Thai Son
434 ratings (3.79 avg)
303 reviews

#26 top reviewers

Thai Son

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Thai Son.

https://instancesofcredulity.wordpress.com/
https://www.goodreads.com/oligothoughts

The Federal Reser...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
War and Technology
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
The Wealth of Ide...
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
See all 36 books that Thai Son is reading…
Loading...
Günter Grass
“You can begin a story in the middle and create confusion by striking out boldly, backward and forward. You can be modern, put aside all mention of time and distance and, when the whole thing is done, proclaim, or let someone else proclaim, that you have finally, at the last moment, solved the space-time problem. Or you can declare at the very start that it is impossible to write a novel nowadays, but then, behind your own back so to speak, give birth to a whopper, a novel to end all novels. I have also been told that it makes a good impression, an impression of modesty so to speak, if you begin by saying that a novel can't have a hero anymore because there are no more individualists, because individuality is a thing of the past, because man- each men and all men together- is alone in his loneliness and no one is entitled to individual loneliness, and all men lumped together make up a "lonely mass" without names and without heroes. (...) I shall begin far away from me, for no one ought to tell the story of his life who hasn't the patience to say a word or two at least half of his grandparents before plunging into his own existence. And so to you personally, dear reader, who are no doubt leading a muddled life outside this institution, to you my friends and weekly visitors, I introduce Oskar's maternal grandmother”
Gunter Grass

Günter Grass
“Once upon a time there was a musician who slew his four cats, stuffed them in a garbage can, left the building, and went to visit friends.”
Günter Grass, The Tin Drum

Günter Grass
“If Jesus had been a hunchback, they could hardly have nailed him to the cross.”
Günter Grass, The Tin Drum

Hermann Hesse
“Stages



As every flower fades and as all youth
Departs, so life at every stage,
So every virtue, so our grasp of truth,
Blooms in its day and may not last forever.
Since life may summon us at every age
Be ready, heart, for parting, new endeavor,
Be ready bravely and without remorse
To find new light that old ties cannot give.
In all beginnings dwells a magic force
For guarding us and helping us to live.

Serenely let us move to distant places
And let no sentiments of home detain us.
The Cosmic Spirit seeks not to restrain us
But lifts us stage by stage to wider spaces.
If we accept a home of our own making,
Familiar habit makes for indolence.
We must prepare for parting and leave-taking
Or else remain the slaves of permanence.

Even the hour of our death may send
Us speeding on to fresh and newer spaces,
And life may summon us to newer races.
So be it, heart: bid farewell without end.”
Hermann Hesse, The Glass Bead Game

Günter Grass
“...if I were asked to think up a new name for temptation, I should recommend the word 'doorknob', because what are these protuberances put on doors for if not to tempt us...”
Günter Grass, The Tin Drum

51259 A Reading Club for Vietnamese — 1911 members — last activity Jul 29, 2024 08:42AM
This is a public reading club intended for Vietnamese readers. Vietnamese is the primary language used for discussion or book recommendation, but En ...more
50891 Goodreads Viet Nam — 5425 members — last activity 12 hours, 33 min ago
Member from Viet Nam
year in books
Khue Dinh
1,630 books | 606 friends

GT
GT
1,679 books | 200 friends

Thu
Thu
195 books | 223 friends

Kinho Chan
1,262 books | 158 friends

Mary Phung
2,397 books | 227 friends

Linh
2,050 books | 174 friends

Mai
Mai
6,117 books | 352 friends

Esther
996 books | 94 friends

More friends…
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovArguably by Christopher HitchensSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanWhat Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures ... by Richard P. FeynmanA View of the Ocean by Jan de Hartog
What Should I Read?
326 books — 97 voters
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann HesseZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigThe Pale King by David Foster WallaceA Beautiful Mind by Sylvia NasarPrisoner's Dilemma by William Poundstone
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,601 books — 6,024 voters

More…



Polls voted on by Thai Son

Lists liked by Thai Son