tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post5540159152776840667..comments2023-12-24T17:41:42.989-08:00Comments on seraillon: “Won’t the dead come to talk for just half an hour with this sick man?” – Marcel Schwob’s Imaginary Lives Remixedseraillonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-65059293419485968112018-07-14T09:52:06.889-07:002018-07-14T09:52:06.889-07:00Well darn. My reply to your comment just vanished ...Well darn. My reply to your comment just vanished when I tried to post it. <br /><br />Anyway, as I was saying, thanks, and yes, the Jaeggy book's connection with Schwob is one of which I was unaware when I picked up <i>These Possible Lives</i> purely as an entrée into Jaeggy. So it was a great to essentially read her and Schwob back to back. <br /><br />I will look for the Campion film. Cheers!seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-51547130356538546472018-07-14T09:46:29.689-07:002018-07-14T09:46:29.689-07:00Thanks, Richard! Yes, pick this one up next time y...Thanks, Richard! Yes, pick this one up next time you're in the bookstore. At 51 pages, I'd normally say you could finish it before you got home, but if there's a contemporary slow reading movement akin to the slow food movement, the Jaeggy is at its head. Not a book you'd want to rush through!seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-73700811665787477682018-07-13T00:08:24.031-07:002018-07-13T00:08:24.031-07:00Yes, it's great to see the return of posts her...Yes, it's great to see the return of posts here. I've missed your eloquent musings over the past couple of months.<br /><br />I was aware of Fleur Jaeggy's book but not the link to Schwob and the origins of the concept. It's really interesting to read about the connection. <br /><br />A slight aside here, but your comments about Fanny Brawne have reminded me of Jane Campion's Bright Star, a film I've been meaning to view again for some time. JacquiWinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16220597283351925721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2609668304633418767.post-39776899185611493792018-07-11T20:30:45.760-07:002018-07-11T20:30:45.760-07:00The selection of Schwob as the subject of a possib...The selection of Schwob as the subject of a possible life seems obvious in retrospect, but what a genius move that is/was by Jaeggy at the same time! Glad to read in detail of your fondness for this work, Scott; I keep hearing how inspired it is and then forgetting about it when I'm about to make a purchase. One day--soon, I hope--I will rectify that. In the meantime, great to have a post from you again after your latest hiatus. Thanks!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.com