tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749031091155130228.post7789557014242617380..comments2024-01-23T02:03:40.691-08:00Comments on Reading in Taiwan: Life & Times of Michael KRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07998996750944114185noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749031091155130228.post-21160779685695611162013-06-23T11:10:37.909-07:002013-06-23T11:10:37.909-07:00Wow, this sounds intense and wonderful. I have not...Wow, this sounds intense and wonderful. I have not read anything by Coetzee but am definitely now intrigued, but as you say, it doesn't sound like light reading. Enjoyed your thoughtful consideration of the role of naivete in the novel and fiction in general.bookspersonallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05776600422633283514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3749031091155130228.post-8969373602292814332013-06-23T06:22:18.353-07:002013-06-23T06:22:18.353-07:00Don't knock talking out of ones ass, some have...Don't knock talking out of ones ass, some have built careers on it.<br /><br />This sounds like a superb book that I want to read some day. The alternating between horrendous working oppression and wandering freedom is reminding me a little of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com