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Apr. 22nd, 2019 08:57 am
Apr. 22nd, 2019
Monday Musings
Apr. 22nd, 2019 02:57 pmIt was another glorious sunny morning in which I mostly read, listened to the radio and sunbathed for a few hours. It has gone a bit hazy now but certainly warm enough to sunbathe although I doubt I will get any more tan.
Tomorrow, thank goodness, we are back to normal, and that I hope I have some money in cause right now .. anyway, Ipsos pay should be through this week. They pay on the 27th or maybe before but it means I will not be doing any work till I get paid. I will pop into town tomorrow to send some items I sold on Discogs.
back to the reading.
Tomorrow, thank goodness, we are back to normal, and that I hope I have some money in cause right now .. anyway, Ipsos pay should be through this week. They pay on the 27th or maybe before but it means I will not be doing any work till I get paid. I will pop into town tomorrow to send some items I sold on Discogs.
back to the reading.
Films On My List To See
Apr. 22nd, 2019 05:25 pmUpcoming films I want to see are -
Avengers Endgame
Shazam! - sounds so funny and light relief from darker films.
and this X-Men film
Dark Phoenix
Further forward -
Spiderman Far From Home
Avengers Endgame
Shazam! - sounds so funny and light relief from darker films.
and this X-Men film
Dark Phoenix
Further forward -
Spiderman Far From Home
... And BeforeYou Watch Endgame
Apr. 22nd, 2019 05:47 pmSome background leading up to this movie clocking in at around 180 mins!
Giorgio Bassani "Within The Walls" (Penguin Modern Classics)
'Within the Walls' is an interesting collection of five tales all set within the confines of the Italian city of Ferrara. They cover such themes as love and betrayal, and the justification for the lives we lead; each sits in the foreground with the Italian city and its difficult history always ready to lean over your shoulder and reframe the plot.
Bassani was a magnificent writer, of that there can be no doubt, and although I did find my attention wandering at times, too often in fact, these stories are still definitely worth the effort of paying close attention to. You learn so much about the craft of writing here. Not sure how to manage the exclamation mark in your prose? Read Bassani! It feels like he's telling you the story directly, and when somebody in his audience interjects he must respond with a parenthetical aside capped with a wondrous exclamation mark. Speaking of parentheses, Bassani was also a master of the run-on, multi-clause sentence, with so many branches that it would be a nightmare for anybody to draw a sentence diagram of much that you'll find here. Close reading does bring rewards.
'Within the Walls' is an interesting collection of five tales all set within the confines of the Italian city of Ferrara. They cover such themes as love and betrayal, and the justification for the lives we lead; each sits in the foreground with the Italian city and its difficult history always ready to lean over your shoulder and reframe the plot.
Bassani was a magnificent writer, of that there can be no doubt, and although I did find my attention wandering at times, too often in fact, these stories are still definitely worth the effort of paying close attention to. You learn so much about the craft of writing here. Not sure how to manage the exclamation mark in your prose? Read Bassani! It feels like he's telling you the story directly, and when somebody in his audience interjects he must respond with a parenthetical aside capped with a wondrous exclamation mark. Speaking of parentheses, Bassani was also a master of the run-on, multi-clause sentence, with so many branches that it would be a nightmare for anybody to draw a sentence diagram of much that you'll find here. Close reading does bring rewards.
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