tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post3682597080743187296..comments2023-09-30T08:53:15.486-07:00Comments on Shelly Lowenkopf's Blog: It's a Mystery to Melowenkopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05198658136254028258noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-29626883153656986492008-01-02T15:06:00.000-08:002008-01-02T15:06:00.000-08:00Almost anything by Graham Greene is, to me, someth...Almost anything by Graham Greene is, to me, something to return to. Not just for the quality of the writing but the quality of the grief that is there in everyday life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-28262085742609878082007-12-28T10:44:00.000-08:002007-12-28T10:44:00.000-08:00Second take, here - in the realm of unexplored ang...Second take, here - in the realm of unexplored angles: what does the word "transsubstantiation" conjure up for you?R.L. Bourgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850533057828782722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7916332485223671615.post-50922341051704452922007-12-28T01:42:00.000-08:002007-12-28T01:42:00.000-08:00shelly: this is maybe more up the individual voice...shelly: this is maybe more up the individual voice's alley but since you mention Lionel Essrog, I found this fascinating tidbit concerning the kabbalistic meaning of the character's last name thanks to google:<BR/><BR/>" In the novel this reading is possibly sustained by an otherwise inexplicable scene towards the end (in a chapter entitled "Good Sandwiches"), where Lionel expresses a previously unknown craving for kosher kebab, singling out one of the food franchises at JFK airport ("Mushy’s, run by a family of Israelis" (310)) as his new favourite restaurant. This progression from his previous favourite food, White Castle burgers, to kosher kebab could be a teasing final clue to the reader, that the Tourettic detective is about to come home, at least culinarily speaking."<BR/><BR/>The article is called "Narratives of Disorder-Disorders of Narrative". The author is Bent Soerensen. And it's in something called " PSYART an online journal for the psychological study of the arts"<BR/><BR/>reference here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/journal/2006_soerensen01.shtml<BR/><BR/>Thought your other readers might like to know.R.L. Bourgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850533057828782722noreply@blogger.com