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睾乇丕賲賷丕鬲 賲囟丨賰丞
賷噩賲毓 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘賷賳 胤賷丕鬲賴 賲噩賲賵毓丞 賲賳 丕賱賯氐氐 丕賱睾乇丕賲賷丞 丕賱賯氐賷乇丞 丕賱賲囟丨賰丞貙 賵賴賷 賲賳 廿毓丿丕丿 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷 "賲賷賱丕賳 賰賵賳丿賷乇" 賵賮賷賴丕 賷鬲丨丿孬 毓賳 亘毓囟 丕賱賲卮丕賰賱 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賵丕噩賴 丕賱卮亘丕亘 賵丕賱卮丕亘丕鬲 賮賷 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱睾乇亘賷 亘卮賰賱 毓丕賲 賵賴丿賮賴 乇爻賲 氐賵乇丞 賵賱賵 亘爻賷胤丞 毓賳 丌賱丕賲 賴丐賱丕亍 賵胤賲賵丨丕鬲賴賲.
First published January 1, 1970
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Milan Kundera
225听books18.6k听followersMilan Kundera (1 April 1929 鈥� 11 July 2023) was a Czech and French novelist. He went into exile in France in 1975, acquiring citizenship in 1981. His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, but he was granted Czech citizenship in 2019.
Kundera wrote in Czech and French. He revises the French translations of all his books; people therefore consider these original works as not translations. He is best known for his novels, including The Joke (1967), The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), all of which exhibit his extreme though often comical skepticism.
Kundera wrote in Czech and French. He revises the French translations of all his books; people therefore consider these original works as not translations. He is best known for his novels, including The Joke (1967), The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), all of which exhibit his extreme though often comical skepticism.
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February 17, 2010
Kundera is a beautiful writer but that is my only positive comment on the matter. This man is so far beyond sexist, there is no word for it. HIs depictions of women are not necessarily filled with sexist language - they are just totally devoid of respect. Kundera seems incapable of seeing women as anything other than sex objects. Every story, every female character, and every male character revolve around the same abusive sex game of cat-and-mouse. It gets old.
May 15, 2025
"賷賳亘睾賷 毓賱賷 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 兀賳 賷乇賰亘 丿賵賲丕賸 賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲 噩丿賷丿丞.."
賰賵賳丿賷乇丕..廿爻賲賴 賱賵丨丿賴 亘賷禺賵賮賳賷...賮賲丕 亘丕賱賰 亘賯賷 亘丿賲丕睾賴:)
亘爻 賴賳丕 賮賷 睾乇丕賲賷丕鬲 賲乇丨丞 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賰丕賳 爻賴賱 賵亘爻賷胤 ..毓賲賷賯 胤亘毓丕賸 亘爻 賲賮賴賵賲:)
侑 賯氐氐 賯氐賷乇丞 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲丞 丕賱賲爻鬲賵賷 亘鬲丿賵乇 賲毓馗賲賴丕 丨賵賱 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賵丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 賵賲丨丕賵賱丞 賮賴賲賴丕 ..賵亘賲丕 廿賳 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賰丕鬲亘 噩乇卅 賮賴賵 賷噩毓賱賳丕 賳賮賴賲 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 毓賱丕賯鬲賴賲 丕賱噩賳爻賷丞 亘丕賱兀禺乇賷賳....
丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丿賲賴 禺賮賷賮 賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱賯氐氐..丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱兀賵賱賷 "賱丕 兀丨丿 爻賷囟丨賰 "毓噩亘鬲賳賷 噩丿丕賸 ..賵丕賱禺賲爻 賯氐氐 丕賱兀禺乇賷 賷毓鬲亘乇 賲爻鬲賵丕賴丕 賲鬲賵爻胤 ...鬲賯賷賷賲賷 賱賱賰鬲丕亘 賰丕賳 丨賷賰賵賳 伲 賳噩賵賲..廿賱賷 兀賳 賯乇兀鬲 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 "廿丿賵丕乇丿 賵丕賱乇亘"...
賯氐丞 毓賳 丕賱氐乇丕毓 丕賱賳賮爻賷 亘賷賳 丕賱鬲丿賷賳 賵 丕賱賮囟賷賱丞 賲賳 賳丕丨賷丞 賵丕賱乇睾亘丞 賮賷 丕賱丨亘 賵丕賱卮賴賵丞 丕賱噩賳爻賷丞 賲賳 賳丕丨賷丞 兀禺乇賷..丕賱氐乇丕丨丞 賲賰鬲賵亘丞 亘毓亘賯乇賷丞..馃槏
賰鬲丕亘 噩賲賷賱 ..賲賲鬲毓..鬲乇噩賲丞 賲賲鬲丕夭丞...
丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱鬲丕賱鬲丞 賱賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷 賵賮賷 乇兀賷賷 睾乇丕賲賷丕鬲 賲乇丨丞 賲賳丕爻亘 噩丿丕 賱丿禺賵賱 毓丕賱賲 賴匕丕 丕賱亘丕卮丕 亘胤乇賷賯丞 爻賴賱丞 賵亘爻賷胤丞 亘丿賱 賲丕 丕賳丕 廿鬲囟乇亘鬲 毓賱賷 丿賲丕睾賷 噩丕賲丿 賮賷 賰丕卅賳 賱丕 鬲丨鬲賲賱 禺賮鬲賴:)
賰賵賳丿賷乇丕..廿爻賲賴 賱賵丨丿賴 亘賷禺賵賮賳賷...賮賲丕 亘丕賱賰 亘賯賷 亘丿賲丕睾賴:)
亘爻 賴賳丕 賮賷 睾乇丕賲賷丕鬲 賲乇丨丞 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賰丕賳 爻賴賱 賵亘爻賷胤 ..毓賲賷賯 胤亘毓丕賸 亘爻 賲賮賴賵賲:)
侑 賯氐氐 賯氐賷乇丞 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲丞 丕賱賲爻鬲賵賷 亘鬲丿賵乇 賲毓馗賲賴丕 丨賵賱 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賵丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 賵賲丨丕賵賱丞 賮賴賲賴丕 ..賵亘賲丕 廿賳 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賰丕鬲亘 噩乇卅 賮賴賵 賷噩毓賱賳丕 賳賮賴賲 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 毓賱丕賯鬲賴賲 丕賱噩賳爻賷丞 亘丕賱兀禺乇賷賳....
丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丿賲賴 禺賮賷賮 賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱賯氐氐..丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱兀賵賱賷 "賱丕 兀丨丿 爻賷囟丨賰 "毓噩亘鬲賳賷 噩丿丕賸 ..賵丕賱禺賲爻 賯氐氐 丕賱兀禺乇賷 賷毓鬲亘乇 賲爻鬲賵丕賴丕 賲鬲賵爻胤 ...鬲賯賷賷賲賷 賱賱賰鬲丕亘 賰丕賳 丨賷賰賵賳 伲 賳噩賵賲..廿賱賷 兀賳 賯乇兀鬲 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 "廿丿賵丕乇丿 賵丕賱乇亘"...
賯氐丞 毓賳 丕賱氐乇丕毓 丕賱賳賮爻賷 亘賷賳 丕賱鬲丿賷賳 賵 丕賱賮囟賷賱丞 賲賳 賳丕丨賷丞 賵丕賱乇睾亘丞 賮賷 丕賱丨亘 賵丕賱卮賴賵丞 丕賱噩賳爻賷丞 賲賳 賳丕丨賷丞 兀禺乇賷..丕賱氐乇丕丨丞 賲賰鬲賵亘丞 亘毓亘賯乇賷丞..馃槏
賰鬲丕亘 噩賲賷賱 ..賲賲鬲毓..鬲乇噩賲丞 賲賲鬲丕夭丞...
丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱鬲丕賱鬲丞 賱賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷 賵賮賷 乇兀賷賷 睾乇丕賲賷丕鬲 賲乇丨丞 賲賳丕爻亘 噩丿丕 賱丿禺賵賱 毓丕賱賲 賴匕丕 丕賱亘丕卮丕 亘胤乇賷賯丞 爻賴賱丞 賵亘爻賷胤丞 亘丿賱 賲丕 丕賳丕 廿鬲囟乇亘鬲 毓賱賷 丿賲丕睾賷 噩丕賲丿 賮賷 賰丕卅賳 賱丕 鬲丨鬲賲賱 禺賮鬲賴:)
May 31, 2020
鈥淲e pass through the present with our eyes blindfolded. We are permitted merely to sense and guess at what we are actually experiencing. Only later when the cloth is untied can we glance at the past and find out what we have experienced and what meaning it has.鈥�
One of Kundera's earlier works, Laughable Loves is a collection of short stories that illustrate familiar themes of sexual politics and seduction using his trademark dark humor. Each story is marked with a stroke of tragic nuance from the characters' expectations.
One of Kundera's earlier works, Laughable Loves is a collection of short stories that illustrate familiar themes of sexual politics and seduction using his trademark dark humor. Each story is marked with a stroke of tragic nuance from the characters' expectations.
January 31, 2025
賱賲 鬲賯乇兀 賱賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賵 鬲乇賷丿 兀賳 鬲亘丿兀 亘卮賷亍 賲卮噩毓 賵 爻賴賱 丕賱賮賴賲 賵 賲賲鬲毓 賵 毓賲賷賯 賮賷 丕賱賵賯鬲 賳賮爻賴.
廿匕丕 毓賱賷賰 亘賴匕賴 丕賱賲噩賲賵毓丞 匕丕鬲 丕賱賯氐氐 丕賱爻亘毓丞 賵 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳鬲賴賷 亘賯氐丞 廿丿賵丕乇丿 賵 丕賱乇亘 丕賱鬲賷 兀毓鬲亘乇賴丕 兀噩賲賱 賲丕 賰鬲亘 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賵 鬲鬲亘丕賷賳 亘丕賯賷 丕賱賯氐氐 亘賷賳 丕賱噩賷丿 噩丿丕 賵 丕賱賲賲鬲丕夭.
賵 賱賰賳 賱丕 鬲賳爻 兀亘丿丕 兀賳 賮賱爻賮丞 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 鬲鬲賲丨賵乇 丨賵賱 丕賱丨乇賷丞 賵 賱丕 鬲鬲賵乇毓 毓賳 丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲 丕賱噩賳爻 賰兀丿丕丞 賲賮囟賱丞 賱賮囟丨 賵 鬲毓乇賷丞 丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞.
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賵 兀毓賱賳鬲 兀賳 賲毓賳賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賴賵 毓賱賶 賵噩賴 丕賱鬲丨丿賷丿 丕賱鬲爻賱賷 亘賴丕. 賵 廿匕丕 賲丕 兀賱賮賷賳丕 丕賱丨賷丕丞 兀噩賲賱 賲賳 兀賳 鬲胤丕賵毓 匕賱賰. 賵噩亘 兀賳 賳毓胤賷賴丕 丿賮毓丞 禺賮賷賮丞. 賷賳亘睾賷 毓賱賶 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 兀賳 賷乇賰亘 丿賵賲丕 賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲 噩丿賷丿丞. 兀賳 賷爻乇噩 兀丨氐賳丞 噩丿賷丿丞. 賲賳 丿賵賳賴丕 爻賷噩丿 賳賮爻賴 賲毓賮乇丕 亘丕賱鬲乇丕亘 賲孬賱 噩賳丿賷 賲卮丕丞 賲鬲毓亘.
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兀丿乇賰鬲 賮噩兀丞 兀賳賳賷 賵丕賴賲 賱賲丕 丕毓鬲賯丿鬲 兀賳賳丕 賳丨賳 賲賳 賷爻乇噩 丨氐丕賳 賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲賳丕. 亘賱 賴賷 賲賮乇賵囟丞 毓賱賷賳丕 賲賳 丕賱禺丕乇噩. 賵 兀賳賴丕 賱丕 鬲禺氐賳丕 丕胤賱丕賯丕. 賵 兀賳賳丕 賱爻賳丕 賲爻卅賵賱賷賳 丕賱亘鬲丞 毓賳 賲噩乇丕賴丕 丕賱睾乇賷亘. 賮賴賷 鬲爻賵賯賳丕 亘鬲賵噩賷賴 賲賳 賯賵賶 睾乇賷亘丞 賲賵噩賵丿丞 賮賷 賲賰丕賳 賲噩賴賵賱.
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丕丨鬲噩鬲 賱亘毓囟 丕賱賵賯鬲 丨鬲賶 兀丿乇賰 兀賳 賯氐鬲賷 乇睾賲 丕賱氐賲鬲 丕賱賯丕鬲賱 丕賱匕賷 禺賷賲 賲賳 丨賵賱賷 賱賲 鬲賰賳 賲賳 丕賱賳賵毓 丕賱賲兀爻賵賷 亘賱 亘丕賱兀丨乇賶 賲賳 丕賱賳賵毓 丕賱賲囟丨賰. 賵 賴賵 賲丕 賲賳丨賳賷 亘毓囟 丕賱毓夭丕亍.
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卮毓乇鬲 亘賳賮爻賴丕 賮噩兀丞 賴丕丿卅丞 鬲賲丕賲丕. 賮丨賷丕丞 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱兀禺乇賶 丕賱鬲賷 賵噩丿鬲 賳賮爻賴丕 賲賳睾賲爻丞 賮賷賴丕 賮噩兀丞 賰丕賳鬲 丨賷丕丞 亘賱丕 丨賷丕亍. 賲鬲丨乇乇丞 賲賳 丕賰乇丕賴丕鬲 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱爻丕亘賯丞. 亘賱丕 賲丕囟 賵 賱丕 賲爻鬲賯亘賱. 亘賱丕 丕賱鬲夭丕賲. 賰丕賳鬲 丨賷丕丞 丨乇丞 亘卮賰賱 丕爻鬲孬賳丕卅賷. 賱賲丕 氐丕乇鬲 丕賲乇兀丞 賲噩賴賵賱丞 兀氐亘丨鬲 賯丕丿乇丞 毓賱賶 賮毓賱 兀賷 卮賷亍. 賵 丕爻鬲亘丕丨丞 賰賱 卮賷亍. 賯丕丿乇丞 毓賱賶 賯賵賱 賵 賮毓賱 兀賷 卮賷亍. 賵 毓賱賶 丕賱卮毓賵乇 亘兀賷 卮賷亍.
