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Nico Lee is on page 222 of 277 of Still Life with Woodpecker
I'm reading this because someone I know said it reminded them of the stuff I write, but that it felt a little bit more forced. I can see where they're coming from. It's 'try-hard'- which I guess you could level at my stuff, if you took a dislike to what I do. But I'd say I'm hopefully a little more subtle.
Jun 18, 2019 10:06AM Add a comment
Still Life with Woodpecker

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Nico Lee is on page 5 of 214 of His Monkey Wife (Or, Married to a Chimp)
I have wanted to read this for a while as I love some of his short stories. Emily the monkey is "...an African in Europe, a female in a man's world... and above all an old-fashioned creature in a modern world..." Written in 1930 the opening pages use racial terminology which a modern reader should find offensive. However I'm hoping the basic humanity evident in Collier's short pieces may over-turn that by book's end
Jun 04, 2017 12:45AM Add a comment
His Monkey Wife (Or, Married to a Chimp)

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Nico Lee is on page 181 of 229 of Shadows on the Rock
Finnegans Wake is in another city due to reasons so convoluted I'd need Joyce's prose to capture it... anyway I'll be back to finish that off soon-ish. In the meantime Willa Cather trundles on with some lovely games with light and all the somewhat uncomfortable socio-political opinions you'd expect...
Apr 01, 2017 02:31AM Add a comment
Shadows on the Rock

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Nico Lee is on page 30 of 229 of Shadows on the Rock
Left my copy of Finnegan's Wake behind when I had to rush off somewhere. I keep having to stop myself looking for extra meaning that isn't there whilst I'm filling in with this light little number, in the meantime.
Mar 16, 2017 01:59AM Add a comment
Shadows on the Rock

Nico Lee
Nico Lee is on page 330 of 628 of Finnegans Wake
More than halfway, should be an easy slide downhill from now on... ho bloody ho...
Feb 17, 2017 12:59AM Add a comment
Finnegans Wake

Nico Lee
Nico Lee is on page 300 of 628 of Finnegans Wake
What is Goodreads... what is a good read? What is a book. I used to read. I used to read books. I used to read fiction, but now, now I translate from the Joyce into English. Curse you Stanley Unwin's dad! I will not be defeated... Why did I do this, armed only with a state education where the Classics were not on offer, where a knolwedge of the Bible or Irish politics was something I didn't possess, I wandered in...
Feb 07, 2017 01:15AM Add a comment
Finnegans Wake

Nico Lee
Nico Lee is on page 230 of 628 of Finnegans Wake
Twas brillig and the slithy toves...
Jan 26, 2017 12:17AM Add a comment
Finnegans Wake

Nico Lee
Nico Lee is on page 160 of 628 of Finnegans Wake
From out of the mists rise moments of clarity, pleasure even... only to be swallowed once more. I have started so I'll finish, but how much I will retain, wish to recommend?
Dec 27, 2016 02:32AM Add a comment
Finnegans Wake

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