Comments on: Book Review: Camus, A Romance (2009) http://www.myinnerfrenchgirl.com/2009/09/02/book-review-camus-a-romance-2009/ The Art of Living Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: My Inner French Girl http://www.myinnerfrenchgirl.com/2009/09/02/book-review-camus-a-romance-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2051 My Inner French Girl Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:26:09 +0000 http://www.myinnerfrenchgirl.com/?p=438#comment-2051 Dear <b>Ms. Hawes</b>, bonjour and merci for your lovely comment! I'm so touched by your very kind words and am pleased to meet you, if only virtually. I could've gone on and on about the book, how much it inspired and intrigued and affected me, both intellectually and emotionally, but I wasn't sure if anyone would read such a long, long review! <br /><br />I don't envy you the efforts you must make in order to promote the book. One of the things that astounded me most about the book is the environment in which Camus worked, how very different the publishing and writing industry was compared to how it is today. Please know that I empathize and sympathize with what you're going through and wish you lots of good wishes. It's a very, very worthy book.<br /><br />By the way, I just checked out "A Happy Death" from the library, inspired as I was by your book. I've never read anything of Camus, but now I want to devour everything he wrote. <br /><br />Again, merci. I look forward to reading more of your work!<br /><br />Salut,<br />Marjorie Dear Ms. Hawes, bonjour and merci for your lovely comment! I'm so touched by your very kind words and am pleased to meet you, if only virtually. I could've gone on and on about the book, how much it inspired and intrigued and affected me, both intellectually and emotionally, but I wasn't sure if anyone would read such a long, long review!

I don't envy you the efforts you must make in order to promote the book. One of the things that astounded me most about the book is the environment in which Camus worked, how very different the publishing and writing industry was compared to how it is today. Please know that I empathize and sympathize with what you're going through and wish you lots of good wishes. It's a very, very worthy book.

By the way, I just checked out "A Happy Death" from the library, inspired as I was by your book. I've never read anything of Camus, but now I want to devour everything he wrote.

Again, merci. I look forward to reading more of your work!

Salut,
Marjorie

]]> By: elizabeth hawes http://www.myinnerfrenchgirl.com/2009/09/02/book-review-camus-a-romance-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2050 elizabeth hawes Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:49:00 +0000 http://www.myinnerfrenchgirl.com/?p=438#comment-2050 I read this review spellbound, which is probably amusing as well as genuinely complimentary, as I am the author of the book in question. It is of course always thrilling to have a reader get your book, especially someone with the intelligence and passion with which you write. But it was also wondrous to find someone sounding forth about the publicity efforts necessary these days just as I was struggling with the prospect of revving myself up to blog and twitter and in general make myself into a more public and user friendly figure to push Camus in a manner he would have found alarming. I don’t know exactly how your unexpected note of empathy will affect my future marketing behavior, but I take it as a timely sign of fellowship and support and am very grateful for it. I have to add that this is my first posted comment. Elizabeth Hawes, author of Camus, A Romance. I read this review spellbound, which is probably amusing as well as genuinely complimentary, as I am the author of the book in question. It is of course always thrilling to have a reader get your book, especially someone with the intelligence and passion with which you write. But it was also wondrous to find someone sounding forth about the publicity efforts necessary these days just as I was struggling with the prospect of revving myself up to blog and twitter and in general make myself into a more public and user friendly figure to push Camus in a manner he would have found alarming. I don’t know exactly how your unexpected note of empathy will affect my future marketing behavior, but I take it as a timely sign of fellowship and support and am very grateful for it. I have to add that this is my first posted comment. Elizabeth Hawes, author of Camus, A Romance.

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