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So, one thing that should be pretty apparent is that all the academic travel here is presented as parallel to the the Grail quest, and even includes a pure character based on Parsifal.
smacks forehead
I'm not sure I made the specific connection with the grail, but I got the quest aspect with all of its attendant adventures. Of course all quest stories have a grail aspect, so I probably should have just followed it through.
The structure of plots like this facinate me. The thousand little coincidences and meetings etc that have to be put together just so.
David, I'm sure you've read Confederacy of Dunces, but I'm now convinced that you must read LP&L.
I'm only about a third of the way through this month's book, and I can see that I should wait to read the discussion, because I'm totally lost. I will return.
So, one thing that should be pretty apparent is that all the academic travel here is presented as parallel to the the Grail quest, and even includes a pure character based on Parsifal.
Never occurred to me either. Of course if you asked this literary heathen what Medieval Romance novels are, I'd have said gothic bodice-rippers set in the middle-ages, so it's really no surpise.
I did finish the book, but I'm so swamped right now, I'll try and post some layman thoughts tomorrow.
And no bucket for libkitty.
Red Tent
looks fascinating.
Wolfram, it is fascinating. It is also just beautifully written and oh. I can't wait. Luckily, my life whizzes by so quickly, I hardly have to wait.
Wolfram, it is fascinating. It is also just beautifully written and oh. I can't wait. Luckily, my life whizzes by so quickly, I hardly have to wait.
I can't wait to finally get some spicy-Cindy-brain posts in our next discussion. (You've read it already haven't you?)
Yes, and more importantly, I have it. I don't have to wait to get the the library or the book store. I can start now as I finish Asher, and skip this new one entirely.
Um, or get myself to the library this week...
