Comments on: My Uncle Napoleon http://www.radioopensource.org/my-uncle-napoleon/ Christopher Lydon in conversation on arts, ideas and politics Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:52:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: davidsmall123 http://www.radioopensource.org/my-uncle-napoleon/#comment-80904 davidsmall123 Sun, 24 May 2009 18:24:13 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=811#comment-80904 Sorry - here's my comment. I thought the book was a sleeper as well. Will check out the Night Owl. David Sorry – here’s my comment. I thought the book was a sleeper as well. Will check out the Night Owl.

David

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]]> By: nother http://www.radioopensource.org/my-uncle-napoleon/#comment-80901 nother Tue, 23 Jan 2007 06:12:09 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=811#comment-80901 I was hoping to get someone’s opinion here. I reached page 300 in this book and can’t get motivated to continue. As I read I can’t stop thinking about the TV show "Dynasty" or the show "Keeping Up Appearances", the follies and tribulations an upper class family. I realize this is the biggest selling book in Iran but I also realize that Danielle Steel sells a lot of books in America. While I like some of the characters, such as Asadollah and Aziz, I don’t feel I know Iranian culture any more than before. I don’t hate the book and if I hear an interesting perspective on it, then I will forge ahead in reading it. I might just need to open up my mind some more. I was hoping to get someone’s opinion here. I reached page 300 in this book and can’t get motivated to continue. As I read I can’t stop thinking about the TV show “Dynasty” or the show “Keeping Up Appearances”, the follies and tribulations an upper class family. I realize this is the biggest selling book in Iran but I also realize that Danielle Steel sells a lot of books in America.

While I like some of the characters, such as Asadollah and Aziz, I don’t feel I know Iranian culture any more than before.

I don’t hate the book and if I hear an interesting perspective on it, then I will forge ahead in reading it. I might just need to open up my mind some more.

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]]> By: hurley http://www.radioopensource.org/my-uncle-napoleon/#comment-80899 hurley Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:10:17 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=811#comment-80899 Zeke: Flattered that you sought out The Blind Owl on my recommendation; delighted you liked it. Thanks for mentioning it. Zeke: Flattered that you sought out The Blind Owl on my recommendation; delighted you liked it. Thanks for mentioning it.

]]> By: zeke http://www.radioopensource.org/my-uncle-napoleon/#comment-80898 zeke Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:46:54 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=811#comment-80898 I just finished Hedeyat's The Blind Owl, which Hurley recommended. It is, indeed, a wonderful contrast to My Uncle Napoleon. I can't tell what to make of it: Hallucination? Opium vision? Allegory? Revolutionary tract? This thread, and exposure to these books and films makes me ponder the way in which we learn about a culture through seeing the kind of things that appeal to them as much as through the specific content of the art itself. I just finished Hedeyat’s The Blind Owl, which Hurley recommended. It is, indeed, a wonderful contrast to My Uncle Napoleon. I can’t tell what to make of it: Hallucination? Opium vision? Allegory? Revolutionary tract?

This thread, and exposure to these books and films makes me ponder the way in which we learn about a culture through seeing the kind of things that appeal to them as much as through the specific content of the art itself.

]]> By: zeke http://www.radioopensource.org/my-uncle-napoleon/#comment-80897 zeke Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:51:32 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=811#comment-80897 A wonderful movie, The Children of Heaven is the flip side of My Uncle Napolean. Earnest where the book is sardonic. Affirmative where the book is ironic. A wonderful movie, The Children of Heaven is the flip side of My Uncle Napolean. Earnest where the book is sardonic. Affirmative where the book is ironic.

]]> By: Potter http://www.radioopensource.org/my-uncle-napoleon/#comment-80896 Potter Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:20:41 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=811#comment-80896 plnelson- I think you discount the effect of propaganda. I can't say anything about the DVD that awaits my attention but I will mention it: "The Children of Heaven" by Majid Majidi. Also on my "to watch" list "the Color of Paradise" by Majidi. Mynocturama and slavophiliac, thank you for the recommendations. plnelson- I think you discount the effect of propaganda.

I can’t say anything about the DVD that awaits my attention but I will mention it: “The Children of Heaven” by Majid Majidi. Also on my “to watch” list “the Color of Paradise” by Majidi.

Mynocturama and slavophiliac, thank you for the recommendations.

]]> By: slavophiliac http://www.radioopensource.org/my-uncle-napoleon/#comment-80895 slavophiliac Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:50:10 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=811#comment-80895 If Iranian films are being mentions I hope the Makhmalbaf family (Samira, Mohsen) gets some mention as well. In relation to the book the film "Gomgashtei dar Aragh" by Bahman Ghobadi shares a similar sense of the absurd. If Iranian films are being mentions I hope the Makhmalbaf family (Samira, Mohsen) gets some mention as well. In relation to the book the film “Gomgashtei dar Aragh” by Bahman Ghobadi shares a similar sense of the absurd.

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