Elena Ferrante
successor to Thinkige Kru whose feed doesn't seem to be working properly for reasons unknown - the old blog + archive remains here https://thinkigekru.blogspot.com/ -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^vintage thoughts from others, vintage thoughts from me - varying degrees of profundity - thoughts quoted for the turn of thought / phrase rather than for truth value - quoted not necessarily because i agree with them or approve of them - i don't necessarily agree with my own past thinkiges!
Sunday, April 16, 2023
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Always a little amazed when people seem to suggest that Jim Morrison was unaware of his own ridiculousness. I think he reveled in it, plun...
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Read this a while ago in a story about the recent spate of orcas, a.k.a. killer whales, attacking and damaging boats: "... S cientist...
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“The terms of approbation applied to Beyoncé could not be more rockist. Deep, meaningful, political, Zeitgeist-y, content-heavy, Arty, etc e...
Fantastic quote. I never really got on with the Neapolitan Quartet: I read the first one and quite enjoyed it, but didn't feel moved to keep going. You can tell she is a real talent, though.
ReplyDeleteI love the TV series, not got to the books (the wife swears by them and says they are differently great c.f. the TV version).
ReplyDeleteAlso really liked the other recent Ferrante TV series, The Lying Life of Adults. It has a really odd atmosphere and interesting use of music. Similar thing of mysteriously motivated, not wholly likeable but still you root for them characters.