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About meI am a writer, a novelist. Author of THE VIRGIN KNOWS. My new book is THE FIDDLE CASE.

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Having said that some of the blah is quite good, insightful perhaps and surprisingly new age! I was looking through it yesterday, as you put me on the spot, and came across a few pages on aphorisms which were good. However I stand by the thing not cross referencing, the Sitwell is a bit on the rare side and hasn't aged very well. His itinery in Japan in the late 50s now seems less exotic however his sensibilty is suited to the place, he picks up well on the subtleties in the art and order of the japanese. There are some good black and white photos of contemplating-gardens and temples, I don't think he predicts the rise in industry which came shortly after his visit.

posted by armandine2 at 2:33 pm (EST) on Feb 13, 2009

I go to it when I hear an Indian word on the radio and want to read more only to find it isn't in the index. The other day a Indian woman was talking about a scene where she saw a "dull'itd" unblocking a sewer and she said this "dull'itd" was an untouchable. So I go to the book half hoping the word to be there. Its not, but there is something on the four main castes, blah, blah, blah. I guess its a bit academic and a bit dry and quite superficial as it covers everything, not unlike Henry Mayhew but without any testimony, as far as I can see.

posted by armandine2 at 8:32 am (EST) on Feb 9, 2009

The dark underbelly of the New Age movement, sounds like you had your work cut out for you there....fascinated with the library of which I share only the dark underbelly of Italia, which wasn't so much dark as disorganiized if I remember correctly. I haven't completed my upload on to this infernal machine so it doesn't appear on my list...which got me thinking of what book, on my list, which you too have but haven't put on yours...looking what you put up I thought it might be Sitwell's Observations in Japan, a long shot perhaps. The flaw in my thinking I guess comes from my scattergun approach to the upload where as you I imagine have been clearer.

posted by armandine2 at 1:08 pm (EST) on Jan 31, 2009

I've just read The Fiddle Case and loved it. Thanks a lot for writing it, I admire you. How did you get the inspiration? It feels like non-fiction even though it's a novel.

posted by lydiasbooks at 9:22 pm (EST) on Dec 28, 2008

Thank you - I will look for it!

posted by TheBlindHog at 7:10 pm (EST) on Oct 8, 2008

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