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souvenance
- To: <ravensdawn>, "'babel-list'" <babel-list>
- Subject: souvenance
- From: "Alice" <alice>
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 09:36:45 +0200
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I don't know if anyone has mentioned it, but I just wanted to express my
appreciation of the "souvenance". Yesterday was Novalis - almost 20 years
ago I'd read his "The Blue Flower" and thought to myself, when I have more
time, I'd like to spend a year just focussing on him and his work. Then I
forgot about him. A while ago was the souvenance on Penelope Fitzgerald,
written by Janet Hamill, I believe, and Fitzgerald's book "The Blue Flower"
was mentioned. I'd long forgotten Novalis, but always liked the image of the
blue flower and romanticism, so I bought the book and enjoyed it very much -
a biographical novel about Novalis. Now I'll finally get back to him.
I also bought "Fictions" by Jorge Luis Borges - which had been recommended
in the "coffee break".
So, besides all the talk about Twelve etc. etc. (which I still haven't got -
I pre-ordered from Amazon.com instead of through Germany and it's taking
forever!!! Any day now...) I do treasure that Patti is such a multi-faceted
person who offers us so much inspiration on various levels, as well as
widening our horizons through wonderful book recommendations.
By the way, Paul, I'm so glad you're back. I'd missed your comments for a
while there.
Alice