Status Updates From Čarobni breg 2

Space, rolling and revolving between him and his native heath, possessed and wielded the powers we generally ascribe to time. From hour to hour it worked changes in him, like to those wrought by time, yet in a way even more striking. Space, like time, engenders forgetfulness; but it does so by setting us bodily free from our surroundings and giving us back our primitive, unattached state.

I found the narrative very trying at times. I liked how the sanitarium was a microcosm for the outside world. Nobody, especially our MC, grew from the knowledge that was bandied about. When Clavdia makes a poignant observation on page 585(John Woods' translation)that was quite astute. His appreciation for nature and music spurred me on. It's too bad that the culture he gained amounted to nothing.