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blueyorkie's review against another edition
4.0
Here is a text that I fragmented to savour, chapter after chapter. We follow a character who tells stories about the good god. But does it exist? Does he appear in every account?
That's for the reader alone to judge. However, I who do not follow turned towards the religious theory; I found them charming and pushed me to think.
I would reread more times, and that many details that had escaped me will come back to me then.
Good reading :)
That's for the reader alone to judge. However, I who do not follow turned towards the religious theory; I found them charming and pushed me to think.
I would reread more times, and that many details that had escaped me will come back to me then.
Good reading :)
grvhppr's review against another edition
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
2.0
I liked about half the stories. The ones I didn't like really fell flat for me and felt like skipping them. However, there were some gems in here that I would reread in future:
. The Tale of the Hands of God (4 stars)
. Of One Who Listened to the Stones (5 stars)
. How the Thimble Came to Be God (5 stars)
. A Story Told to the Dark (4 stars)
I think I'd like to find another translation of this collection; it felt bereft of Rilke's word magic.
. The Tale of the Hands of God (4 stars)
. Of One Who Listened to the Stones (5 stars)
. How the Thimble Came to Be God (5 stars)
. A Story Told to the Dark (4 stars)
I think I'd like to find another translation of this collection; it felt bereft of Rilke's word magic.
emmacrest's review against another edition
5.0
"'What has made you so kind?'
'Everything,' she said softly and warmly."
(A Story Told to the Dark)
"The gravedigger still smiled. 'It is a way of earning one's bread–and besides, I ask you, aren't most people doing the same? They bury God up there as I bury men here.' He pointed to the sky... 'Yes, that too is a great grave, in summer it is covered with wild forget-me-nots..." (A Tale of Death)
"Healthy people are so changeable...[the sick's] immobility makes him resemble things, with which indeed he fosters many intimacies; makes him, so to speak, a thing far superior to other things, a thing that listens not only with its silence but also with its rare, quiet words and with its gentle, reverent feelings." (How Old Timofei Died Singing)
'Everything,' she said softly and warmly."
(A Story Told to the Dark)
"The gravedigger still smiled. 'It is a way of earning one's bread–and besides, I ask you, aren't most people doing the same? They bury God up there as I bury men here.' He pointed to the sky... 'Yes, that too is a great grave, in summer it is covered with wild forget-me-nots..." (A Tale of Death)
"Healthy people are so changeable...[the sick's] immobility makes him resemble things, with which indeed he fosters many intimacies; makes him, so to speak, a thing far superior to other things, a thing that listens not only with its silence but also with its rare, quiet words and with its gentle, reverent feelings." (How Old Timofei Died Singing)
ajdina's review against another edition
5.0
“Er war selbst überrascht, jenseits von seiner strahlenden Heimat ein beginnendes Dunkel zu finden, das ihn schweigend empfing, und er ging mit einem seltsamen Gefühl immer weiter in dieser Dämmerung, welche ihn an die Herzen der Menschen erinnerte. Da fiel es ihm zuerst ein, dass die Köpfe der Menschen licht, ihre Herzen aber voll eines ähnlichen Dunkels sind, und eine Sehnsucht überkam ihn, in den Herzen der Menschen zu wohnen und nicht mehr durch das klare, kalte Wachsein ihrer Gedanken zu gehen.”
(Ein Märchen vom Tod und eine fremde Nachschrift dazu)
(Ein Märchen vom Tod und eine fremde Nachschrift dazu)
mdr's review against another edition
5.0
Of One Who Listened To The Stones will always have a special place in my heart.