I wonder-- Re: 10 Favorites

[Otto]

>
> At last someone has mentioned Lowry's 'Under the Volcano'.
> I'm beginning to wonder about the literary inclinations of the
> present frequenters of the P-list.
>

What's so great about Lowry's 'Under the Volcano' -- it had been recommended
(and sent) to me by Lee D. Thompson, the guy behind the "Byron the
Bulb"-website, but I admit that I never went beyond p. 33, for the simple
reason that I increasingly felt bored. I've never tried it in translation.

These are pieces of text I'd underlined so far:

"Though tragedy was in the process of becoming unreal and meaningless it
seemed one was still permitted to remember the days when an individual life
held some value and was not a mere misprint in a communiqué." (11)

"He had few emotions about the war, save that it was bad. One side or the
other would win. And in either case life would be hard. Though if the Allies
lost it would be harder. And in either case one's own battle would go on."
(15)

Otto