A million mendacious mendicants
A phrase that popped into my head randomly some time a few days ago. Sounds good, even without a context.
Last week I read From Amritsar To Lahore by Stephen Alter. Then I read Two Lives by Vikram Seth. Tonight I will start Red Dust by Ma Jian.
And the tune in my head is Plaisir d'Amour. I have an internal controversy over the lyrics to this song. Do the two lines rhyme or not? Better if not, methinks. That's my recollection anyway.
And no, I don't feel like posting any links right now.
Last week I read From Amritsar To Lahore by Stephen Alter. Then I read Two Lives by Vikram Seth. Tonight I will start Red Dust by Ma Jian.
And the tune in my head is Plaisir d'Amour. I have an internal controversy over the lyrics to this song. Do the two lines rhyme or not? Better if not, methinks. That's my recollection anyway.
And no, I don't feel like posting any links right now.
posted by Tabula Rasa | 7/06/2006 11:23:00 PM
8 Comments:
Oh I wanna read two lives too. Only, I can't afford it at the moment. Must make rich friends soon :D
can't you pick it up from a library somewhere? or borrow it from someone when you're back in delhi?
A million mendacious mendicants is an apt description of Banaras, btw. Or is that a million tenacious mendicants?
Isn't Stephen Alter the brother of Tom "Obligatory Gora Guy" Alter? How is that book?
(Scout: your taxes fund your local public library. Get to know it well.)
both, i guess.
i suspect the alters are indeed brothers as you say, although i caught no evidence in my reading to directly support the claim. the book is good -- in the sense that the topic is interesting and he lets the interestingness come through without interference. hence good.
Hmm, and the post reads like a James Joyce novel :-)
"Beware of monosyllabic responses" - old, jungle saying :-)
"or get used to them"... old jungle-women saying. :-))
ghost:
yes i meant yes this post reads like one yes james yes yes.
1:
yes, yes!
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