Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Clothes

I am at Carribou. I have put twenty dollars on my card and recieved a free drink. But that's not the point.

The fog is starting to lift. I don't have a synopsis just yet. But I'm figuring a thing or two out.

Anthony Powell believes in fashion. The secret key to his masterful 12 volume work, perhaps even his artistic genius as a whole, is clothes.

Description
Widmerpool’s shoes, overcoat, sweater. (4)
Sunny ‘—something about his long legs and narrow trousers suggested horses.’

A Conversation.
Between Lady McReith and Peter:
‘Why aren’t you wearing a clean shirt tonight, Peter?’
‘I thought this one would be clean enough for you.’ (83)

Innovation
Farebrother tries to sell a device which flips back a collar.

A prank. Jimmy Stripling puts a chamber pot in place of Farebrother’s top hat. (97)

Anthony Powell really believes that clothes makes the man.

As a guy who dabbles in writing, it is nice to know that there is another writer who believes in fashion as much as I do.

Saturday, January 07, 2006

I don't know what is going on.

I don't know what is going on.

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Waugh on Powell

Why does Evelyn Waugh feel the need to compare 'Dance to the Music of Time' to Proust? Because they are both multi-volume novels?

Sunday, January 01, 2006

New Years Day. I went to the borders at Beachwood. They had volumes 2, 3 & 4 of Anthnoy Powell's Dance to the Music of Time. But not one.

I was thinking Volume 1 would be a good place to start.

So I drove to Severance. Does my curiosity know no bounds? I don't know. And I don't care to find out.

Man, there were a lot of people at Borders--on new year's day. Losers.