In other news not really about the book, I was reading the acknowledgements like I always do (what, I think I'm going to know someone?) and one of the last names was, in fact, someone I went to high school with. Hilarious.
These girls have the most beautiful dresses. And so do I -- how about that?
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Jesse - Feb 20, 2008 11:02:29 am PST #5073 of 28343
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
lisah - Feb 20, 2008 11:04:46 am PST #5074 of 28343
Punishingly Intricate
I was reading the acknowledgements like I always do (what, I think I'm going to know someone?)
I do this too! Just in case. Because the world is very small.
Pix - Feb 20, 2008 11:07:20 am PST #5075 of 28343
The status is NOT quo.
OH! How do you pronounce Junot? That's been killing me.Like the movie Juno, silent "t."
Jesse - Feb 20, 2008 11:18:10 am PST #5076 of 28343
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That's what I figured, because it sounds better than pronouncing it in Spanish (hoo-note), but I wanted to be sure.
Susan W. - Feb 20, 2008 11:30:01 am PST #5077 of 28343
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
I pronounce Juno JU-no and Junot ju-NO, but I'm not sure where I picked that up. The Junot I know was a French general, so it may have been just my own vague and inaccurate way of Frenching it up in my head.
§ ita § - Feb 20, 2008 11:30:54 am PST #5078 of 28343
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
it sounds better than pronouncing it in Spanish
Can you? It seems so un-Spanish.
Kate P. - Feb 20, 2008 11:31:25 am PST #5079 of 28343
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Mom: And I learned some slang, too! I never knew before that boys call their erections "boners."
Ahaha! Wow. I'm really glad that Part-Time Indian won the National Book Award (for Young People's Literature) last year; I think it's an important book as well as a great one, and I hope that it gets the wide readership it deserves.
Must read The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ! Especially since I am fairly well-versed in both conversational Spanish and conversational geek.
Jesse - Feb 20, 2008 11:38:28 am PST #5080 of 28343
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Can you? It seems so un-Spanish.
That's why it sounded so bad! In my head.
Pix - Feb 20, 2008 1:11:03 pm PST #5081 of 28343
The status is NOT quo.
I pronounce Juno JU-no and Junot ju-NO, but I'm not sure where I picked that up. The Junot I know was a French general, so it may have been just my own vague and inaccurate way of Frenching it up in my head.I imagine that there are many pronunciations of the name. "Juno" is just the way this particular Junot says his own name.
(I just re-read, and that sounds snippy in my head. It wasn't meant to be snippy at all, just to be clear.)
Susan W. - Feb 20, 2008 1:14:01 pm PST #5082 of 28343
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
It didn't come across as snippy at all, Kristin. My original post was sort of an embarrassed, "My God, have I been Jean-Andoche Junot's name wrong all this time? Maybe I should learn French sooner rather than later so I don't put my foot in my mouth."