Omg, thank you for reminding me to keep at WAR AND PEACE. I loved the first few chapters, in fact, and bought my copy at a writer friend’s suggestion. I loved your post
and the ref to ASB which, of course, I read fifty pages of before life got in the way. Thank you also for quoting Pamuk whose work I love so much (a revelation that got me in trouble with our guide in Istanbul where he is loved and hated in equal measure). All the reading I’m doing for LETTERS FROM EVERYWHERE is adding another shade to me, I think. A book doesn’t have to change your life but if it adds another dimension, great. I read that a diamond can have any number of sides and angles, as the cutter determines... Thanks for this!
Thank you for reading the long post. And thanks for sharing a post of yours. I'm loving my read of War and Peace. Do consider resuming it. About Pamuk: Yes, I learnt that his name can bring any kind of reaction in Turkey. Might have something to do with how he liked declaring that he was a Western writer in a country in which self-definition as East or West has always been a bit of a debate.
Yes, indeed. Turkey takes pride in how he is celebrated the world over for his work. Yet, he has adopted western mores and he will never be forgiven for that. Not diff from india where someone is loved esp when he is loved by the west:-)))) Although I think India finds it easy to switch sides.
Omg, thank you for reminding me to keep at WAR AND PEACE. I loved the first few chapters, in fact, and bought my copy at a writer friend’s suggestion. I loved your post
and the ref to ASB which, of course, I read fifty pages of before life got in the way. Thank you also for quoting Pamuk whose work I love so much (a revelation that got me in trouble with our guide in Istanbul where he is loved and hated in equal measure). All the reading I’m doing for LETTERS FROM EVERYWHERE is adding another shade to me, I think. A book doesn’t have to change your life but if it adds another dimension, great. I read that a diamond can have any number of sides and angles, as the cutter determines... Thanks for this!
Thank you for reading the long post. And thanks for sharing a post of yours. I'm loving my read of War and Peace. Do consider resuming it. About Pamuk: Yes, I learnt that his name can bring any kind of reaction in Turkey. Might have something to do with how he liked declaring that he was a Western writer in a country in which self-definition as East or West has always been a bit of a debate.
Yes, indeed. Turkey takes pride in how he is celebrated the world over for his work. Yet, he has adopted western mores and he will never be forgiven for that. Not diff from india where someone is loved esp when he is loved by the west:-)))) Although I think India finds it easy to switch sides.
Really enjoyed your observations. Thanks, T.
Thank you, Anil. Sending out the next instalment of the War and Peace newsletter tomorrow, hopefully.
Tanuj, I had to share a post of mine from 2021 Feb. https://open.substack.com/pub/kalpanamohan/p/small-stories-epic-events?r=4uv5u&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post