I have been trying desperately to find Un Peuple et Son Roi online- I think I will just have to wait and buy the DVD like a good citizen. :(
I hope this doesn’t come off weird, but I have heard (in the comments) that you are planning to write for NaNoWriMo? It is possible to read it somewhere and review it? I would love to read more of your work! (Of course, if you don’t want to, it’s one hundred percent okay! Original work always feels more private and secretive, as I understand when I did NaNoWriMo myself.) In any way, good luck on your writing!
I know what you mean about Un Peuple et Son Roi. I keep waiting for it to be screened here, but I think I'll wind up having to wait as well.
As for NaNoWriMo, planning is probably the best word. I'm going to finish L'Automne before I start on any new projects, so I may wind up starting late or turning it into a separate project. Of course, you'd be more than welcome to read it- I'm honoured that you're interested, in fact. I should mention that it's a wildly different genre- I'm writing a political mystery/thriller involving an ex-vigilante who begins murdering some of the most powerful members of society in order to expose their participation in systemic injustice/corruption. There's not a huge amount of detail, and no sexual violence or anything like that, but I also understand that crime fiction isn't everyone's cup of tea.
(Speaking of novels- I'm up to Waterloo in Les Misérables. I'm loving it so far, to put it mildly, and its eerie and rather depressing how much of it still rings true today).
This sounds just great! I would be definitely be happy to read it if you ever decide to write it- I am sure you will master these different genres with grace. The premise looks amazing, really, have you ever thought of publishing your work? I understand the difficulties (have worked with the publishing industry in the past; it’s messy), but I would find it wonderful if your work could reach a larger audience. Wish you best of luck on that front!
Wow, you read so fast! I am mildly dyslexic and a slow reader, so that brick took me nearly a year. The preface itself sets the depressing tone (So long as there shall exist, etc.), but it does convey a somewhat hopeful message, I believe. As long as you don’t count the dead. Really, to hell with Hugo’s obsession to kill off characters for the sake of criticism for systemic oppression. >:(
His digression from the plot to a lengthy description of Waterloo never fails me, though, it’s as if all French Romantics can’t settle on their writing without some sort of glorified/romanticized past from the distant future.
The premise looks amazing, really, have you ever thought of publishing your work?
Thank you! I love writing, but I have a very bad habit of dropping works when they don't work out the way that I want them to- I guess I'm something of a perfectionist! If I can get past that, I'd love to try to publish. Somehow fanfic is easier, I think, because it forces me to focus chapter by chapter whereas the size of a novel can bog me down.
His digression from the plot to a lengthy description of Waterloo never fails me, though, it’s as if all French Romantics can’t settle on their writing without some sort of glorified/romanticized past from the distant future.
Yes, I just finished that part- though his meditation on the use of the word merde after the battle is possibly one of the funniest, touching sort of scenes I've ever read. As odd as this sounds, culturally it's very Australian as well- we tend here to have a habit of making very blunt, short responses to absolute disasters, so funnily enough I found it very relatable.
That’s wonderful! And I totally agree with you, I have written plenty of work that was left unfinished as well. The perfectionist part is highly unrelatable though- when I am ashamed of something I wrote I basically leave them rot in my draft folder or just publish it and make the readers decide on the ratio of 1-10 how bad it is. Whatever you choose, best of luck for you!
Also, on Les Mis: It’s so lovely to see someone liking that Waterloo subplot! I suppose that you will probably enjoy the infamous Parisian Sewers Critics as well- it’s just such a wonderfully long novel, you can always find some funny things even though they are not intended that way. (See: all of Marius Pontmercy). Again, thank you for sharing! I wonder if you would like to discuss on another platform than AO3 comment section? Perhaps email? If you want, of course!
I wonder if you would like to discuss on another platform than AO3 comment section? Perhaps email? If you want, of course!
Oh, of course- I'd be delighted to (which reminds me: I always find it odd that AO3 doesn't have some sort of messaging feature). I'm jbosman at protonmail dot com . I would have suggested it earlier, but I'm never good at asking these things.
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