May I commend to you
THE PEREGRINE by J A Baker
published by nyrb
It came out in the 60s and I bought it then
I don't know if it changed me blah blah
it did make me in some ways
Haven't seen the copy I had for years and then heard someone refer to it a
few days ago, realised it was on sale again, bought it and started reading
it on the way home
Chapter 2 begins: The hardest thing of all to see is what is really there
OK if you don't want to read a book about essex and peregrines and a man
behaving oddly in a book in which nothing happens except in the man's head
and to various unfortunate small birds, fair enough
do consider it though
it is wonderful writing
i don't think that the teenager that i was appreciated how wonderful it
is, not getting much beyond _peregrine good_ like Frankenstein's creation
in the film
i felt it singing to me last night
*
I am about to try to do 10 days' work in 5 and so *may not be here much
starting now
that could be good because i have been, still am, making a lot of noise
whilst writing elsewhere about how good silence is
but i want to be here and shall if i complete my day's allotment early
or just get bored
post
if i am silent it's nothing anyone has said
cheers
L
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UNFRAMED GRAPHICS by Lawrence Upton
42 pages; A5 paperback; colour cover
Writers Forum 978 1 84254 277 4
wfuk.org.uk/blog
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Lawrence Upton
Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
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