tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post680078485012720654..comments2024-03-24T13:45:25.132-05:00Comments on Bookfoolery : A few words only - The Glass Menagerie by Williams, Still Alice by Genova, Pure Drivel by MartinBookfoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-30825567072410448582015-04-16T14:05:44.861-05:002015-04-16T14:05:44.861-05:00You get a pass for not reading it in school, since...You get a pass for not reading it in school, since you weren't in the U.S. I was referring to schools here, of course! Very cool that you eventually read it in translation!Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-35576238120001085532015-04-14T07:38:48.914-05:002015-04-14T07:38:48.914-05:00I grew up in the Soviet Union, so I did not read i...I grew up in the Soviet Union, so I did not read it in school ... but I read it when one of my children had to read it for school (in translation, of course)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-15771679871702248352015-04-05T23:55:35.081-05:002015-04-05T23:55:35.081-05:00It sure is. I'm glad I had forewarning about i...It sure is. I'm glad I had forewarning about it having a sad ending because I'm not so hot with sad endings. Knowing that was coming, though, I found it fascinating the way Williams built up hope and then sent it crashing down. Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-72783792875527671232015-04-05T20:59:43.471-05:002015-04-05T20:59:43.471-05:00I never read Glass Menagerie in school- but I'...I never read Glass Menagerie in school- but I'd heard of it and read years later. It was sad.Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-32040198327733897202015-04-05T12:24:41.248-05:002015-04-05T12:24:41.248-05:00Still Alice a good read but it's definitely no...Still Alice a good read but it's definitely not something I would ever have chosen to read without some serious nudging. <br /><br />Thanks, Jenny, it's kind of a relief to know I'm not the only one who didn't read The Glass Menagerie in school! I started trying to play "catch up" on missed literature in my 20s. Still working on it. :)Bookfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247136634069540446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29370872.post-43574678675651958992015-04-04T23:39:59.813-05:002015-04-04T23:39:59.813-05:00Still Alice is one of those books I'm sure I&#...Still Alice is one of those books I'm sure I'll read one day just because. And, no, I haven't read The Glass Menagerie. I'm so not well read. Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05738740015526095835noreply@blogger.com