Name that book? - Page 3

zelda_pinwheel · 12-19-2008, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

I've been wondering whether this might be a play: Strindberg's "The Ghost Sonata".

As the play opens a young student explains how he has seen a large crack on a houe, just before it falls down. He rescues a child, who vanishes.
Then he is drawn into dream-like events at a mysterious house populated by a solipsistic family.

hmmm... i'm pretty sure it was a novel, not a play, but i will definitely take a close look at this because it does seem to have some familiar elements. thank you patricia !

Slite · 12-19-2008, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

I've been wondering whether this might be a play: Strindberg's "The Ghost Sonata".

As the play opens a young student explains how he has seen a large crack on a houe, just before it falls down. He rescues a child, who vanishes.
Then he is drawn into dream-like events at a mysterious house populated by a solipsistic family.

I kind of doubt that the book Zelda describes is Spökdansen (The Ghost Sonata). It's not really about what she describes

zelda_pinwheel · 12-19-2008, 10:00 AM

to be honest i'm beginning to believe that in an eery mirror of the theme of the alleged book, in fact i dreamed the whole thing and the book has never existed outside of my mind.

Patricia · 12-19-2008, 10:18 AM

That wikipedia summary is very dull and doesn't really give the feel of the play. (It's La sonate des spectres in French.)

Slite · 12-19-2008, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Patricia

That wikipedia summary is very dull and doesn't really give the feel of the play. (It's La sonate des spectres in French.)

True, but I've seen the play performed at Royal Dramatic Theatre and it sure didn't ring a bell as for Zelda's description. That particular performance was directed by Ingemar Bergman btw

stxopher · 12-19-2008, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

to be honest i'm beginning to believe that in an eery mirror of the theme of the alleged book, in fact i dreamed the whole thing and the book has never existed outside of my mind.

Always a problem when you combine long term reading with long term...er, living. Things get lost in mental storage and you fill it in with something else that seems like it fits.

Though it does sound like an interesting novel. Would be surprised if someone hadn't written it.

pilotbob · 12-20-2008, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by stxopher

Things get lost in mental storage and you fill it in with something else that seems like it fits.

Sounds like someone has been reading Sherlock Holmes.

BOb

zelda_pinwheel · 12-20-2008, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by stxopher

Always a problem when you combine long term reading with long term...er, living. Things get lost in mental storage and you fill it in with something else that seems like it fits.

this does not bode well for my old age.

stxopher · 12-24-2008, 10:55 AM

Old age be cursed! I'm blaming mine on drug use. (RC cola and Moon Pies are drugs, aren't they? Ehhh, I'll say they are in my world.)

That said, now I can't get an old book out of my head (though I won't ask for help due to it's nature). All I can remember is the kids in the book got airplane suits that turned them into small jet powered planes. Now THAT is vague.

Sad part is I STILL have dreams about flying around in those when stress levels get to high. Amazing how something from when you were so young can stay with your half a century later. (The REALLY amazing part is I hate heights and flying both. I just like the idea of freedom that brings I suppose.)

Now if someone can tell me the name of that book, I would be surprised. Pleasantly but surprised.

Nate the great · 12-24-2008, 11:04 AM

Peter.

zelda_pinwheel · 12-24-2008, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

Peter.

(i thought your favorite name was vera ?)

pshrynk · 12-24-2008, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

Peter.

Peter is so... complex. Why not go with Bob?

zelda_pinwheel · 12-24-2008, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Peter is so... complex. Why not go with Bob?

wow. you just never give up, do you ?

pshrynk · 12-24-2008, 11:27 AM

So, I read this book once... There was this guy and he was hot for this woman... There was a car, too.

lilac_jive · 12-24-2008, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

So, I read this book once... There was this guy and he was hot for this woman... There was a car, too.

Lord of the Rings?

12-24-2008, 11:04 AM	#40
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12-19-2008, 10:00 AM	#33
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	to be honest i'm beginning to believe that in an eery mirror of the theme of the alleged book, in fact i dreamed the whole thing and the book has never existed outside of my mind.

12-19-2008, 10:18 AM	#34
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	That wikipedia summary is very dull and doesn't really give the feel of the play. (It's La sonate des spectres in French.)

12-24-2008, 10:55 AM	#39
stxopher Nameless Being	Old age be cursed! I'm blaming mine on drug use. (RC cola and Moon Pies are drugs, aren't they? Ehhh, I'll say they are in my world.) That said, now I can't get an old book out of my head (though I won't ask for help due to it's nature). All I can remember is the kids in the book got airplane suits that turned them into small jet powered planes. Now THAT is vague. Sad part is I STILL have dreams about flying around in those when stress levels get to high. Amazing how something from when you were so young can stay with your half a century later. (The REALLY amazing part is I hate heights and flying both. I just like the idea of freedom that brings I suppose.) Now if someone can tell me the name of that book, I would be surprised. Pleasantly but surprised.

12-24-2008, 11:27 AM	#44
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	So, I read this book once... There was this guy and he was hot for this woman... There was a car, too.

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