One of the advantages of living in the biggest city of the whole country.Originally Posted by Anthony Furze
I got it from Liberty Bookshop over here in Karachi, Pakistan.
One of the advantages of living in the biggest city of the whole country.I got it from Liberty Bookshop over here in Karachi, Pakistan.
Last edited by Pensive; 03-10-2007 at 04:02 PM.
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.
I love Sabina! She's somewhat morally ambiguous, yes...like Tomas, but that just makes her all the more interesting. In many ways, she's the highlight of the novel for me. She's my idol in some ways, not that I wish to have a series of affairs with married men
, but in her emotional independence and her complete lack of attachments. I've always been drawn to aloof characters and she is nothing if not aloof.
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
I have this book collecting dust on my shelf as recommended to me by a friend. Maybe this might be the right time to read it...
"Without music, life would be a mistake." - Nietzsche
"The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution" - Hannah Arendt.
"Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance" - James Joyce
Currently reading:
Bitter Fame: A Life of Sylvia Plath - Anne Stevenson
Oh yes! Sabina seems like a very lovable character, at least in the beginning and in the misunderstandings between Franz and Sabina we found Sabinas views much more interesting. But we have read the book before and we remember that when we understood Franz better and saw how Sabina couldn't break our of the cycle of betrayal, her likeability seems to decrease a bit.I love Sabina! She's somewhat morally ambiguous, yes...like Tomas, but that just makes her all the more interesting. In many ways, she's the highlight of the novel for me. She's my idol in some ways, not that I wish to have a series of affairs with married men
But only a bit. She's still cool.
If you believe even a half of this post, you are severely mistaken.
Does the book ever become interesting....I really wish I had not read it.
penuriosus est is quisnam denies scientia
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Ethan Frome
Portrait of an artist.....again*sigh*
That is how I have felt about every Kundera book I have picked up.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
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Well, we don't know about how far you are now with the book but we could say that it became interesting, um, after the first sentence, or something like that, at least for us.
Well, we guess it takes all sorts.
But anyway, to those that actually found the book interesting,what's the thing with parents? We mean, every protagonist has problems with them.
There is Tomas, whose parents refused to recognize him as a son when he left his. OK, that seems to be the least of the problemsof the protagonists because that happened when he was a man grown.
There is Sabina, for whom her father was the symbol of kitcsh and because of whom she started her cycle of betrayal et cetera.
There is Franz whose father left his mother who put on her shoes the wrong way and then Franz learned what suffering is - and that is why Franz is so attached to faithfulness.
And there is Tereza.
If you believe even a half of this post, you are severely mistaken.
I ve just reread the part about Franz, Sabina and Tomas and the bowler hat. The writer can really be cheeky at times. He gives five significannces of that one hat.
The novel appears whimsical yet with an undertone of tragedy.
cheeky
penuriosus est is quisnam denies scientia
Asa Adams
Currently reading
Ethan Frome
Portrait of an artist.....again*sigh*
yay both bookclubs doing the same book in the same monthI migt actually get to read it, provided of course I have time to hunt down a copy....
My mission in life is to make YOU smile
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Haven't started yet, been a tad busy. Hope to start reading on Saturday though (unless I fall asleep on the train that is
I have a plan: attack!
I definitely like the writing style, albeit I'm still in the middle of the book. He picks up on people very well, I find some observations strike embarassingly close to home.
"I am glad to learn my friend that you had not yet submitted yourself to any of the mouldy laws of Literature."
-John Muir
"My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - It gives a lovely light"
-Edna St. Vincent Millay
Do you think its true, there are Nightime books and Day books? I do.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Never looked at it this way possibly because I do almost all my reading at nights. If I get the chance to read during the day, I still carry on with the same book.
Still don't have a copy of the book
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Me eitherNever looked at it this way possibly because I do almost all my reading at nights. If I get the chance to read during the day, I still carry on with the same book.
Still don't have a copy of the book
My mission in life is to make YOU smile
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"The time has come," the Walrus said,"To talk of many things:
Forum Rules- You know you want to read 'em
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