From: owner-harbinger-digest@smoe.org (harbinger-digest) To: harbinger-digest@smoe.org Subject: harbinger-digest V5 #143 Reply-To: harbinger@smoe.org Sender: owner-harbinger-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-harbinger-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk harbinger-digest Wednesday, September 6 2000 Volume 05 : Number 143 HARBINGER DIGEST To post, mail harbinger@smoe.org To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger-digest To get list info file, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info harbinger-digest Today's Subjects: ---------------- Re: (harbinger) The Book Of Ruth [Brian C ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 11:34:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian C Subject: Re: (harbinger) The Book Of Ruth Where is Saint Quentin from? - -b - --- Kenneth Carpenter wrote: > Just so there isn't any confusion, this post isn't > about my phantom website. > That's going to be The Book Of Dorothy and I don't > want to talk about it > right now. It has now become my new fall/winter > project. We'll see if my > time, money and patience hold out. ;^) > > Instead, this post is about _The Book Of Ruth_, > which is a novel by Jane > Hamilton. I bought this book a few years ago and > only just now got around > to reading it. > > I know... you're wondering 'what in the world does > this have to do with > Paula Cole?' Well, it doesn't have any direct > correlation to Paula. So, if > you're only tuning in to the list and my post > looking for the hard cold > Paula facts, please feel free to hit the delete key > now. I'll contribute > something in that vein sometime soon, but I want to > share something with the > literary types who hang around the list. > > I just finished reading _The Book Of Ruth_ this week > and I was blown away by > its power. Knowing that a lot of you are familiar > not only with Paula's > music but are also fans of Anne Tyler, Alice Hoffman > and Zora Neale Hurston, > I want to recommend this book to you all. It's > similar in subject matter, > tone and mood to some of those artists' works, but I > don't think I've read > anything as pure or honest as this story since I was > in fourth grade and my > teacher read _The Bridge To Terebithia_ to the > class. > > Don't misunderstand... _The Book Of Ruth_ is not a > children's novel. It's > not a happy, feel-good story. A lot of sad events > transpire. But, to me, > the story is one of truth and thanksgiving. There's > some kind of innocence > in the way the story is told and a gentle, winsome > humor, too. Like I said, > it's just so real. To me, this is what honest > writing really is and I can > promise you that you won't often find better > storytelling than this. > > I'm not going to give a synopsis here. You can go > check out Amazon.com for > that. > > As I said earlier, this post isn't specifically > about Paula, but in my mind, > I can see an indirect correlation between some of > her older music and this > book. In fact, once I thought about it more, I > decided to listen to > Harbinger and This Fire and a few demos, etc. last > night to see if my idea > held up under closer scrutiny. For me, it was > almost like having a > soundtrack for the images that went through my mind > while I was reading. > > If you have read this book in the past or if you > decide to take my > recommendation and pick up a copy, try playing these > songs either while > you're reading or after you've finished: > > Bethlehem > Saturn Girl > Night > Carmen > Me > Saint Quentin (it's a rarity but I know at least a > few of you have it) > Dear Gertrude > Last November > The Ladder > > I don't know... maybe you won't see or hear it the > way I did, but I thought > it was a pretty cool experience. I wanted to share > the book with you > anyway. If you do decide to try out the soundtrack > idea, please let me know > about your impressions. > > Kenn > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at > http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own > public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > ------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: > unsubscribe harbinger > > Btw, if you are an AOL subscriber the above > instruction will > work for your EVERY time. > > Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: > http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ - ------------------------------ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe harbinger Btw, if you are an AOL subscriber the above instruction will work for your EVERY time. Digest, further unsub and problems FAQ at: http://www.netaxs.com/~jgreshes/lists/harbinger.html ------------------------------ End of harbinger-digest V5 #143 *******************************