September 14, 2021
L鈥橧NSOSTENIBILE AMBIGUIT脌 DELL鈥橝MORE
Non so se siano davvero amori ridicoli.
Sono sicuramente amori. Sono storie d鈥檃more analizzate, indagate. Spinte verso il paradosso. Con una parete, per quanto sottile, tra amore sentimento e amore fisico, il che le rende un pochino fuori epoca.
E forse anche la voce del narratore onnisciente, molto superiore, giudicante, contribuisce a far sentire i cinquant鈥檃nni passati dalla loro composizione.
Scritti tra il 1959 e il 1968, quindi precedenti rispetto al suo titolo pi霉 celebre, L鈥檌nsostenibile leggerezza dell鈥檈ssere, che mi chiedo quanta parte della sua fortuna debba a un titolo memorabile, azzeccato come pochi.
Sono solo sette racconti e uno in particolare mi ha colpito: il terzo, Falso autostop. e in questo caso il titolo 猫 ben meno memorabile, ma punta dritto al cuore del racconto, ne coglie l鈥檃spetto pi霉 appariscente.
Il falso autostop 猫 un gioco che per caso s鈥檌nnesca tra due fidanzati appena partiti per la loro vacanza insieme.
Un gioco che parte senza premeditazione, spinge i due a recitare una parte, a diventare attori per interpretare un ruolo, in un certo senso a indossare una maschera e mostrarsi per una volta, forse per la prima volta, diversi da quello che sono.
La bravura di un regista si misura anche dal cast che sceglie. Qui, Daniel Day Lewis, forse il pi霉 grande attore di sempre, tre Oscar, 62 anni di cui 48 di carriera ma solo una ventina di ruoli, attore parsimonioso 鈥� aveva alle spalle 鈥淢y Beautiful Laundrette鈥� ma non era ancora esploso 鈥� questo 猫 il film che lo ha imposto. Juliette Binoche, lanciata da 鈥淩osso sangue鈥� ma neppure lei ancora esplosa: anche per lei questo fu il trampolino di lancio internazionale, e poi 猫 arrivato un Oscar, non cos矛 comune per gli attori che non sono di madre lingua inglese. La terza 猫 Lena Olin, splendida, sensuale come poche, quella su cui si sarebbe potuto scommettere: e invece per lei 猫 stato un finto salto, non si 猫 mai pi霉 ripetuta a questo livello.
Lei si trova a recitare la disinvolta e disinibita, mentre nella realt脿 ha tanto pudore da non riuscire a dire che ha bisogno di fare pip矛.
Lui che proprio da questo pudore 猫 attratto, la scopre sfrontata e senza remore, e non sa pi霉 chi ha davanti (in realt脿, chi ha accanto, visto che buona parte del racconto si svolge all鈥檌nterno della macchina, fianco a fianco, lui guida, lei seduta nel sedile del passeggero). Comincia a chiedersi se sia davvero innamorato, perch茅 qual 猫 la vera lei: interpreta la parte cos矛 bene, con tale convinzione, che viene da pensare, e credere, che il ruolo sia la sua vera natura, e che finga quando sembra invece spontanea.
Altrettanto succede a lei, per lei.
Il gioco si spinge nel terreno della brutalit脿, dell鈥檕ffesa, della cattiveria, della rabbia, della paura.
Quando lei si spoglia, quando 猫 nuda spera che il gioco abbia termine e si torni alla realt脿, alla verit脿.
Ma forse si sono spinti troppo oltre. E qual 猫 la verit脿? L鈥檈quivoco e l鈥檈rrore di valutazione hanno ormai preso il sopravvento, la vita recitata ha attaccato la vita reale e si direbbe aver vinto.
Si parla di Pirandello per questo e le altre sei brevi storie. Io che non sono molto familiare con il nostro autore siciliano, penso piuttosto a Choderlos de Laclos e alle sue liaisons dangereuses, a quei colpi di fioretto verbali, a quei giochi di ruolo.
Sapeva che lei lo amava ed era gelosa. La gelosia non 猫 certo una qualit脿 piacevole, ma se non se ne abusa (se 猫 unita a una certa moderazione) ha in s茅, a parte i suoi inconvenienti, anche qualcosa di commovente.
Splendidi
Non so se siano davvero amori ridicoli.
Sono sicuramente amori. Sono storie d鈥檃more analizzate, indagate. Spinte verso il paradosso. Con una parete, per quanto sottile, tra amore sentimento e amore fisico, il che le rende un pochino fuori epoca.
E forse anche la voce del narratore onnisciente, molto superiore, giudicante, contribuisce a far sentire i cinquant鈥檃nni passati dalla loro composizione.
Scritti tra il 1959 e il 1968, quindi precedenti rispetto al suo titolo pi霉 celebre, L鈥檌nsostenibile leggerezza dell鈥檈ssere, che mi chiedo quanta parte della sua fortuna debba a un titolo memorabile, azzeccato come pochi.
Sono solo sette racconti e uno in particolare mi ha colpito: il terzo, Falso autostop. e in questo caso il titolo 猫 ben meno memorabile, ma punta dritto al cuore del racconto, ne coglie l鈥檃spetto pi霉 appariscente.
Il falso autostop 猫 un gioco che per caso s鈥檌nnesca tra due fidanzati appena partiti per la loro vacanza insieme.
Un gioco che parte senza premeditazione, spinge i due a recitare una parte, a diventare attori per interpretare un ruolo, in un certo senso a indossare una maschera e mostrarsi per una volta, forse per la prima volta, diversi da quello che sono.
La bravura di un regista si misura anche dal cast che sceglie. Qui, Daniel Day Lewis, forse il pi霉 grande attore di sempre, tre Oscar, 62 anni di cui 48 di carriera ma solo una ventina di ruoli, attore parsimonioso 鈥� aveva alle spalle 鈥淢y Beautiful Laundrette鈥� ma non era ancora esploso 鈥� questo 猫 il film che lo ha imposto. Juliette Binoche, lanciata da 鈥淩osso sangue鈥� ma neppure lei ancora esplosa: anche per lei questo fu il trampolino di lancio internazionale, e poi 猫 arrivato un Oscar, non cos矛 comune per gli attori che non sono di madre lingua inglese. La terza 猫 Lena Olin, splendida, sensuale come poche, quella su cui si sarebbe potuto scommettere: e invece per lei 猫 stato un finto salto, non si 猫 mai pi霉 ripetuta a questo livello.
Lei si trova a recitare la disinvolta e disinibita, mentre nella realt脿 ha tanto pudore da non riuscire a dire che ha bisogno di fare pip矛.
Lui che proprio da questo pudore 猫 attratto, la scopre sfrontata e senza remore, e non sa pi霉 chi ha davanti (in realt脿, chi ha accanto, visto che buona parte del racconto si svolge all鈥檌nterno della macchina, fianco a fianco, lui guida, lei seduta nel sedile del passeggero). Comincia a chiedersi se sia davvero innamorato, perch茅 qual 猫 la vera lei: interpreta la parte cos矛 bene, con tale convinzione, che viene da pensare, e credere, che il ruolo sia la sua vera natura, e che finga quando sembra invece spontanea.
Altrettanto succede a lei, per lei.
Il gioco si spinge nel terreno della brutalit脿, dell鈥檕ffesa, della cattiveria, della rabbia, della paura.
Quando lei si spoglia, quando 猫 nuda spera che il gioco abbia termine e si torni alla realt脿, alla verit脿.
Ma forse si sono spinti troppo oltre. E qual 猫 la verit脿? L鈥檈quivoco e l鈥檈rrore di valutazione hanno ormai preso il sopravvento, la vita recitata ha attaccato la vita reale e si direbbe aver vinto.
Si parla di Pirandello per questo e le altre sei brevi storie. Io che non sono molto familiare con il nostro autore siciliano, penso piuttosto a Choderlos de Laclos e alle sue liaisons dangereuses, a quei colpi di fioretto verbali, a quei giochi di ruolo.
Sapeva che lei lo amava ed era gelosa. La gelosia non 猫 certo una qualit脿 piacevole, ma se non se ne abusa (se 猫 unita a una certa moderazione) ha in s茅, a parte i suoi inconvenienti, anche qualcosa di commovente.
Splendidi
July 12, 2023
This collection of seven artful stories which were rich in philosophising, eroticism, cynicism and humour, again shows Kundera in top form. Maybe not one his best, but this was still such fun to read. Generally speaking, these stories mostly deal with the consolation of middle-class Central European men, who, fuelled by desire and sometimes despair, are out to impress each other by seducing women, both the adoring young, and the lustful older, and what's different here compared to some of his other work is that there are hardly any bureaucratic political references. A bohemian and sharp-witted Kundera writes with an unrelenting lust, and puts the male sexual psyche under the microscope, whilst also dealing with the implications of his characters playing jokes and games, or pretending to be somebody else, leading to confusion and misunderstanding. Of the seven stories, 'The Golden Apple of Eternal Desire', 'The Hitchhiking Game', 'Symposium' (probably my favourite), and 'Let the Old Dead Make Room for the Young Dead' were so good. Ever present with Kundera's trademark perceptiveness, this is the sort of book that would make even someone like Vladimir Nabokov jealous.
November 15, 2015
賲鬲丕爻賮丕賳賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 趩賳丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳卮 丨匕賮 賵 亘賯蹖賴 賴賲 讴賱蹖 爻丕賳爻賵乇 丿丕乇丿
讴賵賳丿乇丕 卮丕蹖丿 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 賴乇 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丿蹖诏乇蹖 噩賲賱丕鬲 賵 賮氐賱 賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘卮 丿乇 讴卮賵乇 賲丕 丨匕賮 卮丿賴 丕賳丿
賵 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丕蹖乇丕賳蹖 亘丕 蹖讴 丕孬乇 賳丕賯氐 乇賵亘賴 乇賵爻鬲 讴賴 賴蹖趩诏丕賴 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳丿 亘賴 亘乇丿丕卮鬲蹖 讴賴 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕乇丿 丕胤賲蹖賳丕賳 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿
:丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴蹖趩讴爻 賳禺賵丕賴丿 禺賳丿蹖丿
亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘賴 賲爻禺乇賴 亘賵丿賳 丿賱爻賵夭蹖 丿乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖 賲丿乇賳 賲蹖 倬乇丿丕夭賴.丕蹖賳讴賴 賳賲蹖 禺賵丕賴蹖 讴爻蹖 乇賵 賳丕乇丕丨鬲 讴賳蹖 賵賱蹖 丌禺乇卮 丕蹖賳 鬲賵卅蹖 讴賴 賲賵乇丿 丨賲賱賴 賯乇丕乇 賲蹖 诏蹖乇賴.蹖賴 趩蹖夭丕蹖蹖 鬲賵 賲丕蹖賴 丕氐賱 鬲賳丕夭毓 亘賯丕
:賲賳賵 蹖丕丿 丕蹖賳 噩賲賱賴 賲毓乇賵賮 賯蹖氐乇 賲蹖 丕賳丿丕禺鬲
