Life in late capitalism can be vexing, alienating, fragmenting, and otherwise frustrating. There are many wonderful things in my life, but I'm more likely to talk about what's bad rather than what's good. I'm going to try to post one good thing here each day, and if you would join in by adding a good thing from your day in the comments, I'd love it--I'd absolutely love it. --RR
11/3: miss buncle
I'm enjoying Miss Buncle's Book by D. E. Stevenson. I downloaded the Persephone Books Kindle edition last night, so I didn't have to wait for a paper copy to arrive from the UK. Once again, I have to thank Persephone Books for bringing a smile to my face. I chose this book for sheer pleasure, but it turns out that it relates to my research. I am always on the look-out for retellings of ancient myths which change the original genders of the mythological characters; it's a pretty rare phenomenon. Although this novel isn't a full-blown retelling of a myth, Stevenson draws clear parallels between Miss Buncle and Pan--and perhaps you can't switch gender more than by having a middle-aged British lady become a stand-in for the pipe-playing Greek goat god! I love it.
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