tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26654079.post8423205045830623417..comments2023-05-21T14:46:54.138+01:00Comments on FictionBitch: Reading Books Through their AuthorsElizabeth Baineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193751871434773972noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26654079.post-19343930354713436292009-05-03T21:01:00.000+01:002009-05-03T21:01:00.000+01:00I promise, I will seriously try with FP again when...I promise, I will seriously try with FP again when I have finished my current library book, Maggie Gee's 'My Cleaner'.nmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477643084619789093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26654079.post-60024421391087461872009-05-03T18:29:00.000+01:002009-05-03T18:29:00.000+01:00Be interesting to see what you think this time, Na...Be interesting to see what you think this time, Nasim!Elizabeth Baineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193751871434773972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26654079.post-87115664806168700772009-05-03T17:07:00.000+01:002009-05-03T17:07:00.000+01:00hey eliz, just read your piece, v interesting that...hey eliz, just read your piece, v interesting that you could have such different reactions... one of my friends could't read it either.... for me, it's the language - maybe *too* poetic, maybe my concentration is too poor, maybe i just don't like the style. but i am going to try again!nmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477643084619789093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26654079.post-73315199934904948962009-05-03T12:09:00.000+01:002009-05-03T12:09:00.000+01:00Hi Nasim. I'm interested that you couldn't read Fu...Hi Nasim. I'm interested that you couldn't read Fugitive Pieces. I was absolutely bowled over by it when I first read it, but when I read it again fairly recently with my reading group I had a very different reaction. I wrote about it here:<br /><br />http://elizabethbaines.blogspot.com/2007/12/reading-group-fugitive-pieces-by-anne.htmlElizabeth Baineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193751871434773972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26654079.post-25395821387826352492009-05-03T12:00:00.000+01:002009-05-03T12:00:00.000+01:00Hey Eliz, I find Ann Michael's stance interesting,...Hey Eliz, I find Ann Michael's stance interesting, especially as an absolute purity of text seems almost impossible to attain now. I admire her sticking to her guns so passionately. However, I hate to say that I could not read Fugitive Pieces, I tried several times, and even looked again at my copy last night - but it just doesn't do anything for me. This does not change whether I know of her Jewishness or not! Still, I guess this is the text speaking for itself.nmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477643084619789093noreply@blogger.com