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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
It’s well written - a perfect beach read.
I like how writer being honest and unapologetic in detailing her (or the character’s) passion towards a married man. Record her change of emotions in the course of waiting like each of us and present the fear of loss immaculately. And I also like she talks about writing - how writing is shaped differently compared with living in real life and works at an exhibition.
“I wondered what the difference between past life and literature, perhaps just a feeling of disbelief that I had actually been there one day, something I wouldn’t have felt in the case of a fictional character.”
And what I don’t like, for it’s a fictional work - that the statements or the observations in the work should be queried and questioned. In short, it comes with no moral value, maybe does help me reflect a bit on how “love” can merely be one person’s infatuation towards another party. I don’t like it for it’s only a beach read.
I like how writer being honest and unapologetic in detailing her (or the character’s) passion towards a married man. Record her change of emotions in the course of waiting like each of us and present the fear of loss immaculately. And I also like she talks about writing - how writing is shaped differently compared with living in real life and works at an exhibition.
“I wondered what the difference between past life and literature, perhaps just a feeling of disbelief that I had actually been there one day, something I wouldn’t have felt in the case of a fictional character.”
And what I don’t like, for it’s a fictional work - that the statements or the observations in the work should be queried and questioned. In short, it comes with no moral value, maybe does help me reflect a bit on how “love” can merely be one person’s infatuation towards another party. I don’t like it for it’s only a beach read.
reflective
fast-paced
emotional
fast-paced
El libro comienza a partir de la siguiente premisa: “Me ha parecido que la escritura debería tender a eso, a esta impresión que provoca la escena del acto sexual, a esta angustia y a este estupor, a una suspensión del juicio moral”.
Durante todo el libro queda patente el estilo de la autora que es sobrio y cortante, pero que te incita a seguir leyendo. No es una novela continua, son fragmentos donde te muestra su vida y plantea dilemas morales sobre los acontecimientos narrados. Es el segundo libro que leo de la autora y definitivamente no será el último.
"Y que todo esto empiece a parecerme tan ajeno como si se tratara de otra mujer, nada cambia en lo siguiente: gracias a él me acerqué al límite que separaba del otro, hasta el punto de que a veces creí traspasarlo. He medido el tiempo de otro modo, con todo mi cuerpo. He descubierto de lo que uno puede ser capaz, que equivale a decir de todo. De deseos sublimes o letales, falta de dignidad, creencias y comportamientos que tildaba de insensatos en los demás, hasta que yo misma recurrí a ellos. Sin que él lo sospeche, me ha ligado más al mundo"
Durante todo el libro queda patente el estilo de la autora que es sobrio y cortante, pero que te incita a seguir leyendo. No es una novela continua, son fragmentos donde te muestra su vida y plantea dilemas morales sobre los acontecimientos narrados. Es el segundo libro que leo de la autora y definitivamente no será el último.
"Y que todo esto empiece a parecerme tan ajeno como si se tratara de otra mujer, nada cambia en lo siguiente: gracias a él me acerqué al límite que separaba del otro, hasta el punto de que a veces creí traspasarlo. He medido el tiempo de otro modo, con todo mi cuerpo. He descubierto de lo que uno puede ser capaz, que equivale a decir de todo. De deseos sublimes o letales, falta de dignidad, creencias y comportamientos que tildaba de insensatos en los demás, hasta que yo misma recurrí a ellos. Sin que él lo sospeche, me ha ligado más al mundo"
““He had said, “You won’t write a book about me.” But I haven’t written a book about him, neither have I written a book about myself. All I have done is translate into words—words he will probably never read; they are not intended for him—the way in which his existence has affected my life. An offering of a sort, bequeathed to others.”
Ernaux does a fantastic job capturing the complex emotions you feel when you’re in love/infatuated, especially when you’re in love/infatuated with someone who does not care for you in the same manner as you care for them. Brilliant!
Ernaux does a fantastic job capturing the complex emotions you feel when you’re in love/infatuated, especially when you’re in love/infatuated with someone who does not care for you in the same manner as you care for them. Brilliant!
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fast-paced