tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953280070115140001.post1719528316050726712..comments2023-08-02T14:53:17.253+02:00Comments on At the Villa Rose: Nothing's New ForeverXavierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05702919450638993709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953280070115140001.post-37964740565980820642011-06-19T17:36:50.223+02:002011-06-19T17:36:50.223+02:00My first paragraph was not intended to convey that...My first paragraph was not intended to convey that I was "baffled" by anything. I was implying that modern readers have not been as impressed with <i>The Horizontal Man</i> due to it's heavy handed writing and less than savory characters. What I <b>am</b> baffled by are the reactions to the article and the immediate condemnation of its content simply because I happened to play up the characters' flaws, idiosyncrasies and "unlikeable"aspects. It seems to me if a reader is reading only books with characters with whom he must become best friends he is severely limiting himself to a wealth of different world experiences. But I have just discovered that lots of people want to escape into a book and feel safe and unchallenged just as lots of people want to escape into pablum on TV and the movies.<br /><br />Your observations were better outlined than mine. Well done.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953280070115140001.post-46082386720002026422011-06-18T23:44:19.629+02:002011-06-18T23:44:19.629+02:00Indeed! Something new and revolutionary at one poi...Indeed! Something new and revolutionary at one point can become so overused as to become cliche, such as the narrator-as-murderer ending.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953280070115140001.post-6302394287495025282011-06-18T20:06:13.195+02:002011-06-18T20:06:13.195+02:00Very well put, as usual!Very well put, as usual!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.com