Comments on: Troubled times http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/10/03/our-times/ "Many people ask why a writer commits suicide. But I think that people who ask don’t know the vanity and the nothingness of writing." Kobo Abe Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:05:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Jake http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/10/03/our-times/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Jake Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:35:56 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/10/03/our-times/#comment-776 This is months late, but I could not help but think of the scene in <i>Withnail & I</i> in which the characters find a dead rabbit hung on their front door, accompanied by a note reading "HERE HARE HERE." This is months late, but I could not help but think of the scene in Withnail & I in which the characters find a dead rabbit hung on their front door, accompanied by a note reading “HERE HARE HERE.”

]]> By: LK http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/10/03/our-times/comment-page-1/#comment-747 LK Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:55:11 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/10/03/our-times/#comment-747 Upon reading this entry I was suddenly struck with a profound realization. The reason my Google Reader stopped feeding me The Sun's book reviews was due to eclipse — I must be more vigilant about monitoring these cosmic shifts. Though, it's strangely apt that the last review was of Ames' graphic novel "<a href='http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/15/books/15gust.html' rel="nofollow">The Alcoholic</a>." And Okudzhava sings: <i>The word is instant, and life is short. Where does man find his dwelling spot?</i> Upon reading this entry I was suddenly struck with a profound realization. The reason my Google Reader stopped feeding me The Sun’s book reviews was due to eclipse — I must be more vigilant about monitoring these cosmic shifts.

Though, it’s strangely apt that the last review was of Ames’ graphic novel “The Alcoholic.”

And Okudzhava sings:

The word is instant, and life is short.
Where does man find his dwelling spot?

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