Academic novels came up in Literary Criticism today. I brought up the fact that I have tried to read Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis... tried very hard... based on two very heartfelt recommendations. One of them was from a professor in the book that I got in high school that basically consisted of a bunch of lists of all these books that professors from a variety of colleges recommended. The other was from Hugh Grant.
I wanted to know what my professor's thoughts on Lucky Jim were; if he could persuade me to read it. I sort of wanted to like Kingsley Amis, even though I've only ever liked him in moments. (But when I like him, I really like him! Gah! So conflicted!)
My professor's response? "That does not speak well of Hugh Grant."
Then...
"Kingsley Amis, pssh... Lucky Jim is not that great of a book."
I FEEL SO VALIDATED. I LOVE THIS CLASS. And then we talked about Nietzsche!
But I have to say--I love all of my classes this semester. It's a good year.
1 comment:
It's kind of like Narnia 2(Disney), It wasn't that great, but what worked, really worked.
IMHO it should have been a PG13 instead of a barely-there PG.
(If the Harry Potter series can go in that direction why can't Narnia?)
"Let me get this straight: You think that your client, one of the wealthiest, most powerful men in the world, is secretly a vigilante who spends his nights beating criminals to a pulp with his bare hands. And your plan is to blackmail this person? Good luck. (Other man chuckles pathetically)"
Your Bro (the biological one)
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