Hi Patti. It’s Brian from Oakland, CA. I encountered Mann’s Death In Venice in college. Then Visconti’s film. They’ve been touchstones in my life. The pursuit of beauty and impermanence. I like the Everyman’s translation - HT Lowe-Porter. You might try this one. Thank you for all you do.
This is the first time I am listening to your podcast. I'm enjoying it. And, you are drinking coffee from a Jerry mug. He is my other favorite. I'm looking forward to seeing you in NYC to celebrate my 60th!
Patti, I bet you would love some of the literary Canadian women authors that I love too, if you haven't read them-- Heather O'Neill's Lullabies for Little Criminals and Miriam Toews' A Complicated Kindness both feature precocious young female heroines with tons of imagination, two of my favourites I think you might like. Poetic and fabulous! Or for a more weighty, immersive read-- Anne Michaels (poetry and novels) which you may already know. Weight of Oranges/Skin Divers for poetry, Fugitive Pieces, The Winter Vault, Held for fiction. She even did a collaborative book with John Berger called Railtracks. She and Carolyn Forché likely wet my appetite for your poetic prose, I found you soon after, back in teen days. New subscriber here, sorry for long rambling. Love and light to you 'my Queeeeen' as the kids say!
Thank you Patti! I loved hearing your version of Within You Without You. It's always such a pleasure to hear from you no matter what the subject is or if your talking about nothing at all.
I just wrote a long comment and pressed some accidental keys only for it all to be deleted.... ahhh.
Love the version of Within you Without you! I didn't know George Harrison was a big gardening fan! Very "sympathisch" as we would say in German (I never found a good translation for this expression that really conveys the meaning well enough).
Lovely to have a performance in the gardens!! Great that you are feeling a lot better too now! I wish I could have been there for the performance - music and beautiful botanical gardens is a dream combination!
I just came back from a short trip to London on Monday and finally made it to the Phoenix Garden :-) Such a lovely quiet place in the middle of that extremely busy area! Perfect for a read and a lunch break.
I had written quite a lot about loving Thomas Mann earlier in the lost post. Oh well! I was talking about liking his writing since I was in my teens. I know that's probably a bit odd but somehow I was really fascinated by his writing and even read his letters and diaries! - very interesting also because of the times he lived in, with having to emigrate to the US in the times of Nazi Germany; also not an easy character I think. (And so many other artistically gifted people in the family too!!) There is some radio speeches from that time from when he was in America which are interesting to listen to - or read in translation - too. Ok, I am going off on many tangents... you can probably tell I am very enthusiastic about Thomas Mann ;-)
Not overly surprised that he is sometimes difficult to read, but then you are used to all sorts of writers so it must have been very tricky to read. Plus funnily enough I have seen the Death in Venice film but I haven't read Der Tod in Venedig!! - so cannot tell if it's much more tricky to read than e.g. Der Zauberberg, Mario und der Zauberer, Buddenbrooks etc. Maybe it could also be related to the choice of words in older translations? I find I have to look up words in older English literature more often but that's improved over the years since I moved to the UK.
Overall I think most of what he wrote is more on the tricky to read side in terms of style (not just in terms of the vocabulary he uses but just generally his style I would say, more a "verschachtelt" sort of writing style).
I admire people who can write in a really concise and straightforward, crisp style but I'm not good at it myself, maybe that's one of the reasons I like his writing a lot ;-) ;-)
Death in Venice the film - that's such a long time ago now that I saw it - inspired to rewatch now!!
And so excited about the upcoming book and getting to see the cover!
Really nice to hear from you, thanks Patti for the video here -- Interesting to hear about the little book, I hadn't heard about the finding of that book. Best wishes, nm.
So glad you're feeling better. I could listen to you ramble all day. I think you're my spirit mother. Looking forward to your show in nyc in November! Much love ❤️ Christine
Just love your homely talks (rambles) DearPatti Smith about any what crosses your path Its great to hear re. the tiny Charlotte Brönte’s rediscovered book and you may write some word on it❣️🌹❣️ Your singing was Grand For DearGeorge Harrison🌺💥
Ramble away, Patti. I enjoy hearing you share your depth of knowledge about the literary world! Very interesting posts today. Thank you!
Hi Patti. It’s Brian from Oakland, CA. I encountered Mann’s Death In Venice in college. Then Visconti’s film. They’ve been touchstones in my life. The pursuit of beauty and impermanence. I like the Everyman’s translation - HT Lowe-Porter. You might try this one. Thank you for all you do.
