tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post8548938074682328582..comments2024-03-29T00:28:38.155+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Intrepidly IneffectualNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-72837567096924144662009-06-14T11:15:51.698+01:002009-06-14T11:15:51.698+01:00Thanks Patrick - I've read it actually, and en...Thanks Patrick - I've read it actually, and enjoyed it very much. As you say, politically a cretin , but sometimes a wonderful writer. I enjoyed his History of the Siege of Lisbon too. I love that city, and what I've seen of the Portuguese - indeed, Malty, What did they do to deserve us? Or Salazar, come to that...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-23220813563564815522009-06-14T02:44:06.198+01:002009-06-14T02:44:06.198+01:00Thanks for the reminder, Nige. When I interviewed ...Thanks for the reminder, Nige. When I interviewed a Portuguese biologist some years ago, he flowered when I mentioned my admiration of Pessoa. He was proud an American knew the great poet's work. Politically, Jose Saramago is a cretin but I recommend his novel The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis. The eponymous heteronym returns to Portugal after Pesso's death. A wonderful novel.Patrick Kurphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02823306439550418028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-39374550066408006472009-06-13T17:38:46.081+01:002009-06-13T17:38:46.081+01:00Some friends taught English in Lisbon in the late ...Some friends taught English in Lisbon in the late 1970s, from their reenactment of their time there it (apart from the odd Revolução dos Cravos) must have remained a static city since Pessoa's time. They described it as Surbiton with Dao.<br />In the late seventies in the hills north of Lagos a substantial villa complete with a Daimler Benz in the garage could be had for £2000. Hey ho.<br />The Portuguese, being our oldest allies, are a wonderfull people, what on earth have they done to deserve the English.maltyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936465848907794425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-17713454133041460762009-06-13T15:40:06.164+01:002009-06-13T15:40:06.164+01:00Apart from the spelling error, obviously.Apart from the spelling error, obviously.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-80433915465716685802009-06-13T14:33:08.010+01:002009-06-13T14:33:08.010+01:00A sort of "Nuggets from the Portuguese",...A sort of "Nuggets from the Portuguese", then?deariemenoreply@blogger.com