Entry #47
- Listening to:
- Brahms, Intermezzo in C sharp minor, from Three
Intermezzi, op 117.
- Just read:
- A room with a view by E.
M. Forster.
I read this while on holiday in the south of
France, and it seemed appropriate to be reading about
Italy and its effect on the English while in another
warm Mediterranean country.
I thought ARWAV was OK, but not great.
Part of the problem was that the characters weren't
really that sympathetic. Sure, you're meant to like
Lucy Honeychurch, but she remains a bit of a cipher
in my opinion. Somehow the reader is only told about
her mental and emotional turmoil, and not able to
really feel it. This makes reading the novel a rather
detached experience. I suppose the cause of this is
that it's difficult to identify with Lucy's
predicament because it's so foreign to our everyday
experience.
- Now reading:
- Howard's End by that man Forster again.
My opinion of this is higher. The principal
characters don't seem as diffident (alternatively:
in such obvious need of a kick up the backside), and
the general Forsterian humour, which I definitely
appreciate, is still there.
So, as alluded to above, I've been in France for a holiday
recently. This has caused the log to go into
entry
deficit. I will attempt to do four entries next
week and the week after to make up for this appalling
situation.
The trip away saw me see some great sights:
Les
Baux de Provence, Arles
and Aigues-Mortes.
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