Was Augie March thread, misc.

[Carvill, John]

> Augie March wasn't bad, I just liked his later stuff so much better.

Heh. I think you *might* be damning with faint praise there, Michael. I thought Augie March was staggeringly good. As I mentioned before, it reminds me, in some ways, of Against the Day.


<< It seemed like he would get into situations where somebody would
take a shine to him, and then he would slide out from them without
having returned their affection, or (more crucially for the story) really
had any great insights about them .. >>

Very true.

> In his later stuff the other characters are more enjoyable, more "rounded"...

Hmmmmm. Not so sure.


By the way, I thought I recalled reading somewhere, regarding Saul Bellow's short stories, maybe an intro to a collection, a comparison between them and Tolstoy's short fiction, in that they "sharpen our sense of being alive". I have long since been unable to locate that phrase - "sharpen our sense of being alive". Can anybody place it?


> I think Dylan was really lacerated by certain dudes from the press
and misinterpreted,

Of course. See Parts 1 & 2 (of a total 3) of my 'exploration' of Dylan's media relations Part one here:

http://www.oomska.co.uk/?page_id=410

and part two:

http://www.oomska.co.uk/?page_id=2012



Cheers
J