Comments on: A Princess of Roumania http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/21/a-princess-of-roumania/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 26 May 2012 16:54:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Maud Newton: Blog http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/21/a-princess-of-roumania/comment-page-1/#comment-90917 Maud Newton: Blog Wed, 17 Aug 2005 20:33:44 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3581#comment-90917 [...] What’s on my desk: we recently had friends over, and we used my desk (which is actually a kitchen table, only it’s in our office and I don’t have a real desk) for playing Ticket To Ride, which is an excellent German board game in which everyone attempts to build railroads across Europe. So we took everything off my desk and put it on the floor, but there was a baby and so we had to take everything off the floor again in a hurry and stick it up out of the baby’s reach. So everything that was on my desk (the NYRB edition of the Gorey-illustrated War of The Worlds; a German chocolate mold from the turn of the century in the shape of a scary, scary naked and large-headed baby; lots of paperwork that I need to go through; several manuscript submissions that I need to read for Small Beer; a little plastic Godzilla that spits sparks; lots of yellow Post-It Notes; Paul Park’s wonderful new novel, A Princess of Roumania) is not on my desk anymore. I may never see some of it again — Elke –the baby — may have eaten some things.   [...] [...] What’s on my desk: we recently had friends over, and we used my desk (which is actually a kitchen table, only it’s in our office and I don’t have a real desk) for playing Ticket To Ride, which is an excellent German board game in which everyone attempts to build railroads across Europe. So we took everything off my desk and put it on the floor, but there was a baby and so we had to take everything off the floor again in a hurry and stick it up out of the baby’s reach. So everything that was on my desk (the NYRB edition of the Gorey-illustrated War of The Worlds; a German chocolate mold from the turn of the century in the shape of a scary, scary naked and large-headed baby; lots of paperwork that I need to go through; several manuscript submissions that I need to read for Small Beer; a little plastic Godzilla that spits sparks; lots of yellow Post-It Notes; Paul Park’s wonderful new novel, A Princess of Roumania) is not on my desk anymore. I may never see some of it again — Elke –the baby — may have eaten some things.   [...]

]]> By: paul park http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/21/a-princess-of-roumania/comment-page-1/#comment-84680 paul park Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:59:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3581#comment-84680 Dear all, Many thanks to Henry and Corpuscle for keeping the faith alive. all best, Paul Park Dear all,

Many thanks to Henry and Corpuscle for keeping the faith alive.

all best, Paul Park

]]> By: Jenny D http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/21/a-princess-of-roumania/comment-page-1/#comment-83997 Jenny D Mon, 25 Jul 2005 03:50:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3581#comment-83997 Oh, I can't WAIT to read it now--I've already ordered it from Amazon, on the basis of several other recommendations, but this one has clinched it... BTW I liked "The Amber Spyglass," I only read your blog at irregular intervals but do you have a polemical hatred for it that you have expressed earlier? I found it really as good and serious as the previous ones. Oh, I can’t WAIT to read it now—I’ve already ordered it from Amazon, on the basis of several other recommendations, but this one has clinched it… BTW I liked “The Amber Spyglass,” I only read your blog at irregular intervals but do you have a polemical hatred for it that you have expressed earlier? I found it really as good and serious as the previous ones.

]]> By: Adam Stephanides http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/21/a-princess-of-roumania/comment-page-1/#comment-83342 Adam Stephanides Sat, 23 Jul 2005 00:06:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3581#comment-83342 You might want to mention that the book doesn't have an ending, but is the first volume in a ___logy. (You can sort of gather this information from the dustjacket, but it's not highlighted.) You might want to mention that the book doesn’t have an ending, but is the first volume in a _logy. (You can sort of gather this information from the dustjacket, but it’s not highlighted.)

]]> By: Harry http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/21/a-princess-of-roumania/comment-page-1/#comment-83220 Harry Fri, 22 Jul 2005 13:17:04 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3581#comment-83220 Bought it. Thanks for tip. Bought it. Thanks for tip.

]]> By: corpuscle http://crookedtimber.org/2005/07/21/a-princess-of-roumania/comment-page-1/#comment-83214 corpuscle Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:07:47 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=3581#comment-83214 Oh.My.God... I thought I was the only Paul Park fan in the known universe. I'm so glad you posted this. This guy deserves to be read by a great many more people. Oh.My.God… I thought I was the only Paul Park fan in the known universe. I’m so glad you posted this. This guy deserves to be read by a great many more people.

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