#Penelope Fitzgerald

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Books Read in July:

1). Directions to Myself: A Memoir of Four Years (Heidi Julavits)

2). Bluets (Maggie Nelson)

3). Essays in Love: A Novel (Alain de Botton)

4). The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning (Maggie Nelson)

5). Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains (Alexa Hagerty)

6). Margot (Wendell Steavenson)

7). An Alphabet for Gourmets (M.F.K. Fisher)

8). My Documents (Alejandro Zambra)

9). Planet of Clay (Samar Yazbek)

10). The Leaving Season: A Memoir in Essays (Kelly McMasters)

11). Offshore (Penelope Fitzgerald)

12). Encounter (Milan Kundera)

13). Housekeeping (Marilynne Robinson)

14). Gingerbread (Helen Oyeyemi)

15). A Small Place (Jamaica Kincaid)

16). Where I Was From (Joan Didion)

[bonnielunkas]

finished with the rewrite ref sheets!!

surprise!! the phone killed almost a dozen children <3

i was debating on letting people know if rodger was purple guy and eventually i just said fuck it, we're gonna be upfront about it

[yukalipaginaliteraria]

PENELOPE FITZGERALD, por Concha Vallejo

Cuando vi La Librería, magnífica película adaptada del original y dirigida por Isabel Coixet, mi pensamiento se dirigió inmediatamente hacia la novela del mismo título y sobre todo hacia su autora, la escritora inglesa Penelope Fitzgerald, a quien considero merece la pena conocer. Penelope Fitgerald (1916-2000) novelista, poetisa, ensayista y biógrafa inglesa, ganadora del Premio Booker 1979,…

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LIBRO 47 - LA LIBRERÍA - PENELOPE FITZGERALD

25 de noviembre 2023 -La librería, publicada en inglés con el título original The Bookshop, es una novela de Penelope Fitzgerald. El libro estuvo nominado para el Premio Booker, ​ distinción que ganó en 1979 con su novela A la deriva, titulada originalmen

Novela finalista del Booker Prize, «La librería» es una delicada aventura tragicómica, una obra maestra de la entomología librera. Florence Green vive en un minúsculo pueblo costero de Suffolk que en 1959 está literalmente apartado del mundo, y que se caracteriza justamente por «lo que no tiene». Florence decide abrir una pequeña librería, que será la primera del pueblo. Adquiere así un edificio…

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"The Bookshop" by Penelope Fitzgerald

Well, I finished reading this last night and thought I would share. I loved Florence Green in this book. She was a character with courage………she had enough gumption to open up a bookshop where she did, despite the fact that she was met with some resistance. I also liked Mr. Brundish because he seemed to be the only person who was somewhat supportive of her endeavor to open a bookshop, even though…

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If any of you are wondering, I’m thinking Leon as Raven, Matthew as Florence? But then where does Connor go? Perhaps Connor as Florence, and Matthew as Christine Gipping’s parent? I forget her parents names but you get the gist

Heavily considering writing a mcmattdrai fic based on the bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald… the implications of this is that I am an English major stereotype. And also that I feel like a lit nerd double. Literature nerd x2. Literature nerd squared.

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Obsessed with the fact that Odysseus called Penelope “his weirdo” like yes that’s very married behavior of them

[soulscaptured]

@miidnighters ( for isaac! )

penelope feels bad — she does. she always does, when she follows someone around like this, but she's just so fascinated and it's really only second nature; really, it comes as naturally to her as breathing.

she takes interest in someone and soon they're all she can think about. ( being in their company, even two doors down or just barely a few feet away, is the thrill of a lifetime. )

isaac is no exception. ( he's so warm and kind and handsome beyond words. ) she sits at a table by the window in the coffee shop he's in that happens to naturally face in his direction and she steals glances at him as she obsessively records his behavior; no drink or laptop, just her old jansport backpack and a moleskin, excitement holding her body completely upright.

