tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004607093307946444.post5853429764109173497..comments2023-11-02T08:42:50.857-04:00Comments on elle est belle la seine la seine elle est belle: here's a clue...Bianca Castafiore?http://www.blogger.com/profile/07088130255223709497noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004607093307946444.post-41419038239949034862010-12-16T22:34:32.597-05:002010-12-16T22:34:32.597-05:00d'oh. i just checked out hilary mantel's ...d'oh. i just checked out hilary mantel's amazon page. okay, so "diary" is, as you clearly said, in the LRoB... <br /><br />and i am adding "a change in climate" and "vacant possession" and am looking forward to them...Bianca Castafiore?https://www.blogger.com/profile/07088130255223709497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004607093307946444.post-28261131930662662482010-12-16T22:22:16.448-05:002010-12-16T22:22:16.448-05:00fresca, dah-link! ever on the ball, i just now sa...fresca, dah-link! ever on the ball, i just now saw this comment. no, i've not read mantel... but it sounds right down my alleged alley, so i will put it on the short list. [i am still snorting at "i had my pill, then i fell over." it works equally well backward.] which should i have a go at first -- "diary" or "fludd"? i am on a richard russo kick -- now Bianca Castafiore?https://www.blogger.com/profile/07088130255223709497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6004607093307946444.post-11637543387980660022010-12-02T19:28:47.463-05:002010-12-02T19:28:47.463-05:00Have you read Hilary Mantel's "Diary"...Have you read Hilary Mantel's "Diary" after surgery gone wrong, in the _London Review of Books_, 4 November 2010? <br />http://www.lrb.co.uk/v32/n21/hilary-mantel/diary<br /><br />Her brilliantly wickedly funny & raw writing about things like secretions reminds me of this blog. <br />Example:<br />"Hospital dramas are small, desperate, self-centred: ‘I had my pill, then I Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.com