tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post3350072452872743427..comments2024-03-23T06:50:28.304-05:00Comments on PERPETUAL FOLLY: The New Yorker: "The Godchildren" by Tessa HadleyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-75287270513660013772009-11-02T01:26:52.924-05:002009-11-02T01:26:52.924-05:00Read it again. It was more subtle than you and th...Read it again. It was more subtle than you and these commenters saw, especially about the connection between youth and age and the enduring effects of exposure to other values and ways. She has a fine hand with characters and a lucid and complicated way of setting forth not only their nature but their conflicting feelings about themselves in the present and in the past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-22698163491950377362009-10-12T07:05:02.481-05:002009-10-12T07:05:02.481-05:00In fact, it may have happened already. There was o...In fact, it may have happened already. There was one story last year that prompted many widely divergent comments, and there was one that I thought might--just might--have been the author, using a nom de blog.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05886890881221225553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-2153789476240854922009-10-11T21:44:50.045-05:002009-10-11T21:44:50.045-05:00It'll happen eventually, really -- this is the...It'll happen eventually, really -- this is the only New Yorker story discussion site I've been able to find. You'd think the magazine would get an Internet forum at some point, but alas, that would be associating with the rabble.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-69074529994819730382009-10-11T05:57:38.954-05:002009-10-11T05:57:38.954-05:00I don't have any insights to make, I'm afr...I don't have any insights to make, I'm afraid. In fact, I've even forgotten some of the details Cliff mentions although I read the story quite carefully when it came out.<br /><br />But, in terms of the overall merit of the author's New Yorker stories (following on from Ravi's more general opinion), I'd like to point out that "She's the One" was very enthusiastically received on this blog.<br /><br />A rather random comment I'd like to make is that this website seems to get an enormous number of hits (so well done Cliff!)<br /><br />If you pick a New Yorker story and google key characters or the title, then this website tends to show up right near the top of the google search.<br /><br />I'm always hoping to hear the authors chip in to discuss their own work on this site, but I've never seen this happen.<br /><br />Paul EpsteinPaul Epsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14875799188044948632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-70660496882030259792009-10-10T09:35:32.520-05:002009-10-10T09:35:32.520-05:00Can't get into Tessa Hadley stories. As far as...Can't get into Tessa Hadley stories. As far as TNY regulars go, she might be my least favorite.Ravi Manglahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084895750529245159noreply@blogger.com