Yes, and yes. Cela won the Nobel Prize in the 80s. His politics were all wrong - he offered to be an informer for Franco in the 30s, and somehow always emerged on the winning side, but he was a great, great writer.
I've read three of his books: La Familia de Pascual Duarte - I read that in Spanish when I was a student. I can hardly believe now that I was capable. The Beehive - this was also made into a prize-winning film Journey to the Alcarria - a really good travel book B > > Nope, never read that one. Do you recommend it? Shall I put it on the > list? Cheers, Christine > > > > On Apr 21, 2012, at 12:34 PM, Bob W wrote: > > > have you ever read La Colmena (The Beehive) by Camilo Jose Cela? > > There's a great scene in it where a father and daughter pass each > > other on the stairs of a brothel, each pretending not to have seen > the > > other in there... The photo reminds me of that. > > > > B > > > >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > >> Of Christine Aguila > >> > >> Thanks, Bob. On the train ride home I thought about going into all > >> these little seedy hotels--just to see what the insides are like. > >> When I got home, I ran the idea by Darrel & asked if he'd play body > >> guard, and he said, "let's think about this one for awhile" lol. > >> Cheers, Christine > >> > >> > >> On Apr 21, 2012, at 11:45 AM, Bob W wrote: > >> > >>> The Tokyo Hotel is great. The sort of place my father warned me > >> against. > >>> Never did find out how he knew. > >>> > >>> B > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > >>>> Behalf Of Christine Aguila > >>>> Sent: 21 April 2012 17:40 > >>>> To: PDML List > >>>> Subject: Photo Doodles > >>>> > >>>> Hi Everyone: > >>>> > >>>> I'm trying to get out of this photographic slump. I had a > >> retirement > >>>> party to attend last night, and when I left for home, I had to > >>>> force myself to get the camera out of its bag. "Just take some > >>>> playful pics," I kept saying to myself. Finally I listened. > "Keep > >> shooting," > >>>> that little voice kept shouting. The last five frames were taken > >>>> on the way to the train about 7:30ish p.m. The first two are > >>>> day-shots I took some time back--who knows when and who cares. > >>>> > >>>> Once I started shooting, I passed by the closest train stop and > >>>> kept walking; I started at the Merchandise Mart off the Brown > line, > >> headed > >>>> east over to Michigan ave, then north to the Chicago and State Red > >>>> line stop. It was windy and cold, but I have to say, in the end, > >>>> it felt great--no where near my usual photographic groove, but to > >>>> state the obvious, it ain't gonna come back if I don't get the > >>>> camera out and press the shutter!!! So, once again, nothing > great, > >>>> and just bear with me while I try to get myself out of this slump. > >>>> > >>>> There are captions under the photos! cheers, Christine > >>>> > >>>> http://www.caguila.com/photodoodles1/ > >>>> -- > >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >>>> and follow the directions. > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >> and follow the directions. > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > >> and follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
