Comments on: Tribeca with Joseph O’Neill

By: Trevor

Trevor — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:08:31 +0000

For those of you who'd like to listen to what I heard in Tribeca, here is the podcast from the New York Times. Not sure if it'll be there, but if you listen closely you might be able to hear my son, the only baby in the group.

By: onparkstreet

onparkstreet — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:20:52 +0000

oops, that was suppose to go under the Madame Bovary post, obviously…

By: onparkstreet.wordpress.com

onparkstreet.wordpress.com — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:19:19 +0000

Oh, I am a ‘late’ reader for all sort of things. Most things, really, because I really didn’t read much but light fiction up until a few years ago.

A world has opened up.

I like that you mentioned pacing: I felt as if I were racing through the book, the words piling up, one after the other. Is this an effect of French to English, or authorial?

By: KevinfromCanada

KevinfromCanada — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:15:33 +0000

Hopes raised, hopes dashed.

Edith Wharton would whup Trevor’s you-know-what, given the chance. He should be lashed.

By: sherryberrett

sherryberrett — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:04:34 +0000

Kevin-
I’d love to distort (as Trevor did when he “set the record straight”), but Trevor is less accomodating and doesn’t want the blog to turn into a “domestic dispute.” So sorry to disappoint.

By: KevinfromCanada

KevinfromCanada — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:50:08 +0000

Picture distortions are always welcome.

By: Trevor Berrett

Trevor Berrett — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:33:40 +0000

Alright, alright. Let’s set the record straight ;) . Mrs. B and the boys came along for the ride. I held the baby, while she read a book. The older boy played with the Thomas the Tank Engine wooden train set they have set up in the Barnes & Noble. So all in all, a good night for everyone!

And, Kevin, it’s possible that that sherryberrett character could distort the picture!

And Andy and Steph, it was a wonderful opportunity that I hope to take advantage of again – with Mrs. B, again :).

By: KevinfromCanada

KevinfromCanada — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:35:13 +0000

I can’t help but thinking that more replies from sherryberrett would be welcome on this blog. She adds another dimension to a very good analysis.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:49:01 +0000

I have always been with you on Netherland and believe it would have been a worthy Booker winner. In the end I put it neck and neck with Sebastian Barry on the longlist.
I was lucky enough to see the 6 short-listed nominees speaking in London the day before the announcement. It is a great experience to see them in the flesh and listen to what they have to say. So I enjoyed this post very much and hope that you will continue to take advantage of the possibilities in New York and let us all know about the experience. Kate Grenville is in London next month – I am tempted to go along and get my copy of The Secret River signed.

By: sherryberrett

sherryberrett — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:41:47 +0000

Mrs. B wouldn’t mind more opportunities to “go out.”