tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680319333822752488.post4231028060460399604..comments2023-03-26T05:27:51.356-05:00Comments on Muse at Highway Speeds: Aurorama (Jean-Christophe Valtat)Anna Andersenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08534421191722429555noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680319333822752488.post-88445381417959549112011-07-19T18:12:55.106-05:002011-07-19T18:12:55.106-05:00You know, three months later I'd completely fo...You know, three months later I'd completely forgotten I'd read this book? Only thing I can say for it is if your weather is anything like here in NYC, reading about frozen wastelands probably feels pretty good right now.Anna Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08534421191722429555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680319333822752488.post-64615589538389570822011-07-19T14:02:10.621-05:002011-07-19T14:02:10.621-05:00I've just read the first 100 pages and I have ...I've just read the first 100 pages and I have to say that I agree with virtually everything you've just said. Something else which gets on my nerves is Valtat's self-consciously 'learned' intertextual references, such as Phoebe's 'Ophelian streak of madness'. As a passing comment which is not corroborated by further character development (at least not thus far) this does nothing more than to blurt out the fact that Valtat has read Shakespeare's Hamlet. The irony of all this self-promotinal English erudition is that you can tell that this book has been written by someone for whom English is not the first language. Who on earth says in a club 'it seems like [this band] is playing'? The book would benefit from being made into a film because that way one would be spared Valtat's extremely annoying, desperate-to-impress style.Teppernoreply@blogger.com