tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post7521923368618587522..comments2024-03-29T04:12:48.987+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: "Pigeons" by Coelho NettoMel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-60691650041874558992011-10-19T00:16:59.590+08:002011-10-19T00:16:59.590+08:00This was an especially touching story. It reminde...This was an especially touching story. It reminded me a bit of Eudora Welty.<br /><br />I finally put up a little post about this book. I emphasized your point that even if these are not the world's best stories - although they are all quite good, actually - they are all useful in the way you describe.<br /><br />The Machado de Assis stories in the collection, whatever their atistic merits (and I have serious doubts about one of them) are less useful, tell us less about Brazil and its people.<br /><br />Thanks again for finding this book.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-23233167892673814422011-10-16T06:12:41.373+08:002011-10-16T06:12:41.373+08:00Laura-I think moustaches like that were all the ra...Laura-I think moustaches like that were all the rage!Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-40326635109032459522011-10-16T01:40:35.964+08:002011-10-16T01:40:35.964+08:00I don't really have anything constructive to a...I don't really have anything constructive to add to this, but Netto's moustache is EPIC. Seriously!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371636785566309578noreply@blogger.com