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"Това е социален живот и трябва да се изтърпи."

чета я само сутрин, докато разхождам кучето в парка. хубава комбинация

ще полудея. кой в днешно време намира двуборството между Просвещението и Църквата за интересно? имам предвид теоретичните аргументи, не в исторически план. кой още се чуди дали науката/свободата, или мистиката/контролът ще наделеят в борбата за човешките общества?

Тъкмо си викам, от Сетембрини по-голяма досада няма накъде, и авторът ни представя "герозния Нафта". отначало бях малко възмутена, горкия човек, сега обаче смятам, че му е малко. грозния тъпак Нафта

Честно казано, не се учудвам, че тази култура е родила нацизма - това вманиачаване по болни и здрави, пълноценни и недъгави, силни и "разядени отвътре" ме потриса

Sex as going back to the essence of humanity - an interesting concept

So far, sex is described as something that not only beautifies, but keeps women solid, noticeable - a woman's body that isn't getting it basically dssolves into uselessness; also as an act of kindness similar to a mother comforting a child; women consider sex primitive but feel the need to yield because men will insist on it. I expect this is the setup that's going to be destroyed by the relationship with Mellors

How are all of these amazing? All of them. What a pleasure each one is!

Историята на Пенко Баанов беше интересна, историята на Паисий е невъобразима скука

Стигнах до мястото, където я бяха изоставила преди над 25 години. Бях забравила за тази гадна част

един добър редактор щеше да ореже 1/3 от тази претрупана, графоманска проза. сюжет няма, повече е поредица очерци за измислени герои с вмъкнати тук-там исторически сводки

discount Димитър Талев

This could have been a (very pretentious) short story

Wonderful storytelling

exercises in style as a rule are only interesting to their authors

Смених превода с оригинала и по парадоксален начин не особено добрият превод улеснява четенето, защото е изпуснал цялата витиеватост и повечето езикови решения с по 7-8 конотации, препратки и лингвистично-литературна акробатика. хич не съм фенка на постмодернистите :/

I wonder how many others are starting this today

Books very rarely depress me but I find myself reluctant to pick it up again for sheer misery. I feel depressed for the main characters and angry at them at the same time

Sonny was a controlling cheating asshole but also loved her. I like how she doesn't downplay or play up any of her loved ones' complications and nuances

What an absolute delight!

Sontag didn't like Diane Arbus. I find her analysis of Arbus's photographs rather self-unaware - what she sees as ugliness and "other" might be her own subjective interpretation IMO

Thia woman's decisions make no sense. She's a thorough idiot and this also makes no sense because she's supposed to be a scientist

What's with this husband and his slippers? Is that what the author calls character trait, asking his wife to bring him his slippers?

The writing is frankly juvenile, how this won the Booker boggles the mind.

The writing style is borderline unreadable for me

Let the misogyny begin. I understand that as an American, Franzen's whole life revolves around the injustices he sustained in high school at the hands of the popular girls, but I promise him, women aren't motivated purely by social status, and when we want to have sex, it's not a huge cosmic mystery, and when men can't tear themselves away from a woman's "pit" (!), it's not the woman' fault. how tedious can you be

This is very very readable, to my mild surprise. Not terribly pretentious

It's early pages but honestly, I've had my lifetime's fill of stories about assholey but brilliant men. The brilliance is rarely as dazzling than the author imagines and it never justifies the assholery

Ok, there's some insane suspense around the 65% mark. I stayed up late because I couldn't not know what was going to happen and when it all came to a head, I actually clapped my hands over my mouth. Credit where credit is due, much as I hate to give it