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Part II: Ch. 9
The modern inert, game-show "intelligence":
"AND MY CULTURE? My endless and inquisitive knowledgeability in such subjects as film titles... nicknames of soccer players... made me a sterile little champion out of some TV quiz, who stays at home, that is, the guy who answers the question from his easy chair, the kind of know-it-all... when it’s time to play Trivial Pursuit.”
— Jun 13, 2026 12:08PM
The modern inert, game-show "intelligence":
"AND MY CULTURE? My endless and inquisitive knowledgeability in such subjects as film titles... nicknames of soccer players... made me a sterile little champion out of some TV quiz, who stays at home, that is, the guy who answers the question from his easy chair, the kind of know-it-all... when it’s time to play Trivial Pursuit.”
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AARON
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Part III: Ch. 6
This is finally picking up. More formulation of masculinity: potency, abnegation, domination.
— Jun 25, 2026 02:18PM
This is finally picking up. More formulation of masculinity: potency, abnegation, domination.
AARON
is on page 290 of 1280
Part III: Ch. 5
Don't send your kid to all-boys school lol in fact, avoid compulsory education altogether
— Jun 25, 2026 02:09PM
Don't send your kid to all-boys school lol in fact, avoid compulsory education altogether
AARON
is on page 284 of 1280
Part III: Ch. 4
Still hardly a novel but dazzling prose and meditation -- metaphysics, introspection, the Incarnation. Best chapter so far.
— Jun 25, 2026 01:55PM
Still hardly a novel but dazzling prose and meditation -- metaphysics, introspection, the Incarnation. Best chapter so far.
AARON
is on page 278 of 1280
Part III: Ch. 3
In which the narrator attends Mass.
— Jun 25, 2026 07:18AM
In which the narrator attends Mass.
AARON
is on page 275 of 1280
Part III: Ch. 2
Finally some proper prose, actual scene-building (first time, in almost 300 pages) and it's a transexual sex act... O tempora, o mores! Mentions Stendhal at least.
— Jun 25, 2026 07:16AM
Finally some proper prose, actual scene-building (first time, in almost 300 pages) and it's a transexual sex act... O tempora, o mores! Mentions Stendhal at least.
AARON
is on page 262 of 1280
Part III: Ch. 1
Some more commentary on education. Hatred, we also learn, at least can make somebody very motivated.
— Jun 25, 2026 06:59AM
Some more commentary on education. Hatred, we also learn, at least can make somebody very motivated.
AARON
is on page 247 of 1280
Part II: Ch. 15
Interesting reflections on justice, forgiveness and history. Does forgiveness redeem the victim or eradicate the past? The author asks, parallelly, if his book in an attempt to draw attention to the crime preserves its violence.
— Jun 22, 2026 08:18AM
Interesting reflections on justice, forgiveness and history. Does forgiveness redeem the victim or eradicate the past? The author asks, parallelly, if his book in an attempt to draw attention to the crime preserves its violence.
AARON
is on page 235 of 1280
Part II: Ch. 14
The veneer of autofiction is disappearing
— Jun 22, 2026 07:22AM
The veneer of autofiction is disappearing
AARON
is on page 225 of 1280
Part II: Ch. 13
In the ranting of Mr. Golgotha, some talent is on display in capturing his idiosyncrasies and thick, accentual voice. We learn: one part of yourself gratifies the desires of the flesh... and the other half suffers for it.
— Jun 22, 2026 07:16AM
In the ranting of Mr. Golgotha, some talent is on display in capturing his idiosyncrasies and thick, accentual voice. We learn: one part of yourself gratifies the desires of the flesh... and the other half suffers for it.
AARON
is on page 211 of 1280
Part II: Ch. 12
Priests, Buddhist monks, the only perfection is a total separation from the world
— Jun 18, 2026 01:25PM
Priests, Buddhist monks, the only perfection is a total separation from the world
