MY FIRST RECOMMENDATION. BE READY TO THINK ABOUT HOW CHANCES IN LIFE DON'T OFTEN COME BACK. YOU'D BETTER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
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The problem is that we don't usually realize when we have a chance in front of us. At least, it's something that happens to me, don't you?.
nuskis, esto es todo muy cibernético pa mi. que digo que chesil beach me hace subir las anxieties, con eso de the road not taken and all the rest. bisou
This is great news! Two people have collaborated with my one-day-old blog! I really appreciate it. Irma, this is a great world open before our very eyes!
Two english teachers in bloggerworld ?? Great! In my opinion, you could use the blog as a tool to improve your classes.
Mmm...
The road not taken...
That reminds me of a homonym poem written by Robert Frost. Does it have something to do with the book by McEwan? I mean, does he quote Frost or something?
Well, if it has nothing to do, just check the poem on the internet, it's worth being read.
Keep up the good work, Ana, hehe!
Daniel Angel, you're absolutely right. Irma was quoting Frost when she talked about the dammned road... however, I have no idea as to what influences McEwan might have had while writing his book.
By the way, next year I'll be using blogs for academic purposes, but for now, this one is just for fun!
nuskis,
did you read the new york trilogy by paul auster? 'cause, talking about roads not taken... in the second short novel, called "ghosts", one of the characters attempts to read the walden (which also requires an attitude) and he's not very successful. so he drops the book, and the narrators says (quote): "What he does not know is that were he to find the patience to read the book in the spirit in which it asks to be read, his entire life would begin to change, and little by little he would come to a full understanding of his situation [blah blah]. but lost chances are as much a part of life as chances taken, and a story cannot dwell on what might have been." don't you just love it?
there you are. redicha is the word you're trying to find.
cheerio!!
For f*** sake? is the issue of missed chances going to chase me for good? I've only read the first story of the trilogy (wasn't in the mood for more Auster after The Book of Illusions (my favourite) Oracle Night and Brooklyn Follies in a row). Guess I'll go back to him in the future. By the way, yesterday I read a review about a book written by a critic who attacks Auster, perez Reverte and others in a sardonic way.. might be a funny read. Redicha, me.
"Visto para sentencia", by Rafael Reig. It looks like an excuse for having a future article written by Reverte dealing with the matter.
I love Reverte... You can kill me if you want.
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