i think this is the early 70s, mostly because pretty much everything i've written that's set in milwaukee is the early 70s, because by then they've had almost twenty years in america. i know they leave munich for switzerland sometime in 1946, altho now that i say that i'm worried i said it was 1947 somewhere, and i know they emigrate to the us in the mid-50s, but otherwise i'm realllllly vague on years.
i think i've heard of eve's tattoo - it certainly sounds familiar - but i've never read it, and i tried to watch harold and maude once (ok, on tv) and couldn't get into it. why?
"Eve's Tattoo" is a flawed but thought-provoking look at someone who "with intent" gets a concentration camp tattoo. "Harold & Maude" is an amazing small film and the reveal of an Auschwitz identification number plays a role. I wonder why you couldn't get into it?
i have no idea why i couldn't get into harold & maude! it was a long time ago. my guess is the story and characters just didn't grab me, but honestly all i remember about it is that i wanted to watch it because it was supposed to be such a good movie, but i just wasn't into it. i might feel differently about it now. i mean, tastes change.
I am ignoring her because I do not want to talk about it, and no doubt Rosie's mother would not want to either.
This whole piece really got under my skin, in a good way. After I hit the "ADD A COMMENT" button, I'm going to think about what I've read for a little bit. What you say through these characters is always so contemplative.
you have no idea how happy this comment makes me. i wasn't sure if i got across everything i was trying to say, but maybe i did! and i like being able to make people think. (but not because i wasn't clear or because what i wrote just doesn't make any sense. because, again, i always kind of worry that it makes sense to me because i wrote it, but everyone else is just going "what the hell does this mean?")
So many fascinating observations about the experiences of those who survived and those who understand that survival, in different yet similar capacities. You pull off that inner recollection with a very human touch, and I like that.
>>So many fascinating observations about the experiences of those who survived and those who understand that survival, in different yet similar capacities<<
i figured oskar would probably come in contact with fellow europeans who managed to escape the nazis - without having been thrown in concentration camps first - and even if they're not german and they're not jewish, they still had to leave the country of their birth, and they ran from the same things he did and would have lost the same things too. so he can relate. and i think it's like any other dispersed group of people - you want to find your tribe, and you feel connected to people with the same kinds of backgrounds, even if you share a similar trauma rather than just a country of origin.
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Have you read Prager's "Eve's Tattoo"? Have you seen "Harold and Maude"?
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i think i've heard of eve's tattoo - it certainly sounds familiar - but i've never read it, and i tried to watch harold and maude once (ok, on tv) and couldn't get into it. why?
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This whole piece really got under my skin, in a good way. After I hit the "ADD A COMMENT" button, I'm going to think about what I've read for a little bit. What you say through these characters is always so contemplative.
So, yeah. Thinking.
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>>So many fascinating observations about the experiences of those who survived and those who understand that survival, in different yet similar capacities<<
i figured oskar would probably come in contact with fellow europeans who managed to escape the nazis - without having been thrown in concentration camps first - and even if they're not german and they're not jewish, they still had to leave the country of their birth, and they ran from the same things he did and would have lost the same things too. so he can relate. and i think it's like any other dispersed group of people - you want to find your tribe, and you feel connected to people with the same kinds of backgrounds, even if you share a similar trauma rather than just a country of origin.
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