tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post11283574905641489..comments2023-10-03T11:41:21.191+01:00Comments on The Truth About Lies: Dearest FatherJim Murdochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-70910050982600879982009-06-13T23:17:14.632+01:002009-06-13T23:17:14.632+01:00Jennifer, glad the post inspired you. I think it&#...<b>Jennifer</b>, glad the post inspired you. I think it's obvious that the book inspired me too.<br /><br />As for parents, well, maybe a subject for another day. Suffice to say that the power they have and the power we imagine they have are two quite different things. I've posted this before but in case you missed it this is a poem I wrote about my father.<br /><br />THE END OF ALL ILLUSIONS<br /><br />Yes, even granite men<br />melt in the rain in time.<br /><br /><br />And, <b>McGuire</b>, I have to say apart from this small book it has been years since I've read any Kafka. But after finishing it, and doing the research for this post, I think I might read a lot more into anything I read of his in the future.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-85410390402403537182009-06-13T14:53:37.964+01:002009-06-13T14:53:37.964+01:00I have read only a few of Kafkas short stories, I ...I have read only a few of Kafkas short stories, I enjoyed them in all their apparent oddity and intrigue. <br /><br />I had no idea about his relationship with his Father. In fact, most of his biographical detials remained completely unknown to me until now. <br /><br />Interesting to discover the dynamics in the relationships of people, equally of a writer too, and as expected perhaps, Kafka proved to be a sensitive spirit, never quite able to excert the confidence he had in person but distilled it through his writing. <br /><br />Over-bearing Father syndrome. Interesting explanation, Jim.<br /><br />Grazie tanto.McGuirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095242258892600138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-25631607982053633522009-06-13T14:43:20.347+01:002009-06-13T14:43:20.347+01:00I'm glad you didn't trim the fat -- now I ...I'm glad you didn't trim the fat -- now I have to track down my Kafka collection in preparation for reading this book. It's been too long.<br /><br />Interesting, too, the power that parents can have. That power isn't an illusion, though I sometimes wish it were.Jenniferhttp://writingtosurvive.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-28725741956685361582009-06-13T08:26:16.274+01:002009-06-13T08:26:16.274+01:00Thank you for that. Dick. I have to say it was har...Thank you for that. <b>Dick</b>. I have to say it was hard to trim the fat on this one because the fat was so tasty. I thoroughly enjoyed doing this one so much so that I almost forgot I was supposed to be reviewing a book.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-7135190753434921652009-06-12T23:09:32.156+01:002009-06-12T23:09:32.156+01:00A monumental piece of compressed research, Jim, an...A monumental piece of compressed research, Jim, and a fascinating read for all of us for whom Kafka is more adjective than noun. Thanks for this.Dickhttp://patteran.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-82977899156897409842009-06-12T21:59:47.571+01:002009-06-12T21:59:47.571+01:00Don't fret about it, Rachel. I actually notice...Don't fret about it, <b>Rachel</b>. I actually noticed that when I was on your blog. Not sure what either of us can do about it though.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-38247965698252389692009-06-12T21:32:26.871+01:002009-06-12T21:32:26.871+01:00Nothing to do with Kafka but my blog list hasn'...Nothing to do with Kafka but my blog list hasn't been updating you! I thought you'd just gone quiet or still had the bad back or something. It hadn't updated since the minty fresh post so now I have quite a backlog of posts to get through...see you in a while...<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-72952595494725670872009-06-12T13:34:52.530+01:002009-06-12T13:34:52.530+01:00Thanks, Dave. I have to say, of all the books I...Thanks, <b>Dave</b>. I have to say, of all the books I've been sent over the last few months this has been the one that excited me the most (granted I got to choose which is always nice). If it's any help I started one a couple of days ago that hasn't really excited me that much but it could well get better. Let us hope for your sake at least that it does not.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-79081317396774549932009-06-12T12:23:12.765+01:002009-06-12T12:23:12.765+01:00I am already way over my book budget for the next ...I am already way over my book budget for the next few years, but I do believe that I shall have to have this one. You make these books so tempting. Why not review a few that you do not like - give me a chance to catch up? great post, though!Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-7082474928265210752009-06-12T03:35:14.466+01:002009-06-12T03:35:14.466+01:00Thanks for that, Jasko - we do our best. I just wi...Thanks for that, <b>Jasko</b> - we do our best. I just wish I'd done some German so I could read the original. Translation, as you very well know, is not an exact science; indeed it veers towards being an art. Beckett translated most of his own works himself and literally rewrote whole chunks in the process, something he couldn't trust most translators to do without injecting themselves into the process.Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6327348657265652781.post-31377954538047405112009-06-11T22:34:40.942+01:002009-06-11T22:34:40.942+01:00Fantastic post Jim, one of my all time favorites f...Fantastic post Jim, one of my all time favorites from you. Thanks for reminding me about this piece of Kafka's work. I have read it (in a very good Serbo - Croat -Bosnian translation) years ago, as a teenager. Now it is a right time to do it again, we all mature after all.J. C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09845426562424925708noreply@blogger.com