tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1033898128513833837..comments2024-03-28T21:07:00.650-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: A perfect day....Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89299857405644026292017-04-19T13:04:14.001-05:002017-04-19T13:04:14.001-05:00The literary banter -- and Neil's recent visit...The literary banter -- and Neil's recent visit to Venice -- brings to mind the lunchtime conversations of my favorite fictional copper, Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Questura, with his teen age children, although his aristocratic wife, a professor of English specializing in Henry James, is usually in on the cultural jokes.<br /><br />Tom Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-30371297948160394112017-04-19T08:42:13.005-05:002017-04-19T08:42:13.005-05:00Every time I read the Nine Stories, it's as if...Every time I read the Nine Stories, it's as if I'd never read them before. I probably miss the point of each story because of my fascination with the weirdly delightful characters. Esme has always been my favorite, but its war-weary aspect almost entirely escapes me each time. I wonder what my father's reaction to the stories would have been had I been able to get him to read them. He was stationed in England for much of the 2nd World War and had his picture taken in front of the U-505 shortly after its capture.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-12551817352300520352017-04-19T06:14:53.164-05:002017-04-19T06:14:53.164-05:00Clever banterClever banterPrivatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.com