I read The Nose last week and will read The Overcoat tonight. Here is a brief
Tashmere Send a noteboard - 18/06/2010 03:44:32 AM
impression on what little I have read. It didn't neccessarily make sense but I enjoyed it anyway. I startled myself by laughing out loud in one part. I smiled through several parts because he has an imaginative way of depicting people.
I have been wondering how to explain what it did for me and today I finally came up with a comparison. It was a little like watching an episode of "Seinfeld". There wasn't much of a plot. It didn't need one. It was just a series of amusing and improbable incidents, with eccentric characters, that were cleverly worded and described. I hope that comparison doesn't insult anyone's sensibilities but the basic pattern is similar.
I worked 14 hour days all this week so I didn't have enough time to read before but I have a few days off now so I hope to join in the discussion tomorrow.
I have been wondering how to explain what it did for me and today I finally came up with a comparison. It was a little like watching an episode of "Seinfeld". There wasn't much of a plot. It didn't need one. It was just a series of amusing and improbable incidents, with eccentric characters, that were cleverly worded and described. I hope that comparison doesn't insult anyone's sensibilities but the basic pattern is similar.
I worked 14 hour days all this week so I didn't have enough time to read before but I have a few days off now so I hope to join in the discussion tomorrow.
Gogol: The Nose/The Overcoat
16/06/2010 02:28:27 PM
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The Nose is... odd.
16/06/2010 05:29:51 PM
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I view it as a I view dreams using anachronistic Freudian interpretations.
16/06/2010 06:43:12 PM
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Re: I view it as a I view dreams using anachronistic Freudian interpretations.
19/06/2010 04:34:27 PM
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I like The Overcoat better.
16/06/2010 08:27:38 PM
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The Overcoat, while also fantastical, is easier to understand I think
17/06/2010 03:23:11 PM
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I read The Nose last week and will read The Overcoat tonight. Here is a brief
18/06/2010 03:44:32 AM
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Re: I read The Nose last week and will read The Overcoat tonight. Here is a brief
18/06/2010 04:12:26 AM
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While the stories are entertaining, they didn't leave me with that much to say.
13/07/2010 01:52:10 AM
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I keep trying to think of something to add to this discussion and I can't.
18/06/2010 02:39:34 PM
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