Thank you for your nice comment on my story. I just joined Fictionaut a few days ago, and I'm trying to find my way around. . . how the different areas work. I enjoyed your most recent story and look forward to reading the others. I used to teach for UC Berkeley Extension -- for about 10 years. Then I moved to Europe, where I've been freelancing, mainly writing about public health. I miss teaching and hope to teach a class online later this year. Nice "meeting" you!
"The Unbearable Lightness of Being" is an almost perfect book. Here's a quote from Milan Kindera a friend told me recently that you might enjoy.
"Ah, what naivete, he reflected, to believe in the existence of a song that never ends! As if everything here in this world, from the very beginning, has been anything other than betrayal! Fortified by this thought, he took a look at the blond girls eyes and knew that he must not take part in the rigged game in wich the ephemeral passes for the eternal and the small for the big, that he must not take part in the rigged game called love. So he turned on his heels and went back into the little washroom. When he was alone, he leaned with satisfaction against the wall, abandoning himself to sweet reflections on the pettiness of love..."
The Sound and the Fury had a profound effect on me. The only other book I can think of that touched me so deeply is Portrait of the Artist.
Carl:
Thanks for the kind words awhile back. Hope you are well!
Thank you for your nice comment on my story. I just joined Fictionaut a few days ago, and I'm trying to find my way around. . . how the different areas work. I enjoyed your most recent story and look forward to reading the others. I used to teach for UC Berkeley Extension -- for about 10 years. Then I moved to Europe, where I've been freelancing, mainly writing about public health. I miss teaching and hope to teach a class online later this year. Nice "meeting" you!
thanks for commenting on my story a while back. I'm looking forward to reading more Rambler stories.
"The Unbearable Lightness of Being" is an almost perfect book. Here's a quote from Milan Kindera a friend told me recently that you might enjoy.
"Ah, what naivete, he reflected, to believe in the existence of a song that never ends! As if everything here in this world, from the very beginning, has been anything other than betrayal! Fortified by this thought, he took a look at the blond girls eyes and knew that he must not take part in the rigged game in wich the ephemeral passes for the eternal and the small for the big, that he must not take part in the rigged game called love. So he turned on his heels and went back into the little washroom. When he was alone, he leaned with satisfaction against the wall, abandoning himself to sweet reflections on the pettiness of love..."