Jodorowsky/Xingjian

[John Bailey]

I read Buying a Fishing Rod for my Grandfather (short stories) in my
late 20s and didn't really get much from it, but also felt that was my
fault somehow. The mood of the works really stuck with me, and I can
still summon it up 10-15 years later. Actually, I've just pulled it
from the shelf and added it to the pile.

Which, thanks for not asking, currently features:
Out (Natsuo Kirino) - bought a second-hand copy on P-list recommendation
Hard to be a God (Strugatsky brothers) - ditto after loving Roadside Picnic
Anthills of the Savanah (Achebe), The Lives of Animals (Coetzee), No
One Writes to the Colonel (Marquez) - someone left these on a local
public bookshelf for the taking
The Guest Cat (Takashi Hiraide) - this is such a freaking gentle and
heart-etching novella

It's midsummer here and I have a newborn. I'll either get through all
of these or none.

On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 7:57 PM, Jemmy Bloocher <jbloocher at gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, thanks for this Mark. Noted.
>
> On 17 Jan 2016 08:28, "Mark Thibodeau" <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Never heard of it.
>>
>> Holy Mountain (a personal favorite) was loosely based on Mount
>> Analogue: A Novel of Symbolically Authentic Non-Euclidean Adventures
>> in Mountain Climbing by Rene Daumal.
>>
>> Just FYI.
>>
>> J
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 3:13 AM, Steven Koteff <steviekoteff at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > When I brought up the project I was undertaking (watching ten directors'
>> > whole bodies of work) a lot of you mentioned Jodorowsky. Partly on the
>> > strength of that consensus, I just watched The Holy Mountain. So thanks very
>> > much.
>> >
>> > For obvious reasons, it reminded me of Soul Mountain, by Gao Xingjian.
>> > Have you guys read that? Or anything else of his? It was an early favorite
>> > in the category of Great and enormous/expansive books after I read it
>> > freshman year of college. But haven't read since. -
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