Brushing ash from your hair, comparing alibis

[sovay]

I loved Sylvia Townsend Warner's Mr Fortune's Maggot (1927) and The Salutation (1932), handily collected into one volume by the NYRB (although I prefer the cover of the edition I have), but most things are pretty terrible right now.

nineweaving scanned me a photo of Ralph Richardson circa David Storey's Home (1970).



It does not make everything better, but it's really nice. derspatchel told her I would hang it on my wall if it were a real portrait. I probably would.

Comments

[spatch]

I would hang it on my wall if it were a real portrait. I probably would.

We could probably make that happen. Scientists have told of such processes!

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

What would happen if you 3D-printed Ralph Richardson?

[sovay]

What would happen if you 3D-printed Ralph Richardson?

. . . Bemused, numinous golem?

[ashlyme.livejournal.com]

Could work! I like the new icon.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

It's an excellent photo.

[sovay]

It's an excellent photo.

I continue to like Ralph Richardson's face, even if he didn't. I miss mine.

[gwynnega]

I'm sorry about the terribleness, but yay Sylvia Townsend Warner and Ralph Richardson!

[sovay]

I'm sorry about the terribleness, but yay Sylvia Townsend Warner and Ralph Richardson!

Thank you. They are both very good things!

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

I thought you'd love Mr. Fortune!

A better scan of that photograph can be procured, with more d.p.i.

Nine

[sovay]

I thought you'd love Mr. Fortune!

It was beautifully written, subversive, and bittersweet. What's not to love?

A better scan of that photograph can be procured, with more d.p.i.

Prrrrrrrrrrrrt.