tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post1173386938995786887..comments2023-08-15T07:41:19.933-05:00Comments on <center>Slaves of Golconda</center>: A Holy TerrorQuillhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07601080339912553168noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-856632360655550372008-03-04T20:48:00.000-06:002008-03-04T20:48:00.000-06:00litlove thank you! And yes, you really should rect...<B>litlove</B> thank you! And yes, you really should rectify the matter of the unfinished book. I know you'd do such an eloquent and insightful post about it. Err...not that I don't want to read it for your own pleasurwe, of course. :D<BR/><BR/><B>Kate</B> it's good to know that I wasn't the only one who was swept away. Maybe when you do that third reread you could blog about that experience too. I know that there were a few other quotes and references too, ripe for speculation, but they will have to wait for another time. It's something to look forward to.Imanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09647980707788075258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-20106511570701321822008-03-03T11:08:00.000-06:002008-03-03T11:08:00.000-06:00Imani, The Stone Angel was a reread for me too and...Imani, <I>The Stone Angel</I> was a reread for me too and I found it to be a very interesting exercise and a rewarding experience to revisit a book that had had such a strong impact on me and to try to figure out <I>how</I> it did so. For me, a really powerful book will generally sweep me away the first time so that I need to go back a second time before I can muster the requisite critical distance to figure out the mechanics of the thing. Of course, each sort of reading has it's own pleasures! I'm really intrigued by your analysis of the hymns in the novel. I fixated a bit on Mr. Troy singing for Hagar at the end but I didn't get beyond idle speculation about the importance of the hymns and why that was such a fraught moment. Clearly a third read with your insights in mind is called for!Kate S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16897618197257393697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-74731027892262656332008-03-02T17:08:00.000-06:002008-03-02T17:08:00.000-06:00What a fabulous review, imani! Wow! You've given m...What a fabulous review, imani! Wow! You've given me a fantastic idea of this novel now, and as if I didn't know it already, I can see I just must catch up with you guys and find the time to finish it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-42433387394988265272008-03-01T19:13:00.000-06:002008-03-01T19:13:00.000-06:00Stefanie thanks! Hagar really seems to act as if s...<B>Stefanie</B> thanks! Hagar really seems to act as if she has her own little world that she created and wants to run as she sees fit. Skimming through the book again I'm both amused and dismayed about how every one's thought and action is made to be about her in some way.<BR/><BR/><B>Danielle</B> thanks to you too. I didn't give as much thought to <I>anything</I> the first time I read it. Truly. I proclaimed it as my favourite novel but before this reread if anyone had asked me to tell them about it, I would only have been able to give a basic plot description and some stuff about Hagar being an old war horse.<BR/><BR/>Happy? Yes, I really don't know. Maybe at some point in her childhood...?<BR/><BR/><B>Dorothy</B> I can't think of any. Actually, I'm trying to think of notable fiction about old age at all, and I don't just mean the kind that solely deals with the person's past as they lie on a death bed about to croak. Do I smell a challenge? (No, not to be done by me, anyway.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-64471798694101546352008-03-01T18:20:00.000-06:002008-03-01T18:20:00.000-06:00Very cool about the way the hymns work in the book...Very cool about the way the hymns work in the book -- they provide a wonderful contrast to Hagar's dark view of life. I, too, was very moved at the depiction of old age and approaching senility. Has their BEEN a better portrait of old age?Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-54102778692206021292008-03-01T09:28:00.000-06:002008-03-01T09:28:00.000-06:00That was really excellent Imani. I didn't give th...That was really excellent Imani. I didn't give the hymns as much thought as I should have. Everything is so carefully done in this book--I didn't read as critically as I should have this first time around (which is why I love reading everyone else's posts and getting some new perspective from each reader). I wonder if she was ever happy. There must have been times, yet it seems like everyone (she felt) let her down in the end.Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415242678720695754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-25181568653823969552008-03-01T08:33:00.000-06:002008-03-01T08:33:00.000-06:00Imani, well done. I like how you trace the use of ...Imani, well done. I like how you trace the use of hymns throughout the book. It reveals a lot about Hagar. And I like how you note that it is her will, not God's will that she always clings to. Her inability to swallow her pride even for a second keeps her from asking for help from anyone. How hard to live a life never reaching out to someone else, especially when in need.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-63557108776970802552008-02-29T22:57:00.000-06:002008-02-29T22:57:00.000-06:00Wow this was really long. Sorry. :SWow this was really long. Sorry. :SImanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09647980707788075258noreply@blogger.com