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A younger Kundera, sure—certainly not juvenile. We’re feeling rather more Dostoevsky than Vonnegut here.
I’m awfully sentimental over his depictions of the suburbs of Ostrava; this incongruity of the destitute and the idyll reminds me dearly of home.
62 hit me like a truck. anyway
— Apr 09, 2026 09:33AM
I’m awfully sentimental over his depictions of the suburbs of Ostrava; this incongruity of the destitute and the idyll reminds me dearly of home.
62 hit me like a truck. anyway
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Interesting (and rather darling!) to see Milan’s own motifs already present, motif motif included. Recursive motif-ing. Motif-ception if u will
This is a far younger voice. Often needlessly acrobatic& a joy nonetheless. I’m reminded of a note I left in Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, something to the tune of ‘I am watching a man play racquetball with himself’
— Apr 08, 2026 04:28AM
This is a far younger voice. Often needlessly acrobatic& a joy nonetheless. I’m reminded of a note I left in Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, something to the tune of ‘I am watching a man play racquetball with himself’
