[#LEspritCritique] «L’esprit critique» littérature: retour sur le Goncourt
Notre podcast culturel revient sur le prix décerné à «Houris», de #KamelDaoud, et s’intéresse aussi à deux romans oubliés des prix de la rentrée, «Archipels» d’#HélèneGaudy et «Petits Travaux pour un palais» de #LászlóKrasznahorkai.
Notre podcast culturel revient sur le prix décerné à « Houris », de Kamel Daoud, et s’intéresse aussi à deux romans oubliés des prix de la rentrée, « Archipels » d’Hélène Gaudy et « Petits Travaux pour un palais » de László Krasznahorkai.
Book 24: “Spadework for a Palace” by #LaszloKrasznahorkai.
A grumpy librarian named herman melvill, who’s bound in other ways to that other Melville, wants to hide books away from people.
Wonderfully misanthropic. But the final two-thirds of this 80-page, single long sentence don’t bear out the promise of its quietly weary start. Big points for the premise though; I can definitely identify with it.
Une prophétie du Hongrois László Krasznahorkai, l’homme fait littérature
L’écrivain nobélisable #LászlóKrasznahorkai offre un condensé hilarant de son œuvre prodigieuse, habituellement plus sombre. Comment un employé névrosé de la bibliothèque de New York aura rêvé de mettre sur pied un établissement «éternellement fermé».
Un article de Maurice Mourier (En attendant Nadeau)
L’écrivain nobélisable László Krasznahorkai offre un condensé hilarant de son œuvre prodigieuse, habituellement plus sombre. Comment un employé névrosé de la bibliothèque de New York aura rêvé de mettre sur pied un établissement « éternellement fermé ».
Get it into your thick head that jokes are just like life. Things that begin badly, end badly. Everything's fine in the middle, it's the end you need to worry about
#mihalyvig #photography #countryhouse #enamel #enamelkettle #crochet #crochetblanket #sátántangó #lights #stilllife #stilllifephotography #vintage #cinemapoetry #winterlight #beforethestorm #lifeisnotfair
#belatarr #waitingforthetea #photooftheday #february
#satantango
#laszlokrasznahorkai
#satantango
And now the upcoming revolution in the world of "Melancholy of resistance" becomes clear, I'm excited! Krasznahorkai so far strips everyone out of their dignity. Everyone is petty, mean and disgusting. Well, maybe almost. I know he introduced some more noble characters in "Satantango" though, so I wonder who'll be more dignified in "Melancholy".
#LaszloKrasznahorkai #TheMelancholyofresistance #EasternEurope
I'm reading Krasznahorkai's "The melancholy of resistance". It's so fun so far, pretty lighthearted despite playing with negative emotions. I needed something more distanced, less serious. The atmosphere of the small town is nice too. I'm curious about its inhabitants. Valushka seems so relatable. Too bad I'm tired and may fall asleep soon.
#LaszloKrasznahorkai #apocalypse #EasternEurope #TheMelancholyofresistance
I can't focus on anything, so I'm reading "The melancholy of resistance". Thank you based Krasznahorkai. Oh man, his characters are so unlikeable. But the small town atmosphere of his novels and original things that happen there are quite fun. ^___^ I needed something like this, something not serious.
Book 38: “The Saint of Bright Doors” by #VajraChandrasekera.
What an arresting premise. The opening is great too. And it goes in all sorts of unexpected directions. It drags a bit in places while operating in a context I know very little about: Sri Lankan history and Buddhism, by way of fantasy. I still found much of it engaging and learned of the author’s blog post on “Unbuddhism”that should be read once you’re done with this: https://vajra.me/2021/10/27/%e0%b6%85%e0%b6%b6%e0%b7%9e%e0%b6%af%e0%b7%8a%e0%b6%b0%e0%b6%9a%e0%b6%b8-unbuddhism/
And that’s the end of my book thread for 2024. Didn’t read as much because of being exhausted from work, which is pitiful when I think about what matters. Also did poorly on posting about them soon after I finished each one. Sorry for spamming the Bookstodon group on NYE (again!). Here’s the full list on #Bookwyrm:
http://books.theunseen.city/user/otts/2024-in-the-books?key=4221c38361ae4f80b896dc9e436e734f
@ottsatwork thanks for sharing that blog post, it’s a powerful pushback on the “atheist Buddhism” that has a lot of readers in the West.
His more recent book, Rake’s Progress, is amazing and well worth a read if you enjoyed Bright Doors — IMHO it has the consistency and through-line that Bright Doors almost had but fell frustratingly short of.
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