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Not quite the audience. I meant a new route through the same bandish, which is a different sort of mischief.
Yes. “But what does Borya want in this scene?”
Apparently trouble
Start with one well-known bandish and keep notes on the pakad, nothing fancy.
At a recital years ago I heard the voice before the raga, which was probably my…
“Yellowed Pages” is one of the pieces I would not discuss too specifically in public because part of its force is how it changes while you are reading it.
I liked it a lot. I also think the ending will split people.
For me it earned the risk, but it is definitely a risk
And he never announces the affection.
That matters to me. Borya is not just a device for making Soviet life look absurd. The family irritation feels real enough that the satire has somebody to hurt.
The bathhouse bit is where I lost it.
Same vocabulary, same upward movement, completely different institution. Dovlatov barely changes his face.
September 5, 2026 at 4:15 pm in reply to: Historical novels set somewhere other than Britain or France? #113Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose may suit this request, although it arrives with a murder plot and a great deal of theology. The important men are certainly present, but the book is most convincing when it attends to the library, the meals, the cold and the labor of preserving books.
It is a novel about people moving through a place they do not fully understand. That seems more durable to me than the historical furniture.
Yes, especially that point. Maybe let applicants choose which public profile or posts they want reviewed. Any review system should be quick enough that normal people do not lose interest before they arrive.
I agree with the direction, though not every detail. A recommendation from a member should help, but not be mandatory.
That distinction is probably right.
There is a point where excess is the aesthetic, so “too much” cannot be the whole criticism. The better question is whether each new excess changes the rhythm or merely repeats the permission
Yes. I think estrangement is closer to it.
Whether surprise can interrupt estrangement is the question I keep hearing underneath the joke.
Yes, especially that point. Yes to human judgment, no to secret vibes. Any review system should be quick enough that normal people do not lose interest before they arrive.
I also like how little access we get to her interior life.
That could have made her feel thin, but for me it does the opposite. She remains the person he has failed to understand, including at the end.
I was about to say I could tolerate one more sentence at the end.
Then I imagined one and changed my mind.
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