丕蹖賳 賲乇丕賲 乇賵夭诏丕乇賴貨 賳讴卮蹖 賲蹖 讴卮賳丿
:丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕鬲賵 丕爻鬲丕倬
丿乇 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿禺鬲乇蹖 禺噩丕賱鬲蹖 亘禺丕胤乇 蹖讴 亘丕夭蹖 賵 丕氐乇丕乇 丿賵爻 倬爻乇卮貙 丕夭 賲乇夭 卮乇賲 賵 丨蹖丕 乇丿 賲蹖卮賴 賵 丿賵爻 倬爻乇卮 丿乇 丕蹖賳 賲蹖 賲丕賳丿 讴賴 賲毓卮賵賯卮 賴賲 賲孬賱 賴賲賴 夭賳賴丕蹖 亘丿讴丕乇賴 丕蹖賳 亘蹖 卮乇賲蹖 丿乇 賵噩賵丿卮 丿丕乇賴!責
賵 丿乇 賳鬲蹖噩賴 毓賱丕賯賴 賵 丕丨鬲乇丕賲蹖 讴賴 亘賴 賲毓卮賵賯卮 丿丕卮鬲 讴賲乇賳诏 賲蹖 卮賵丿.丕賵 丕蹖賳 夭賳賴丕 乇丕 賲蹖 卮賳丕爻丿 趩賵賳 亘丕乇賴丕 亘丕 丌賳賴丕 亘賵丿賴 丕爻鬲 賵 丕夭 丿賵爻鬲 丿禺鬲乇卮 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 丿蹖诏乇蹖 丿丕乇丿.丕蹖賳 噩賳亘賴 胤賳夭 賯囟蹖賴 丕爻鬲
:賲乇丿賴 賴丕蹖 賯丿蹖賲 亘丕蹖丿 亘乇丕蹖 賲乇丿賴 賴丕蹖 噩丿蹖丿 噩丕 亘丕夭 讴賳賳丿
丕蹖賳 賲亘丕乇夭賴 夭賳蹖 亘丕 禺賵丿卮 丕爻鬲 亘丕 禺賵丿蹖 讴賴 倬爻乇卮 丕賵 乇丕 亘賴 丕蹖賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賳丕禺賵丕爻鬲賴 賲丨讴賵賲 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲
丕賵 亘丕蹖丿 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 讴賳丿 亘蹖賳 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵蹖 诏乇丿丕賳丿賳 亘禺丕胤乇 賲丕賳丿賳 蹖丕丿诏丕乇賴丕 賵 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 夭蹖亘丕
蹖丕 丿乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 睾賵胤賴 賵乇 卮丿賳 亘乇丕蹖 賱匕鬲 亘乇丿賳 丕夭 丌賳
賴蹖趩 丿賱蹖賱蹖 賵噩賵丿 賳丿丕卮鬲 讴賴 蹖丕丿诏丕乇 賴丕 乇丕 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 鬲乇噩蹖丨 亘丿賴丿貨
賲乇丿 噩賵丕賳蹖 讴賴 15 爻丕賱 丕夭 賵蹖 讴賵趩讴鬲乇 亘賵丿 讴賳丕乇卮 賳卮爻鬲賴 亘賵丿 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕 丌禺乇蹖賳 賲乇丿蹖
..亘賵丿 讴賴 亘賴 丕賵 丕賱鬲賲丕爻 賲蹖讴乇丿 賵 丿乇 毓蹖賳 丨丕賱 貙賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿卮
丕蹖賳 丕賮讴丕乇蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 匕賴賳 夭賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲蹖 诏匕乇丿 賵 賲蹖賱 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖貙夭賳丿丕賳 禺賵丿 爻丕禺鬲賴 倬蹖乇蹖 賵 亘丿賵賳 賱匕鬲 乇丕 丿乇 賴賲 賲蹖 卮讴賳丿
賵 亘賴 賲乇丿 噩賵丕賳 賲蹖 诏賵蹖锟斤拷 讴賴 丨賯 亘丕鬲賵爻鬲貙 趩乇丕 亘丕蹖丿 亘丕鬲賵 亘噩賳诏賲責
蹖毓賳蹖 趩乇丕 亘丕蹖丿 亘丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 噩賳诏蹖丿責
:丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕丿賵丕乇丿 賵 禺丿丕
!丌丿賲蹖 讴賴 賳賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 賴蹖趩 讴爻 賵 賴蹖趩 趩蹖夭 乇丕 噩丿蹖 亘诏蹖乇丿 夭賳丿诏蹖 睾賲 丕賳诏蹖夭蹖 丿丕乇丿
噩賵丕賳蹖 讴賴 丕夭 趩蹖夭蹖 賴丕蹖蹖 趩賵賳 乇蹖丕 賵 丿乇賵睾 賵.. 賲鬲賳賮乇 丕爻鬲 賵賯鬲蹖 亘毓賳賵丕賳 賲毓賱賲 賲丿乇爻賴 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 賲蹖 卮賵丿 亘丕蹖丿 趩賳蹖賳 賳賯卮蹖 乇丕 亘倬匕蹖乇丿. 賵蹖 丕蹖賳 賳賯卮 乇丕 賮賯胤 卮賵禺蹖 賲蹖 丿丕賳丿 鬲丕 亘鬲賵丕賳丿 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 丕蹖賳 噩丕賲毓賴 丕丿丕賲賴 亘丿賴丿
卮丕蹖丿 讴賵賳丿乇丕 蹖讴 噩賵乇蹖 丿丕乇丿 鬲氐賲蹖賲 亘賴 賲賴丕噩乇鬲 丕夭 趩讴 乇丕 鬲賵噩蹖賴 賲蹖 讴賳丿 讴賴 丕诏乇 亘賲丕賳丿 爻乇賳賵卮鬲蹖 亘賴鬲乇 丕夭 丕丿賵丕乇丿 賳禺賵丕賴丿 丿丕卮鬲
讴賵賳丿乇丕 卮丕蹖丿 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 賴乇 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丿蹖诏乇蹖 噩賲賱丕鬲 賵 賮氐賱 賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘卮 丿乇 讴卮賵乇 賲丕 丨匕賮 卮丿賴 丕賳丿
賵 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丕蹖乇丕賳蹖 亘丕 蹖讴 丕孬乇 賳丕賯氐 乇賵亘賴 乇賵爻鬲 讴賴 賴蹖趩诏丕賴 賳賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳丿 亘賴 亘乇丿丕卮鬲蹖 讴賴 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕乇丿 丕胤賲蹖賳丕賳 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿
:丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴蹖趩讴爻 賳禺賵丕賴丿 禺賳丿蹖丿
亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘賴 賲爻禺乇賴 亘賵丿賳 丿賱爻賵夭蹖 丿乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖 賲丿乇賳 賲蹖 倬乇丿丕夭賴.丕蹖賳讴賴 賳賲蹖 禺賵丕賴蹖 讴爻蹖 乇賵 賳丕乇丕丨鬲 讴賳蹖 賵賱蹖 丌禺乇卮 丕蹖賳 鬲賵卅蹖 讴賴 賲賵乇丿 丨賲賱賴 賯乇丕乇 賲蹖 诏蹖乇賴.蹖賴 趩蹖夭丕蹖蹖 鬲賵 賲丕蹖賴 丕氐賱 鬲賳丕夭毓 亘賯丕
:賲賳賵 蹖丕丿 丕蹖賳 噩賲賱賴 賲毓乇賵賮 賯蹖氐乇 賲蹖 丕賳丿丕禺鬲
丕蹖賳 賲乇丕賲 乇賵夭诏丕乇賴貨 賳讴卮蹖 賲蹖 讴卮賳丿
:丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕鬲賵 丕爻鬲丕倬
丿乇 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿禺鬲乇蹖 禺噩丕賱鬲蹖 亘禺丕胤乇 蹖讴 亘丕夭蹖 賵 丕氐乇丕乇 丿賵爻 倬爻乇卮貙 丕夭 賲乇夭 卮乇賲 賵 丨蹖丕 乇丿 賲蹖卮賴 賵 丿賵爻 倬爻乇卮 丿乇 丕蹖賳 賲蹖 賲丕賳丿 讴賴 賲毓卮賵賯卮 賴賲 賲孬賱 賴賲賴 夭賳賴丕蹖 亘丿讴丕乇賴 丕蹖賳 亘蹖 卮乇賲蹖 丿乇 賵噩賵丿卮 丿丕乇賴!責
賵 丿乇 賳鬲蹖噩賴 毓賱丕賯賴 賵 丕丨鬲乇丕賲蹖 讴賴 亘賴 賲毓卮賵賯卮 丿丕卮鬲 讴賲乇賳诏 賲蹖 卮賵丿.丕賵 丕蹖賳 夭賳賴丕 乇丕 賲蹖 卮賳丕爻丿 趩賵賳 亘丕乇賴丕 亘丕 丌賳賴丕 亘賵丿賴 丕爻鬲 賵 丕夭 丿賵爻鬲 丿禺鬲乇卮 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 丿蹖诏乇蹖 丿丕乇丿.丕蹖賳 噩賳亘賴 胤賳夭 賯囟蹖賴 丕爻鬲
:賲乇丿賴 賴丕蹖 賯丿蹖賲 亘丕蹖丿 亘乇丕蹖 賲乇丿賴 賴丕蹖 噩丿蹖丿 噩丕 亘丕夭 讴賳賳丿
丕蹖賳 賲亘丕乇夭賴 夭賳蹖 亘丕 禺賵丿卮 丕爻鬲 亘丕 禺賵丿蹖 讴賴 倬爻乇卮 丕賵 乇丕 亘賴 丕蹖賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賳丕禺賵丕爻鬲賴 賲丨讴賵賲 讴乇丿賴 丕爻鬲
丕賵 亘丕蹖丿 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 讴賳丿 亘蹖賳 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵蹖 诏乇丿丕賳丿賳 亘禺丕胤乇 賲丕賳丿賳 蹖丕丿诏丕乇賴丕 賵 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 夭蹖亘丕
蹖丕 丿乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 睾賵胤賴 賵乇 卮丿賳 亘乇丕蹖 賱匕鬲 亘乇丿賳 丕夭 丌賳
賴蹖趩 丿賱蹖賱蹖 賵噩賵丿 賳丿丕卮鬲 讴賴 蹖丕丿诏丕乇 賴丕 乇丕 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 鬲乇噩蹖丨 亘丿賴丿貨
賲乇丿 噩賵丕賳蹖 讴賴 15 爻丕賱 丕夭 賵蹖 讴賵趩讴鬲乇 亘賵丿 讴賳丕乇卮 賳卮爻鬲賴 亘賵丿 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕 丌禺乇蹖賳 賲乇丿蹖
..亘賵丿 讴賴 亘賴 丕賵 丕賱鬲賲丕爻 賲蹖讴乇丿 賵 丿乇 毓蹖賳 丨丕賱 貙賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿卮
丕蹖賳 丕賮讴丕乇蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 匕賴賳 夭賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲蹖 诏匕乇丿 賵 賲蹖賱 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖貙夭賳丿丕賳 禺賵丿 爻丕禺鬲賴 倬蹖乇蹖 賵 亘丿賵賳 賱匕鬲 乇丕 丿乇 賴賲 賲蹖 卮讴賳丿
賵 亘賴 賲乇丿 噩賵丕賳 賲蹖 诏賵蹖锟斤拷 讴賴 丨賯 亘丕鬲賵爻鬲貙 趩乇丕 亘丕蹖丿 亘丕鬲賵 亘噩賳诏賲責
蹖毓賳蹖 趩乇丕 亘丕蹖丿 亘丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 噩賳诏蹖丿責
:丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕丿賵丕乇丿 賵 禺丿丕
!丌丿賲蹖 讴賴 賳賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 賴蹖趩 讴爻 賵 賴蹖趩 趩蹖夭 乇丕 噩丿蹖 亘诏蹖乇丿 夭賳丿诏蹖 睾賲 丕賳诏蹖夭蹖 丿丕乇丿
噩賵丕賳蹖 讴賴 丕夭 趩蹖夭蹖 賴丕蹖蹖 趩賵賳 乇蹖丕 賵 丿乇賵睾 賵.. 賲鬲賳賮乇 丕爻鬲 賵賯鬲蹖 亘毓賳賵丕賳 賲毓賱賲 賲丿乇爻賴 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 賲蹖 卮賵丿 亘丕蹖丿 趩賳蹖賳 賳賯卮蹖 乇丕 亘倬匕蹖乇丿. 賵蹖 丕蹖賳 賳賯卮 乇丕 賮賯胤 卮賵禺蹖 賲蹖 丿丕賳丿 鬲丕 亘鬲賵丕賳丿 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 丕蹖賳 噩丕賲毓賴 丕丿丕賲賴 亘丿賴丿
卮丕蹖丿 讴賵賳丿乇丕 蹖讴 噩賵乇蹖 丿丕乇丿 鬲氐賲蹖賲 亘賴 賲賴丕噩乇鬲 丕夭 趩讴 乇丕 鬲賵噩蹖賴 賲蹖 讴賳丿 讴賴 丕诏乇 亘賲丕賳丿 爻乇賳賵卮鬲蹖 亘賴鬲乇 丕夭 丕丿賵丕乇丿 賳禺賵丕賴丿 丿丕卮鬲
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February 26, 2007how can somebody be so clever to create stories from things we don't think would deserve to be a story!
December 13, 2009
Short stories from Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. These stories are fiction, of course, with the subject matter typically dealing with romance, sex, and relationships. It's an easy, enjoyable read, but there's a genius to it, in that the stories contain so many lessons, that if they weren't fictionalized, the book could appropriately be labeled self-help, philosophy, or psychology. (Most of the stories contain some combination of the three.) In this sense, Kundera reminds me of Dostoevsky. But Kundera is more cerebral and observation based; whereas Dostoevsky seems to be more from the gut, with perhaps deeper, but less widely canvassed probing.
Despite all the sex, Kundera's world is not happy one -- nor is it a sad one. Like all of our lives, the lives of his characters go back and fourth between happiness, sadness, and desperation, with varying levels of confidence inbetween -- some due to situation and external circumstance, some due to personal psychology. They constantly go through changes in perception, and undergo new realizations. Some of these paradigm shifts are foolish, while some are accurate and profound: our misunderstandings of others, ourselves, and our relationships, yes: but the stories are also about our misunderstandings of situations, and our screwed up concepts of life in general.
I wonder if a great book can altogether avoid the subject of death. Death is a part of a pulsing existentialism that permeates my three favorite stories from this collection: Symposium (read this when you're drinking wine: it may be the funniest short story I've ever read: light, happenstance irony, but with a masterfully profound ending), Let the Old Dead Make Room for the Young Dead, and Eduard and God (the book's last story, which has an intelligent, life affirming intensity to it, making it the perfect closing to this impressive collection).
It's true that some of these stories are heartbreaking, and, some of the relationships within them, fucked up. But frankly, relationships are fucked up, and life is unfortunately, sometimes heartbreaking.
Brilliant work here: I can't wait to read my next Kundera.
Despite all the sex, Kundera's world is not happy one -- nor is it a sad one. Like all of our lives, the lives of his characters go back and fourth between happiness, sadness, and desperation, with varying levels of confidence inbetween -- some due to situation and external circumstance, some due to personal psychology. They constantly go through changes in perception, and undergo new realizations. Some of these paradigm shifts are foolish, while some are accurate and profound: our misunderstandings of others, ourselves, and our relationships, yes: but the stories are also about our misunderstandings of situations, and our screwed up concepts of life in general.
I wonder if a great book can altogether avoid the subject of death. Death is a part of a pulsing existentialism that permeates my three favorite stories from this collection: Symposium (read this when you're drinking wine: it may be the funniest short story I've ever read: light, happenstance irony, but with a masterfully profound ending), Let the Old Dead Make Room for the Young Dead, and Eduard and God (the book's last story, which has an intelligent, life affirming intensity to it, making it the perfect closing to this impressive collection).
It's true that some of these stories are heartbreaking, and, some of the relationships within them, fucked up. But frankly, relationships are fucked up, and life is unfortunately, sometimes heartbreaking.
Brilliant work here: I can't wait to read my next Kundera.
