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Austerlitz
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Some books are to be remembered. Not the who or why or when type remember but remember that is more like a fog. Sea fog. It wants land and makes the ferry late. It chills you as you watch the vanishing dock. You get through it but don't ever forget. That is W. G. Sebald's Austerlitz. Read it and say after me, I was there.
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Meghna wrote: "What a punch-line! Like a knock on my face "You get through it but don't ever forget"I am surely gonna use it in my review with your permission, Georgia! :P"
If you want to quote my writing, Meghna, you must attribute it to me by name - Georgia Scott - to avoid plagiarism. All the best.
Georgia wrote: "Meghna wrote: "What a punch-line! Like a knock on my face "You get through it but don't ever forget"I am surely gonna use it in my review with your permission, Georgia! :P"
If you want to quote m..."
Oh no worries, I strictly don't like my poetry being copied, so can't dream of copying anyone else's (it's not about plagiarism but fidelity). I was just appreciating the impactful sentence and your hardwork (maybe went overboard with my appreciation :-D). Keep writing, Georgia! :) <3
Meghna wrote: "Georgia wrote: "Meghna wrote: "What a punch-line! Like a knock on my face "You get through it but don't ever forget"I am surely gonna use it in my review with your permission, Georgia! :P"
If you..."
And you keep writing, too, Meghna. Your enthusiasm is wonderful.
Dear Georgia, what an evocative review! You thought about fog and in my case, it was a kind of milky light. I think it's amazing that a book can be perceived as something so unusual and unique. I loved this novel and feel happy to discover that it impressed you profoundly too.
I'll think of you, Jola, and that milky light next time a sea fog rolls into Gdansk. All the best.
I love how you've evoked the atmosphere of this book via your own foggy memory of it, Georgia. Yes indeed, I was there!
Yes, I was there too, and you describe it perfectly!
Kathleen wrote: "Yes, I was there too, and you describe it perfectly!"Fionnuala wrote: "I love how you've evoked the atmosphere of this book via your own foggy memory of it, Georgia. Yes indeed, I was there!"
Think of all the people who went there before us and will go there after us. What a reminder this is of the power of fine writing!
Kathleen wrote: "Yes, I was there too, and you describe it perfectly!"I've never forgotten this book. Sorry if you thought I forgot your comment. I only just found it, Kathleen.
I am surely gonna use it in my review with your permission, Georgia! :P