tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34270521.post116369368215205838..comments2023-05-03T07:20:24.588-04:00Comments on Influx Transposer: This is only a testjsdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02806281216001406716noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34270521.post-68106018762105160862006-11-22T09:14:00.000-05:002006-11-22T09:14:00.000-05:00Blush...I had to Amazon both books to find out wha...Blush...I had to Amazon both books to find out what the other two books were about. Based on a quick assement, Dharma Bums feels like On the Road Part II, while Desolation Bums seems more introspective, which I find fascintating.jsdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806281216001406716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34270521.post-47254808151050761892006-11-21T22:58:00.000-05:002006-11-21T22:58:00.000-05:00Heretically enough, I liked On the Road least of t...Heretically enough, I liked On the Road least of the three JK books I mentioned: I may even like Desolation Angels best, though memory is fuzzy.murat11https://www.blogger.com/profile/00663364407992075130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34270521.post-50733847291964112372006-11-21T17:11:00.000-05:002006-11-21T17:11:00.000-05:00Hi Pat, I don't mind the "occasional babblings" at...Hi Pat, I don't mind the "occasional babblings" at all :-)<br /><br />I haven't read Rimbaud so I'll have to check him out - you've got me intrigued.<br /><br />I'm curious about how JK's book reads on paper, and I'll have to check it out too. I have enjoyed Matt Dillon's interpretation though.<br /><br />I do find that as the "book" draws to an end that I've no sympathy for the main characters and that I'm anxious for the journey to conclude. Whatever "Sal" was searching for I think he was closest to (the purity/answers) at the beginning of his travels and lost more and more of himself the more time he spent hauling ass across the country.jsdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02806281216001406716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34270521.post-51574745594799066472006-11-20T17:43:00.000-05:002006-11-20T17:43:00.000-05:00JSD:
Kerouac is certainly a rite of passage for ...JSD: <br /><br />Kerouac is certainly a rite of passage for most writers/readers, especially On the Road, Dharma Bums, and - for my money - Desolation Angels as well. I was caught in their spell the first go-round, but I found they did not wear all that well the second time around (knowing my prejudices and arrogance, that probably means that I will love them again the third time around). Like Henry Miller, JK was blazing new territory, and the writer/reader in me was mesmerized by the experiment. You mention the sadness: that's what hit me the second time around: sadness and misogyny, which never wears well. Sex in Miller is crazy spiritual, but it's spiritual; sex in JK is, I think, fucking. <br /><br />Have you read Rimbaud? His spiritual search through a conscious, purposeful derangement of the senses is, in fairness, what JK was all about. JK's bitter drunken end saddens me, while Rimbaud's "silent" exile in Ethiopia (after the adolescent explosion of poetry) fascinates me to this day. <br /><br />Hope you don't mind the occasional babblings. Peace and out: patmurat11https://www.blogger.com/profile/00663364407992075130noreply@blogger.com