August 10, 2023
賳噩鬲丕夭 丕賱丨丕囟乇 亘毓賷賵賳 賲毓氐賵亘丞貙 賵兀賯氐賶 賲丕 賳爻鬲胤賷毓賴 賴賵 丕賳 賳卮毓乇 賵賳禺賲賾賳 賲丕 賳毓賷卮賴
- 爻亘毓 賯氐氐 賯氐賷乇丞貙 賲賳 兀毓賲丕賱 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 丕賱兀賵賱賶貙 賰鬲亘賴丕 亘賷賳 毓丕賲賷 1959 賵 1968. 丕賱賯氐氐 鬲丿賵乇 丨賵賱 丕賱睾乇丕賲賷丕鬲 丕賱賲乇丨丞貙 賮賳 丕賱廿睾賵丕亍貙 爻賷丕爻丞 丕賱鬲賱丕毓亘 亘丕賱兀賱賮丕馗 賮賷 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 丕賱噩賳爻賷丞貙 丕賱兀賱毓丕亘 丕賱毓丕胤賮賷丞貙 丕賱丿毓丕亘丕鬲 丕賱爻賵丿丕亍 鈥� 丕賱禺亘賷孬丞 丕丨賷丕賳丕賸-貙 賲孬賱孬 丕賱丿賷賳-丕賱噩賳爻-丕賱爻賷丕爻丞 賵睾賷乇賴丕 賲賳 丕賱孬賷賲丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丿賵乇 賮賷 丕賱賮賱賰 匕丕鬲賴.
賳丨賳 賱丕 賳丿乇賰 賲丕 毓卮賳丕賴 賵賳賮賴賲 賲毓賳丕賴 廿賱丕 賱丕丨賯丕賸貙 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲夭賵賱 丕賱毓氐丕亘丞 毓賳 兀毓賷賳賳丕貙 賵賳毓賷丿 鬲賮丨賾氐 丕賱賲丕囟賷
- 鬲乇丕賵丨鬲 丕賱賯氐氐 賲賳 丨賷孬 丕賱賲爻鬲賵賶貙 賰賱賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 噩賷丿丞貙 賱賰賳 丕賱賮丕乇賯 賮賷 賯賷賲丞 丕賱廿爻鬲胤乇丕丿丕鬲 丕賱賮賱爻賮賷丞 丕賵 鬲丨賲賷賱 丕賱賲毓丕賳賷 丕賱匕賷 賷亘乇毓 賮賷賴 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕貙 賮兀鬲鬲 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱孬丕賱孬丞 賵丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 毓賱賶 乇兀爻 丕賱賲噩賲賵毓丞.
丕馗賳 丕賳 丕賱丨亘 亘賷賳 丕賱乇噩賱 賵丕賱賲乇兀丞 賷鬲乇丕亘胤 毓賳丿賲丕 賱丕 賷毓賷卮丕賳 賲毓丕賸貙 賵丨賷賳 賱丕 賷毓乇賮 兀丨丿賴賲丕 毓賳 丕賱丌禺乇 爻賵賶 卮賷亍 賵丕丨丿: 兀賳賴 賲賵噩賵丿貙 賵丕賳 賰賱丕賴賲丕 賲賲鬲賳賾 賱賱丌禺乇 賱兀賳賴賲丕 賲賵噩賵丿丕賳貙 賵賷毓乇賮丕賳 丕賳賴賲丕 賲賵噩賵丿丕賳. 賵賴匕丕 賷賰賮賷賴賲丕 賱賷卮毓乇丕 亘丕賱爻毓丕丿丞
- 丕爻鬲毓賲賱 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 鬲賯賳賷丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷 丕賱毓賱賷賲貙 賵兀噩乇賶 賲丕 丕噩乇丕賴 毓賱賶 賱爻丕賳 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲賳 鬲丨賱賷賱 賱賱丨乇賰丞 (丕賷 丨乇賰丞) 賵丕毓胤丕卅賴丕 丕亘毓丕丿丕賸 賵噩賵丿賷丞 賵禺賱賯 丕賱鬲賳丕賯囟丕鬲 丕賵 丕賱鬲賵賯毓丕鬲 丕賱賲禺鬲賱賮丞 亘賷賳 卮禺氐賷丞 賵丕禺乇賶.
- 賰賱 賳賴丕賷丞 賱賯氐丞 賰丕賳鬲 亘丿丕賷丞 噩丿賷丿丞 賲賮鬲賵丨丞 毓賱賶 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱廿丨鬲賲丕賱丕鬲 乇睾賲 丕賳 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賷鬲乇賰 兀孬乇丕賸 亘爻賷胤丕賸 賱賯丕乇卅賴 亘兀賳 賷鬲亘毓賴貙 賱賰賳賴 丕賷囟丕賸 賱丕 賷賱夭賲賴 亘賴匕丕 丕賱禺胤 賱賱賳賴丕賷丞 賵賷鬲乇賰賴 賱賷鬲禺賷賾賱 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 毓賱賶 賲夭丕噩賴.
- "賱丕 丕丨丿 爻賷囟丨賰" 賰丕賳鬲 賯氐丞 噩賷丿丞 噩丿丕賸貙 爻鬲馗賴乇 賱賰 禺胤賵乇丞 賲毓丕賳賷 賰賱賲丕鬲 丕賱孬賳丕亍貙 "丕賱鬲賮丕丨丞 丕賱匕賴亘 賱賱卮賴賵丞 丕賱禺丕賱丿丞" 賰丕賳鬲 賲囟丨賰丞 噩丿丕賸貙 "丕賱賲爻丕賲乇丞" 賰丕賳鬲 噩賷丿丞 亘賳賶 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱鬲囟丕丿丕鬲 賮賷賴丕 亘氐賵乇丞 賲賲鬲丕夭丞貙 "賱賷禺賱 丕賱賲賵鬲賶 丕賱賯丿丕賲賶 丕賱賲賰丕賳 賱賱賲賵鬲賶 丕賱噩丿丿" 賰丕賳鬲 乇丕卅毓丞貙 賵丕賯毓賷丞 亘卮賰賱 乇賴賷亘貙 "丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 賴丕賮賷賱 亘毓丿 毓卮乇賷賳 毓丕賲丕賸" 賰丕賳鬲 丕賷囟丕賸 噩賷丿丞.
* "賱毓亘丞 丕賱兀賵鬲賵爻鬲賵亘"貙 賴賷 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱兀賮囟賱 亘毓丿 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 (鬲丕賱賷丕賸)貙 賱賳 丕鬲丨丿孬 毓賳賴丕 亘賱 爻兀鬲丨丿孬 毓賲丕 賷卮亘賴賴丕 賮賷 孬賯丕賮鬲賳丕貙 賱毓亘丞 "丕賱兀賲乇 賵丕賱丨賯賷賯丞" 丕賱鬲賷 丕毓鬲丿賳丕 賱毓亘賴丕 賱賳爻兀賱 丕賵 賱賳賯賵賱 賲丕 賱丕 賳噩乇丐 毓賱賶 賯賵賱賴 丕賵 賮毓賱賴 亘丕賱丨丕賱丞 丕賱毓丕丿賷丞貙 賵丕賱噩賲賷毓 賷爻鬲賯亘賱賴丕 亘乇丨丕亘丞 氐丿乇 乇睾賲 丕賳 丕賱乇爻丕賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 賳禺卮丕賴丕 丕賵 賳賵賾丿 爻賲丕毓賴丕 鬲賰賵賳 賯丿 賯賷賱鬲. 丕賱兀賱毓丕亘 鬲賰卮賮 賳賮爻賷丞 丕賱賱丕毓亘貙 乇丕賯亘 賲噩賲賵毓丞 鬲賱毓亘 亘丕賱賵乇賯 賵爻鬲毓乇賮 賲賳 胤乇賷賯丞 丨丿賷孬賴賲 賲賳 賷賰賾賳 丕賱賰乇賴 賱賱丌禺乇 丕賵 賷丿賮賳 丕賱丨賯丿貙 賲賳 鬲賯賱鬲 囟丨賰鬲賴 丕賱爻丕禺乇丞 賱禺爻丕乇丞 丕賱丌禺乇! 丕賱賯氐丞 毓亘賯乇賷丞.
- "廿丿賵丕乇丿 賵丕賱乇亘"貙 兀賮囟賱 賯氐丞 賯氐賷乇丞 賰鬲亘賴丕 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕貙 賵賯丿 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 爻丕亘賯丕賸貙 賲孬賱孬 丕賱丿賷賳 鈥� 丕賱噩賳爻 鈥� 丕賱爻賷丕爻丞貙 賰丕賳 賴丕卅賱丕賸 賵賴匕賴 賲乇丕噩毓鬲賴丕 丕賱賲賮氐賱丞:
廿丿賵丕乇丿 賵丕賱乇亘
丕賳 丕賱氐賷賾丕丿 丕賱丨賯 賷毓賷丿 丕賱賶 丕賱賲丕亍 丕賱兀爻賲丕賰 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞
- 賲噩賲賵毓丞 賲賲鬲毓丞貙 賲囟丨賰丞 賵丕賷乇賵鬲賷賰賷丞 亘兀睾賱亘賴丕
March 13, 2025
We pass through the present with our eyes blindfolded. We are permitted merely to sense and guess at what we are actually experiencing. Only later when the cloth is untied can we glance at the past and find out what we have experienced and what meaning it has.
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My friend, Thomas & I were talking books back in February when the topic of 's came up. I said it was my favorite read of 2022, and that I wanted to explore more Kundera. It turns out so did Thomas. We also wanted to do another buddy read and so we settled on reading . It was a win/win ~~ a buddy read with one of my best friends, and the chance to explore an author whose work really intrigues me.
This collection of seven short stories by Kundera first appeared in Czechoslovakia in 1968, during the thaw in the communist dictatorship known as the Prague Spring ~~ it was soon banned after the Russian invasion of August 1968 to reassert communist censorship and oppression.
These stories are about sex ~~ not love ~~ SEX ~~ well to be honest, these are about the absurd delusions and preposterous behavior sex provokes in people ~~ especially men. One thing that struck both Thomas and me was that 碍耻苍诲别谤补鈥檚 protagonists are rarely, if ever likeable.
Once more, Kundera focuses on people who are deeply rooted in their core beliefs. The stories present young couples, the elderly, divorcees who look back at missed opportunities and now desire a new chance to experience those missed opportunities. There are people who play pranks on lovers with dramatic consequences on their life; there are men who resort to religion, not because they believe in God, but because it offers an escape from a tough life that should not be taken too seriously; there are women who want a new chance not so much to love, but to feel loved and be able to give themselves away the way they had never allowed themselves to do it before.
Before I conclude this review, I want to give a shoutout to my bestie, 厂谤胆补苍 he introduced me to Kundera, and for that I am very grateful.
Laughable Loves is filled with brilliance throughout and does not disappoint in anyway. Kundera shares splendid gems of wisdom, quirky characters and an animal eroticism that made me fall in love with his work all over again. Highly recommended.
~~
My friend, Thomas & I were talking books back in February when the topic of 's came up. I said it was my favorite read of 2022, and that I wanted to explore more Kundera. It turns out so did Thomas. We also wanted to do another buddy read and so we settled on reading . It was a win/win ~~ a buddy read with one of my best friends, and the chance to explore an author whose work really intrigues me.
This collection of seven short stories by Kundera first appeared in Czechoslovakia in 1968, during the thaw in the communist dictatorship known as the Prague Spring ~~ it was soon banned after the Russian invasion of August 1968 to reassert communist censorship and oppression.
These stories are about sex ~~ not love ~~ SEX ~~ well to be honest, these are about the absurd delusions and preposterous behavior sex provokes in people ~~ especially men. One thing that struck both Thomas and me was that 碍耻苍诲别谤补鈥檚 protagonists are rarely, if ever likeable.
Once more, Kundera focuses on people who are deeply rooted in their core beliefs. The stories present young couples, the elderly, divorcees who look back at missed opportunities and now desire a new chance to experience those missed opportunities. There are people who play pranks on lovers with dramatic consequences on their life; there are men who resort to religion, not because they believe in God, but because it offers an escape from a tough life that should not be taken too seriously; there are women who want a new chance not so much to love, but to feel loved and be able to give themselves away the way they had never allowed themselves to do it before.
Before I conclude this review, I want to give a shoutout to my bestie, 厂谤胆补苍 he introduced me to Kundera, and for that I am very grateful.
Laughable Loves is filled with brilliance throughout and does not disappoint in anyway. Kundera shares splendid gems of wisdom, quirky characters and an animal eroticism that made me fall in love with his work all over again. Highly recommended.
February 20, 2020
so boring - Kundera is trying to be comedically self-aware and philosophically profound but is simply just a misogynist trying to pass off woman-hating blabbering as a deep and true portrait of the inner male psyche. maybe this is a true portrait of his inner psyche? which makes me like it even less. by the end, i thought i would die if i had to read one more sentence about the game of chasing women and getting them into bed or the importance of an attractive female body. We seriously don鈥檛 need to canonize this narrative of straight male seduction and female objectification anymore - this is old news, and not interesting or inspiring.
September 30, 2023
Poruszaj膮ce, niekt贸re absurdalne, ale w jaki艣 spos贸b wszystkie r贸wnie mocno chwytaj膮ce za serce. Kundera z wielk膮 lekko艣ci膮 i ulotno艣ci膮 pisze o mi艂o艣ciach i mi艂ostkach, smutku i rado艣ci, skrytych pod skomplikowanymi relacjami.
April 29, 2007
I like Kundra because he doesn鈥檛 imprison me in a fastened frame of a classic narration. Reading Kundra seems as if you meet an old friend after ages in a cafe shop, and while she/he relates her / his life story, you zip your coffee, listen to the cafe music, hear some chats and laughs at nabouring tables, look at the peddlers at side walk, or a passing tramvay, 鈥� as life is flowing around, 鈥�.
