Comments on: The truth and narrative, 2: my life with Julio Cortázar http://truthandrocketscience.com/2010/09/09/the-truth-and-narrative-2-my-life-with-julio-cortazar/ principled uncertainty Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:13:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: john http://truthandrocketscience.com/2010/09/09/the-truth-and-narrative-2-my-life-with-julio-cortazar/#comment-400 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:43:43 +0000 http://truthandrocketscience.com/?p=2459#comment-400 Lita,
I am so enjoying writing this set of posts. I never intended for this blog to become involved in memoirish writing — I honestly have never enjoyed writing about myself. But reading Cortazar in college was such an amazing thing, and then the people I met and the life I led…. Odd… I have started a next set on “reverie” and how seeing or hearing certain things make me reflect on my life now that I am in my 40s. Good stuff to share. I am glad I figured how to do so, and thankful for your comment that tells me it’s not a wasted effort. Be well,

John

]]> By: poietes http://truthandrocketscience.com/2010/09/09/the-truth-and-narrative-2-my-life-with-julio-cortazar/#comment-386 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:00:49 +0000 http://truthandrocketscience.com/?p=2459#comment-386 Sérgio himself had walked off the pages of Hopscotch

Isn’t it wonderful when you meet someone who could actually be a character in a book?

I simply cannot conceive of purging my library at any time in my life. I mean, I have gotten rid of books here and there, but a complete purge would probably send me into such a tailspin that I fear I would never make it back. My books are my lifeline, more important than anything else I possess.

One-Hundred Years of Solitude still haunts me. A creative writing instructor recommended it when I was a junior. I thought that Marquez’s book was poetry and painting all in one.

The Winners sounds like something I would enjoy. And by the way, I too find book covers to be very important when I make choices about reading.

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