I think she has old-age selective memory.
I must have formed the impression of what it was about from one of you. Unless Legolas is the culprit. There are a limited number of people who have been telling me to read it.
I'm more likely to have told you it was about who owns literary works after their author is dead, and if the public gets to own the works then does that mean we get to own the author's lives as well? And about literary criticism, etc. Against the backdrop of relationships.
I'm pretty sure I've never mentioned Roland & Maud's relationship because I don't like it.
No, it does feel a little ... off. Then again, everyone in this book is dysfunctional. That is another thing I have come to expect from Byatt. The only normal person in this book is Lady Bailey.
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/Other Liteature: Possession by A.S. Byatt
06/07/2010 06:02:40 PM
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Re: Excuse me. I have a very clear recollection of writing to you about Possession.
06/07/2010 06:43:34 PM
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I'm sure I did too.
06/07/2010 07:00:06 PM
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Re: I'm sure I did too.
07/07/2010 12:05:16 AM
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The main reason for my love of the book are the letters, I would say.
24/07/2010 10:00:13 PM
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Re: Excuse me. I have a very clear recollection of writing to you about Possession.
07/07/2010 12:04:03 AM
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Yes, I saw it more as a criticism (satire?) of obsessive academia than a love-story.
07/07/2010 10:34:12 AM
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Re: Yes, I saw it more as a criticism (satire?) of obsessive academia than a love-story.
09/07/2010 11:45:45 AM
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It's funny. I'd have to reread, but based on what I remember I have the opposite view.
24/07/2010 10:06:57 PM
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It's a sign of it being a good book that you can like it for such different reasons from mine.
24/07/2010 10:42:39 PM
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Re: It's a sign of it being a good book that you can like it for such different reasons from mine.
25/07/2010 09:09:50 AM
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Re: It's a sign of it being a good book that you can like it for such different reasons from mine.
25/07/2010 10:32:55 AM
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