tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post1179193129011857815..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: Back in the DayAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-30334429301073602832016-09-21T08:14:46.089-04:002016-09-21T08:14:46.089-04:00Awesome reviews, Jean. Thanks so much. The Thin Br...Awesome reviews, Jean. Thanks so much. The Thin Bright Line appeals to me a lot more, but I think that's because the way you describe the style matches my taste better. Great recommendations!Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-37504638300635404032016-09-12T10:58:15.223-04:002016-09-12T10:58:15.223-04:00These both do sound fascinating. The Village in th...These both do sound fascinating. The Village in the 50s has a strong hold on my imagination. By the time I got there in the late 60s (only sporadically, pretty much as a tourist) it was interesting times, to say the least, but I felt a nostalgia for the earlier times that I never actually knew. Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-10382320709283572092016-09-11T14:42:10.963-04:002016-09-11T14:42:10.963-04:00Thanks for commenting, Daddy X and Lisabet. I reme...Thanks for commenting, Daddy X and Lisabet. I remember seeing a review of that big bio of William Burroughs - something else I need to read, since I read Naked Lunch many years ago, and then watched the movie version (which some said could never be made) for the Saskatchewan Film Classification Board. It's interesting to compare actual fiction written in a certain era and modern work that is set back then. no matter how much period flavour a current author throws in, or how diligently researched the work is, no one can really go back to the past, so there is always a kind of double perspective in historical fiction. My mother's stories about hanging out with her artsy high school friends (all Jewish)in New York in the 1930s seemed to have a kind of heartbreaking innocence because none of them could predict WW2, let alone the Holocaust. Nowadays, we know what happened next.Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-85303891825546077132016-09-11T08:26:00.482-04:002016-09-11T08:26:00.482-04:00I agree. Thanks for shining the light on these.I agree. Thanks for shining the light on these.Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-8229806151182245832016-09-10T10:30:53.699-04:002016-09-10T10:30:53.699-04:00These sound like great works, Jean. I like the 40&...These sound like great works, Jean. I like the 40's-50's beat era memoirs although the beat novels themselves can go either way for me. Have enjoyed reading Anais Nin's Diary as well as a huge biography of William Burroughs. Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.com