Comments on: Passages, An Introduction http://www.joeventures.com/archives/126 Always on the move Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Matt http://www.joeventures.com/archives/126#comment-36 Matt Wed, 03 Dec 2003 18:16:33 +0000 http://www.joeventures.com/archives/126#comment-36 Hmm. You told me you were reading the Best American Essay, but I didn't think you'd quote from an essay related to Proust? How much to you know about him? I don't know that much myself, except that he was gay and french and wrote about memory. Maybe one of these days I'll get time to read through some of Remembrance of Things Past--perhaps after I've finished with Faulkner's catalog. Ha! Actually though, I was thinking that if you wanted to read something "difficult" that isn't unbearable to read, you could try As I Lay Dying. It's written in short, first-person narrative sections, much like a lot of Bret Easton Ellis' stuff. But I'd advise you to sit down in the bookstore and read through a few chapters before you decide if it's right for you. Hmm. You told me you were reading the Best American Essay, but I didn’t think you’d quote from an essay related to Proust? How much to you know about him? I don’t know that much myself, except that he was gay and french and wrote about memory. Maybe one of these days I’ll get time to read through some of Remembrance of Things Past–perhaps after I’ve finished with Faulkner’s catalog. Ha!

Actually though, I was thinking that if you wanted to read something “difficult” that isn’t unbearable to read, you could try As I Lay Dying. It’s written in short, first-person narrative sections, much like a lot of Bret Easton Ellis’ stuff. But I’d advise you to sit down in the bookstore and read through a few chapters before you decide if it’s right for you.

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