A Pondering Mind

A little of this. A little of that.

Martin Amis

  • Surreal

    As I mentioned in my previous post about a book I am close to finishing up, Inside Story by Martin Amis. It was his last novel which was published in 2020. Anyway, he talks about his best friend Christopher Hichens dying of Oesophageal Cancer, stage four. What was mind numbing was that was the same Continue reading

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  • Nabokov and Joyce

    “What did Nabokov and Joyce have in common, apart from the poor teeth and the great prose? Exile, and decades of near pauperism. A compulsive tendency to overtip. An uxoriousness that their wives deservedly inspired. More than that, they both lived their lives ‘beautifully’–not in any Jamesian sense (where, besides, ferocious solvency would have been Continue reading

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  • People Quote

    “People? People are chaotic quiddities living in one cave each. They pass the hours in amorous grudge and playback and thought experiment. At the campfire they put the usual fraction on exhibit, and listen to their own silent gibber about how they’re feeling and how they’re going down. We’ve been there. Death helps. Death gives Continue reading

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