tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post7869275292330415096..comments2024-02-14T03:20:23.057-08:00Comments on Pop Sensation: Paperback 847: The Wine of Astonishment / Martha Gellhorn (Bantam 736)Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-76581306719944039672015-01-05T13:36:11.683-08:002015-01-05T13:36:11.683-08:00I don't drink wine, I'll just have the Bee...I don't drink wine, I'll just have the Beer of Pretennousness, please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-53984669077326776302015-01-03T19:54:50.913-08:002015-01-03T19:54:50.913-08:00I'm like the others that I was wondering where...I'm like the others that I was wondering where exactly her hand was. I never would have seen her fingers (until you pointed them out) as they kind of blend into the folds of his sleeve.Random White Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15465220442157543305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-713794659191572422015-01-02T12:49:15.661-08:002015-01-02T12:49:15.661-08:00I'm with you on the hand question. I thought s...I'm with you on the hand question. I thought she was about to find out for herself that he was Jewish, and he was bracing himself for the Whine of Astonishment.infoqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03505015126904531892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-19177209473856642192015-01-02T08:43:49.929-08:002015-01-02T08:43:49.929-08:00Wow, I thought those were blood spots on his sleev...Wow, I thought those were blood spots on his sleeve. Now that I've seen it, I can't unsee it, but I liked my earlier interpretation better.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-51994601961519005342015-01-02T04:23:43.442-08:002015-01-02T04:23:43.442-08:00It's on his left arm. I had the same thought, ...It's on his left arm. I had the same thought, and had to really look for it.<br /><br />RPRex Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660994103025515363.post-13833654294692257812015-01-02T04:20:27.915-08:002015-01-02T04:20:27.915-08:00I hadn't paid any attention to the author, so ...I hadn't paid any attention to the author, so given the cover copy I was expecting this book to be "frank". Unless this isn't post-war Germany and he's in the Wehrmacht not the US Army, just how devastating could the fact that he's Jewish be? Her family might not be too keen on it, but it shouldn't have been something he needs to hide from, say, his superiors.<br /><br />The cover is so overwrought, it's hard to take seriously. But just where is her right hand? Considering the look on young Peter Lorre's face, I think she's doing something wrong.DemetriosXnoreply@blogger.com