Mainly reading Tom Mccarthy's Remainder. excellent.
Just finished J.M Coetzee's Diary of a bad year. good ruse. typical JC sad and sorry style infused with intellect. Shades of Nabokov with metafictional tendency and old man love young girl dynamic.
On the train, finished Mark Kurlansky's Non-violence (A history of a dangerous idea.) Short, punchy and to the point. Good history. I'd like to re-read a few times just to fix it in.
Have started Barak Obama's Audacity of Hope but already flagging.
Also started reading the Bible. Am on chapter 32 of Genesis. Strange tales these people tell. Where's the magic or spirituality?
Enjoyed The Passion on BBC over Easter. Very appropriate. Jesus Aryan and patronising. Disciples weak and moping.
Saw Diary of the Dead. Horrendous. Just really poor. Was difficult to take. Makes Land of the Dead look like a masterpiece. I do really like Land of the Dead though.
Lines to reflect
I want Jesus to touch me.
If I was a girl I wouldn't just want to be desired. I know that men desire me. I know that I am vulnerable to men's desire. I want to look at you and know that you desire me. I want to see it in how you look at me. Not like a crazed lecher but with tender, piercing eyes that I want above all others.
