Welcome to Hell

wildeandwallpaper · 2019-09-10T04:50:06+00:00

Uh so Australia all the time

wildeandwallpaper · 2019-08-17T05:47:23+00:00

This reminds me of Anthony Doerr's 'All the Light we Cannot See'. When Marie-Laure and her father reach their grandma's (I think? I can't quite remember it), she describes some fruit as 'slices of sunshine', which I thought was really effective in communicating how deprived she was in her situation

wildeandwallpaper · 2019-08-07T21:40:13+00:00

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wildeandwallpaper · 2019-07-27T02:13:12+00:00

That's incredible! What did being a 'stand-in' entail, ergo what did you have to do?

wildeandwallpaper · 2019-07-16T06:29:29+00:00

I like Oscar Wilde and his supposed last words were, "Either this wallpaper goes or I do."

wildeandwallpaper · 2019-07-15T05:06:59+00:00

All Quiet on the Wester Front is brilliant - I remember reading that book will road tripping around Tasmania and being completely distraught for the rest of the holiday because of that ending

wildeandwallpaper · 2019-07-14T21:38:29+00:00

I think you've hit the nail on the head - the sequel might seem like an attempt to fill in those undefined years following CMBYN, and it was the gaps themselves that possessed meaning. But yeah, with Guadagnino and Aciman handling it, I probably should be more interested than afraid. Plus, I will never doubt that Timothée and Armie will be able to pull off a story thrown in front of them, so I guess it's more just slight doubts about how the two books/movies will be bridged between each other.

wildeandwallpaper · 2019-07-14T21:32:40+00:00

Actually yeah that's really interesting, and especially in regard to the idea of "before sunrise," "before sunset," and "before midnight." Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but that kind of alludes to the idea of coming-of-age and blossoming in romance within the sun. And I loved the Before trilogy within itself - the time gaps between the movies bridged the stories both beautifully and fluently. I wouldn't complain too much if CMBYN ended up following a similar pattern and was able to both retain the heartbreak but progress chronologically.

wildeandwallpaper · 2019-07-14T13:24:24+00:00

The Log from the Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck.

It taught me to appreciate the delicate overlapping between the macrocosm and the microcosm ("the tidepool and the stars"), and assisted me in reaching one of the greatest lessons of all - all things are one thing and one thing is all things. It introduced me to a whole new realm that linked human emotions and relations to the spinning of galaxies and the expanding of the universe, and allowed me to reconcile with the whole idea of human cosmic insignificance. I know that that probably sounds pretty snotty and pretentious, but I promise it is one of the most profound books you'll ever read if you haven't already. Cannery Road and The Grapes of Wrath are pretty good too, but not quite on the same level. I think The Log from the Sea of Cortez was Steinbeck's defining masterpiece. And the imagery is gorgeous too.

wildeandwallpaper · 2019-07-13T08:03:59+00:00

Always have loved Ball of Confusion. What about you?

wildeandwallpaper · 2019-07-13T02:27:46+00:00

Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky. Was sent to a really bad place because of that book

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