happy belated birthday Cliff! funny to hear Bolaño mentioned because i’ve discovered he may be my favourite author this year. love your 2666 review

@BetterThanFoodBookReviews

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a bunch for all!

@fabrislemos

2 ай бұрын

Bolaño was a freaking genius

@Tablelegs123

Ай бұрын

Thats the review that got me into the channel and to buy the book and read it! 2666 is so good!

Happy Birthday Cliff, and thank you for reigniting my passion for reading. Live long and prosper.

@BetterThanFoodBookReviews

2 ай бұрын

My pleasure - And you as well, thanks very much.

Love your reviews man. Love that they aren’t all positive all the time like some other KZread reviewers. Always giving it to us straight. Life is too short to read books that aren’t for us and you convey that well.

Yes!! Spot on. I’ve read about a half dozen of his novels and ‘Cecil Taylor’ is amongst his strongest works. The last line of that short story will stick with me forever; it is a magnificent dismount. Your observation about Aira’s air of improv is accurate to what he reports his writing style to be- he often writes a page a day with little connective tissue to the previous days work. I think he calls it ‘The Continuum’. Brain is foggy, and he might be full of shit. Would be curious to hear what you think about ‘The Hare’: his wild goose chase novel that is absurd, but reigns in *some* of Aira’s ponderous tendencies for the sake of a coherent narrative. Good stuff as always.

@clumsydad7158

2 ай бұрын

That is an interesting concept/conceit ... i'm just thinking if a movie was made that way, essentially a string of blip narratives/concepts loosely evolving, 'extemporaneously' strung together ... a jarring yet stimulating sequencing of things.

Happy Birthday, my brother from another mother!

@BetterThanFoodBookReviews

2 ай бұрын

Thanks very much!

@littledebby365

2 ай бұрын

heheheh

I enjoy the humble, humorous, and insightful reviews you produce. Keep up the great work, ty.

I just finished How I became a Nun this morning. Excellent timing; I’ve been needing some Aira content!

Many happy returns, Cliff!

@BetterThanFoodBookReviews

2 ай бұрын

Thanks very much!🙏

Totally true statements. I first got published at 23. I was so excited. I got the magazine and read my story. Then I read my heroes and realized I sounded like a florid prick. I spent 15 years writing and rewriting and rewriting and destroying every story. Six years ago I got to the point where I didn't hate my work. Since then I've had around 15-20 stories and selections of poetry published in various lit rags. Am I always in love with the works? No. Am I embarrassed by them? No.

Happy Birthday, Clifford. Wish you a lifetime of great reads.

@BetterThanFoodBookReviews

2 ай бұрын

Wishing you the same, thank you very much.

Warm and happy wishes on your Birthday, Cliff! Let you have happiness and good fortune.

@BetterThanFoodBookReviews

2 ай бұрын

Thanks very much

Thanks for your work! Each episode feels like a psychotherapy to me:) Do you have a podcast where you upload all these talks? Would be great to listen it while travelling

Hey, Happy Late-Birthday! Thanks for putting up so much good lit content in youtube. A few years ago, I had started reading "The Savage Detectives" by Bolaño when I started seeing your review of 2666. A minute in, I had decieded to get the book and read it asap. It took me a while to finish TSD, after which I read Amuelet and some short stories before 2666. Wildest ride I had while reading a book. (Cool side note: My philosophy prof saw me reading 2666 before her class and actually told me I had permision to skip her class if I ever had to decide between showing up or finishing the book.) Anyways, I get what you mean with Aira's short stories. Some really good stories, some stories that seam more like an anecdote or a joke written in a "literary style". I have a copy of Aira en español. One of the few birthday gifts I got from my dad.

@BetterThanFoodBookReviews

2 ай бұрын

My pleasure, that’s awesome. I gotta review more Bolaño. That’s very cool your Dad gifted you the Aira.

Congrats on reaching Dantes midway point! Also, thank you for inspiring me to spend a bunch of the upcoming rent money on glorious literature! Fuck the landlord!

Happy birthday and many thanks for spreading the love for Latin American literature

@BetterThanFoodBookReviews

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a bunch! My pleasure.

We share the same the birthday week and literary tastes Undeniable proof of astrology

Happy Birthday dude!

@BetterThanFoodBookReviews

2 ай бұрын

Thanks very much!

happy birthday cliff! been meaning to ask have you ever read Anna Kavan?

@BetterThanFoodBookReviews

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Funny you should mention, I just started 'Ice' and am going to review for patrons. Thanks for the rec.

Happy 35. 35 is good. Far better than season 34. Enjoy.

@BetterThanFoodBookReviews

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

i mean, the human condition is the balance between taking things seriously and not taking things seriously. or as was said, amusing ourselves, but not amusing ourselves to death. it's about culture and directionality; are we getting better as a species? hopefully, and although we deeply know ourselves, we barely know ourselves. the human experiment

I have a reading recommendation, bit different but I think you’ll enjoy it. Simians, Cyborgs and Women by Donna J. Haraway (it’s non fiction though and I’m not recommending it to make you film a video I just think you should read it if you haven’t).

I think she likes you