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In Reply to: RE: Or, Sigrid Undset's "Kristin Lavransdatter." Cheat sheet attached! posted by John Marks on May 10, 2015 at 13:55:39
Why Thank You, John, for reminding me. I bought and was enthralled by that one too (cheat sheet reminds me a little of the explanation of the names in one edition of "War and Peace") in 1969, for about $0.25 at a used book store run by a proud communist. I bought most of Thomas Mann and most of Thomas Hardy from him too, at similar prices. He had some difficulty with his belief system, though; the last time I saw him, he had been beset by a customer who wanted to be given the books for no pay and who told him that he was no communist so long as he was charging. The guy wanted me (sic! -- just the last person in the store, I guess) to reassure him that it was ok if he took the quarters to feed himself.
For a number of years, used book stores and Beethoven string quartets (I know, but what are you going to do?) fairly possessed me.
Best,
Jeremy
Follow Ups:
In the 1960s, when the paperback editions of Narcissus and Goldmund, and Steppenwolf, and The Glass Bead Game were high-school and undergrad fashion accessories, Miles Davis reportedly had a live-in girlfriend who loved Hermann Hesse. So Miles tried reading one of the novels, I don't know which, but obviously the best candidate is Glass Bead Game. The upshot was his ultimatum:
"Either he goes, or you both can go!"
Proiceless.
jm
I did not now that, and what a great story! He seems to have understood at least some aspect of Hesse's essence. I wonder what exactly he disliked?
I shall report your story to my main jazz man, my younger son. Even if apocryphal, it should be repeated everywhere!
Thanks,
Jeremy
The Making of Kind of Blue : Miles Davis and His Masterpiece
By Eric Nisenson.
St. Martin's Press (New York, 2000). Hardcover, 236 pages. 8.5" by 6". ISBN: 031228408X. $22.95.
NB, a very controversial book that many love to hate.
Can be had for all of 1 cent plus shipping these days.
jm
I enjoyed it, but whether it is accurate or not I would leave that to others. One man's take, and maybe nothing more. still worth reading if a fan of Miles, KOB, and his work.
One should also read JMR's Phile article No 34. The Fifth Element in their archives. Worth printing out and saving.
Jim Tavegia
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