From: "janetcantor37 AT yahoo.com" <janetcantor37 AT yahoo.com>
To: "percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org" <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [percy-l] Moviegoer-Ch 5; Response to Janet
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 11:26:55 +0000 (UTC)
I was so interested in Leonard's responses here. It is always fun to see how people read the same thing and react in their own personal ways. And that is part of what makes a writer great, isn't it? Every reader may get something different or notice different things.
Ordinary books can be read for distraction and pleasure but for ordinary books every reader will read the same book. Reading Percy is different for each reader.
I was not aware that The Moviegoer has ever fallen out of favor because when I came upon it, it was named as one of the major books of the 20th century.
It is still a marvel to read, so I am glad that the Percy List exists to keep interest in it going.
Thank you, Leonard for your observations.
Janet
On Monday, August 12, 2024, 06:05:19 AM EDT, Percy-L Listserv Manager <percy.listserv.manager AT gmail.com> wrote:
I am forwarding to the reading group the below post contributed* by **Leonard
Hughes* in response to Janet's opening post on MG Chapter Five in case it