tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179467970019405983.post9185654288421273122..comments2023-12-29T23:29:09.750+00:00Comments on ecopunks: The Pillar of Cloud by Francis StuartTony Bailiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17747493009715601398noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179467970019405983.post-52567038366253558792009-02-08T12:32:00.000+00:002009-02-08T12:32:00.000+00:00John, this one of Stuart's better books and worth ...John, this one of Stuart's better books and worth reading. I have a copy of Céline's 'Journey To The End Of Night' which I have only really dipped into, but as you say I think there are similarities.Tony Bailiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747493009715601398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6179467970019405983.post-78548917734097487612009-02-07T03:26:00.000+00:002009-02-07T03:26:00.000+00:00I have this on my shelf, unread, but your review r...I have this on my shelf, unread, but your review reminds me of Céline's fiction from this same period. They're similarly marginalized, self-destructive, congenitally rebellious (if not in the left-liberal approved way the academy and the literati lean towards themselves) writers caught up in Nazi and then Allied-occupied Europe. Perplexingly, they insist on the contrary stand. Willingly or not, half-wanting to court destruction, half-yearning for redemption, they linger longer for me than safer, more circumspect or calculating authors lionized by the chattering classes.John L. Murphy / "Fionnchú"https://www.blogger.com/profile/16616876266772470719noreply@blogger.com