The thing that i take away from it is really the thing at the end, after you read the story and youre kind of contemplating the meaning of it all, here is this note from you, the author, a couple paragraphs explaining the genesis of the title. And its the Henry Longfellow translation of dantes inferno, which i gather, im not a scholar on dantes inferno, but i know that this is not the most popular translation, is that right . Right. And so you are citing this as the origin of the title, and it goes, if i can remember this, its midway upon the journey of our life, i found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost. So look at that, i memorized that. Well done. Its a very elegant phrasing, and the concept of the forest dark obviously is yeah. You know, i find that translation particularly beautiful because it keeps the original order of the italian, so selva oscura, and you normally see that translated either as dark wood or dark forest. But theres somethi
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Well you know. Simon and garfunkel. Lennon and mccartney. Gilbert and sullivan. All of the cathedrals. Most of the cathedrals in europe. The internet all of those. Theyre the result of collaborators. Many of his titles have been turned into movies including the summer 2015 release of the Television Series zoo, based on a patterson thriller. Its a fable. And its a fable about really what man is doing to the environment. And in this case animals start to respond. Theyre threatened. But now patterson is expanding into childrens publishing. A regular kid becomes a super hero and to promote youth literacy hes partnering with some big names. If i go to a school its like. Yea if i go in with lebron or dwayne or whatever. Its like yea you know. So the kids are paying more attention. He says hes loves his fans. But there is one he is still waiting to hear back from. I sent flowers to the studio for marge, and this day ive never heard back. Patterson talks about love and loss his son jack and in
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