tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post4785312744241648703..comments2024-03-07T18:38:58.284-08:00Comments on kidchamp dot net: laurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03429404210444847213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-15698328092622169472009-01-30T12:50:25.000-08:002009-01-30T12:50:25.000-08:00It may be questionable to count LotR or Narnia as ...It may be questionable to count LotR or Narnia as a single book, but your real clue to that list's bullshit is that it counts as one book Balzac's <i>Comédie Humaine</i>, his life's work of 95 separate novels, two of which (<i>Eugénie Grandet</i> and <i>Le Père Goriot</i>) appear by themselves elsewhere in the list.uncle paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-37352175476989082732009-01-30T13:20:37.000-08:002009-01-30T13:20:37.000-08:00ooh, excellent point. overcompensation for centuri...ooh, excellent point. overcompensation for centuries of francophobia? that could explain <i>bonjour tristesse</i>, too.laurennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3134668.post-27991305398740003872009-02-04T19:17:21.000-08:002009-02-04T19:17:21.000-08:00Sorry, but my favorite howler from this list (the ...Sorry, but my favorite howler from this list (the Balzac is great too) is "The Ragazzi Pier by Paolo Pasolini". You can just picture all the ragazzi hanging out on the pier, can't you? I guarantee you Paolo Pasolini is ogling them from the shore, shouting "Ciao ragazzi!" until one of them pushes him in. And where do you suppose this pier is -- maybe in Naples, like _Accattone_?<br /><br />Just *awesome*.picanoreply@blogger.com