tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post116616137291603788..comments2024-02-22T13:40:45.894+11:00Comments on Happy Antipodean: Matthew da Silvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-1166340399248826522006-12-17T18:26:00.000+11:002006-12-17T18:26:00.000+11:00Thanks for your compliment. I haven't written anyt...Thanks for your compliment. I haven't written anything of quality for a long time already. Do you mind adding me on MSN? We can talk more there. :)<BR/><BR/>njosnavelin88 at hotmailAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-1166250972394900712006-12-16T17:36:00.000+11:002006-12-16T17:36:00.000+11:00You'll be too busy teaching Chinese and writing wo...You'll be too busy teaching Chinese and writing wonderful stories!Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-1166240543586695282006-12-16T14:42:00.000+11:002006-12-16T14:42:00.000+11:00I read Bukowski's poems and personally I don't lik...I read Bukowski's poems and personally I don't like them. Will read his short stories when I have the time. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-1166173007927948462006-12-15T19:56:00.000+11:002006-12-15T19:56:00.000+11:00Bukowski was a great love of mine around the same ...Bukowski was a great love of mine around the same time as Calvino. He's very subtle and a distinct voice. Noone else like him. And he writes both poetry and short stories, too.Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-1166172910416081642006-12-15T19:55:00.000+11:002006-12-15T19:55:00.000+11:00Personally I don't appreciate Bukowski.I love Calv...Personally I don't appreciate Bukowski.<BR/><BR/>I love Calvino too - I hope to own an entire collection of his books one day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-1166171664726061942006-12-15T19:34:00.000+11:002006-12-15T19:34:00.000+11:00I love Calvino. I studied him about 25 years ago a...I love Calvino. I studied him about 25 years ago as an undergraduate. Not books of his in my library now though -- when I went overseas in 92 they disappeared, along with my Bukowskis.<BR/><BR/>You're right, Calvino is wonderful. Truly wonderful.Matthew da Silvahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07158988637117138260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21277069.post-1166171191183352912006-12-15T19:26:00.000+11:002006-12-15T19:26:00.000+11:00Non sequitur in relation to your entry, but I reco...Non sequitur in relation to your entry, but I recommend Italo Calvino's <I>If On a Winter's Night a Traveller</I>. It is a piece of metafiction - very delightful prose, very brilliantly written. I'm sure you'll like it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com