Really excited to have discovered another Australian BookTuber, love your highlighted obsessions, I think I'll really enjoy following your bookish adventures. What a rich variety of great books, Sydney Uni is my old stomping ground, delightful reminiscences. Peake is terrific. Wow, 'Monochords' has a fab cover. I've just done some videos on Greek Tragedy & Peake. 'Birthday Letters' is astounding, & such a fresh wind for Hughes, almost confessional. Ah, Heaney - what a magician. I've just done a video on his alliterative verse translation of Beowulf too, had a blast doing that. I am a confessional poet with UWAP & Recent Work Press, maybe this might interest you...
I read Blood Meridian about 2 1/2 times-it never worked for me. I kept trying believing it would, appreciating facets but not valuing the whole. It almost feels like I missed my chance to adore that work, like a work that would have blown me away when younger. That's fantastic you were able to find some Christine Brooke-Rose! I never see her works in the wild. Love the cover for Next, and that looks like the perfect slim starting point (haven't read it yet, but I also haven't read any bits of her writing I haven't liked). Hope you're able to find her Omnibus someday! There's another author who reminds me of her whom I'll be sure to mention in my next video, Vanessa Place. She's rebellious, keen, and relentlessly lyrical. [My comment on your last video was seemingly deleted-I hope you get to see this one.]
I think there's a risk that the longer I put it off the less likely I'll ever read Blood Meridian, so I owe it to myself to at least finish it once. I've heard of 'La Medusa' but don't know anything about Place. I keen to hear your thoughts 😁 It's odd, I think RUclips was doing a funny on us, because I'm also sure I left a comment on your video about sympathy/empathy but I'm not sure if it got flagged 🤷♀️ In any case, that video had some great points that I'm still mulling over!
Some great finds there! Your brother is right about Catch 22 - you really should read it! It was more than ten years before Gravity’s Rainbow but some of Pynchon’s takes on war might owe it a small debt! Nice copy of Ulysses but there is a slippery slope there as you may then want to get hold of each edition - I know I did 😢 And the Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders is a wonderful book!
Gormenghast is absolutely beautiful It's a gothic-dickensian-fantastic-psychological-character drama by one of the most tragic figures of 20th century literature. It might sound very preposterous but I personally think that after Ulysses, Gravity's Rainbow and The Recognitions it is the best English book written in the 20th century
@@readreadofficial I don't know if your copy has that,but I would highly recommend you to read the essay on Gormenghast by Anthony Burgess(who also thought it was the best English novel after Ulysses) it's really good. I'd like to say this though,Gormenghast is not for everyone. It's's a book which is written for an extremely specific audience and taste. So even if you don't enjoy it, it's completely fine.
If that's the American Borders it went out of business in 2011. Miss it. That's the second time I've come across The Mabinogion this week. It must be a sign! I read the first volume of Gormenghast and loved it. Very atmospheric. You have some great finds there at great prices.
Yannis Ritsos is an amazing poet - but it may depend on the translator/translation. David Harsent (UK) and Edmund Keeley (US) are the two I know. I don't know if you’ve looked up his biography - but the events of his life really inform his work, and powerfully so. Great Ulysses cover! Enjoy your book haul!
The copy of Ulysses looks immaculate 😮 I have one from 1963 that doesn't look anywhere near as good as yours. Ps. There's nothing wrong with giving away Blood Meridian/Brothers Karamazov. As long as they're readable, that's all that matters
condition is fine for a giveaway. So long as the pages are clear, what does the cover matter? Also, do you have a substack? I feel like you'd write great essays on books
Great content and glad you got your new camera. With regards to the latter, however, you may want to decrease the exposure a bit as the frame is a bit white washed. Lovely video nevertheless :)
Thanks for watching! I agree, I think it might have been a time-of-day thing as well. I've filmed some upcoming videos earlier in the morning and I think they look a bit better.
Books with creases and "damages" from reading have character and history. These are the ones that, despite being mass produced, have become unique!
