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 The Unquiet Grave - Cyril Connolly
 The Unquiet Grave - Cyril Connolly ... ample use of literary quotations.Newest Review: ... desire.' The words (and they are just that, and that fact alone really scares me when I read some authors) that ... more ... Palinurus uses to tweak our brains and convey his nearly, almost melancholic state of being, are prioritized and pigeon holed with such thought and truth, that the honesty of them defies their age, their sex and their schooling. They are less specific about the emotions of their writer, and as I said before, these words lead you in grand, ever increasing circles, hoping to find the beliefs that ripple beneath the surface: 'Well, which side are you on? The Corn-Goddess or the Tractor? The Womb or the Bulldozer? Chri...more |
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The Unquiet Grave - Cyril Connolly: Enduring the unquietness. (1617 words)
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'The English language is like a broad river on whose bank a few patient anglers are sitting, while, higher up, the stream is being polluted by a string of refuse-barges tipping out there muck.' So let me further foul in your intellectual waterways in an attempt that this litter may contain the remnants of a recently (and decently) digested author: Palinurus was the ill fated pilot of Aeneas' ship (Virgil's Aeneid) who fell into the sea while he slept. He was scraped and scrubbed by the waves for three days before finding safe haven on a shore line...but, being a character of tragic virtues, he was found by the unforgiving inhabitants of ... Read the complete review
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