tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post8372458457422429487..comments2024-02-26T02:13:54.009-08:00Comments on Caustic Cover Critic: MatsumotoJRSMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-52905564450264182892009-08-20T15:47:02.988-07:002009-08-20T15:47:02.988-07:00The Hrabals do have erotic elements, though often ...The Hrabals do have erotic elements, though often in the form of an unlikely protagonist finding bliss in the arms of a prostitute.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413291183164140297.post-88837764614996943802009-08-20T13:05:41.859-07:002009-08-20T13:05:41.859-07:00Not sure about the others, but I love the Tanizaki...Not sure about the others, but I love the Tanizaki cover.<br /><br />I've read his Diary of a Mad Old Man, which I thought spectacular, full of suppressed (and not so suppressed) eroticism married to thoughts on aging and appropriate behaviour.<br /><br />I thought the protagonist heroic, refusing to grow old gracefully, my wife thought him a selfish bastard, both of course can be (and probably are) true. <br /><br />Anyway, I can see that cover really fitting a Tanizaki, I'm a bit more surprised to see it attached to a Hrabal, but then I've only read Closely Observed Trains so far and a less erotic book it's hard to imagine.Max Cairnduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456908303542544616noreply@blogger.com