Posted by Guillermo Maynez
on 8/5/2011, 14:19:09, in reply to "Re: Tomcat Murr (non-spoiler)"
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I will start today, as soon as I finish the book I read for my Greek trip, "The Magus" by John Fowles.
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: I don't know if this means anything to you, but the
: character of Kreisler (the "other" lead
: besides the cat) was so influential that Schumann
: wrote an eight-movement piano piece called
: Kreisleriana based on the character. I play the
: piano (some), so this is interesting to me.
: Interesting enough to finish the book? We'll see.
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: Please tell me something that would make me want to
: read this book.
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: Well, if you didn't like Jacques the Fatalist or I Am
: a Cat, then Tomcat Murr is probably not going to suit
: you either. It is very much like a blend of the two.
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: In part it is an absurd romantic comedy borrowing
: heavily from, and frequently quoting, Shakespeare. In
: part it is a social satire like the Marriage of
: Figaro, ridiculing the aristocracy. There are elements
: of gothic mystery, again in a satirical vein. And in
: the cat's memoirs there are parodies of academia,
: fraternities, social cliques, and funeral rites.
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: But the whole isn't much more than the sum of its
: parts and it's too muddied up with contemporary
: cultural references to have the freshness of a Tristam
: Shandy or Jacques the Fatalist.
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: I found it enjoyable, but not great.
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