http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/12/10/close-relations/ "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 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:08:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/12/10/close-relations/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Peter Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:14:20 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=383#comment-786 Great pics, but there are some even better cuddles before the catafalque at the funeral, which disrupted life in my neighborhood for a few days. The weekend after Alexei's recall to rai, I was on a small pilgrimage of my own, to Optina Pustin' and Kozesk', for a coming with another Alexei (Karamazov) and his 'creator". The bells are ringing all over Kaluga!! Great pics, but there are some even better cuddles before the catafalque at the funeral, which disrupted life in my neighborhood for a few days. The weekend after Alexei’s recall to rai, I was on a small pilgrimage of my own, to Optina Pustin’ and Kozesk’, for a coming with another Alexei (Karamazov) and his ‘creator”.
The bells are ringing all over Kaluga!!

]]> http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/12/10/close-relations/comment-page-1/#comment-785 Evan Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:14:16 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=383#comment-785 The tags are what sold me. Beards. Why yes. Hats? Surely. "Bells" is not a tag. That also sold me. The tags are what sold me. Beards. Why yes. Hats? Surely. “Bells” is not a tag. That also sold me.

]]> http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/12/10/close-relations/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Grisha Freidin Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:25:41 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=383#comment-783 apparently, he was also a German--and he liked Jews! http://www.newsru.com/religy/18dec2008/nichtrussisch.html He died, as Billie Hloday sings, "too soon, too soon!" G. apparently, he was also a German–and he liked Jews!
http://www.newsru.com/religy/18dec2008/nichtrussisch.html
He died, as Billie Hloday sings, “too soon, too soon!”
G.

]]> http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/12/10/close-relations/comment-page-1/#comment-782 SW Foska Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:54:51 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=383#comment-782 Elif, I bet those editors in New York are American. How can I tell? Well, they certainly aren't rushin'... (you have to say it aloud) Elif, I bet those editors in New York are American. How can I tell? Well, they certainly aren’t rushin’… (you have to say it aloud)

]]> http://www.elifbatuman.net/2008/12/10/close-relations/comment-page-1/#comment-781 luba Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:43:28 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=383#comment-781 amazing pictures, Elish! I wonder who will be the next patriarch. Here is ironically a piece on the subject from the Georgian Daily: http://georgiandaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8850&Itemid=72 If the New Yorker waits any longer, you might have to write a sequel detailing the new patriarch's views on the subject of bells and perhaps investigating the nature of the relationships he enjoys with the Kremlin (though these don't vary much at this point). amazing pictures, Elish! I wonder who will be the next patriarch. Here is ironically a piece on the subject from the Georgian Daily:
http://georgiandaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8850&Itemid=72
If the New Yorker waits any longer, you might have to write a sequel detailing the new patriarch’s views on the subject of bells and perhaps investigating the nature of the relationships he enjoys with the Kremlin (though these don’t vary much at this point).

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