The Magic of Murdoch

[nirinia]

Murdoch is magical when she is at her best: a hundred pages can pass, and I sit with bated breath. Looking up only when the spell is broken and it is no longer as wonderful. Mischa's party for instance – still in The Flight from the Enchanter – kept me so wrapped up I didn't hear mum telling me, four times, dinner was ready. She has what Nabokov called shamanstvo, "the enchanter quality". The Sea, the Sea had the same thing. These occasional, brilliant, breath-taking scenes. It's just that there is so much in-between I have to force myself to take interest in.

Comments

[kriwik.livejournal.com]

Alex? Are you reading (a hundred pages?!) Murdoch while you should be preparing for your exam? :P

[nirinia.livejournal.com]

Not now, now I'm being all productive and concentrated (I'm taking a break as I write this, not to worry). I have a huge Powerpoint presentation, with way too many slides and no actual script yet. I read Murdoch yesterday, when I let the assignment simmer for a while, before doing anything.

Now all I have to do is make a script of sorts/find out what I'm going to babble uncontrolledly about when, make sure the powerpoint isn't so huge, and find out how on earth I can get around the daft phrasing in assignment c). And I wish I hadn't passed up Katrine's offer to go get drunk.

I envy you.

[nirinia.livejournal.com]

But I have cider, so now all's well.

[kriwik.livejournal.com]

Hehe, if you wanna go get drunk tomorrow, or any time for that matter, call me!