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The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
3.0
mostly fun, w/ a low-effort ending. the unbearable corniness of reading. ofc this got picked up by a fRENch publisher
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
3.0
surprisingly well-written
(please read an unedited version so that you can enjoy 'schloss' instead of 'castle', and comically jarring racism towards a black woman who never shows up again or has any plot relevance)
(please read an unedited version so that you can enjoy 'schloss' instead of 'castle', and comically jarring racism towards a black woman who never shows up again or has any plot relevance)
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag
3.0
life is myth! bit of an anticlimactic ending
i do find utility in anthropomorphizing public health crises (covid-19 as the enemy vs we the entire nation, scientists and doctors on the 'frontlines'), as opposed to personal lives (cancer as the enemy vs susan sontag, privately). like the difference b/w talking about viruses using metaphors, and the disease being a metaphor for something?
i do find utility in anthropomorphizing public health crises (covid-19 as the enemy vs we the entire nation, scientists and doctors on the 'frontlines'), as opposed to personal lives (cancer as the enemy vs susan sontag, privately). like the difference b/w talking about viruses using metaphors, and the disease being a metaphor for something?