tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post16032846779605477..comments2023-08-15T07:41:19.933-05:00Comments on <center>Slaves of Golconda</center>: Rebecca West review of The Glimpses of the Moon: "As Dust in the Mouth"Quillhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07601080339912553168noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-34987600575109672732008-07-10T08:08:00.000-05:002008-07-10T08:08:00.000-05:00I wonder if West would have been half as nasty if ...I wonder if West would have been half as nasty if Wharton hadn't just come off of winning the Pulitzer.SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-38329275024854109082008-07-07T15:48:00.000-05:002008-07-07T15:48:00.000-05:00Wow - well, I guess this is encouragement to every...Wow - well, I guess this is encouragement to everyone who writes. Even Wharton got sniffy reviews from time to time that were about the prevailing mood amongst the literati rather than about her work. It's not such a fine book as The Custom of the Country or The House of Mirth, but it was extremely enjoyable!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-59786167635878486942008-07-06T08:56:00.000-05:002008-07-06T08:56:00.000-05:00Well, I guess she didn't like it ... :) I didn't ...Well, I guess she didn't like it ... :) I didn't find that the novel was a "dead thing," as she says; it felt lively and meaningful to me. I do see what she means when she talks about the crude primary colors and fine neutral tins -- I suppose she does have a very simple premise which she treats with great subtlety, but I enjoyed that aspect of the book ...Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.com