Comments on: A Collection Most Cloying http://www.stochastica.net/2005/11/17/a-collection-most-cloying/ Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:28:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: prerona http://www.stochastica.net/2005/11/17/a-collection-most-cloying/comment-page-1/#comment-2568 prerona Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:35:09 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2005/11/17/a-collection-most-cloying/#comment-2568 totally! totally!

]]> By: Karthik http://www.stochastica.net/2005/11/17/a-collection-most-cloying/comment-page-1/#comment-2232 Karthik Mon, 21 Nov 2005 03:04:07 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2005/11/17/a-collection-most-cloying/#comment-2232 Prerona, absolutely fascinating. I can't for the life of me figure out how that drawing led him to write Lolita, (in spite of Martin Amis's explanation for it). I have a feeling Nabokov himself doesn't know, it is just that some cues trigger unexpected trains of thought. Prerona, absolutely fascinating. I can’t for the life of me figure out how that drawing led him to write Lolita, (in spite of Martin Amis’s explanation for it). I have a feeling Nabokov himself doesn’t know, it is just that some cues trigger unexpected trains of thought.

]]> By: Prerona http://www.stochastica.net/2005/11/17/a-collection-most-cloying/comment-page-1/#comment-2230 Prerona Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:17:40 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2005/11/17/a-collection-most-cloying/#comment-2230 interesting. its fascinating to see the transformation from an physical object, person, or incident, into something an artists sees it as, into what he projects it as, into what the audience perceives it as, isnt it? interesting.

its fascinating to see the transformation from an physical object, person, or incident, into something an artists sees it as, into what he projects it as, into what the audience perceives it as, isnt it?

]]> By: tilo http://www.stochastica.net/2005/11/17/a-collection-most-cloying/comment-page-1/#comment-2228 tilo Sat, 19 Nov 2005 23:26:05 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2005/11/17/a-collection-most-cloying/#comment-2228 I probably won't put the author's face on the cover either I probably won’t put the author’s face on the cover either

]]> By: Karthik http://www.stochastica.net/2005/11/17/a-collection-most-cloying/comment-page-1/#comment-2225 Karthik Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:24:56 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2005/11/17/a-collection-most-cloying/#comment-2225 Chenthil, I read both volumes. I think Nagaram is in the first book (can't be too sure, because of the cryptic titles he uses. Someone should teach him about descriptive variable names). You might be on to something iwththe cynicism part - most of his stories are rich in cynical irony for want of a better word. The setting is just one part of the repetitive nature of the books, stylistically it seemed to me that all the stories were the same. Chenthil, I read both volumes. I think Nagaram is in the first book (can’t be too sure, because of the cryptic titles he uses. Someone should teach him about descriptive variable names). You might be on to something iwththe cynicism part — most of his stories are rich in cynical irony for want of a better word. The setting is just one part of the repetitive nature of the books, stylistically it seemed to me that all the stories were the same.

]]> By: Chenthil http://www.stochastica.net/2005/11/17/a-collection-most-cloying/comment-page-1/#comment-2224 Chenthil Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:11:39 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2005/11/17/a-collection-most-cloying/#comment-2224 And there is a second volume too :-). Wherever he breaks out of the middle class milieu, his stories are really good - Nagaram (About a Outpatient in Madurai hospital) and Mabali (about a naxalite, I am not sure whether it is in this volume) are the ones I can mention off hand. I once wrote it was the cynicism pervading in all his stories that made them similar. And there is a second volume too :-) . Wherever he breaks out of the middle class milieu, his stories are really good — Nagaram (About a Outpatient in Madurai hospital) and Mabali (about a naxalite, I am not sure whether it is in this volume) are the ones I can mention off hand. I once wrote it was the cynicism pervading in all his stories that made them similar.

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