tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499217243284937366.post299662990944925223..comments2024-03-25T08:56:25.810-04:00Comments on TKIN: Philosopher Encounters Modern Life: Life Is A Mutual Aid AssociationPatricia Marinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16087880431696831634noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499217243284937366.post-91707441869998615562010-02-26T14:58:47.514-05:002010-02-26T14:58:47.514-05:00Hi Daniel, yeah, I know exactly what you mean. Som...Hi Daniel, yeah, I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes, too, it varies with time. When I first read Catcher in the Rye in high school I was all indignant about being required to read a book that was clearly for boys. I wasn't prudish about it, I just felt, what in this book could possibly speak to me, a girl?<br /><br />When I read it later on in my 20s and again recently, I loved it and found it resonated as familiar immediately - as you say, I felt able to get the tone, the jokes, and the attitude in a way I hadn't before.Patricia Marinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16087880431696831634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5499217243284937366.post-2644343753706727692010-02-26T14:03:02.303-05:002010-02-26T14:03:02.303-05:00I love this post. I have been thinking of somethi...I love this post. I have been thinking of something very similar lately, while reading Crime & Punishment. There are certain books and narrator voices that I love and immediately 'get'. Others, not so much. My usual assumption is that I'm not a good reader, at least sometimes, but I'm not so sure that's it. I don't think it's that Fyodor, in this case, is not a good writer, but I think that there are certain things about writers' voices that resonate with me psychologically sometimes, and some that don't - so I miss the tone, jokes, attitude when I'm reading.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13099461086991460463noreply@blogger.com