I love listening to your ramblings; they are fascinating. Such an interesting life you have lived!
You never talk about "nothing." There's always a lot in what you talk to us about.
This is the first time I am listening to your podcast. I'm enjoying it. And, you are drinking coffee from a Jerry mug. He is my other favorite. I'm looking forward to seeing you in NYC to celebrate my 60th!
Patti, I think we would all gladly listen to what you call 'rambling hellos' any day. They bring me so much joy. Thank you for always sharing with us.
Hi Patti, it would be amazing if you could consider covering “Blue Jay Way” at one of your shows. It’s a great song.
Patti, I bet you would love some of the literary Canadian women authors that I love too, if you haven't read them-- Heather O'Neill's Lullabies for Little Criminals and Miriam Toews' A Complicated Kindness both feature precocious young female heroines with tons of imagination, two of my favourites I think you might like. Poetic and fabulous! Or for a more weighty, immersive read-- Anne Michaels (poetry and novels) which you may already know. Weight of Oranges/Skin Divers for poetry, Fugitive Pieces, The Winter Vault, Held for fiction. She even did a collaborative book with John Berger called Railtracks. She and Carolyn Forché likely wet my appetite for your poetic prose, I found you soon after, back in teen days. New subscriber here, sorry for long rambling. Love and light to you 'my Queeeeen' as the kids say!
Thank you Patti! I loved hearing your version of Within You Without You. It's always such a pleasure to hear from you no matter what the subject is or if your talking about nothing at all.
I just wrote a long comment and pressed some accidental keys only for it all to be deleted.... ahhh.
Love the version of Within you Without you! I didn't know George Harrison was a big gardening fan! Very "sympathisch" as we would say in German (I never found a good translation for this expression that really conveys the meaning well enough).
Lovely to have a performance in the gardens!! Great that you are feeling a lot better too now! I wish I could have been there for the performance - music and beautiful botanical gardens is a dream combination!
I just came back from a short trip to London on Monday and finally made it to the Phoenix Garden :-) Such a lovely quiet place in the middle of that extremely busy area! Perfect for a read and a lunch break.
I had written quite a lot about loving Thomas Mann earlier in the lost post. Oh well! I was talking about liking his writing since I was in my teens. I know that's probably a bit odd but somehow I was really fascinated by his writing and even read his letters and diaries! - very interesting also because of the times he lived in, with having to emigrate to the US in the times of Nazi Germany; also not an easy character I think. (And so many other artistically gifted people in the family too!!) There is some radio speeches from that time from when he was in America which are interesting to listen to - or read in translation - too. Ok, I am going off on many tangents... you can probably tell I am very enthusiastic about Thomas Mann ;-)
Not overly surprised that he is sometimes difficult to read, but then you are used to all sorts of writers so it must have been very tricky to read. Plus funnily enough I have seen the Death in Venice film but I haven't read Der Tod in Venedig!! - so cannot tell if it's much more tricky to read than e.g. Der Zauberberg, Mario und der Zauberer, Buddenbrooks etc. Maybe it could also be related to the choice of words in older translations? I find I have to look up words in older English literature more often but that's improved over the years since I moved to the UK.
Overall I think most of what he wrote is more on the tricky to read side in terms of style (not just in terms of the vocabulary he uses but just generally his style I would say, more a "verschachtelt" sort of writing style).
I admire people who can write in a really concise and straightforward, crisp style but I'm not good at it myself, maybe that's one of the reasons I like his writing a lot ;-) ;-)
Death in Venice the film - that's such a long time ago now that I saw it - inspired to rewatch now!!
And so excited about the upcoming book and getting to see the cover!
Good to be taken away to a peaceful place with…thank you.
Your rambling is such good medicine, Patti, and thanks for refreshing my memory on the Bronté sisters!
Really nice to hear from you, thanks Patti for the video here -- Interesting to hear about the little book, I hadn't heard about the finding of that book. Best wishes, nm.
So glad you're feeling better. I could listen to you ramble all day. I think you're my spirit mother. Looking forward to your show in nyc in November! Much love ❤️ Christine
You always make my day Patti…Peace and love from Missouri
Just love your homely talks (rambles) DearPatti Smith about any what crosses your path Its great to hear re. the tiny Charlotte Brönte’s rediscovered book and you may write some word on it❣️🌹❣️ Your singing was Grand For DearGeorge Harrison🌺💥