tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534509012046591314.post2198035014581257047..comments2023-11-05T10:11:31.578+00:00Comments on Just William's Luck: John Burnside InterviewWilliam Rycrofthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15056188088340973039noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534509012046591314.post-9855582129048053382011-10-16T00:00:47.761+01:002011-10-16T00:00:47.761+01:00Thanks for the comment Matthew and I'm really ...Thanks for the comment Matthew and I'm really pleased you liked the interview. The Summer of Drowning really is fantastic isn't it? I was very disappointed not to see it on the Booker list this year. I think Burnside is the kind of writer who will see his name on that list at some point in the not too distant future.William Rycrofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056188088340973039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534509012046591314.post-6318069426815797722011-10-12T10:36:56.256+01:002011-10-12T10:36:56.256+01:00Hi Will - wow what an interview!
I just finished...Hi Will - wow what an interview! <br /><br />I just finished The Summer of Drowning and thought it was a truly extraordianry book. <br /><br />I was particularly interested to see Burnside listing Wise Blood as a book he considered to be a little forgotten. It's one of my all-time favourites. <br /><br />I've blogged about The Summer of Drowning too with some Norwegian music addedd...<br /><br />http://bookselector.blogspot.com/2011/10/summer-of-drowning.htmlMatthewhttp://www.bookselector.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534509012046591314.post-86689968129339999302011-08-06T11:38:08.482+01:002011-08-06T11:38:08.482+01:00Thanks for commenting Jenny and so glad to hear th...Thanks for commenting Jenny and so glad to hear that you enjoyed A Summer Of Drowning. Have you read any other Burnside books?William Rycrofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056188088340973039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534509012046591314.post-44325544216258409372011-08-03T22:43:27.009+01:002011-08-03T22:43:27.009+01:00Just been absorbed by brilliant concepts of time,p...Just been absorbed by brilliant concepts of time,poignant detailed descriptions,complex character studies and brilliant text both narrative and descriptive. I was completely enveloped by a special and seamless ambience of Norway, taken to poetic heights: 'A Summer of Drowning'.<br />Thank goodness you went back to it John!!Jenny Exleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534509012046591314.post-8079063775062808202009-08-25T19:16:00.313+01:002009-08-25T19:16:00.313+01:00Thanks for the quote and link Maria. I'm glad ...Thanks for the quote and link Maria. I'm glad you liked it.William Rycrofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056188088340973039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534509012046591314.post-32032285774545838592009-08-25T01:07:24.761+01:002009-08-25T01:07:24.761+01:00Hey, just wanted to thank you for this great inter...Hey, just wanted to thank you for this great interview, and let you know I quoted it on my blog. capitolcougar.blogspot.com.Sally Wildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14818000777385527996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534509012046591314.post-39790003985711225352009-08-06T20:56:16.440+01:002009-08-06T20:56:16.440+01:00I was thrilled when John got back to me and even h...I was thrilled when John got back to me and even happier when he gave such interesting and considered answers to my questions. I'm incredibly grateful to him for giving me the time to pass things back and forth a bit, it really helped to probe a little deeper into his thoughts on certain things.<br /><br />I think your reaction to his fiction is a fairly honest and I would think typical one. I felt something similar although I read back on his earlier writing after reading Living Nowhere. The three books you have bought since are all very rewarding reads and show a genuine development in his fiction (and the quality of his memoir). I hope you enjoy them.William Rycrofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15056188088340973039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534509012046591314.post-27477767650730579252009-08-06T08:14:22.131+01:002009-08-06T08:14:22.131+01:00Great interview, William, and quite a coup!
My ex...Great interview, William, and quite a coup!<br /><br />My experience of Burnside is initial enthusiasm, for <em>The Dumb House</em> when it came out, followed by alienation (<em>The Mercy Boys</em>, for someone with a fondness for BleakLit, was just too goddamn depressing) and ultimately disappointment (with <em>The Locust Room</em>, which I didn't much like, though looking back I can see that it was a very interesting take on a potentially hackneyed subject).<br /><br />However. I have recently begun a reacquaintance with his stuff, mainly by buying up his more recent stuff - <em>A Lie About My Father, The Devil's Footprints, Glister</em> - without actually taking the step of diving in and reading them. I will hasten to do so now.John Selfhttp://theasylum.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com