We watched the film of Hrabal's book Closely Observed Trains on Wednesday. The bit about blinding a bull to quieten him recalls other blindings: the play Equus , the book From Here to Eternity , and classical cases. It gets your attention.
Hrabal reminds me that there was supposed to be a very good samizdat article by Peter Connolly, God rest him, about the difference between erotic and pornographic work. I don't know whether it's in print. In the old days, it seemed the clergy here in Maynooth hated publishing anything, or even signing a letter. I actually heard the advice: never sign anything! This made it difficult to get some things done.
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