[artunderwraps]

Why are three millennia year old poems so epic

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I mentioned in a couple posts, including in Lita's bio, that Lita has a crush on Penny, and I even included in one of said posts that Penny does eventually break up with Gumball in my story and eventually starts to date Lita....... Why do I bring this up? Because I just now thought of a scene idea relating to this QwQ

Foe the record, what I'm about to describe here is loosely inspired by a scene that I heard apparently happens in the book Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas (I should mention that this book is currently on my TBR, and I only know about this scene thanks to Booktok spoiling it for me lol), but I was listening to the Apocalyptica cover of Nothing Else Matters as this scene came to my head and I felt the need to share it here QwQ

So..... Imagine this happene maybe shortly after Penny breaks up with Gumball, but maybe at this point she hasn't yet realized her feelings for Lita, only that she doesn't feel the way she used to feel about Gumball anymore and just wants to be friends with him. She and Lita have definitely been getting closer as friends, and it's probably around this time that Lita is going through something really rough and just needs a lot of support from her friend. Since the two have met, Lita has also been introducing Penny to a lot of her favorite musicians and bands, one such band being Apocalyptica. Now, usually Penny isn't the biggest fan of these types of bands, normally she prefers artists like Taylor Swift or Kelly Clarkson, but when Lita lends Penny one particular album, Penny decides to give it a listen anyway..... And that night, while she listens to the CD in her room, she comes across the melodic cover they did of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters", and..... Penny honestly just can't believe her ears at how beautiful the music is, she probably listens to the song through her headphones on repeat at least 5 times QwQ That's how much she loves it!

Anyway, at some point after Penny borrowed that CD from Lita, she and Gumball break up, and Lita is going through a rough patch in her life (what she's going through at this time is currently up for debate), and Penny wants to do something special to help support her best friend..... then she remembers the upcoming talent show at Elmore Junior High and comes up with an idea, remembering how she also used to take ballet lessons when she was younger.

Cut to Friday night at the school, and the auditorium is filled with school staff and the parents who's kids are participating in the talent show. Each of the kids who signed up either do sing a song, dance to a popular pop song of some sort, one kid probably tries to mimic the dance Napoleon Dynamite did in the movie, whatever you can think of that a middle schooler would do for a talent show. Lita is in the audience the whole time watching, too depressed to participate but she came anyway because she wanted to support Penny in her act..... Then finally, the final act of the show comes, that being Penny. When it's her turn, the lights dim down, and Penny takes center stage before the music starts to play.... Some people don't know the song, others recognize from the tune that it's a cover of the Metallica song (Patrick and Judith immediately recognize it's a cover as they were both Metallica fans in their youth, but they wonder where their daughter heard this cover exactly), and only Lita is the one to recognize that it's the Apocalyptica version from the CD she let Penny borrow a while ago.....

At that moment, Penny begins a slow, steady and beautiful ballet dance that matches to the song that's playing, one that captivates everyone in the audience, especially Lita as she realizes why Penny is doing this performance, that she's doing this for her and is telling her "I'm here for you, Lita. Don't ever forget that."...... Lita just doesn't know what to say at this point, and just silently sits there trying not to let tears fall from how overwhelmed she is by the support of her best friend...... In that moment, Lita can't help but think how happy she is that out of all the kids in Elmore she met when she and Stella moved there, that Penny is the one who became her very first friend. And when the curtains close and the show ends, and everyone is telling Penny what an amazing dance she did, Lita immediately goes up to her and hugs her before thanking her for the dance, telling her she knows exactly what she was trying to tell her through that dance QwQ

Incase anyone is wondering, here's the song Penny was dancing to for Lita;

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“‘I don’t think you should take everything Dr Matthews says on trust,’ said Fred with an effort. ‘He’s a writer of fiction, as of course you know.’

‘Yes,’ said Professor Flowerdew doubtfully. ‘He must find it very confusing.’”

[bonnielunkas]

back at it w some more rewrite art!! this time the phone dude, jacob scott, and some minigame-y sprites for everyone!! ( including characters i have yet to make refs for, yippee!! )

( for reference ; rodger is phone guy!! penelope and ceaser are two of jeremy and fritz's coworkers!! penelope is also jeremy's big sister :] )

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Just finished my first book of 2024!

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LOVED the Vengeance saga, hated Calypso's song I'm sorry

**is being creepy and obsessive over a man who's clearly in distress and doesn't like her, as well as she ACTIVELY keeps him on her island for SEVEN YEARS against his will** "W-Well my love is just too much for you"

I get she didn't rape him in EPIC, but she was still terrible towards him and washing down to "her love was just too much for him" is a bit iffy to me :((

Honestly? I think "I'm Not Sorry For Loving You" is actually fantastic in showing HOW Manipulative and selfish she is.

