tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704237975096102484.post4433329220731834087..comments2024-03-17T06:47:15.292+00:00Comments on The Brooknerian: Stendhal AgainThe Brooknerianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15396427983022927448noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704237975096102484.post-17591830898358871042017-05-28T12:16:24.980+01:002017-05-28T12:16:24.980+01:00'Abroad, in provincial cities, indolent and ho...'Abroad, in provincial cities, indolent and homesick, one turns, as ever, to the museum.' Truly she knew how to live.The Brooknerianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396427983022927448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704237975096102484.post-69796267353813536892017-05-28T11:45:53.860+01:002017-05-28T11:45:53.860+01:00Yes, that one, with the Gericault on the cover. (A...Yes, that one, with the Gericault on the cover. (And a puff from Brian Sewell. He used to sell his unwanted art books and catalogues to a tiny bookshop, more of a lean-to, in Notting Hill; the woman who ran it had a stroke some years back, and I met Sewell visiting her her in a care home.) The chapter I read yesterday opened with a paean to provincial art galleries and their paintings ("Their terrible colours, glistening craquelure, instant respectability, infinite tedium ..."). charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16580118367334638930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704237975096102484.post-37527658258957817322017-05-22T19:10:04.880+01:002017-05-22T19:10:04.880+01:00Many thanks for comment. How interesting that she ...Many thanks for comment. How interesting that she altered her own wording, as she was never known to be a reviser. Soundings is a great read; some truly eccentric choices of subject. There's a Stendhal essay also in her earlier The Genius of the Future essay collection. Hope your copy of Soundings has the Gericault picture on the front. I sought out the original in Ghent earlier this year.The Brooknerianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396427983022927448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704237975096102484.post-21036204662467988592017-05-22T17:28:47.154+01:002017-05-22T17:28:47.154+01:00The TLS review quote was directly from the review....The TLS review quote was directly from the review. I didn't know of the Soundings book - but have now made good, with a 2nd-copy copy bought at the weekend.charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16580118367334638930noreply@blogger.com