Comments on: Meanwhile, in the country of complete sentences http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/10/05/meanwhile-in-the-country-of-complete-sentences/ Twisted by Jessica Zafra - Pumping irony since 1994 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:01:37 +0000 hourly 1 By: jediknight http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/10/05/meanwhile-in-the-country-of-complete-sentences/comment-page-1/#comment-37566 jediknight Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:17:31 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=1045#comment-37566 Really? I didn't know that (you could tell, couldn't you). Anyway, I only read one James Baldwin (The Fire Next Time). As for Dickens, I only read three of his novels, and one of them does begin with a character ruminating about his parents' tombstones. Pip informs us on his parents' demise differently, though, unlike the way that fellow in the Camus novel tells us. Last week I was hunting for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; instead I stumbled upon an old Trevanian (The Main). I stumbled upon it literally; it turned out the book fell off the shelf. Thanks for the info, though. I know what books to look for next, I think. :=) Really? I didn’t know that (you could tell, couldn’t you).
Anyway, I only read one James Baldwin (The Fire Next Time). As for Dickens, I only read three of his novels, and one of them does begin with a character ruminating about his parents’ tombstones. Pip informs us on his parents’ demise differently, though, unlike the way that fellow in the Camus novel tells us.
Last week I was hunting for The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; instead I stumbled upon an old Trevanian (The Main). I stumbled upon it literally; it turned out the book fell off the shelf.
Thanks for the info, though. I know what books to look for next, I think. :=)

]]> By: jessicazafra http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/10/05/meanwhile-in-the-country-of-complete-sentences/comment-page-1/#comment-37531 jessicazafra Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:20:44 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=1045#comment-37531 James Baldwin's Notes Of A Native Son is a collection of autobiographical essays, one of which is entitled Notes Of A Native Son. The book does not begin with the elder Baldwin's death. Many fairy tales begin with the death of a parent, and from what I recall, much of Dickens. The novel that intentionally uses the opening from the Camus is Platform by Michel Houellebecq. James Baldwin’s Notes Of A Native Son is a collection of autobiographical essays, one of which is entitled Notes Of A Native Son. The book does not begin with the elder Baldwin’s death.

Many fairy tales begin with the death of a parent, and from what I recall, much of Dickens. The novel that intentionally uses the opening from the Camus is Platform by Michel Houellebecq.

]]> By: jediknight http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/10/05/meanwhile-in-the-country-of-complete-sentences/comment-page-1/#comment-37529 jediknight Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:35:42 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=1045#comment-37529 Doesn't Albert Camus' "The Stranger" begins with "Mother died yesterday"? No sharp grief for the Camus character, though; in fact no emotion at all. I wonder if Baldwin got the idea of starting a book by mentioning the death of a parent from Camus. Doesn’t Albert Camus’ “The Stranger” begins with “Mother died yesterday”? No sharp grief for the Camus character, though; in fact no emotion at all.
I wonder if Baldwin got the idea of starting a book by mentioning the death of a parent from Camus.

]]> By: volume-addict http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/10/05/meanwhile-in-the-country-of-complete-sentences/comment-page-1/#comment-37523 volume-addict Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:10:32 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=1045#comment-37523 Seattle weekly alt-press The Stranger breaks down Obama and McCain by how their fathers influenced them to be they are today through their biographies: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=648117 Seattle weekly alt-press The Stranger breaks down Obama and McCain by how their fathers influenced them to be they are today through their biographies:

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=648117

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