Syncope – loss of sound, consciousness
Oneiric - suggestive of dreams
Chasubles – preist’s robes
Roiled - turbulent
Ineffable – indescribable, overwhelming
Parquet – wooden floor
Linden – tree with fragrant leaves
I shall read Nabakov with help of a dictionary, then my life will be enriched like the post-composted university lawns
The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Prachett, illustrated by Joliffe Gray, is a book written to promote what Pratchett terms the 'Real Cat', a cat who urinates in the flowerbeds, rips up the furniture, eats frogs, mice and sundry other small animals. The opposite of the Real Cat is the 'Fizzy Keg Cat', a well-behaved and bland kind, as seen on cat food advertisements.
What About Me
- Anita Sivakumaran
- I 'write a little everyday, without hope, without despair' as per Isak Dinesen. I like to get the writing done quickly so I can go out to grow veg and play tennis.
2 comments:
God this park ranger guy is pissing off. He's landed up on my blogs too. Nabokov actually quite interesting. But there seems to be a trend of depression amongst these east european/russian authors/philosophers. any explanations? perhaps someone's written a paper on it.
probably something to do with their political history.. tyranny of monarchy followed by tyranny of communism, two world wars, cold war, blah de blah.. i think mainly its coz of communism, when for so many years, freedom of expression was squashed.. though im talking in huge sweeps, the point is, when one is not truly free, whats the point of being clever? and if one is clever, then one can easily perceive how miserable such life can make u right? hence the sadness?
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