tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post1701335668805383903..comments2024-03-29T10:27:17.871+00:00Comments on Unmitigated England: Pedant's WayPeter Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-17730761500596235842009-04-24T08:08:00.000+01:002009-04-24T08:08:00.000+01:00Excellent pictures - they make me wish I knew Norf...Excellent pictures - they make me wish I knew Norfolk better.<br /><br />Sebald is great, and people who know about these things (my German is too primitive to judge) say that Michael Hulse's and Anthea Bell's translations of his books are outstanding - you'll get much more than you lose if you read them. He's a miserable old geezer sometimes (I read something by Geoff Dyer saying that Sebald was sometimes so miserable he was funny) but Sue's right, I think. to compare him to Sinclair - he has that acute sense of place, of history, and of unregarded details.Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-73565920183218890072009-04-23T20:12:00.000+01:002009-04-23T20:12:00.000+01:00Lovely - but now I'm craving crab sandwiches (and ...Lovely - but now I'm craving crab sandwiches (and wouldn't say no to the Adnams either).CarolineLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197813252586559665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-34726529156203001082009-04-23T12:12:00.000+01:002009-04-23T12:12:00.000+01:00My dear old dad taught me to drive the family Hill...My dear old dad taught me to drive the family Hillman Minx on the lovely sands between Brancaster and Scolt Head.<br />Some have never forgiven him.<br />Any allegations of consequent damage to the pictured buoy will be strenuously resisted.<br />Seriously though, a lovely evocative post.Many thanks PeterBucks Retronauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518558456508724139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-56601729056647610102009-04-23T11:35:00.000+01:002009-04-23T11:35:00.000+01:00Excellent. The thing is if I read anything that's ...Excellent. The thing is if I read anything that's been translated, I always think I'm missing out on something. Even Chaucer. Silly really, I should learn more languages. Tolstoy'd be a tricky one though.Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-4662000486795194802009-04-23T11:07:00.000+01:002009-04-23T11:07:00.000+01:00Rings of Saturn it is. It's a bit like a more intr...Rings of Saturn it is. It's a bit like a more introverted version of Iain Sinclair. He gets a bit intellectual but nothing you can't cope with! I made the mistake of trying to read in the original German...a huge error.Sue Imgrundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16561248973128136601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-57054852372940636302009-04-23T10:35:00.000+01:002009-04-23T10:35:00.000+01:00Thankyou Diplo.
Ah Sue. I've yet to read Mr.Sebal...Thankyou Diplo.<br /><br />Ah Sue. I've yet to read Mr.Sebald, having been encouraged to by Commentator Wilko. What is it, <I>Rings of Saturn</I>?Peter Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00027878122724846472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-60945435925838144162009-04-23T10:30:00.000+01:002009-04-23T10:30:00.000+01:00Are you going all Sebaldian?Are you going all Sebaldian?Sue Imgrundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16561248973128136601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611055706073214403.post-45176625849793049752009-04-23T10:26:00.000+01:002009-04-23T10:26:00.000+01:00VERY unmitigated pictures. The cottage, like a cha...VERY unmitigated pictures. The cottage, like a chained up Doberman, popping up over the hedge to see who's passing is good Norfolk stuff. Glad you had a pleasant day.Diplomatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941539934835529453noreply@blogger.com