讴賵賳丿乇丕 乇丕 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 亘爻蹖丕乇 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賲 讴賴 賲乇丕 丿乇 趩賴丕乇趩賵亘 亘爻鬲賴 蹖 蹖讴 乇賵丕蹖鬲 夭賳丿丕賳蹖 賳賲蹖 讴賳丿. 禺賵丕賳丿賳 讴賵賳乇丕 賲孬賱 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲蹖 乇丕 倬爻 丕夭 爻丕賱 賴丕 丿乇 蹖讴 讴丕賮賴 賲賱丕賯丕鬲 讴賳蹖丿 賵 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 亘賴 賯氐賴 蹖 乇賵夭诏丕乇 乇賮鬲賴 蹖 丕賵 诏賵卮 賲蹖 丿賴蹖丿貙 賯賴賵賴 鬲丕賳 乇丕 賲蹖 賳賵卮锟斤拷丿貙 亘賴 賲賵爻蹖賯蹖 讴賴 丕夭 亘賱賳丿诏賵蹖 讴丕賮賴 倬禺卮 賲蹖 卮賵丿貙 诏賵卮 賲蹖 讴賳蹖丿貙 诏賴诏丕賴 賲鬲賵噩賴 蹖 氐丨亘鬲 賴丕 賵 禺賳丿賴 賴丕蹖蹖 丕夭 賲蹖夭賴丕蹖 讴賳丕乇蹖 賲蹖 卮賵蹖丿貙 氐丿丕蹖 毓亘賵乇 賵 賲乇賵乇 禺蹖丕亘丕賳 丿乇 倬爻 倬卮鬲 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 噩丕乇蹖 爻鬲貙 丿賵乇賴 诏乇丿蹖 趩蹖夭蹖 賲蹖 賮乇賵卮丿貙 毓亘賵乇 鬲乇丕賲賵丕蹖貙 賵 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭貙 丿乇爻鬲 賲孬賱 禺賵丿 夭賳丿诏蹖貙 ...
毓卮賯 賴丕蹖 禺賳丿賴 丿丕乇貙 亘丕 鬲乇噩賲賴 蹖 賮乇賵睾 倬賵乇蹖丕賵乇蹖 亘賴 賮丕乇爻蹖 賲賳鬲卮乇 卮丿賴1371
讴賵賳丿乇丕 乇丕 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 亘爻蹖丕乇 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賲 讴賴 賲乇丕 丿乇 趩賴丕乇趩賵亘 亘爻鬲賴 蹖 蹖讴 乇賵丕蹖鬲 夭賳丿丕賳蹖 賳賲蹖 讴賳丿. 禺賵丕賳丿賳 讴賵賳乇丕 賲孬賱 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲蹖 乇丕 倬爻 丕夭 爻丕賱 賴丕 丿乇 蹖讴 讴丕賮賴 賲賱丕賯丕鬲 讴賳蹖丿 賵 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 亘賴 賯氐賴 蹖 乇賵夭诏丕乇 乇賮鬲賴 蹖 丕賵 诏賵卮 賲蹖 丿賴蹖丿貙 賯賴賵賴 鬲丕賳 乇丕 賲蹖 賳賵卮锟斤拷丿貙 亘賴 賲賵爻蹖賯蹖 讴賴 丕夭 亘賱賳丿诏賵蹖 讴丕賮賴 倬禺卮 賲蹖 卮賵丿貙 诏賵卮 賲蹖 讴賳蹖丿貙 诏賴诏丕賴 賲鬲賵噩賴 蹖 氐丨亘鬲 賴丕 賵 禺賳丿賴 賴丕蹖蹖 丕夭 賲蹖夭賴丕蹖 讴賳丕乇蹖 賲蹖 卮賵蹖丿貙 氐丿丕蹖 毓亘賵乇 賵 賲乇賵乇 禺蹖丕亘丕賳 丿乇 倬爻 倬卮鬲 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 噩丕乇蹖 爻鬲貙 丿賵乇賴 诏乇丿蹖 趩蹖夭蹖 賲蹖 賮乇賵卮丿貙 毓亘賵乇 鬲乇丕賲賵丕蹖貙 賵 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭貙 丿乇爻鬲 賲孬賱 禺賵丿 夭賳丿诏蹖貙 ...
毓卮賯 賴丕蹖 禺賳丿賴 丿丕乇貙 亘丕 鬲乇噩賲賴 蹖 賮乇賵睾 倬賵乇蹖丕賵乇蹖 亘賴 賮丕乇爻蹖 賲賳鬲卮乇 卮丿賴1371
July 15, 2008
well, though i'm currently not quite winning at the game of love, it's some consolation to know that the rest of the human race is losing right along with me. and isn't that just hilarious??
July 9, 2024
Ach, meine Damen und Herren, traurig lebt der Mensch, wenn er nichts und niemanden ernst nehmen kann. Dieser Satz aus der letzten Erz盲hlung fasst das ganze Buch zusammen. Die handelnden Personen lieben sich links und rechts, leben die ansonsten beschr盲nkte Freiheit in ihren erotischen Beziehungen aus, finden aber keine Erf眉llung. Selbst die ehrliche tiefe Liebe stellt sich als ein l盲cherliches Missverst盲ndnis heraus.
Ich tue mich schwer mit dem M盲nner- und Frauenbild in diesen Erz盲hlungen. Trotz Sozialismus sind sie gepr盲gt von einem steinzeitlichen Rollenverst盲ndnis von J盲ger und Gejagter, wobei dem J盲ger nat眉rlich ein Harem zusteht. Trotzdem habe die Erz盲hlungen mit Interesse und Freude an Konstruktion, Konstellation und Sprachwitz gelesen.
Ich tue mich schwer mit dem M盲nner- und Frauenbild in diesen Erz盲hlungen. Trotz Sozialismus sind sie gepr盲gt von einem steinzeitlichen Rollenverst盲ndnis von J盲ger und Gejagter, wobei dem J盲ger nat眉rlich ein Harem zusteht. Trotzdem habe die Erz盲hlungen mit Interesse und Freude an Konstruktion, Konstellation und Sprachwitz gelesen.
July 14, 2013
毓噩賷亘 賴匕丕 丕賱賲賷賱丕賳 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕... 賱賲 兀賯乇兀 賱賲賳 賷賰鬲亘 亘賲孬賱 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賯 賮賷 丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 賲孬賱賴 丕賱賶 丕賱丌賳貙 賵丕賳 賰賳鬲 賲賳匕 賮鬲乇丞 賯丿 兀購禺匕鬲 亘睾乇賷亘 兀賱亘賷乇 賰丕賲賵 賮賱丕 兀毓乇賮 丨賯丕賸 賲丕匕丕 兀氐賮 睾乇丕賲賷丕鬲 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賴丕賴賳丕!!
卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴 賴賳丕 丨賯賷賯賷丞 丕賱賶 丿乇噩丞 賲禺賷賮丞貙 賮兀賳鬲 賱丕 鬲乇賶 兀賷 賲賳 兀賯賳毓丞 賰丕乇賱 賷賵賳睾 毓賱賶 賴匕賴 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 亘賱 鬲氐丿賲賰 亘賵丕賯毓賷鬲賴丕貙 賵賯丕丨鬲賴丕貙 鬲賰乇賴賴丕 丕賱賶 丿乇噩丞 丕賱賲賯鬲 賵鬲賱毓賳賴丕... 賵賷丕 賱亘丐爻 丕賱賮鬲賷丕鬲 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賲毓丕丿賱丞.
鬲丨丿孬 賴賳丕 毓賳 丕賱賰匕亘貙 丕賱丕禺賱丕氐貙 丕賱卮賷禺賵禺丞貙 丕賱賵丨丿丞貙 丕賱卮亘丕亘貙 丕賱丨亘貙 丕賱噩爻丿貙 兀賱丕毓賷亘 丕賱乇噩丕賱貙 賲賰乇 丕賱卮賷賵禺貙 爻匕丕噩丞 丕賱賮鬲賷丕鬲 賵匕賱賰 丕賱賵賱毓 丕賱賱毓賷賳 亘丕賱丕爻鬲賲乇丕乇 亘丕賱賱毓亘 丨鬲賶 賱賵 丕賳鬲賴鬲 丕賱賱毓亘丞... 丕賱賱丕賲亘丕賱丕丞 賵丕賱毓亘孬賷丞 丕賱賲卮賵亘丞 亘賮賱爻賮丞 毓賲賷賯丞 賱丕 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 鬲賳賰乇 兀賳賰 氐丕丿賮鬲 丕丨丿丕賴丕 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賰 丕賳 賱賲 鬲賰賳 賮賱爻賮鬲賰 兀賳鬲!!
賷賯賵賱 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 毓賱賶 賱爻丕賳 兀丨丿 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴: "鬲氐賵賾乇 兀賳賰 氐丕丿賮鬲 賲噩賳賵賳賸丕 賵 丕丿賾毓賶 兀賲丕賲賰 兀賳賾賴 爻賲賰丞貙 賵 兀賳賳丕 噩賲賷毓賸丕 爻賲賰. 兀鬲乇丕賰 鬲噩丕丿賱賴責 兀鬲乇丕賰 鬲鬲毓乇賶 兀賲丕賲賴 賱鬲賯賳毓賴 亘兀賳賰 賱丕 鬲賲賱賰 夭毓丕賳賮責 兀鬲乇丕賰 鬲賯賵賱 賱賴 氐乇丕丨丞 賲丕 鬲賮賰乇 賮賷賴責 賴賷賾丕 賯賱 賱賷! 賱賵 兀賳賰 賯賱鬲 賱賴 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賮丨爻亘貙 賵 丕賯鬲氐乇鬲 毓賱賶 廿禺亘丕乇賴 亘乇兀賷賰 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷 賮賷賴貙 賮賲毓賳賶 賴匕丕 兀賳賰 鬲賵丕賮賯 毓賱賶 丕賱禺賵囟 賮賷 賳賯丕卮 噩丕丿 賲毓 賲噩賳賵賳貙 賵 兀賳賾賰 兀賳鬲 賳賮爻賰 賲噩賳賵賳 賰匕賱賰. 賷賳胤亘賯 賴匕丕 亘丕賱囟亘胤 毓賱賶 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱匕賷 賷丨賷胤 亘賳丕. 賮廿匕丕 兀氐乇乇鬲 毓賱賶 兀賳 鬲賯賵賱 賱賴 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 亘氐乇丕丨丞貙 賮賴匕丕 賲毓賳丕賴 兀賳賾賰 鬲兀禺匕賴購 毓賱賶 賲丨賲賱 丕賱噩丿. 賵 兀禺匕購 卮賷卅 睾賷乇 噩丕丿 毓賱賶 賲丨賲賱 丕賱噩丿賾 賲毓賳丕賴 兀賳賳丕 賳賮賯丿 賰賱 噩丿賾賷鬲賳丕. 賮兀賳丕 賲囟胤乇 賱賱賰匕亘 賱賰賷 賱丕 丌禺匕 賲噩丕賳賷賳 毓賱賶 賲丨賲賱 丕賱噩丿賾 賵 賰賷 賱丕 兀氐丕亘 兀賳丕 兀賷囟賸丕 亘丕賱噩賳賵賳."... 賵睾賷乇賴丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱毓亘丕乇丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲噩毓賱賰 鬲鬲賵賯賮 賵鬲胤賱賯 氐賮賷乇 丕賱丕毓噩丕亘 兀賵 鬲氐賮賯 賱丕 賱卮賷亍 亘賱 賱鬲賱賰 丕賱噩賲賱 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨賮夭賰 乇睾賲丕賸 毓賳賰 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇... 亘賮賱爻賮鬲賰 賵賮賱爻賮丞 丕賱賱丌禺乇賷賳 賲賳 丨賵賱賰 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱丨賷丕丞.
賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 亘兀爻賱賵亘賴 丕賱爻賱爻 丕賱賲卮賵亘 亘丕賱爻禺乇賷丞 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 鬲丿賮毓賰 丕賱賶 丨丕賮丞 丕賱亘丐爻 兀丨賷丕賳丕賸 賵丕賱賶 丨丕賮丞 丕賱卮賯丕亍 兀丨賷丕賳丕賸 兀禺乇賶 賵鬲爻鬲賵賯賮賰 毓亘丕乇丞 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀乇賲賱丞 賵鬲賮賰乇 賴賱 賷丕 鬲乇賶: "毓賱賶 丕賱賲賵鬲賶 丕賱賯丿丕賲賶 兀賳 賷禺賱賵丕 丕賱賲賰丕賳 賱賱賲賵鬲賶 丕賱噩丿丿"責
卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴 賴賳丕 丨賯賷賯賷丞 丕賱賶 丿乇噩丞 賲禺賷賮丞貙 賮兀賳鬲 賱丕 鬲乇賶 兀賷 賲賳 兀賯賳毓丞 賰丕乇賱 賷賵賳睾 毓賱賶 賴匕賴 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 亘賱 鬲氐丿賲賰 亘賵丕賯毓賷鬲賴丕貙 賵賯丕丨鬲賴丕貙 鬲賰乇賴賴丕 丕賱賶 丿乇噩丞 丕賱賲賯鬲 賵鬲賱毓賳賴丕... 賵賷丕 賱亘丐爻 丕賱賮鬲賷丕鬲 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賲毓丕丿賱丞.
鬲丨丿孬 賴賳丕 毓賳 丕賱賰匕亘貙 丕賱丕禺賱丕氐貙 丕賱卮賷禺賵禺丞貙 丕賱賵丨丿丞貙 丕賱卮亘丕亘貙 丕賱丨亘貙 丕賱噩爻丿貙 兀賱丕毓賷亘 丕賱乇噩丕賱貙 賲賰乇 丕賱卮賷賵禺貙 爻匕丕噩丞 丕賱賮鬲賷丕鬲 賵匕賱賰 丕賱賵賱毓 丕賱賱毓賷賳 亘丕賱丕爻鬲賲乇丕乇 亘丕賱賱毓亘 丨鬲賶 賱賵 丕賳鬲賴鬲 丕賱賱毓亘丞... 丕賱賱丕賲亘丕賱丕丞 賵丕賱毓亘孬賷丞 丕賱賲卮賵亘丞 亘賮賱爻賮丞 毓賲賷賯丞 賱丕 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 鬲賳賰乇 兀賳賰 氐丕丿賮鬲 丕丨丿丕賴丕 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賰 丕賳 賱賲 鬲賰賳 賮賱爻賮鬲賰 兀賳鬲!!