Totally agree
Really excited to have discovered another Australian BookTuber, love your highlighted obsessions, I think I'll really enjoy following your bookish adventures. What a rich variety of great books, Sydney Uni is my old stomping ground, delightful reminiscences. Peake is terrific. Wow, 'Monochords' has a fab cover. I've just done some videos on Greek Tragedy & Peake. 'Birthday Letters' is astounding, & such a fresh wind for Hughes, almost confessional. Ah, Heaney - what a magician. I've just done a video on his alliterative verse translation of Beowulf too, had a blast doing that. I am a confessional poet with UWAP & Recent Work Press, maybe this might interest you...
Damn good coffee.
I read Blood Meridian about 2 1/2 times-it never worked for me. I kept trying believing it would, appreciating facets but not valuing the whole. It almost feels like I missed my chance to adore that work, like a work that would have blown me away when younger.
That's fantastic you were able to find some Christine Brooke-Rose! I never see her works in the wild. Love the cover for Next, and that looks like the perfect slim starting point (haven't read it yet, but I also haven't read any bits of her writing I haven't liked). Hope you're able to find her Omnibus someday! There's another author who reminds me of her whom I'll be sure to mention in my next video, Vanessa Place. She's rebellious, keen, and relentlessly lyrical.
[My comment on your last video was seemingly deleted-I hope you get to see this one.]
I think there's a risk that the longer I put it off the less likely I'll ever read Blood Meridian, so I owe it to myself to at least finish it once.
I've heard of 'La Medusa' but don't know anything about Place. I keen to hear your thoughts 😁
It's odd, I think RUclips was doing a funny on us, because I'm also sure I left a comment on your video about sympathy/empathy but I'm not sure if it got flagged 🤷♀️ In any case, that video had some great points that I'm still mulling over!
Some great finds there! Your brother is right about Catch 22 - you really should read it! It was more than ten years before Gravity’s Rainbow but some of Pynchon’s takes on war might owe it a small debt! Nice copy of Ulysses but there is a slippery slope there as you may then want to get hold of each edition - I know I did 😢
And the Swim in the Pond in the Rain by George Saunders is a wonderful book!
Gormenghast is absolutely beautiful
It's a gothic-dickensian-fantastic-psychological-character drama by one of the most tragic figures of 20th century literature. It might sound very preposterous but I personally think that after Ulysses, Gravity's Rainbow and The Recognitions it is the best English book written in the 20th century
That's a hell of a recommendation since I love the other three. I'll keep Gormenghast on my upcoming radar!
@@readreadofficial I don't know if your copy has that,but I would highly recommend you to read the essay on Gormenghast by Anthony Burgess(who also thought it was the best English novel after Ulysses) it's really good. I'd like to say this though,Gormenghast is not for everyone. It's's a book which is written for an extremely specific audience and taste. So even if you don't enjoy it, it's completely fine.
If that's the American Borders it went out of business in 2011. Miss it. That's the second time I've come across The Mabinogion this week. It must be a sign! I read the first volume of Gormenghast and loved it. Very atmospheric. You have some great finds there at great prices.
Love gormenghast.
Yannis Ritsos is an amazing poet - but it may depend on the translator/translation. David Harsent (UK) and Edmund Keeley (US) are the two I know. I don't know if you’ve looked up his biography - but the events of his life really inform his work, and powerfully so.
Great Ulysses cover!
Enjoy your book haul!
The copy of Ulysses looks immaculate 😮 I have one from 1963 that doesn't look anywhere near as good as yours.
Ps. There's nothing wrong with giving away Blood Meridian/Brothers Karamazov. As long as they're readable, that's all that matters
subscribed just for that voice
condition is fine for a giveaway. So long as the pages are clear, what does the cover matter? Also, do you have a substack? I feel like you'd write great essays on books
Thanks for watching! I don't have a substack, for now most of my ideas on books are limited to these videos and my journals haha
Great content and glad you got your new camera. With regards to the latter, however, you may want to decrease the exposure a bit as the frame is a bit white washed. Lovely video nevertheless :)
Thanks for watching! I agree, I think it might have been a time-of-day thing as well. I've filmed some upcoming videos earlier in the morning and I think they look a bit better.
Can you give me "The brothers karamazov" I don't think it's important if the book is damaged or not as long it's readable.
Hate to be that guy but the plural of index is indices
If I'm the sort of guy to want to read a book about indices, you're more than welcome to be that guy.