tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post6935576310672070819..comments2024-03-07T07:47:38.595-08:00Comments on The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italy: How did I get here? (This is not my beautiful wife)The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-1208352372152136002014-02-13T13:17:59.127-08:002014-02-13T13:17:59.127-08:00Lacunae or lacunas? I'm distracted by this cho...Lacunae or lacunas? I'm distracted by this choice now!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-40641731992218441932014-02-13T13:16:29.995-08:002014-02-13T13:16:29.995-08:00You have captured exactly how I feel:
I cannot sh...You have captured exactly how I feel: <br />I cannot shout praises, or even speak<br />my mind, my tongue is not complete; my own<br />half father’s, half mother’s (theirs cleaved in form<br />from others similarly), it is split<br />in two, but I can mimic perfectly. <br /><br />I think the lacunas we cannot fill make for THE most interesting spaces for readers to inhabit with their own experiences and imaginations. <br /><br />Oh, I nominated you for a blog award, I culled the questions down from eleven to five, too, 'cause time's precious! <br />http://snowlikethought.blogspot.co.nz/2014/02/blog-her-award.htmlRachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-23768793340244348472014-02-10T02:54:13.802-08:002014-02-10T02:54:13.802-08:00Dontcha love Germaine? Or course she has to sell b...Dontcha love Germaine? Or course she has to sell books too.. Don't we all? I can't wait to read yours Downith. Now where were we with that ending??The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-79246671693630195982014-02-10T01:01:13.024-08:002014-02-10T01:01:13.024-08:00I get this Cat. All of it. And my main character...I get this Cat. All of it. And my main character is an exile as well. I read somewhere recently that Germaine Greer said that exiles make the most interesting characters. So there.Downithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-22237968015539617492014-02-10T00:03:58.125-08:002014-02-10T00:03:58.125-08:00Have you read Nam Le's The Boat and seen how m...Have you read Nam Le's The Boat and seen how many voices and styles he manages to pack in there? He's even been criticised in one review I read for being just that - a very talented mimic or ventriloquist - who almost seems to take the p*** out of Tim Winton for example. Interesting argument. How far are we allowed to venture with these 'voices'? And what do you think of Marilyn's voice in DLC??? <br />Enjoy the next batch xcatThe Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-46685220577434377952014-02-10T00:00:41.471-08:002014-02-10T00:00:41.471-08:00Thanks Sue! I will keep knitting..Thanks Sue! I will keep knitting..The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-27474168500409763572014-02-09T23:59:04.701-08:002014-02-09T23:59:04.701-08:00You're welcome - of course you can print it of...You're welcome - of course you can print it off! Maybe even sing along to the Talking Heads song! <br />It sounds as though you have done a lot of moving around too. I agree it's important to find an escape hatch when home is too far away. But I need an escape hatch from Italy sometimes! (*see my last post from Paree)<br />Thanks for dropping by Di.The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-66454736370758964212014-02-09T23:55:55.763-08:002014-02-09T23:55:55.763-08:00And it doesn't get any easier, does it? Wonder...And it doesn't get any easier, does it? Wonder if we will ever set stories in Matera? Bunch of women at a writers' festival... lots of good wine and impractical walking shoes... ??The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202093107784073194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-1565383896309484982014-02-09T23:37:22.584-08:002014-02-09T23:37:22.584-08:00Great post, Catherine.. and too true. I also worry...Great post, Catherine.. and too true. I also worry about those 'holes' in a story set in my home country, since I haven't been living there for so long. The travails of a writer abroad... : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-25475651087546371972014-02-09T05:20:18.345-08:002014-02-09T05:20:18.345-08:00You hit the nail on the head here,Catherine! All w...You hit the nail on the head here,Catherine! All writers,it seems to me, have something of the ventriloquist in their literary armoury - & there's no harm in that...IF it's done well. With your itinerant life, you have the ability to adopt more voices than most of us!...& I would say you pull it off with some aplomb! But you're right not to linger with these voices as if they're your own. Let us hear Catherine McNamara's own voice; I'm sure you have plenty more to say! Looking forward to reading your next egg-clutch of stories!...Cheers!mangiagattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04741051458282932879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-58947012966136764382014-02-09T00:55:29.196-08:002014-02-09T00:55:29.196-08:00You have capture the essence so well. Keep knittin...You have capture the essence so well. Keep knitting!Suehttp://www.anaussieinitaly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291389383714567128.post-80371790010597693482014-02-08T11:54:46.576-08:002014-02-08T11:54:46.576-08:00Love this, absolutely! I'm a New Zealander, h...Love this, absolutely! I'm a New Zealander, have lived in Istanbul 2 years, Belgium 8 years, with regular and much-needed escapes to Genova, Italy. So beautifully written, and captured, that I want to print it off and stick it into my journal.Dihttp://www.dimackey.com/blognoreply@blogger.com