賷賯賵賱 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 毓賱賶 賱爻丕賳 兀丨丿 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴: "鬲氐賵賾乇 兀賳賰 氐丕丿賮鬲 賲噩賳賵賳賸丕 賵 丕丿賾毓賶 兀賲丕賲賰 兀賳賾賴 爻賲賰丞貙 賵 兀賳賳丕 噩賲賷毓賸丕 爻賲賰. 兀鬲乇丕賰 鬲噩丕丿賱賴責 兀鬲乇丕賰 鬲鬲毓乇賶 兀賲丕賲賴 賱鬲賯賳毓賴 亘兀賳賰 賱丕 鬲賲賱賰 夭毓丕賳賮責 兀鬲乇丕賰 鬲賯賵賱 賱賴 氐乇丕丨丞 賲丕 鬲賮賰乇 賮賷賴責 賴賷賾丕 賯賱 賱賷! 賱賵 兀賳賰 賯賱鬲 賱賴 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賮丨爻亘貙 賵 丕賯鬲氐乇鬲 毓賱賶 廿禺亘丕乇賴 亘乇兀賷賰 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷 賮賷賴貙 賮賲毓賳賶 賴匕丕 兀賳賰 鬲賵丕賮賯 毓賱賶 丕賱禺賵囟 賮賷 賳賯丕卮 噩丕丿 賲毓 賲噩賳賵賳貙 賵 兀賳賾賰 兀賳鬲 賳賮爻賰 賲噩賳賵賳 賰匕賱賰. 賷賳胤亘賯 賴匕丕 亘丕賱囟亘胤 毓賱賶 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱匕賷 賷丨賷胤 亘賳丕. 賮廿匕丕 兀氐乇乇鬲 毓賱賶 兀賳 鬲賯賵賱 賱賴 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 亘氐乇丕丨丞貙 賮賴匕丕 賲毓賳丕賴 兀賳賾賰 鬲兀禺匕賴購 毓賱賶 賲丨賲賱 丕賱噩丿. 賵 兀禺匕購 卮賷卅 睾賷乇 噩丕丿 毓賱賶 賲丨賲賱 丕賱噩丿賾 賲毓賳丕賴 兀賳賳丕 賳賮賯丿 賰賱 噩丿賾賷鬲賳丕. 賮兀賳丕 賲囟胤乇 賱賱賰匕亘 賱賰賷 賱丕 丌禺匕 賲噩丕賳賷賳 毓賱賶 賲丨賲賱 丕賱噩丿賾 賵 賰賷 賱丕 兀氐丕亘 兀賳丕 兀賷囟賸丕 亘丕賱噩賳賵賳."... 賵睾賷乇賴丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱毓亘丕乇丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲噩毓賱賰 鬲鬲賵賯賮 賵鬲胤賱賯 氐賮賷乇 丕賱丕毓噩丕亘 兀賵 鬲氐賮賯 賱丕 賱卮賷亍 亘賱 賱鬲賱賰 丕賱噩賲賱 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨賮夭賰 乇睾賲丕賸 毓賳賰 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇... 亘賮賱爻賮鬲賰 賵賮賱爻賮丞 丕賱賱丌禺乇賷賳 賲賳 丨賵賱賰 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱丨賷丕丞.
賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 亘兀爻賱賵亘賴 丕賱爻賱爻 丕賱賲卮賵亘 亘丕賱爻禺乇賷丞 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 鬲丿賮毓賰 丕賱賶 丨丕賮丞 丕賱亘丐爻 兀丨賷丕賳丕賸 賵丕賱賶 丨丕賮丞 丕賱卮賯丕亍 兀丨賷丕賳丕賸 兀禺乇賶 賵鬲爻鬲賵賯賮賰 毓亘丕乇丞 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀乇賲賱丞 賵鬲賮賰乇 賴賱 賷丕 鬲乇賶: "毓賱賶 丕賱賲賵鬲賶 丕賱賯丿丕賲賶 兀賳 賷禺賱賵丕 丕賱賲賰丕賳 賱賱賲賵鬲賶 丕賱噩丿丿"責
July 14, 2020
I dunno. I remembered liking this more, but it is a tell-tale sign when I can't remember anything else about a book鈥攁s the really good'uns sear themselves into your poetic memory, don't they, so that you have to carry them with you, like it or lump it, through time (it does get kinda heavy, then, don't it, reelin' in the years).
But with this one? No, nothing, as re-reading each story was like an entirely new encounter. And an encounter, not a love story鈥攁nd yes, Kundera is one of my top faves, up there with Pynchon, DeLillo and Amis(-fils), so it kinda hurt to see some stories going nowhere, or ending nowhere (and I don't just mean in terms of plot). Or, worse, showing signs of the misogyny MK has been accused of (and which I have never detected in his other books, but what do I know?)
But they are early stories, admittedly, with the earliest dating back to 1958, so it is wrong to expect of them the breadth of learning or the depth of feeling or the sheer polyphonic and structural chutzpah of, say, these two gems:
or .
What is most interesting about them is seeing Kundera's later obsessions taking root鈥攖he dichotomy of body and soul, the unreality or inessential nature of a life beset by chance events ("fortuities"), the fumbling, stumbling, ultimately futile assertions/arrogations of the conscious subject to master (if not comprehend or come to terms with) the outrageous, often conflicting demands of whatever is unconsciously driving it through weightless time. That was most gratifying. But this is not the parthenogenetic Kundera, nor seminal Kundera. This is Kundera in utero. So to speak.
But with this one? No, nothing, as re-reading each story was like an entirely new encounter. And an encounter, not a love story鈥攁nd yes, Kundera is one of my top faves, up there with Pynchon, DeLillo and Amis(-fils), so it kinda hurt to see some stories going nowhere, or ending nowhere (and I don't just mean in terms of plot). Or, worse, showing signs of the misogyny MK has been accused of (and which I have never detected in his other books, but what do I know?)
But they are early stories, admittedly, with the earliest dating back to 1958, so it is wrong to expect of them the breadth of learning or the depth of feeling or the sheer polyphonic and structural chutzpah of, say, these two gems:
or .
What is most interesting about them is seeing Kundera's later obsessions taking root鈥攖he dichotomy of body and soul, the unreality or inessential nature of a life beset by chance events ("fortuities"), the fumbling, stumbling, ultimately futile assertions/arrogations of the conscious subject to master (if not comprehend or come to terms with) the outrageous, often conflicting demands of whatever is unconsciously driving it through weightless time. That was most gratifying. But this is not the parthenogenetic Kundera, nor seminal Kundera. This is Kundera in utero. So to speak.
March 15, 2021
鈥淵es, it's a well-known fact about you: you're like death, you take everything.鈥�
鈥� Milan Kundera, Laughable Loves
Laughable Loves contains seven of Milan Kundera's short stories about love, absurdity, jokes, and the consequences of jokes. Some of the stories were almost painful to read, but all were well-crafted and had me questioning several assumptions about pleasure and experience. After reading several Kundera it is hard, however, to not take notice of his hostility toward women. It isn't just objectification, it is a meanness that exists. But, I also notice the men in his stories aren't treated with much more affection, so I'm trapped wondering if it is a bold misogyny or a general misanthropy where the accent falls on the female of our species.
The stories were:
1. The Hitchhiking Game 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄
2. Let the Old Dead Make Room for the Young Dead 鈽呪槄鈽�
3. Nobody Will Laugh 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
4. The Golden Apple of Eternal Desire 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄
5. Symposium 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
6. Dr. Havel After 10 Years 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄
7. Edward and God 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄
I didn't like many of the characters, but Kundera winds the absurd clocks in these stories and you can almost feel the tension of the consequences getting closer and closer. This is probably the third book in the Penguin series 'Writers from the Other Europe' that I've read. I've started off with Kundera because he seems like a sensible and familiar place to start this series, but I'm excited to examine others in the series.
鈥� Milan Kundera, Laughable Loves
Laughable Loves contains seven of Milan Kundera's short stories about love, absurdity, jokes, and the consequences of jokes. Some of the stories were almost painful to read, but all were well-crafted and had me questioning several assumptions about pleasure and experience. After reading several Kundera it is hard, however, to not take notice of his hostility toward women. It isn't just objectification, it is a meanness that exists. But, I also notice the men in his stories aren't treated with much more affection, so I'm trapped wondering if it is a bold misogyny or a general misanthropy where the accent falls on the female of our species.
The stories were:
1. The Hitchhiking Game 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄
2. Let the Old Dead Make Room for the Young Dead 鈽呪槄鈽�
3. Nobody Will Laugh 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
4. The Golden Apple of Eternal Desire 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄
5. Symposium 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
6. Dr. Havel After 10 Years 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄
7. Edward and God 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄
I didn't like many of the characters, but Kundera winds the absurd clocks in these stories and you can almost feel the tension of the consequences getting closer and closer. This is probably the third book in the Penguin series 'Writers from the Other Europe' that I've read. I've started off with Kundera because he seems like a sensible and familiar place to start this series, but I'm excited to examine others in the series.
October 3, 2017
丌賴 兀賷賴丕 丕賱爻丕丿丞 賰賲 賴賵 丨夭賷賳 兀賳 賷毓賷卮 丕賱賲乇亍 賵賴賵 睾賷乇 賯丕丿乇 毓賱賶 兀賳 賷丕禺匕 卮賷卅賸丕 兀賵 "卮禺氐賸丕 毓賱賶 賲丨賲賱 丕賱噩丿"
December 1, 2009
Little white lies turn into existential crises, and hefty debates arise between knowledge and truth: It's Kundera. As one of his earlier works, Laughable Loves is more simple and honest than others that I've read, and therefore extremely subtle its nuances. It's not as beautiful as his later writing, but there's beauty in that.
Kundera is a master at pointing out the flaws in intimate relationships that nobody ever cares to mention: the love of impossible imperfections, the desire to cheat (and the ease of getting away with it), and he captures perfectly the empty feeling that comes with the first time you sleep with someone with no emotional attachment and then spend the night anyway. His characters are lost in love, lost in lust, lost in politics, lost in education -- and he reveals the fact that in this world, we all have "other" passions, but nothing drives us more than the anticipation of the next time we'll get laid.
Free love in the 60's, comrade. There is no God.
Kundera is a master at pointing out the flaws in intimate relationships that nobody ever cares to mention: the love of impossible imperfections, the desire to cheat (and the ease of getting away with it), and he captures perfectly the empty feeling that comes with the first time you sleep with someone with no emotional attachment and then spend the night anyway. His characters are lost in love, lost in lust, lost in politics, lost in education -- and he reveals the fact that in this world, we all have "other" passions, but nothing drives us more than the anticipation of the next time we'll get laid.
Free love in the 60's, comrade. There is no God.
October 6, 2018
亘毓丿 賴匕賴 丕賱賲噩賲賵毓丞 兀賷賯賳鬲 兀賳賳賷 賱丕 亘丿 兀賳 兀賳鬲賴賷 賲賳 毓丕賱賲 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賰賱賴. 賲賳匕 卮賴賵乇 賱賲 賷丿賮毓賳賷 賰丕鬲亘 賱賱禺賵囟 賮賷 毓丕賱賲賴 賵丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 毓賳賴.
毓丕賱賲 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 亘爻賷胤 賮賷 馗丕賴乇賴 賵兀丨丿丕孬賴貙 賲毓賯丿 賮賷 鬲卮丕亘賰 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴 賵亘賱賵乇丞 鬲毓賯賷丿丕鬲 丕賱卮毓賵乇 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷. 賲毓賴 賳賱賲爻 賲禺鬲賱賮 賱毓亘孬賷丞 丕賱噩丿 賵噩丿賷丞 丕賱毓亘孬.
毓丕賱賲 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 亘爻賷胤 賮賷 馗丕賴乇賴 賵兀丨丿丕孬賴貙 賲毓賯丿 賮賷 鬲卮丕亘賰 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴 賵亘賱賵乇丞 鬲毓賯賷丿丕鬲 丕賱卮毓賵乇 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷. 賲毓賴 賳賱賲爻 賲禺鬲賱賮 賱毓亘孬賷丞 丕賱噩丿 賵噩丿賷丞 丕賱毓亘孬.
February 11, 2013
鬲匕賰乇鬲 毓賳賵丕賳丕 賱賮賷賱賲 賳丨賳 賱丕 賳賰匕亘 賵賱賰賳賳丕 賳鬲噩賲賱 !
