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gemmavinci's review against another edition
4.0
this story is short and not sweet but sour, but the really good sort of sour.
chicken0death's review
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
All the stories here are tight little character portraits. They're sad, dark, complicated and interesting. I mostly enjoyed my time reading them.
latterman's review against another edition
3.0
An overall great short-stories collection with some profound thinking embossed between the lines—an absolute joy to read through, with one exception.
"The Childhood of a Leader" felt like an intentional mess of a tale, with hard to read style, with single paragraphs that span pages at a time. It would've been okay by itself, but it followed "Intimacy" (that felt like reading through an anxiety attack), making reading a lot more tedious.
That being said, "The Wall", "The Room", and "Erostratus" were absolutely fantastic.
"The Childhood of a Leader" felt like an intentional mess of a tale, with hard to read style, with single paragraphs that span pages at a time. It would've been okay by itself, but it followed "Intimacy" (that felt like reading through an anxiety attack), making reading a lot more tedious.
That being said, "The Wall", "The Room", and "Erostratus" were absolutely fantastic.
kikacd's review against another edition
5.0
“I tell myself there will be nothing afterwards. But I don't understand what it means. Sometimes I almost can.... and then it fades away and I start thinking about the pains again, bullets, explosions. I'm a materialist, I swear it to you; I'm not going crazy. But something's the matter. I see my corpse; that's not hard but I'm the one who sees it, with my eyes. I've got to think... think that I won't see anything anymore and the world will go on for the others. We aren't made to think that, Pablo. Believe me: I've already stayed up a whole night waiting for something. But this isn't the same: this will creep up behind us, Pablo, and we won't be able to prepare for it."
"Shut up.”
"Shut up.”
cuwut's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
sh00's review against another edition
3.0
Иногда влипаешь во время, как в вязкий ил, при этом оно течёт абсурдно - всё утро ты выбираешь газовый ключ, в обед садишься за стехиометрический расчёт (опять же, газовоздушных смесей), а потом ты размазан по дивану в совершенно мерзком ощущении новогоднего дня, который начинается на закате, и ты снова и снова оказываешься в темноте.
Я полистал "Ярмарку тщеславия", заглянул в "Песни Мальдорора", но в конечном итоге несколько часов лежал и читал сборник рассказов Сартра.
Это не очень вдохновляет, но сейчас этого и не нужно, наверное.
Я полистал "Ярмарку тщеславия", заглянул в "Песни Мальдорора", но в конечном итоге несколько часов лежал и читал сборник рассказов Сартра.
Это не очень вдохновляет, но сейчас этого и не нужно, наверное.
jacoboner's review against another edition
4.0
Beş öyküden oluşan eserde ilk öykünün adı Duvar olabilir, fakat tüm öykülerde Duvar metaforu hakim kılınmış. Zihnimize hakim olan duvar kavramını iyi yakalamamız açısından bir baş yapıt. Yaşamda birçok duvar yaratırız ya da duvarların içine doğarız. Birkaçını kavrama adına okunmalı...
eikaia's review against another edition
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
ricardosilvestre's review against another edition
3.0
Na minha busca por escritores já premiados com o Prémio Nobel de Literatura, acabei por encontrar este “O Muro” de Jean-Paul Sartre cuja premiação chegou em 1964.
O livro reúne 5 contos de leitura rápida que nos levam a profundas reflexões, como parece ser habitual na escrita do autor. Sartre, filósofo corajoso e polemico, abre-nos a porta para o Existencialismo e para a profundidade do Eu.
Destaco logo o primeiro conto de todos (meu preferido) que para além de dar nome ao livro, faz-nos mergulhar na vida de 3 prisioneiros horas antes de serem fuzilados.
Já percebi que o conto não é o meu tipo de narrativa favorito. Demorei a terminar este livro e achei a leitura por vezes difícil (talvez por não ter as bases teóricas necessárias). Contudo, é admirável constatar o quanto que Sartre vivia à frente do seu tempo tendo em conta as diferentes abordagens que fazia relativamente aos temas que trazia para cima da mesa.
O livro reúne 5 contos de leitura rápida que nos levam a profundas reflexões, como parece ser habitual na escrita do autor. Sartre, filósofo corajoso e polemico, abre-nos a porta para o Existencialismo e para a profundidade do Eu.
Destaco logo o primeiro conto de todos (meu preferido) que para além de dar nome ao livro, faz-nos mergulhar na vida de 3 prisioneiros horas antes de serem fuzilados.
Já percebi que o conto não é o meu tipo de narrativa favorito. Demorei a terminar este livro e achei a leitura por vezes difícil (talvez por não ter as bases teóricas necessárias). Contudo, é admirável constatar o quanto que Sartre vivia à frente do seu tempo tendo em conta as diferentes abordagens que fazia relativamente aos temas que trazia para cima da mesa.