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In the New Yorker...
Front-Ranger:
It was a pleasure to begin reading about Lie With Me, which has been called the French Brokeback Mountain. It's by Phillipe Besson. Interesting, also, that Besson also wrote Un Personnage de Roman about Emmanuel Macron and a reviewer thought the two books are "sort of the same book." I've always thought Macron was a bit of a Brokiesque character, so by reading these I could maybe discover why.
Another trivia nugget: Lie With Me was translated into English by Molly Ringwald. Yes, that Molly Ringwald!
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on May 17, 2019, 04:42:03 pm ---It was a pleasure to begin reading about Lie With Me, which has been called the French Brokeback Mountain. It's by Phillipe Besson. Interesting, also, that Besson also wrote Un Personnage de Roman about Emmanuel Macron and a reviewer thought the two books are "sort of the same book." I've always thought Macron was a bit of a Brokiesque character, so by reading these I could maybe discover why.
Another trivia nugget: Lie With Me was translated into English by Molly Ringwald. Yes, that Molly Ringwald!
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I read that, too! That was very interesting. Makes me want to read the novel. And about Molly Ringwald? Who knew?
Jeff Wrangler:
I liked Adam Gopnik's article on aging (May 20) because the first couple of pages more or less confirmed my own thoughts--people don't want to accept that they're old. But then when he moved on to the scientists, it got boring for me.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 28, 2019, 01:44:47 pm ---I liked Adam Gopnik's article on aging (May 20) because the first couple of pages more or less confirmed my own thoughts--people don't want to accept that they're old. But then when he moved on to the scientists, it got boring for me.
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I missed that, but I'll have to look for it. I'm interested in the subject, probably including the scientists. We'll see!
Front-Ranger:
New Yorker contributor Tony Horwitz has died. :'(
https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2019/05/28/author-historian-tony-horwitz-dies?fbclid=IwAR3zX0XyVMK4aInM0QPQWfdDTn_7NvCkjTTkhP20hBKqi4FZISeTVeoxWqc
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