archives for Wednesday 13 June 2007
melville’s ambiguities
Wednesday 13 June 2007 | I like a cookie
When woken at 5:30 by the cat’s breathing intently upon me, I finish Pierre, Or the Ambiguities, reeling from its florid conclusion, body count exceeding that of Hamlet, yet won over by Melville’s original hysterical-realist prose. On the last page is tacked a bright yellow post-it: “THANKS—Cormac.” So the Librarian must’ve loaned it out to [...]
