tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post2613920518131926579..comments2023-10-30T07:10:34.610-07:00Comments on Underbelly: John Le Carré and the Aesthetics of HumiliationBucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-44754139406219933162012-04-29T16:32:14.258-07:002012-04-29T16:32:14.258-07:00Oh, must be like "Karo" for plaid in Ger...Oh, must be like "Karo" for plaid in German. The Steve Martin movie "Dead men don't wear plaid" came out as "Tote tragen keine Karos".<br /><br />And I forgot about Chandos being English to begin with.Taxmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11660046865765219756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-82111927248357518182012-04-29T12:47:10.354-07:002012-04-29T12:47:10.354-07:00Interesting re the French/Germanties. Of course t...Interesting re the French/Germanties. Of course there is a "Chandos House" in London, and the Dukedom of Chandos was a British foundation. Cf. also Handel, Chandos Anthems, for a German/British crossover. Be interesting to know--I am sure someone does, I do not--why Hofmannsthal chose it for the letter.<br /><br />BTW Le Carré means "the square," not so? I assume John Moore Cornwell knew that when he picked his pen name.Bucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-6758526212956279162012-04-29T08:55:20.817-07:002012-04-29T08:55:20.817-07:00Le Carre studied German and French at Oxford, and ...Le Carre studied German and French at Oxford, and it shows in his novels. For instance Hofmannsthal's Chandos letter. (link here: http://depts.washington.edu/vienna/documents/Hofmannsthal/Hofmannsthal_Chandos.htm) I recall in one of his earlier novels the safe house is called 'Chandos' house.Taxmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11660046865765219756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-55247103706224718942012-04-28T19:55:21.146-07:002012-04-28T19:55:21.146-07:00"almost none of these characters seems to gra..."almost none of these characters seems to grasp the fact that his entire career has been a total waste of time."<br />Ha Ha! I was pensing about my 43 years in the MIL and NASA and the realization that all that I did in those careers did not do one thing for the general welfare. The pay did a lot for me and my family however. Maybe one of the kids will do something useful?dilbert dogbertnoreply@blogger.com