Comments on: Was Tolstoy… MURDERED? http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/01/15/was-tolstoy-murdered/ Will Elif make it as a writer before the money runs out? Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:26:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: amh http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/01/15/was-tolstoy-murdered/comment-page-1/#comment-880 amh Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:49:44 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/01/15/was-tolstoy-murdered/#comment-880 Loved your article in Harpers! Googled you & found your blog. Good luck; I think you're the real deal. Loved your article in Harpers! Googled you & found your blog.
Good luck; I think you’re the real deal.

]]> By: Abe Eastwood http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/01/15/was-tolstoy-murdered/comment-page-1/#comment-879 Abe Eastwood Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:22:19 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/01/15/was-tolstoy-murdered/#comment-879 Hi Elif, I really enjoyed your article in Harpers; now I'm even more glad I have a subscription to it! And I'm glad to have found this site. Hi Elif,

I really enjoyed your article in Harpers; now I’m even more glad I have a subscription to it! And I’m glad to have found this site.

]]> By: Nick Herman http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/01/15/was-tolstoy-murdered/comment-page-1/#comment-869 Nick Herman Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:47:16 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/01/15/was-tolstoy-murdered/#comment-869 Hi Elif, I just read your article and quite enjoyed it. A fascinating little adventure. If I recall correctly, did you open a book at one point to have a snake wriggle out?! Or was that someone else? Did you see any other snakes and if so, do you know what kind they were? Organizations or conferences centered around the legacy of a particular person have always struck me as a bit weird, and it's nice to know that's reflected in the characters you encountered. I especially like the image of the guy sitting down in Tolstoy's stream and emerging completely green. I am glad to know that bicycling is inconsistent with Christian ideals. By any chance, have you ever read The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco? Best murder mystery I've read and perhaps certain parallels with your "investigation." Also, do you like banana cream pie? A friend just made one for me and I am trying to share it before I eat it all. Hi Elif,
I just read your article and quite enjoyed it. A fascinating little adventure. If I recall correctly, did you open a book at one point to have a snake wriggle out?! Or was that someone else? Did you see any other snakes and if so, do you know what kind they were? Organizations or conferences centered around the legacy of a particular person have always struck me as a bit weird, and it’s nice to know that’s reflected in the characters you encountered. I especially like the image of the guy sitting down in Tolstoy’s stream and emerging completely green. I am glad to know that bicycling is inconsistent with Christian ideals. By any chance, have you ever read The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco? Best murder mystery I’ve read and perhaps certain parallels with your “investigation.”

Also, do you like banana cream pie? A friend just made one for me and I am trying to share it before I eat it all.

]]> By: Mike http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/01/15/was-tolstoy-murdered/comment-page-1/#comment-844 Mike Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:53:00 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/01/15/was-tolstoy-murdered/#comment-844 Ditto Ori. It was hilarious, but the ending I found too sudden, so I hope you publish a monograph one day. [I know what you're thinking, but have you read Robert Dessaix's Twilight of Love? It's f—king rubbish. You are a much better writer.] I didn't really think about Single Malt's feelings until I read Paul's comment. He is right. But the fact-checker would have established S.M.'s death, or she would have demanded you excise the faecal contretemps. The autistic fixity-of-purpose of the American fact-checker is famous. Now if only it could be extended from magazine articles to intelligence reports ... Ditto Ori.

It was hilarious, but the ending I found too sudden, so I hope you publish a monograph one day. [I know what you're thinking, but have you read Robert Dessaix's Twilight of Love? It's
f—king rubbish. You are a much better writer.]

I didn’t really think about Single Malt’s feelings until I read Paul’s comment. He is right. But the fact-checker would have established S.M.’s death, or she would have demanded you excise the faecal contretemps. The autistic fixity-of-purpose of the American fact-checker is famous.

Now if only it could be extended from magazine articles to intelligence reports …

]]> By: ochlos http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/01/15/was-tolstoy-murdered/comment-page-1/#comment-843 ochlos Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:57:37 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2009/01/15/was-tolstoy-murdered/#comment-843 Dear Elif, I read your Harper's piece with immense enjoyment. Forgive me for saying that it reminded me in several ways of W.G. Sebald. It is the best compliment I can come up with. I look forward to reading more from you. Dear Elif,
I read your Harper’s piece with immense enjoyment. Forgive me for saying that it reminded me in several ways of W.G. Sebald. It is the best compliment I can come up with. I look forward to reading more from you.

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