tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post2041357091244683616..comments2024-02-10T11:02:03.896-05:00Comments on Reader in the Wilderness: Phyllis Whitney, the Joys of Life and Fate, and Striking Hitler Parallels to TodayJudithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-76727498265754358522018-05-11T18:28:15.693-04:002018-05-11T18:28:15.693-04:00It's amazing that at 11 you were capable of no...It's amazing that at 11 you were capable of not worrying. I actually did worry about nuclear bombs, just as I worried about The Boston Strangler coming to my bedroom window! I think I can attain being oddly comforted by the possibility of an asteroid colliding with the earth. Just pray to be vaporized instantly!Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-38190125557103293672018-05-10T19:33:51.786-04:002018-05-10T19:33:51.786-04:00Yes and when I was about 11 I realised that we liv...Yes and when I was about 11 I realised that we lived 7 miles away from a nuclear submarine base, so we would be first to be blasted. It was oddly comforting to know that there was absolutely no point in worrying about it.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138715309807238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-23579685660578628472018-05-05T18:24:25.386-04:002018-05-05T18:24:25.386-04:00Hi Tracy,
I've always been into Russian Lit, B...Hi Tracy,<br />I've always been into Russian Lit, BUT I had never heard of Life and Fate or Vasily Grossman. I learned about this book not via a blog, but in a round-up of Russian novels set during the Soviet era. This one caught my eye. <br />The length is formidable, I agree. I handle novels of this length, by chewing off 25-50 pages a day, and by having a couple of other books going. I view it as a "project," in a way. Really liked how incredibly well he does women's viewpoint. Amazing.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-31994803728017867062018-05-05T17:46:27.206-04:002018-05-05T17:46:27.206-04:00I have not heard of Grossman or his novel Life and...I have not heard of Grossman or his novel Life and Fate but I like stories about families and it sounds very interesting. The length would be challenging for me. TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-7528492006023301852018-05-04T18:23:44.960-04:002018-05-04T18:23:44.960-04:00Oh yes, Katrina, and Phyllis Whitney. Back to a si...Oh yes, Katrina, and Phyllis Whitney. Back to a simpler era when all we had to worry about were nuclear warheads dropping on our heads.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-18173780061810273122018-05-04T18:21:49.961-04:002018-05-04T18:21:49.961-04:00Katrina,
Thanks for bringing me back to what's...Katrina,<br />Thanks for bringing me back to what's going on in eastern Europe and Austria. I will study further tonight and this weekend. I know about the isolationism (is that even possible in Europe?) and the determination to push out refugees. But I will look further. <br />And Trump is getting so insanely crazy! Each day he blathers on when interviewed by the press, this time after addressing the NRA convention, that I am wondering if I am insane for realizing it is SO BAD. His mind right now is a very slippery slope, like an avalanche is sculpting away at what brain he has left.<br />I think that's why Ken and I retreat, at least 3 nights a week, to watching Downton Abbey for the FOURTH TIME! We are in a sad way. Thank goodness for Sasha to remind us of what's important: food, walkies, and sleep! Best to you, Katrina!Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-39029769051185964732018-05-03T18:35:50.878-04:002018-05-03T18:35:50.878-04:00I loved Phyllis Whitney books when I was a teenage...I loved Phyllis Whitney books when I was a teenager, I'm sure I read Spindrift back then. Eventually Hitler came to a sticky end but it took far too long, fingers crossed that the US situation doesn't go so far. It's the political goings on in Eastern European countries and Austria that I find really worrying - they seem determined to repeat history.Katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18138715309807238198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-11181356989345917232018-05-02T18:18:08.175-04:002018-05-02T18:18:08.175-04:00I haven't read Writer at War, but I admired th...I haven't read Writer at War, but I admired the cover for the wonderful photo of Vasily Grossman, author of Life and Fate. <br />I agree with you that these are certainly unsettling times. I do wish to see an end to them, though lately I've been feeling pessimistic about that.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435116453270981662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543676375857581295.post-34070664547167590532018-05-02T17:51:10.650-04:002018-05-02T17:51:10.650-04:00A Writer at War sounds so interesting--I'll ha...A Writer at War sounds so interesting--I'll have to add it to my own reading list. Frankly, not so much Spindrift, but that could just be my current mood. <br /><br />We live in unsettling times, that is for sure. Hopefully we will not forget to learn lessons from the past.JaneGShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094501834387622997noreply@blogger.com