tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821869402112714724.post2063723164776690608..comments2023-06-19T08:54:18.171-05:00Comments on et maintenant??: the note-in-the-bottle storyHowardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16821973102759611038noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821869402112714724.post-17178493246498935352008-06-22T14:44:00.000-05:002008-06-22T14:44:00.000-05:00I will pick up a copy of the Russo.I read Empire F...I will pick up a copy of the Russo.<BR/><BR/>I read Empire Falls it was a masterpiece! <BR/><BR/>Irving's use of the recurring theme of the urologists? I think it has to do with time...how things we hold as dependable/fail proof will eventually change as well. <BR/><BR/>Set Free the Bears-that was a strange book, but he described this road warrior adventure most intriguingly-I couldn't put it down. I laughed almost cover to cover and thought all the while...he must be kidding!<BR/><BR/>I would love to attend a seminar on Irving.musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209106976734146641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821869402112714724.post-83362965335064433922008-06-20T15:51:00.000-05:002008-06-20T15:51:00.000-05:00Muse --i don't think i know the story of the woman...Muse --<BR/><BR/>i don't think i know the story of the woman throwing messages into the wind!<BR/><BR/>am enjoying the Russo book very much, makes me want to read more, hadn't read any of his (i saw the TV mini-series version of Empire Falls, does that count?).. he is reminiscent of Irving at times, with his attention to detail.<BR/><BR/>The Water-Method Man is a bit odd, true, it's obviously before he hit his stride with Garp. Urologists were a recurring Irving theme in those early books, along with bears, wrestling, all the rest. Why urologists? His grandfather was a urologist.Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16821973102759611038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821869402112714724.post-59911020732259432972008-06-19T23:02:00.000-05:002008-06-19T23:02:00.000-05:00I love the message in the bottle theme...it is alm...I love the message in the bottle theme...it is almost like messages sent in balloons.<BR/><BR/>Well, here goes that memory thing again...Do you remember a book in which a pioneer (I think she may have been a widow)woman would write messages and send them into the wind? The messages became entangled in sage brush or found hanging from barbed wire later to be found by cowboys, ranchers, outlaws and the like. Eventually she found love on the prairie.<BR/><BR/>How is the Russo book? I'm trying to read Irving's: The Water Method Man...can't get into it-which is unusual for an Irving novel for me.musehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209106976734146641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821869402112714724.post-4231443362235217782008-06-18T12:00:00.000-05:002008-06-18T12:00:00.000-05:00hi Michelle -- how u doing??.. no, i didn't make i...hi Michelle -- how u doing??.. no, i didn't make it up -- my imagination isn't quite that vivid. :-)Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16821973102759611038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2821869402112714724.post-48635907492951994702008-06-18T08:57:00.000-05:002008-06-18T08:57:00.000-05:00what an amazing story! it's too perfect! are you...what an amazing story! it's too perfect! are you sure you didn't make this up?elle + joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01903055631598687863noreply@blogger.com