She's doing a "Woe is me" with her loneliness, she is still somewhat putting the "blame" on Odysseus with her "My love being too much for you, sorry that you can't handle it", when it's straight up not taking no for an answer, she even constantly speaks over Odysseus. Yeah, she's "not sorry".

Even with her beautiful voice, (wonderful job Barbara Wangui!) and sweet melody, it's like she IS supposed to be this "perfect paradise, song, goddess, etc."

What really bothers me is Epic Odysseus' "I love you...Just not in the way you want me to".

I think there either needs to be more apprehension in his voice when he says that. Maybe even in Calypso's tangent, he realizes "oh shit, she's making the island do shit. oh think quick to calm her down." and then having to say "Not in the way you want me to." to still make it clear that he's leaving.

I hope we get an explanation from Jay for his wording here? Because while Odysseus did appreciate Calypso helping him heal and recover from being at sea without food and water for a while AND most likely injuries in general, like...He Never loved her.

In some ways, I almost wish we got a bit more of the Odyssey for his answer. As Calypso, basically mocks Penelope and "why do you wanna go back to her? She will age and I won't. this place is perfect. I am perfect."

And then Odysseus being like "...You're an immortal goddess, ofc, she can't compare to you. She will age and go old. But I will stop at nothing to get back home. I've already been through so much shit, if it means going home, I can go through more."

[...] But if you only knew, down deep, what pains you’d stay right here, preside in our house with me and be immortal. Much as you long to see your wife, the one you pine for all your days … and yet I just might claim to be nothing less than she, neither in face nor figure. Hardly right, is it, for mortal woman to rival immortal goddess? How, in build? in beauty?” “Ah great goddess,” worldly Odysseus answered, “don’t be angry with me, please. All that you say is true, how well I know. Look at my wise Penelope. She falls far short of you, your beauty, stature. She is mortal after all and you, you never age or die … Nevertheless I long—I pine, all my days— to travel home and see the dawn of my return. And if a god will wreck me yet again on the wine-dark sea, I can bear that too, with a spirit tempered to endure. Much have I suffered, labored long and hard by now in the waves and wars. Add this to the total— bring the trial on!”

(Book 5, Fagles)

Puttng in Fitzgerald's too because I wike it :3

"[...] If you could see it all, before you go -All the adversity you face at sea- you would stay here, and guard this house, and be immortal- though you've wanted her forever, that bride for whom you pine each day. Can I be less desirable than she is? Less interesting? Less beautiful? Can mortals compare with goddesses in grace and form?" To this the strategist Odysseus answered: "My lady goddess, here is no cause for anger. My quiet Penelope-- how well I know--would seem a shade before your majesty, death and old age being unknown to you, while she must die. Yet, it is true, each day I long for home, long for the sight of my home. If any god has marked me out again for shipwreck, my tough heart can undergo it. What hardship have I not long since endured at sea, in battle! Let the trial come."

Even his usage of just simply defending Penelope by saying "My Wise Penelope" and how he's still saying "Yep! You are a goddess! Penelope is mortal... I'm still going home!"

This is something I find interesting with Epic Odysseus on Ogygia: After he speaks of Penelope the first few times in "Love in Paradise". He doesn't really talk about her on Ogygia again. Even at the ending of "Love in Paradise", when he's about to "close his eyes", he doesn't speak of Penelope or anything. Which is like, his one driving force for living at this point, in the Odyssey and the Musical. He's just wracked by grief, when it's mostly the fact that he's fucking TRAPPED and can't leave to go HOME.

It makes me wonder if for Epic Odysseus, he is trying to not mention Penelope as much to keep Calypso's anger at bay. Especially when you think of how in the source material, Calypso mocks Penelope and he has to carefully word things to not anger her as a goddess yet still make it clear that he will leave. He wants to leave and he doesn't care if there's more shit he has to deal with. He has to try.

Or maybe it's a spell of some sort. idk. Especially as we have Odysseus once more singing about Penelope and how much he longs for her once he's off Ogygia. Just a thought :P

I almost get this weird vibe that Epic is making Circe more of a "villain" than Calypso (which yes. Circe did coerce Odysseus in the Odyssey and was trying to in Epic. I literally wrote a whole essay about it.) But like, in comparison, Circe in Epic is not nearly as bad as Calypso in Epic. Same in the Odyssey. Like Circe DOES eventually become an "ally" after Odysseus begs her to let him leave, Calypso had to be FORCED to let him go. IN BOTH EPIC AND THE ODYSSEY.

idk. funky feelings :/