tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post6310790641738300758..comments2023-11-14T13:03:49.351-08:00Comments on Miriam Levine: Responses to PlacesMimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-29794386675565627762009-06-16T16:38:11.538-07:002009-06-16T16:38:11.538-07:00A friend just back from Aix-en-Provence talked abo...A friend just back from Aix-en-Provence talked about Fisher, having read her for the first time. Now a message from you, Susan, a day later. I'll read her again.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-27889801802418787912009-06-15T16:10:36.989-07:002009-06-15T16:10:36.989-07:00I am away from my books, so cannot quote, but as a...I am away from my books, so cannot quote, but as an enduring personal favorite of an evocation of place, I recommend the set of two pieces by MFK Fisher, called Two Towns in Provence, about Aix-en-Provence and Marseilles. Beautifully written.susan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-57721494234181007582009-06-15T06:23:47.018-07:002009-06-15T06:23:47.018-07:00A wonderful comment, Bluedog! I hadn't made t...A wonderful comment, Bluedog! I hadn't made the connection between the escaped convict whom Pip helps and the passage I quoted--the "savage lair." The David Lean film is one of the best films based on a novel.Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13039776441665375475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4712020692687276596.post-34720580061779654452009-06-15T04:32:35.412-07:002009-06-15T04:32:35.412-07:00The paragraph you quote reminded me of the vivid l...The paragraph you quote reminded me of the vivid landscape of the marshes and the starkness that David Lean created in the early scenes of his film, 'Great Expectations." They are some of the most potent that I remember from a life time of movie going and contain all the clues of how the drama will be played out. Pip confronts at an early and disadvantaged age a challenge to his humanity and reveals a sensitivity and moral core that will be rewarded unexpectedly in the remote future. It starts in this elemental, "savage lair" onto which, blown from the sea, comes the miserable -- yet powerful -- prisoner and benefactor.Bluedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090209958019905719noreply@blogger.com