A Torn Page from the Notebook
>>Danielle hangs Rothkos in her apartment. Four of them. Which ones now. The Rothkos are repeatedly mentioned as tools of solace. Tools? Mirrors perhaps. No, that's absurd. Not mirrors. Must be presence. Whatever. Anyway, must see if Messud offers clues to which Rothkos are hung. But does it make a difference? They are all so similar.
* I knew Potter would have ended up an Auror. But Ron? RON! And what does Ginny do? Keep home?
* Pay Attention to the World. How much one loves Susan Sontag. Can't quite understand why. Must be that essay on how she reads.
>> Buy Harry Potter audio book for Grandpa. I shudder to think of the reaction. Sigh.
* Why do I not listen to books? Why am I so closed to them? That's the thing - closed. Cynical as well. Throw e-books into that muck too. Such great audio around and I can't appreciate it. Hmm...???////??--- The great fault of mine is to think that I have to approach reading through all its methods. Why so?
* Claire Messud is a winner. Clearly. The Emperor's Children beats anything I've read recently. And I haven't even got to the end of the book yet. The dialogues, how does she manage such brilliance effortlessly? Effortlessly??!! Indeed, she'll know about effort!
* Chenthil likes Frederica. Yay! Must find next suspect to foist Heyer on. Somebody open-minded. Somebody who does not equate darling Heyer (say 'Hair' not 'Hey err') with M&B balderdash. The irony of finding M&Bs priced so high in second hand bookstores, higher than the Roths and the Whartons. Dostoyevsky for Rs.20! and the M&B minimum is 60 bucks. Ha, state of the times!
