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Octubre 14, 2005
local crazies, reading
The kids and I stopped by Joe's Record Paradise on our way home from the post office this afternoon, where we were accosted by a man who kept hovering too close to me. I loathe when people invade my personal space, especially when they mutter so that I feel compelled to smile or nod even though I know they're not really talking to me. This guy is one of our local homeless schizophrenicsm, and I've had the pleasure of his company on the bus several times. He is at least relatively quiet. Last week we had a ranter on the bus, as well as a drunk who kept falling over onto the children. Somehow they both still love to ride the bus.
I didn't make snickerdoodles as planned to today, but I got a lot of reading done. My new Clamor came, with Jackie's article in it, and I found my Tin House under the kids' bed. Also, I finally finished reading "The Flight From The Enchanter" by Iris Murdoch on my fourth attempt in as many years. Her opening chapters are usually very compelling, but 'Flight' isn't the first one drew me in only to lose me by chapter 5. I'm glad I (finally) stuck it out. It was interesting to meet some of her earliest characters, and to speculate about who they developed into in later novels. However, the characters weren't as satisfying as they are in other of her novels. Mischa Fox, who dominates the other characters, somehow fails to dominate the novel, and is never adequately revealed. He exercised a mysterious and compelling influence on the people around him, but for seemingly no reason. Murdoch's demons are usually more believable. I liked most of the characters a lot more in the beginning of the novel than I did by the end, particularly Annette. The Polish immigrants Jan and Stefan were CREEPY!!!!
Posted by Tansy at Octubre 14, 2005 11:17 PM
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