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- Hi Libra,
I've been studying up on Gilgamesh since you asked. I've now looked at (nay, have) several versions but am uncertain about which ones you are referring to. From what I've seen there are certainly differences in translation, but none that obscure the story and the inpsiring fact for me that one is reading the words as they unfold and were written down 3-4000 some odd years ago. I'll probably be putting up a blog post on my comparison and reactions.
(I'm also uncertain whether you will be looking here for this response or in your own profile, so I'm posting in both places. One day I'll get this system figured out.
) - Me? incorrigible? pas vrai! ummm, wait a minute, deja vous...oh yes, hubby has mentioned it also but in other words.
All kidding aside, the story sounds good.My Antonia could stand alone if it's another generation because it follows different families life from generations back I think, , but to know there is another book out there that precedes her story and how she got where she is you can't avoid it.
And a quick question, I have ordered the gilgamesh epic, what do you think about it? Is the narration better or the novel? -
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- Retired - EE/IT
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- The Bible
The Quest of the Historical Jesus - Schweitzer
The Gilgamesh Epic
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions - John Donne - Top Three Authors
- The best 3? Never! I'll start with:
St. Paul, Donne, Proust, Nabokov, V. Woolf, Faulkner
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Posted in Essays
Six Levels of Internet Conversation
Coversation on the Internet runs a wide gamut from placid to heatedly adversarial, as usual polite norms of face-to-face personal conversation are set a side in greater or lesser degree. The following is my summary based on observation and personal experience after a number of years. I hope nobody is personally or specifically offended -- moderators and admins especially. It is a dangerous topic to write about and no insult or criticism is intended,...
Coversation on the Internet runs a wide gamut from placid to heatedly adversarial, as usual polite norms of face-to-face personal conversation are set a side in greater or lesser degree. The following is my summary based on observation and personal experience after a number of years. I hope nobody is personally or specifically offended -- moderators and admins especially. It is a dangerous topic to write about and no insult or criticism is intended,...
Posted in Book Lists
Must-reads for the coming year are already stacking up here:
Possession by A. S. Byatt. Finished in January.
Your Face Tomorrow (3 vols) by Javier Marias
The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
The Original of Laura by Vladimir Nabokov
Verdun by Jules Romains
Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner
Who Killed Jesus? by John Dominic Crossan
January
1/3 Possession by A. S. Byatt
1/18 2666 by Roberto Bolano. A reread....
Possession by A. S. Byatt. Finished in January.
Your Face Tomorrow (3 vols) by Javier Marias
The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
The Original of Laura by Vladimir Nabokov
Verdun by Jules Romains
Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner
Who Killed Jesus? by John Dominic Crossan
January
1/3 Possession by A. S. Byatt
1/18 2666 by Roberto Bolano. A reread....
Posted in Memories
Nightmare
Two nights ago I was sitting in my office at work, whiling away the minutes, when the receptionist rang and said the applicant had arrived.
I went down to the reception area and met the most stunningly beautiful young woman I had ever seen. She was sleekly dressed in an exquisite business suit, had designer-cut and coiffed hair, and was beautifully made up with eye-shadowed doe eyes, blusher, the works. She looked as if she had come straight from the cover of Vogue...
Two nights ago I was sitting in my office at work, whiling away the minutes, when the receptionist rang and said the applicant had arrived.
I went down to the reception area and met the most stunningly beautiful young woman I had ever seen. She was sleekly dressed in an exquisite business suit, had designer-cut and coiffed hair, and was beautifully made up with eye-shadowed doe eyes, blusher, the works. She looked as if she had come straight from the cover of Vogue...
Posted in Poetry
Just Stop
My Muse rebuked me
just this morning
as she woke me
from my nightmare
Stop being
so all-consuming
wrapped up
in your own self
your own wants
your own thoughts
your own doubts
your own fears
your own horrors
your own agony
your own
nightmares
just
stop
My Muse rebuked me
just this morning
as she woke me
from my nightmare
Stop being
so all-consuming
wrapped up
in your own self
your own wants
your own thoughts
your own doubts
your own fears
your own horrors
your own agony
your own
nightmares
just
stop
Posted in Poetry
Modern Cities Disguise
Modern cities disguise
within their gleaming aluminized walls
and silver blinded aqua windows
reflecting back the heat and light of day
with mirrored views of cloudless sky
plains of horizontal tops of desks
with legs beneath torsos above computers on
between the vertical sinews of shafts and cables
and tendons of steel and cubicle walls
connected aloft by aetherized conversation
segments...
Modern cities disguise
within their gleaming aluminized walls
and silver blinded aqua windows
reflecting back the heat and light of day
with mirrored views of cloudless sky
plains of horizontal tops of desks
with legs beneath torsos above computers on
between the vertical sinews of shafts and cables
and tendons of steel and cubicle walls
connected aloft by aetherized conversation
segments...
Recent Comments
Update re first submissions...
What a great comparison...
