Chris Harrington
@charrington.bsky.social
Wellington NZ. Following photography & art, lit, antiquities; posting sentences, mostly not mine
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This was the best I could find. And, when I thought about it, I felt that the author would have been happy enough with this choice.
January 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This was the best I could find. And, when I thought about it, I felt that the author would have been happy enough with this choice.
When I finished reading The Maias, I turned the pages, looking for an image of Maria Eduarda -
January 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
When I finished reading The Maias, I turned the pages, looking for an image of Maria Eduarda -
This was the best I could find. And, when I thought about it, I felt that the author would have been happy enough with this choice.
January 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This was the best I could find. And, when I thought about it, I felt that the author would have been happy enough with this choice.
When I finished reading The Maias, I turned the pages, looking for an image of Maria Eduarda -
January 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
When I finished reading The Maias, I turned the pages, looking for an image of Maria Eduarda -
Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon runs to 1150 pages. All I can do here is give a few examples of how the world looks once it has been filtered through her way of seeing -
January 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Rebecca West's Black Lamb and Grey Falcon runs to 1150 pages. All I can do here is give a few examples of how the world looks once it has been filtered through her way of seeing -
At the end of Bertolucci's film, it is Paul Bowles who says these words -
January 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
At the end of Bertolucci's film, it is Paul Bowles who says these words -
The Sheltering Sky, the book and the movie
January 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The Sheltering Sky, the book and the movie
Il avait tout lu, tout digéré, il avait pensé, jour par jour, année par année, à tous les problèmes humains et il ne savait pas faire certains gestes, entrer dans une auberge, s'asseoir à une table.
December 30, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Il avait tout lu, tout digéré, il avait pensé, jour par jour, année par année, à tous les problèmes humains et il ne savait pas faire certains gestes, entrer dans une auberge, s'asseoir à une table.
It's midsummer here and, for a very short time, we have these poppies in our garden. It changes so quickly
December 28, 2024 at 8:46 PM
It's midsummer here and, for a very short time, we have these poppies in our garden. It changes so quickly
I read Children of the New Forest when I was at primary school, aged 11 or 12, I can't remember. When I was about 50 and travelling I found a copy and dipped into it again. This is what I thought at that time. But look at that sentence, 81 words.
December 27, 2024 at 12:57 AM
I read Children of the New Forest when I was at primary school, aged 11 or 12, I can't remember. When I was about 50 and travelling I found a copy and dipped into it again. This is what I thought at that time. But look at that sentence, 81 words.
"The use of money ended...
December 19, 2024 at 5:52 AM
"The use of money ended...
I have read Proust, and the sentences of Claude Simon that run to 5 pages but it is Henry James who I have found the most difficult. Here's a sentence that I've laid out so that I can understand it.
December 7, 2024 at 8:39 PM
I have read Proust, and the sentences of Claude Simon that run to 5 pages but it is Henry James who I have found the most difficult. Here's a sentence that I've laid out so that I can understand it.
This seems a good place to start, pages I've read today in David Peace's Akutagawa novel, Patient X, the third of Peace's Japanese novels I've read
December 2, 2024 at 3:19 AM
This seems a good place to start, pages I've read today in David Peace's Akutagawa novel, Patient X, the third of Peace's Japanese novels I've read