tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post9141815728345780624..comments2023-07-03T09:22:01.637+01:00Comments on tasting rhubarb: We come to bury Chinua AchebeJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-35454190254238820152013-03-23T14:07:40.252+00:002013-03-23T14:07:40.252+00:00Duchess, I don't think Nadine Gordimer is real...Duchess, I don't think Nadine Gordimer is really ever the 'wrong' person to interview, and, yes, she said the right thing: I haven't read much Achebe and I expect (as, poignantly, so often happens), I'll get around to reading more now. Thanks, though, for saying that you had a similar thought - not just me waking up in a particularly jaundiced mood, then... <br /><br />Hope you're not hauling firewood in too much snow - god, this weather!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690685768980280402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3406446365589143789.post-69629813570162064682013-03-23T13:45:05.330+00:002013-03-23T13:45:05.330+00:00I thought somethng similar when I heard the same i...I thought somethng similar when I heard the same interview. But I think, on balance, Gordimer was the right person to interview. I haven't read any of his books, but I expect other listeners, like me, will be picking up Things Fall Apart (for one) in the nexts days and weeks. So NG's plea will, for at little while at least, have some effect.DuchessOmniumhttp://www.duchessomnium.comnoreply@blogger.com