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Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47127 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
durdencommatyler wrote:
Finally started The Black Notebook by Patrick Modiano
Just barely cracked it but I love it so far. So strange and dreamlike and ... what?... threatening? I don't know but I like it.
Had not heard of this, but the synopsis has me intrigued. Sounds almost like it uses Camus's The Stranger as a jumping off point for something else entirely.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:03 pm Posts: 9359 Location: Washington State
It's on my Goodreads list based on your reaction. How do you feel about the translation? Or is it good enough of a story that that doesn't really matter?
It's on my Goodreads list based on your reaction. How do you feel about the translation? Or is it good enough of a story that that doesn't really matter?
And I'm not even getting into how I read books.
The translation is solid. I'm a big fan of it. I think the atmosphere and tone and the things between the lines are super important. And the translation is nailing that stuff. If you like those other two books I mentioned, I imagine you'll find quite a lot of value in this one too.
An enigma of a man shaped hole in the wall between reality and the soul of the devil.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:13 pm Posts: 39818 Location: 6000 feet beyond man and time.
This book blew my fucking mind when I read it (with some help of course). Reading again. They say people fall out with Nietzsche after a while, but I seem to be falling further under his spell.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 7:41 am Posts: 19722 Location: Cumberland, RI
Once you strip away all of the baggage that was piled on top of Nietzsche's work after he went bananas (his sister was an anti-Semite and added all sorts of forwards and footnotes about how awful Jews were) his books are totally worth reading; they're incredibly engaging even if you're not a big reader of philosophy. I'm not a Nietzschean but I don't think he was wrong about everything.
This book blew my fucking mind when I read it (with some help of course). Reading again. They say people fall out with Nietzsche after a while, but I seem to be falling further under his spell.
It seems like you and I have drastically different views on most everything: politics, art, humor, just to name a few. It's unsettling that we can agree so completely on this specific topic. You'd think we would have much more in common and see things in similar light by both being huge Nietzsche fans, and both finding MORE value in his work the older we get.
It's a really short book. I actually feel like it took me too long because I had to keep putting it down. It's the kind of book that could (and probably should) be read in one sitting.
Also, I have commutes to and from work every day. And usually I'm able to take two hour lunch breaks at work. So, I have time to read a lot, which helps.
An enigma of a man shaped hole in the wall between reality and the soul of the devil.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:13 pm Posts: 39818 Location: 6000 feet beyond man and time.
I feel like the internet has ruined my ability to read books. I can't concentrate anymore. I read pages and pages and have no idea what I just read. So frustrating. I don't think it was this bad five years ago. Does anyone else have this problem?
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