tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post6371113273411577130..comments2023-08-15T07:41:19.933-05:00Comments on <center>Slaves of Golconda</center>: The Woman Who WaitedQuillhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07601080339912553168noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-62360729338601970932007-10-02T02:30:00.000-05:002007-10-02T02:30:00.000-05:00I really like what you say about the narrator leav...I really like what you say about the narrator leaving before he could possibly have learnt Vera's 'secret'. I think it ties in with the question about artificiality and authenticity you so insightfully pose at the end. As that callow youth he chooses the superficial because the profound looks suddenly too complex and dangerous for him. But writing from his older, wiser perspective, I felt aware of him leaving an implied criticism of his own behaviour. Thank you for making me think further on this book!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-63596362417667911202007-10-01T18:05:00.000-05:002007-10-01T18:05:00.000-05:00Your comment is interesting Susan, about the way t...Your comment is interesting Susan, about the way the narrator must have evolved in order to write the novel as he did -- you could say he comes to understand just how callow he was.Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-73191726078365157652007-10-01T11:59:00.000-05:002007-10-01T11:59:00.000-05:00I think I would prefer Mirnoe to Leningrad as well...I think I would prefer Mirnoe to Leningrad as well. I had a hard time picturing exactly how small it was though. They must have been somewhat close to a larger village, since Vera went there to teach. I don't imagine that this is really autobiographical, but it seems like Makine was either really writing from experience or he really got inside the narrator's head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-62377730005476360622007-10-01T08:54:00.000-05:002007-10-01T08:54:00.000-05:00Of course, it's the preference for verbal construc...Of course, it's the preference for verbal constructs that's really the hallmark of a writer. I think the narrator was someone we'd have all loved to knock upside the head for being such a callow guy, but he did evolve into someone who could write beautifully and unsarcastically about the village people and the locale.SFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439972994357205049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-90784220821238571802007-10-01T07:58:00.000-05:002007-10-01T07:58:00.000-05:00The narrator's comment about prefering to deal wit...The narrator's comment about prefering to deal with a verbal construct than a real person is telling, isn't it? I would have chosen to stay by the lake too. Makine makes it sound so beautiful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com