tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post791382234050395418..comments2023-05-03T14:31:11.785+01:00Comments on DEMOCRACY STREET: Gossipsibaddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02385376572555781755noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post-64372831681304804602013-01-27T15:03:50.342+00:002013-01-27T15:03:50.342+00:00We had a torrential downpour in Dorset last night,...We had a torrential downpour in Dorset last night, and across most of the UK. Not great for cycling. Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08355849350086979436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post-48203456605818918402013-01-26T09:25:27.273+00:002013-01-26T09:25:27.273+00:00I can hardly imagine Kadare's Gjirokastër with...I can hardly imagine Kadare's Gjirokastër without rain, nor indeed most of its surroundings. I've run out of his novels now and will have to start again with 'Broken April'. I don't dislike this weather.sibaddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385376572555781755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6910737876389410763.post-69802435691608712582013-01-26T08:30:05.530+00:002013-01-26T08:30:05.530+00:00Much news of interest.
Loved your description of ...Much news of interest.<br /><br />Loved your description of the rain:<br /><br />"The rain has returned, enclosing the village; gossipping in the tiles, and gutters and down pipes, dribbling, trickling, splashing through the early hours, while thunder grumbles across the island muted by walls, bolted shutters, thick curtains and our warm bed".<br /><br />Have you read Kadare's "Chronicle in Stone"? Also very evocative description of the rain.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08355849350086979436noreply@blogger.com