tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post2698741787016104384..comments2024-03-28T14:22:37.153-07:00Comments on mole: Monsters in the Sea and Angels in HeavenDalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-57285486525172612072018-06-24T08:13:54.253-07:002018-06-24T08:13:54.253-07:00Yes, I find Murdoch oddly comforting. I think it&#...Yes, I find Murdoch oddly comforting. I think it's that she never gives up on her characters. I've read that the narrator of The Sea, The Sea is "a monster," and of course he's kind of dreadful, but he's also wonderful in a weird way -- with Murdoch you end up feeling like the human race is a total mess but also totally redeemable.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-13654300608406118242018-06-09T10:00:04.968-07:002018-06-09T10:00:04.968-07:00I read Bruno’s Dream more than once as a young per...I read Bruno’s Dream more than once as a young person. I don’t recall reading anything else by Murdoch. I felt obsessed with it, and oddly comforted by the characters and story. Can still remember the opening paragraph with Bruno’s fingers scrabbling on the coverlet. Would like to read it again, to see if it evokes the same sensations now that I’m in my 60’s. Thanks for the reminder!Catherine Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-61690387889260166802018-05-15T15:12:54.189-07:002018-05-15T15:12:54.189-07:00I read -and enjoyed- a lot of Murdoch a while back...I read -and enjoyed- a lot of Murdoch a while back, including The Sea,the Sea. I remember it mainly for it's recipes and the terrifying portrayal of how someone can be totally convinced that they know what's best for someone else! <br /><br />She got a mention in Sarah Bakewell's At the Existentialist Café - a great book I enjoyed reading more recently. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-74287613781248282592018-04-25T04:58:31.900-07:002018-04-25T04:58:31.900-07:00I have not read Murdoch in many years... It is str...I have not read Murdoch in many years... It is strange to be of a time that has changed so swiftly in its regard for the arts (and much else), beauty, truth, etc. One's unquenchable passion for such things probably looks absurd to later generations. Marly Youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-25102699684410643102018-04-20T09:19:44.035-07:002018-04-20T09:19:44.035-07:00I remember liking "The Black Prince" a l...I remember liking "The Black Prince" a lot when I read it back in the 1980s. Not sure what I would think of it now, but it also carries the idea of us not understanding how life works and the aftermath of this blindness. Her philosophy work is also "easy" to read; that is, it's accesible, even with the title of "Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals" ( I almost wrote "Mortals" instead of "Morals"...).alembichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06239840137312063151noreply@blogger.com