Hell wrote:
> I also really like Fay Weldon, and loved The Life and Loves of A
She-Devil.
Fay was interviewed for a film i worked on about austen's "pride &
prejudice", and she was just fabulous! i read one of her books around
that time, which i didn't find that compelling, but i've got "she-devil"
on the shelf. watching this interview with Fay made me want to read
everything she ever wrote, because she just seemed so damned cool! she
has a very mischievous sense of humor and a smile that can't be beat!
lots of talk about "yaya". maybe because i read it only a year or so
ago (after hearing how wonderful it was), i found it rather
disappointing. there were great things about it, but i thought it was a
narrative mess. i don't know why, but there was something about it that
made me feel like the author only went 90% of the way. in all fairness
though, i read it right after my irving-dickens-irving-dickens-irving
stint, and anything might feel like a narrative mess compared to the
master construction of those two writers.
patrick leader wrote:
> the shakespeare reference reminded me of a particular davies favorite
of
> mine, 'tempest tost', a fairly short comic novel about an upper ottawa
> community theater production of shakespeare's 'the tempest'.
i'm gonna go back to movies again. if you've never seen mazursky's
"tempest", check it out. it's like a cult classic - it got bad reviews,
but everytime i turn someone on to it, it makes it into their top ten
list. modernization of the story (very very loose)... frustrated,
over-successful NY architect leaves wife, goes to greece with daughter
in tow. finds companion along the way, ends up on small greek island
with one inhabitant. best line: "show me the magic" (it will make it
into your vocabulary, guaranteed!). stellar cast - john cassavetes,
gena rowlands, susan sarandon, raul julia, vitorrio gassman, molly
ringwald (her 1st film i think - she's less annoying) and paul mazursky
in a bit role.
barbara
np: youssou n'dour, wommad (the guide)
