tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815203981220831859.post6005461360665321905..comments2024-02-15T23:43:42.179+11:00Comments on poetry & ideas: ON THE DHARMA BUM(S) WITH THE HEMENSLEY BROTHERS, #6collectedworkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10768731698615085925noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815203981220831859.post-1273776598371857792007-05-29T12:04:00.000+10:002007-05-29T12:04:00.000+10:00Hi Kris,I'm more than halfway through 'Travels wit...Hi Kris,<BR/>I'm more than halfway through 'Travels with Charley' myself at the moment. May I also suggest 'Tortilla Flat' as worth a read? It accompanied me to QLD in September last year and I enjoyed the humour. I like Steinbeck's characters; his love of 'bums' and 'bumdom.'The way they are as they are and refuse to subscribe or bow to the pressures that we ourselves have (to an extent) i.e. the 'protestant work ethic' you mention. Steinbeck also includes some wonderful stories in his novels - e.g. the pole sitter in Cannery Row. Also the body of the girl Doc discovers out on the reef. <BR/><BR/>In Travels with Charley (Part Two, around pages 100-105 in my 1965 Pan paperback edition) he has this wonderful little story about 'Harry' the stranger who occupied his hotel room before him and how he learns about the man by what has been left behind.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>Michael de Valle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com