tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post5993604227474828944..comments2024-03-18T17:49:52.065+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: Hinges: Meditations on the Portals of the Imagination by Grace Dane MazurMel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-28240910641989036152011-08-26T13:33:59.643+08:002011-08-26T13:33:59.643+08:00This sounds like a really interesting read, which ...This sounds like a really interesting read, which in part it reminds me of Alberto Manguel's Homer's The Iliad & The Odyssey, although it appears to be more on a psychological level. As a fan of Gilgamesh ( http://parrishlantern.blogspot.com/2011/01/epic-of-gilgamesh.html?m=1 ) this does appeal & has got me pondering.<br />Thanks for the post.<br />Parrish.@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-75791727086937733622011-08-26T13:02:15.159+08:002011-08-26T13:02:15.159+08:00Mel, thank you for bringing this book to my attent...Mel, thank you for bringing this book to my attention. <i>Hinges</i> sounds like the perfect book for The Reading Life, and for readers interested in the subject of reading. As you know, <i>The Garden Party</i> is a favorite short story of mine, in which life and death are presented so vividly.Sukohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893742747135555499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-86236992292426696692011-08-25T22:09:03.956+08:002011-08-25T22:09:03.956+08:00I'm so glad you quoted the final conversation ...I'm so glad you quoted the final conversation from Mansfield's "The Garden Party." I love that ellipsis in Laura's question. Mansfield is continually astonishing--as much for what she leaves out as for what she puts in.<br /> Thank you so much for your wonderful review, and for all your brilliant work.Grace Dane Mazurhttp://www.gracedanemazur.orgnoreply@blogger.com