If you'll excuse the absence of umlauts, you and I are dopplegangers. Before Substack, I wrote about "Sorjonen" and other European noir from MhZ and elsewhere for an online video mag. During spring and summer, we cut down our show-watching when the Mets are playing, and also are delighted that in the absence of a playoff race, the new young Mets are starting to jell as the core of next season and beyond.
For a unique read, “The Phone Box (U.S.= Booth) At The Edge of The World.” It’s a zen masterpiece that you can’t put down. I don’t usually read this type of novel and was prepared to dismiss the recommendation, but I read the first 29 pages and was hooked.
Looks very promising. I'm just guessing here from a few descriptions I've read, but would you put Laura Imai Messina and/or this novel in the same or similar universe as Haruki Murakami? I don't mean just because it takes place in Japan; I'm talking stylistically. Just wondering if "The Phone Box..." would appeal to fans of Murakami.
Ibsen's An Enemy of the People was also adapted as a play by Arthur Miller. Which did you see?
By the way, when I give my talk at the Copake Grange on September 30th before being interviewed about my book, The Winding Road, I will be mentioning you and the New York Mets.
If you'll excuse the absence of umlauts, you and I are dopplegangers. Before Substack, I wrote about "Sorjonen" and other European noir from MhZ and elsewhere for an online video mag. During spring and summer, we cut down our show-watching when the Mets are playing, and also are delighted that in the absence of a playoff race, the new young Mets are starting to jell as the core of next season and beyond.
If I must have a doppelgänger, I’m quite pleased that it’s Wayne Robins.
What a lovely thing to say, my tzaddik!
For a unique read, “The Phone Box (U.S.= Booth) At The Edge of The World.” It’s a zen masterpiece that you can’t put down. I don’t usually read this type of novel and was prepared to dismiss the recommendation, but I read the first 29 pages and was hooked.
Looks very promising. I'm just guessing here from a few descriptions I've read, but would you put Laura Imai Messina and/or this novel in the same or similar universe as Haruki Murakami? I don't mean just because it takes place in Japan; I'm talking stylistically. Just wondering if "The Phone Box..." would appeal to fans of Murakami.
Ibsen's An Enemy of the People was also adapted as a play by Arthur Miller. Which did you see?
By the way, when I give my talk at the Copake Grange on September 30th before being interviewed about my book, The Winding Road, I will be mentioning you and the New York Mets.
I don’t think the Finnish noir Enemy of the People has anything to do with Ibsen or Arthur Miller.
You're correct. Sorry I got it wrong.