Recent content by lemuel

i have not read, "pulp" in awhile.. i found it profoundly moving, it is buke's acceptance of death... the bird is death, and the yellow is symbolic of death not being frightening anymore. death being a "jumbo nothing," accepting death is really a matter of accepting one's own life. thus we come...

ah, the irishmen, beckett and joyce rule the english prose world. celine is right up there, "Voyage" is a classic. he doesn't rate with joyce/beckett as he's not as consistent (though ignore buke about the rest celine's books, "death on the installment plan" and, "london bridge" are excellent...

i was deeply depressed in my late teens. discovering buke at 17 was eye-opening, galvanic: i was not alone! someone else understood the fundamental fakery of life, the role-playing that most people happily traded away their Selves for, the herd instinct that predominates in humanity... so, yes...

so, where should i post this?... anyhow, i believe buke chose to title his pedagogic novel after the most ordinary of sandwiches to emphasize that a child raised amidst brutality and ignorance was/is all too normal. his story was anything but exceptional. his survival and success through...