Comments on: I’m out! http://elitistreview.com/2009/02/23/im-out/ The limits of pleasure are yet to be defined or reached Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:32:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Peter http://elitistreview.com/2009/02/23/im-out/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Peter Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:16:50 +0000 /?p=801#comment-482 I don't think it was that long ago that I last saw you in black, David. I seem to recall you having black phases every now and then (personally, I liked the black coat and peroxide blonde hair look the best). I thought Kundera mostly wrote about sex. I don’t think it was that long ago that I last saw you in black, David. I seem to recall you having black phases every now and then (personally, I liked the black coat and peroxide blonde hair look the best).

I thought Kundera mostly wrote about sex.

]]> By: David Strange http://elitistreview.com/2009/02/23/im-out/comment-page-1/#comment-481 David Strange Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:20:16 +0000 /?p=801#comment-481 I like to think I was quite a well balanced teenager for one who wore largely black; I would often open my curtains, for example. And I did have friends, some of whom still speak to me. Anyway, I read Nietzsche when I was a teenager.... No comment on that necessary, I fancy. The thing with the Kafka short story book is I'd hoped it wouldn't be so utterly, mind-numbingly, soul-meltingly boring as his novels. How wrong I was. I'd just read a Milan Kundera book before that so I was in a good mood. Old Milan realises the value of humour, and that is terribly important. I like to think I was quite a well balanced teenager for one who wore largely black; I would often open my curtains, for example. And I did have friends, some of whom still speak to me. Anyway, I read Nietzsche when I was a teenager…. No comment on that necessary, I fancy.

The thing with the Kafka short story book is I’d hoped it wouldn’t be so utterly, mind-numbingly, soul-meltingly boring as his novels. How wrong I was.

I’d just read a Milan Kundera book before that so I was in a good mood. Old Milan realises the value of humour, and that is terribly important.

]]> By: Jeremy http://elitistreview.com/2009/02/23/im-out/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Jeremy Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:59:54 +0000 /?p=801#comment-480 Have the days when you were a teenager wearing only black been gone for that long? I suppose they have. And you did have friends. Why are you reading Kafka anyway? Why waste time on anything that isn't fun? I'd be depressed if that was all I had to read. Have the days when you were a teenager wearing only black been gone for that long? I suppose they have. And you did have friends. Why are you reading Kafka anyway? Why waste time on anything that isn’t fun? I’d be depressed if that was all I had to read.

]]> By: David Strange http://elitistreview.com/2009/02/23/im-out/comment-page-1/#comment-479 David Strange Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:18:43 +0000 /?p=801#comment-479 Well, I've got a bottle of NZ Pinot Noir which I am told is one of the best from that far-away land. The night is but young, I may pop it (unscrew the top) yet. Many thanks for your kind words about my totally correct comments about Kafka. I suppose it is possible to like his stuff, but you've got to be a painful teenager who has no friends and only wears black. I'm middle-aged and wear flowery shirts and red cord suits so obviously I'll spot his work as being drivelly toss. It is great to be out, and really wonderful not to be feeling so harassed. Many thanks to all of you who have sent messages of support over the last difficult period of time. Well, I’ve got a bottle of NZ Pinot Noir which I am told is one of the best from that far-away land. The night is but young, I may pop it (unscrew the top) yet.

Many thanks for your kind words about my totally correct comments about Kafka. I suppose it is possible to like his stuff, but you’ve got to be a painful teenager who has no friends and only wears black. I’m middle-aged and wear flowery shirts and red cord suits so obviously I’ll spot his work as being drivelly toss.

It is great to be out, and really wonderful not to be feeling so harassed. Many thanks to all of you who have sent messages of support over the last difficult period of time.

]]> By: Peter http://elitistreview.com/2009/02/23/im-out/comment-page-1/#comment-478 Peter Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:35:43 +0000 /?p=801#comment-478 David, you bring the same clarity to literary criticism as you bring to wine writing. Give us more! Glad you're back. But what, no wine in the house? David, you bring the same clarity to literary criticism as you bring to wine writing. Give us more! Glad you’re back. But what, no wine in the house?

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