Martin Corless-Smith
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Swallows door Martin Corless-Smith
Not as good as [b:Nota|1356827|Nota|Martin Corless-Smith|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1193627091s/1356827.jpg|1346552] or [b:Complete Travels|1356828|Complete Travels|Martin Corless-Smith|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182961941s/1356828.jpg|1346553], but at its momentary best it is as good.His stuff has an antiquated music to it that I love. Sometimes I have no idea what he is talking about, but the sense is still there, confident music, that lyric wave. But cut short like statuesque limbs, interrupted, spliced in with references & anachronistic quotes anachronistic wares.I miss the mystery of his other books. This book felt more focused, more researched and less messy. There was something undefinable in his other books but that you just trust worked. That going with it.The book is about internal/external constructs where we feel at home, be they physical structures, gardens, language, or thought. Though the best parts of the book transcend this rather serious thesis, forgetting itself as it may, unselfconscious.… (meer)
Mysteries and corn stand side by side.A little too 'project'-ey for my taste; that project being 'the soul' in this case; not that there aren't really great parts in there as well (esp. loved Mutability Chorus on p82). I didn't like when he related the body/soul thing to writing/literature. It seemed a bit too myopic.
The terrible thing about being a writer is that it is what I wanted.
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- 12
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- 66
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- #259,059
- Waardering
- 3.8
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- 2
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- 12