32.721+01:002010-12-29T15:56:32.721+01:00Hello Gedle,
I'm no longer surprised by the c...Hello Gedle, <br />I'm no longer surprised by the coincidence and synchronicity in our everyday lives. Have to confess I haven't read 'Master & Margarita' or 'Eight' mentioned by Gerald England in a reply my post Another World Cruise.<br />Thanks,<br />GwilymGwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-67500393861561763502010-12-28T20:53:29.819+01:002010-12-28T20:53:29.819+01:00I'm a sucker for coincidences.. How is it that...I'm a sucker for coincidences.. How is it that just as I reach the point in re-reading Bulgakov's "Master and Margarita" where Behemoth cheats at chess, you start posting poems about the game? Are you in league with Woland?thegedlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16928822887730833434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-57585794781825108642010-12-28T16:24:06.774+01:002010-12-28T16:24:06.774+01:00My goodness, what drama!
My father taught me dra...My goodness, what drama! <br /><br />My father taught me draughts. I even won the school championship for my year. The prize was a large Easter egg. Fortunately I didn't pursue my career in draughts, a game I found extremely boring.Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8881054030497725613.post-56029309048862346082010-12-28T15:42:20.464+01:002010-12-28T15:42:20.464+01:00My father and mother used to play draughts each ev...My father and mother used to play draughts each evening when I was a girl. My father always won - he was a much more logical thinker than my mother (like the farmer and I in Othello, which I hate because I never win!). One night my mother had had enough and she picked up the board and the draughts and threw the lot up the fireback! Ah what wonderfully dramatic things one could do in the days of open fires.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com