Comments on: The Literary Apprentice http://www.peirenepress.com/blog/2009/06/the-literary-apprentic/ The pain and passion of a small publisher Thu, 17 May 2012 13:58:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Sigi from Walthamstow http://www.peirenepress.com/blog/2009/06/the-literary-apprentic/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Sigi from Walthamstow Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:19:19 +0000 http://www.peirenepress.com/blog/?p=79#comment-11 Oh why oh why oh why does real literature have to be so painful? You write: "Jens Petersen’s “Until death may” which won with five panel voices against two, was an haunting extract from the author’s soon to be published novel about euthanasia and the attempted suicide in a relationship. Written in sparse language it sent shivers down my spine." It's definitely something I am NOT going to read. I try to be optimistic - it's hard in times like these - and I don't need more bad stuff to drag me down. I recently read a good thriller that was well written. "Herbert Steinfest's - Nervöse Fische" was lovely. Great language, sentences you can feast on, words you suck and enjoy like boiled sweets; it was philosophical too, and it was FUNNY. Thrillers are like fairy tales - they have happy endings because they are about justice. It even made me look at Wittgenstein again! And pictures of sharks on the internet... Oh why oh why oh why does real literature have to be so painful?
You write:
“Jens Petersen’s “Until death may” which won with five panel voices against two, was an haunting extract from the author’s soon to be published novel about euthanasia and the attempted suicide in a relationship. Written in sparse language it sent shivers down my spine.”

It’s definitely something I am NOT going to read. I try to be optimistic - it’s hard in times like these - and I don’t need more bad stuff to drag me down.
I recently read a good thriller that was well written.
“Herbert Steinfest’s - Nervöse Fische” was lovely. Great language, sentences you can feast on, words you suck and enjoy like boiled sweets; it was philosophical too, and it was FUNNY.
Thrillers are like fairy tales - they have happy endings because they are about justice. It even made me look at Wittgenstein again!
And pictures of sharks on the internet…

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