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A threshold has been crossed! It feels cathartic.

Beautiful scene at Old Carlo's vineyard.

Vanessa and Farghestan are outside the confines of stale Orsenna. The main character wants something romantic and adventurous and that’s why he is attracted to both.

Really liking the unfolding of the plot concerning the aristocratic family trying to undermine the city-state.

Very nice atmosphere in this book. Lots of moonlight and soft moving water. The main character is a prickly man, with a good deal of ego. Fitting his name is Aldo.

The violent mob can destroy the town and the villages, but not the Narrator’s retreat. Places in this novel are not purely locations but have metaphysical importance. The mob cannot destroy the inward, spiritual retreat of the Narrator, because it is protected by forces totally the Mob.

Entire chapter devoted to the hunting dogs, sleek humters and heavy mastiffs. Next chapter there is something I never noticed before, the tree-line with its mob of hunters is something like a skirmish line. The charge to take it is very reminiscent of trench warfare; avoiding traps, storming barricades, hand to hand fighting.

Never picked up before the comparison between Braquemart’s tehcnical skills and Prince Sunmyra’a noble spirit, and how both of them could be brought together and made more full by the Priest. This is Jünger explaining how the whole disaster could have been averted.

Not a lot to grab onto here. A few scant images. No history. I get that it is a mediation but it’s too airy. Not to mention it is nihilistic.

Fascinating story about the master builder leading firefighting operations from the top of a gunpowder tower. Flames grew so hot in the city beneath the lead roof melted and ran down the walls.

A great history book.