賵賴賰匕丕 賮賷賲 賷亘丿賵
賰賱賳丕 賳賰匕亘 亘卮賰賱 兀賵 亘丌禺乇
賵賱賰賱 賲賳丕 兀爻亘丕亘賴 賵兀爻乇丕乇賴 賴賳丕賰 賲賳 賷賮毓賱賴丕 賱鬲丨爻賷賳 氐賵乇鬲賴 賵賴賳丕賰 賲賳 賷賮毓賱賴丕
賱賲噩乇丿 丕賱毓丕丿丞 賱賷氐亘丨 丕賱賵丕賯毓 賲夭賷噩丕 爻丕禺乇丕 賲丕 亘賷賳 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賵丕賱賲馗丕賴乇 丕賱夭丕卅賮丞
毓賳 賴匕丕 賵毓賳 丕賱賵丨丿丞 丕賱卮賷禺賵禺丞 貙 丕賱乇賮囟 賵丕賱禺囟賵毓 賰鬲亘 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 爻亘毓丞 賯氐氐 鬲丿賵乇 賮賷 賲噩賲賱賴丕 賲丕 亘賷賳 丨亘 丕賱匕丕鬲 賵丨亘 丕賱丌禺乇 貙 丕賱廿賳噩匕丕亘 賵亘賱丕 卮賰 丕賱噩賳爻
賵賮賷 丕賱賵賯鬲 丕賱匕賷 賷丿毓賵賰 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 兀賳 鬲亘鬲爻賲 亘爻亘亘 兀爻賱賵亘賴 丕賱賲丿賴卮 賵丕賱爻丕禺乇 廿賱賶 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴 丕賱賲爻鬲賮夭丞 廿賱丕 廿賳賴 賷丿賮毓賰 賱賱鬲兀賲賱 賱兀賳賴 禺丕囟 毓賲賷賯丕 賮賷 鬲睾賷乇 丕賱賲賵丕賯賮 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賵鬲賯賱亘丕鬲賴丕 賵鬲賳丕賯囟丕鬲賴丕 賵噩賳賵賳賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 賷賳鬲噩 毓賳賴丕 睾乇丕亘丞 賮賷 丕賱鬲氐乇賮丕鬲 賵賮賷 亘丨乇 鬲鬲卮丕亘賰 賵鬲鬲毓賯丿 賮賷賴 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 ..丕賱毓丕胤賮賷丞 賵丕賱毓賯賱丕賳賷丞 賮鬲亘丿賵 鬲賱賰 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 賵賰兀賳賴丕 賱毓亘丞 鬲賳鬲賴賷 廿賲丕 亘丕賱賮賵夭 兀賵 丕賱禺爻丕乇丞
賵丕賱賲夭毓噩 賮賷賴 兀賳 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賱丕 鬲亘丿賵 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 兀丿丕丞 賲孬賷乇丞 賱賱睾賵丕賷丞
廿賱賶 噩丕賳亘 賴匕賴 丕賱賳夭毓丞 丕賱賮賱爻賮賷丞 賮賷 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賯氐 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕
賷賰鬲亘 亘兀爻賱賵亘 爻賴賱 賵賲賲鬲毓 賯丕丿乇 毓賱賶 卮丿賰 賱賱賲鬲丕亘毓丞 賲賳 兀賵賱 氐賮丨丞 賵丨鬲賶 丨鬲賶 丌禺乇 氐賮丨丞
賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 丨賯丕 毓亘賯乇賷
September 15, 2014
鬲亘丿賵 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐氐 賰兀賳賴丕 爻賯胤鬲 爻賴賵賸丕 賲賳 乇賵丕賷丞 (兀賵 賲噩賲賵毓丞 乇賵丕賷丕鬲) 賱賲 鬲賰鬲賲賱. 乇亘賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 賮毓賱丕賸 賲卮丕乇賷毓 賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賯丕丿賲丞貙 賵乇亘賲丕 兀丿乇賰 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 鈥撡佡� 賱丨馗丞賺 賲丕- 兀賳賴 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 賷賰鬲亘 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賮賯乇乇 兀賳 賷賯丿賲賴丕 賰賯氐氐 胤賵賷賱丞!
賵賱賰賳 賲賳 兀賳丕 賱兀丨丿丿 廿賳 賰丕賳鬲 "睾乇丕賲賷丕鬲 賲乇丨丞" 乇賵丕賷丞 兀賲 賱丕貙 賵賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 兀氐賱丕賸 賷乇賮囟 丕賱賯丕賱亘 丕賱賳賲胤賷 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵賱丕 賷毓鬲乇賮 亘丕賱鬲毓乇賷賮 丕賱賲鬲毓丕乇賮 毓賱賷賴 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞! 賱賴匕丕 丕賱爻亘亘 鈥撠必ㄙ呚�- 丕乇鬲兀鬲 丿丕乇 丕賱賳卮乇 兀賳 鬲氐賳賮 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賰乇賵丕賷丞 賱丕 賰賲噩賲賵毓丞 賯氐氐賷丞
賴匕丕 賵廿賳 賰丕賳 鬲氐賳賷賮 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賰乇賵丕賷丞 賷禺丿毓 丕賱賯丕乇卅貙 賲賳 賳丕丨賷丞 毓丿賲 丕鬲賮丕賯賴 賲毓 丕賱賲囟賲賵賳貙 廿賱丕 兀賳 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳 鈥撡佡� 丕賱賲賯丕亘賱- 賰丕賳 丿賯賷賯賸丕 賵氐丕丿賯賸丕 賮賷 丕賱賲賵丕亍賲丞 亘賷賳賴 賵亘賷賳 賲囟賲賵賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘!
賮賷 "睾乇丕賲賷丕鬲賴 丕賱賲乇丨丞" 賴匕賴 賷卮鬲睾賱 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 毓賱賶 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 亘賷賳 賲噩賲賵毓丞 賲鬲賳賵毓丞 賲賳 丕賱兀卮禺丕氐貙 賲丨丕賵賱丕賸 丕賱賳賮丕匕貙 賰賲丕 賴賵 丿兀亘賴貙 賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴丕 廿賱賶 兀毓賲丕賯 丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 賵賲毓乇賮丞 禺亘丕賷丕賴丕 賵賲賷賵賱賴丕 丕賱睾丕賲囟丞 賵賲禺丕賵賮賴丕 賵賲亘丕賴噩賴丕. 賴匕丕 亘丕賱囟亘胤 賲丕 賷賲賷夭 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 毓賳 睾賷乇賴 賲賳 丕賱兀丿亘丕亍貙 賮亘賷賳賲丕 賷爻毓賶 兀亘胤丕賱 賲毓馗賲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 廿賱賶 廿孬丕乇丞 廿毓噩丕亘 丕賱賯丕乇卅貙 賳噩丿 兀賳 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賱丕 鬲亘丨孬 爻賵賶 毓賳 賯丕乇卅 賷賮賴賲賴丕!
賮賷 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶貙 賵賴賷 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀毓噩亘鬲賳賷 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 兀賷 賯氐丞 兀禺乇賶 賱匕賱賰 爻兀禺氐氐 賴匕賴 丕賱賲爻丕丨丞 賱賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳賴丕貙 賷爻鬲毓乇囟 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賲兀夭賯 兀爻鬲丕匕 丕賱賮賳 丕賱鬲卮賰賷賱賷 丕賱賲乇賲賵賯貙 賵賴賵 賲兀夭賯 賵囟毓 賳賮爻賴 賮賷賴 亘賷丿賷賴貙 賮賯丿 賰鬲亘 廿胤乇丕亍賸 爻禺賷賮賸丕 毓賱賶 賲爻賵丿丞 賲賯丕賱 乇丿卅 兀購乇爻賱 廿賱賷賴 亘丕賱亘乇賷丿貙 賵亘丿賱丕賸 賲賳 兀賳 鬲購賮賴賲 賰賱賲丕鬲賴 毓賱賶 兀賳賴丕 賲噩丕賲賱丞 賱丕 毓賱丕賯丞 賱賴丕 亘丕賱賲賯丕賱貙 賷毓鬲亘乇 氐丕丨亘 丕賱賲賯丕賱 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賯 賲丿丨賸丕 賵孬賳丕亍貙 賮賷胤賱亘 賲賳 兀爻鬲丕匕 丕賱賮賳 丕賱鬲卮賰賷賱賷 兀賳 賷賰鬲亘 禺胤丕亘丕賸 賱賴賷卅丞 鬲丨乇賷乇 廿丨丿賶 丕賱賲噩賱丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲禺氐氐丞貙 丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇賮囟 賳卮乇 丕賱賲賯丕賱貙 賱賰賷 鬲乇囟賶 亘賳卮乇賴. 賵毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 鬲賴乇亘 丕賱兀爻鬲丕匕 賲賳 氐丕丨亘 丕賱賲賯丕賱貙 廿賱丕 兀賳 丕賱兀禺賷乇 賷鬲丨賵賱 廿賱賶 賲丕 賷卮亘賴 丕賱賱毓賳丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲胤丕乇丿賴 賮賷 賰賱 賲賰丕賳貙 賵賷賰卮賮 鈥撠勜з� 匕賱賰- 毓賱丕賯丞 丕賱兀爻鬲丕匕 亘毓卮賷賯鬲賴 賵賷賵乇胤賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賲賵囟賵毓.
賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賯氐丞 賷丿乇賰 丕賱兀爻鬲丕匕 丨噩賲 丕賱禺胤兀 丕賱匕賷 丕乇鬲賰亘賴貙 賮毓亘丕乇丕鬲 丕賱廿胤乇丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 賳賱賯賷賴丕 亘氐賵乇丞 毓賮賵賷丞 賵毓賳 丨爻賳 賳賷丞 賱兀賳丕爻 丨賲賯賶 賯丿 鬲鬲丨賵賱 廿賱賶 賲氐丿乇 亘賱丕亍賺貙 賷賰卮賮 丕賱爻鬲丕乇 毓賳 毓賱丕賯丞 睾乇丕賲 賲乇丨丞 賰丕賳鬲 賯亘賱 匕賱賰 鬲丿賵乇 亘毓賷丿丕賸 賲賳 兀毓賷賳 丕賱賮囟賵賱賷賷賳
賵賱賰賳 賲賳 兀賳丕 賱兀丨丿丿 廿賳 賰丕賳鬲 "睾乇丕賲賷丕鬲 賲乇丨丞" 乇賵丕賷丞 兀賲 賱丕貙 賵賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 兀氐賱丕賸 賷乇賮囟 丕賱賯丕賱亘 丕賱賳賲胤賷 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵賱丕 賷毓鬲乇賮 亘丕賱鬲毓乇賷賮 丕賱賲鬲毓丕乇賮 毓賱賷賴 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞! 賱賴匕丕 丕賱爻亘亘 鈥撠必ㄙ呚�- 丕乇鬲兀鬲 丿丕乇 丕賱賳卮乇 兀賳 鬲氐賳賮 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賰乇賵丕賷丞 賱丕 賰賲噩賲賵毓丞 賯氐氐賷丞
賴匕丕 賵廿賳 賰丕賳 鬲氐賳賷賮 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賰乇賵丕賷丞 賷禺丿毓 丕賱賯丕乇卅貙 賲賳 賳丕丨賷丞 毓丿賲 丕鬲賮丕賯賴 賲毓 丕賱賲囟賲賵賳貙 廿賱丕 兀賳 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳 鈥撡佡� 丕賱賲賯丕亘賱- 賰丕賳 丿賯賷賯賸丕 賵氐丕丿賯賸丕 賮賷 丕賱賲賵丕亍賲丞 亘賷賳賴 賵亘賷賳 賲囟賲賵賳 丕賱賰鬲丕亘!
賮賷 "睾乇丕賲賷丕鬲賴 丕賱賲乇丨丞" 賴匕賴 賷卮鬲睾賱 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 毓賱賶 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 亘賷賳 賲噩賲賵毓丞 賲鬲賳賵毓丞 賲賳 丕賱兀卮禺丕氐貙 賲丨丕賵賱丕賸 丕賱賳賮丕匕貙 賰賲丕 賴賵 丿兀亘賴貙 賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴丕 廿賱賶 兀毓賲丕賯 丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 賵賲毓乇賮丞 禺亘丕賷丕賴丕 賵賲賷賵賱賴丕 丕賱睾丕賲囟丞 賵賲禺丕賵賮賴丕 賵賲亘丕賴噩賴丕. 賴匕丕 亘丕賱囟亘胤 賲丕 賷賲賷夭 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 毓賳 睾賷乇賴 賲賳 丕賱兀丿亘丕亍貙 賮亘賷賳賲丕 賷爻毓賶 兀亘胤丕賱 賲毓馗賲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 廿賱賶 廿孬丕乇丞 廿毓噩丕亘 丕賱賯丕乇卅貙 賳噩丿 兀賳 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賱丕 鬲亘丨孬 爻賵賶 毓賳 賯丕乇卅 賷賮賴賲賴丕!
賮賷 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶貙 賵賴賷 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀毓噩亘鬲賳賷 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 兀賷 賯氐丞 兀禺乇賶 賱匕賱賰 爻兀禺氐氐 賴匕賴 丕賱賲爻丕丨丞 賱賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳賴丕貙 賷爻鬲毓乇囟 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賲兀夭賯 兀爻鬲丕匕 丕賱賮賳 丕賱鬲卮賰賷賱賷 丕賱賲乇賲賵賯貙 賵賴賵 賲兀夭賯 賵囟毓 賳賮爻賴 賮賷賴 亘賷丿賷賴貙 賮賯丿 賰鬲亘 廿胤乇丕亍賸 爻禺賷賮賸丕 毓賱賶 賲爻賵丿丞 賲賯丕賱 乇丿卅 兀購乇爻賱 廿賱賷賴 亘丕賱亘乇賷丿貙 賵亘丿賱丕賸 賲賳 兀賳 鬲購賮賴賲 賰賱賲丕鬲賴 毓賱賶 兀賳賴丕 賲噩丕賲賱丞 賱丕 毓賱丕賯丞 賱賴丕 亘丕賱賲賯丕賱貙 賷毓鬲亘乇 氐丕丨亘 丕賱賲賯丕賱 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賯 賲丿丨賸丕 賵孬賳丕亍貙 賮賷胤賱亘 賲賳 兀爻鬲丕匕 丕賱賮賳 丕賱鬲卮賰賷賱賷 兀賳 賷賰鬲亘 禺胤丕亘丕賸 賱賴賷卅丞 鬲丨乇賷乇 廿丨丿賶 丕賱賲噩賱丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲禺氐氐丞貙 丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇賮囟 賳卮乇 丕賱賲賯丕賱貙 賱賰賷 鬲乇囟賶 亘賳卮乇賴. 賵毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 鬲賴乇亘 丕賱兀爻鬲丕匕 賲賳 氐丕丨亘 丕賱賲賯丕賱貙 廿賱丕 兀賳 丕賱兀禺賷乇 賷鬲丨賵賱 廿賱賶 賲丕 賷卮亘賴 丕賱賱毓賳丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲胤丕乇丿賴 賮賷 賰賱 賲賰丕賳貙 賵賷賰卮賮 鈥撠勜з� 匕賱賰- 毓賱丕賯丞 丕賱兀爻鬲丕匕 亘毓卮賷賯鬲賴 賵賷賵乇胤賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賲賵囟賵毓.
賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賯氐丞 賷丿乇賰 丕賱兀爻鬲丕匕 丨噩賲 丕賱禺胤兀 丕賱匕賷 丕乇鬲賰亘賴貙 賮毓亘丕乇丕鬲 丕賱廿胤乇丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 賳賱賯賷賴丕 亘氐賵乇丞 毓賮賵賷丞 賵毓賳 丨爻賳 賳賷丞 賱兀賳丕爻 丨賲賯賶 賯丿 鬲鬲丨賵賱 廿賱賶 賲氐丿乇 亘賱丕亍賺貙 賷賰卮賮 丕賱爻鬲丕乇 毓賳 毓賱丕賯丞 睾乇丕賲 賲乇丨丞 賰丕賳鬲 賯亘賱 匕賱賰 鬲丿賵乇 亘毓賷丿丕賸 賲賳 兀毓賷賳 丕賱賮囟賵賱賷賷賳
January 13, 2020
亘賴 丕賳丿丕夭賴 丌賴爻鬲诏蹖 丿賵爻卮 賳丿丕卮鬲賲 賵賱蹖 丿乇 讴賱 亘丿 賳亘賵丿.
亘賳馗乇賲 賲賴丕乇鬲 讴賵賳丿乇丕 鬲賵蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴 賳賵卮鬲賳 讴賲鬲乇賴 賵賱蹖 賴賲趩賳丕賳 賯賱賲 賵 亘蹖丕賳 禺丕氐 禺賵丿卮賵 丨賮馗 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿.
丕夭 賵蹖跇诏蹖 賴丕蹖 賯賱賲 讴賵賳丿乇丕 讴賴 禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵爻卮 丿丕乇賲 丿乇賵賳蹖丕鬲 賵 丕賮讴丕乇 賵 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲 丕賳爻丕賳賴 讴賴 禺蹖賱蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖 賵 丿乇 毓蹖賳 丨丕賱 爻丕丿賴 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖讴賳賴 亘丿賵賳 丕蹖賳 讴賴 丿乇 鬲賱丕卮 丿丕卅賲 亘乇丕蹖 鬲賵氐蹖賮丕鬲 丕睾乇丕賯 丌賲蹖夭 賵 丨賵氐賱賴 爻乇 亘乇 亘丕卮賴.
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕丿賵丕乇丿 賵 禺丿丕 乇賵 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 亘賯蹖賴 丿賵爻 丿丕卮鬲賲. 禺蹖賱蹖 賯卮賳诏 匕丕鬲 賳丕倬丕蹖丿丕乇 丌丿賲 賴丕 賵 倬丕蹖亘賳丿蹖 賴丕蹖 亘蹖 孬亘丕鬲 丌丿賲 賴丕 乇賵 丿乇 胤賵賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳卮賵賳 丿丕丿.
亘賳馗乇賲 賲賴丕乇鬲 讴賵賳丿乇丕 鬲賵蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴丕蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴 賳賵卮鬲賳 讴賲鬲乇賴 賵賱蹖 賴賲趩賳丕賳 賯賱賲 賵 亘蹖丕賳 禺丕氐 禺賵丿卮賵 丨賮馗 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿.
丕夭 賵蹖跇诏蹖 賴丕蹖 賯賱賲 讴賵賳丿乇丕 讴賴 禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵爻卮 丿丕乇賲 丿乇賵賳蹖丕鬲 賵 丕賮讴丕乇 賵 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲 丕賳爻丕賳賴 讴賴 禺蹖賱蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖 賵 丿乇 毓蹖賳 丨丕賱 爻丕丿賴 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖讴賳賴 亘丿賵賳 丕蹖賳 讴賴 丿乇 鬲賱丕卮 丿丕卅賲 亘乇丕蹖 鬲賵氐蹖賮丕鬲 丕睾乇丕賯 丌賲蹖夭 賵 丨賵氐賱賴 爻乇 亘乇 亘丕卮賴.
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕丿賵丕乇丿 賵 禺丿丕 乇賵 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 亘賯蹖賴 丿賵爻 丿丕卮鬲賲. 禺蹖賱蹖 賯卮賳诏 匕丕鬲 賳丕倬丕蹖丿丕乇 丌丿賲 賴丕 賵 倬丕蹖亘賳丿蹖 賴丕蹖 亘蹖 孬亘丕鬲 丌丿賲 賴丕 乇賵 丿乇 胤賵賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳卮賵賳 丿丕丿.
December 28, 2015
I never expected that this book by Kundera would be so captivating, that it almost transfixed me in one place for one whole night and left me laughing. Human relationships, its intricacy and playfulness along with the subsisting absurdity which almost always creeps in, is excellently portrayed by Kundera. There is a doctor who rejects the ostensible proposal of a beautiful nurse to sleep with him although he almost makes out with uglier and older women than her; a young doctor who perfectly cooks up things in his head, to the point of rationalizing a suicide of a women that have no connection with him; a professor who loses his love yet take it as a comical tragedy; a book lover who hangs out with his promiscuous friend just for out of curiosity and as an interesting disorder from his routine. Although, at the outset, this seems like a fun, jolly read full of ironies, it is way beyond any imagination how the author came up with these themes. The stories are invariably light veined and good humoured without reducing any of the characters as caricatures. Perhaps, the poetic and lyrical prose of the author comes to his aid and saves him from slipping these stories to be records of mere incidents and accidents.
But, what makes me feel a bit disappointed about Kundera is his women. They are a bunch of irrationality, ironies, soft headed with weak attitudes, and too-often falls for men too-soon. While men, on the other hand, are the attractive variety, macho dudes, who can make any women to fall for them, and are ingenious enough to get away with it too. And, to my surprise and delight, most women who are married never cheats on her husband, remain faithful and honest to her man under all conditions, and it is always the men who goes for extra marital flings and relationships (Is that because that in reality too men cheat more? Is that the point?). That part, when I learn that Kundera is unable to sketch a strong woman character, breaks my heart. How much is missed in his glorious world by him by not bringing a complete woman!
My favorite stories in this collection are: The Golden Apple of Eternal Desire - About all those good number of men who are happily married but do chase women, if not for anything just for the sake of uncomplicated fun and and to all friendships with the so-called bad ones that comes into existence just for the sheer joy of curiosity. The Hitchhiking Game - Perhaps, one of the best short stories I have read. Kundera perfectly encaptures why some things or words should never be done or said in a relationship, not even as a joke or as a game. He says how all that is beautiful is sometimes killed by actions and words we slip around carelessly, and under the pretext of fun.
An excellent read!
But, what makes me feel a bit disappointed about Kundera is his women. They are a bunch of irrationality, ironies, soft headed with weak attitudes, and too-often falls for men too-soon. While men, on the other hand, are the attractive variety, macho dudes, who can make any women to fall for them, and are ingenious enough to get away with it too. And, to my surprise and delight, most women who are married never cheats on her husband, remain faithful and honest to her man under all conditions, and it is always the men who goes for extra marital flings and relationships (Is that because that in reality too men cheat more? Is that the point?). That part, when I learn that Kundera is unable to sketch a strong woman character, breaks my heart. How much is missed in his glorious world by him by not bringing a complete woman!
My favorite stories in this collection are: The Golden Apple of Eternal Desire - About all those good number of men who are happily married but do chase women, if not for anything just for the sake of uncomplicated fun and and to all friendships with the so-called bad ones that comes into existence just for the sheer joy of curiosity. The Hitchhiking Game - Perhaps, one of the best short stories I have read. Kundera perfectly encaptures why some things or words should never be done or said in a relationship, not even as a joke or as a game. He says how all that is beautiful is sometimes killed by actions and words we slip around carelessly, and under the pretext of fun.
An excellent read!
July 28, 2016
Ritorno a leggere Kundera dopo un paio di anni e riesce sempre a stupirmi questo suo modo di raccontare.
"Amori ridicoli" 猫 una raccolta di 7 racconti in cui Milan Kundera d脿 voce alle emozioni, alle sensazioni dei personaggi e anche il lettore si sente parte integrante, parte del tutto, come se fosse parte della storia.
I personaggi hanno qualcosa di Pirandelliano. Sembra fuggano da se stessi, da ci貌 che sono e si inventano altre vite, un'altra personalit脿, come accade in "Il falso autostop" con la protagonista che vorrebbe essere altro da s茅:
"Spesso aveva desiderato di sentirsi libera nel proprio corpo, spensierata e serena, come accadeva alla maggioranza delle donne che le stavano accanto".
Un altro racconto molto bello 猫 "Il simposio" in cui il rapporto tra amore e morte, morte e amore 猫 talmente labile, tangibile, come se si potesse toccare.
Sono racconti in cui l'autore 猫 molto bravo a raccontare le emozioni, le sensazioni, anche contrastanti del rapporto uomo - donna con le sue peculiarit脿 e stranezze tipiche dell'animo umano.
"Amori ridicoli" 猫 una raccolta di 7 racconti in cui Milan Kundera d脿 voce alle emozioni, alle sensazioni dei personaggi e anche il lettore si sente parte integrante, parte del tutto, come se fosse parte della storia.
I personaggi hanno qualcosa di Pirandelliano. Sembra fuggano da se stessi, da ci貌 che sono e si inventano altre vite, un'altra personalit脿, come accade in "Il falso autostop" con la protagonista che vorrebbe essere altro da s茅:
"Spesso aveva desiderato di sentirsi libera nel proprio corpo, spensierata e serena, come accadeva alla maggioranza delle donne che le stavano accanto".
Un altro racconto molto bello 猫 "Il simposio" in cui il rapporto tra amore e morte, morte e amore 猫 talmente labile, tangibile, come se si potesse toccare.
Sono racconti in cui l'autore 猫 molto bravo a raccontare le emozioni, le sensazioni, anche contrastanti del rapporto uomo - donna con le sue peculiarit脿 e stranezze tipiche dell'animo umano.
November 17, 2017
Laughable Loves is one of Kundera's earlier works, published in 1969, and like many of Kundera's novels (this one is a collection of seven short stories), love, relationships and sex are masterfully dissected. Sexual attraction is a major theme in this collection - we see men and women weave their way through complex erotic games, reaching out for success; for maturity; for a rekindling of youth; for social status; for love...
I found the first story weak but the quality picked up thereafter. I was annoyed that there were a number of typos in the text - come on faber and faber, laughable proofreading.
Kundera's writing is easy to read, easy to sympathise with (I feel the stories and their nuclei, interactions between the characters to be real, like things which could easily occur to me), filled with interesting facets and insights on the human condition, and so on and so forth...but there's this air of elusiveness and puzzlement after closing the last page. Is that it?
Maybe when I've read most of his works, I'd like to create a Kundera bingo, like the popular . It might involve an experienced womaniser; a long drive on the highway; standing naked in front of the mirror; a naive young man; pubic hair; a shy young girl; drinking, followed by sex; the narrator suddenly talking to us; a seductive whisper in the ear; a tearful outburst; "Strip!"; a sibling of the diametrically opposite nature; a confident utterance involving five or more successive questions;...
October 2, 2015
I found the first story weak but the quality picked up thereafter. I was annoyed that there were a number of typos in the text - come on faber and faber, laughable proofreading.
Kundera's writing is easy to read, easy to sympathise with (I feel the stories and their nuclei, interactions between the characters to be real, like things which could easily occur to me), filled with interesting facets and insights on the human condition, and so on and so forth...but there's this air of elusiveness and puzzlement after closing the last page. Is that it?
He is too honest to concede that he finds the essential in the unessential, but he is too weak not to long secretly for the essential.
Maybe when I've read most of his works, I'd like to create a Kundera bingo, like the popular . It might involve an experienced womaniser; a long drive on the highway; standing naked in front of the mirror; a naive young man; pubic hair; a shy young girl; drinking, followed by sex; the narrator suddenly talking to us; a seductive whisper in the ear; a tearful outburst; "Strip!"; a sibling of the diametrically opposite nature; a confident utterance involving five or more successive questions;...
Only after a while did it occur to me (in spite of the chilly silence that surrounded me) that my story was not of the tragic sort, but rather of the comic variety.3.5 stars.
That afforded me some comfort.
October 2, 2015
July 29, 2016
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July 11, 2024
Das Buch ist eine Sammlung von sieben Erz盲hlungen, in denen die Absurdit盲ten, Widerspr眉che und Komplexit盲ten der zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen ausgelotet werden. Kundera bezeichnet die Beziehungen als 鈥瀕盲cherliche Liebe鈥�, wobei mit 鈥濴iebe鈥� vieles gemeint ist, nicht jedoch eine tiefe, auf gegenseitiger Achtung basierende Zuneigung.
In den Erz盲hlungen bewahrt der Autor eine ironische Distanz zu seinen Figuren, f眉r die er aber auch Sympathie erkennen l盲sst. Trotz aller L盲cherlichkeit bleibt eine gewisse Leichtigkeit im Ged盲chtnis, keine Verunglimpfung oder Beleidigung seiner Figuren.
Allerdings ist die Zeit der Entstehung der Texte, die 1960er Jahre, zu erkennen und damit das damalige Frauenbild. Die m盲nnliche Sicht dominiert und l盲sst Machogehabe erkennen, manchmal auch Verunsicherung oder den Wunsch, ein Frauenheld zu sein. Die Frauen sind aber keine Dummchen am Herd, sie sind nicht hilflose Opfer, nur ihre Sicht kommt leider fast nicht vor.
So lassen sich heute aus den Erz盲hlungen keine gro脽en Erkenntnisse gewinnen, aber doch sind sie psychologisch genau beobachtet, in einem meisterhaften Stil geschrieben und 眉berwiegend ein Lesegenuss. Auf jeden Fall auch heute noch gute Unterhaltung.
In den Erz盲hlungen bewahrt der Autor eine ironische Distanz zu seinen Figuren, f眉r die er aber auch Sympathie erkennen l盲sst. Trotz aller L盲cherlichkeit bleibt eine gewisse Leichtigkeit im Ged盲chtnis, keine Verunglimpfung oder Beleidigung seiner Figuren.
Allerdings ist die Zeit der Entstehung der Texte, die 1960er Jahre, zu erkennen und damit das damalige Frauenbild. Die m盲nnliche Sicht dominiert und l盲sst Machogehabe erkennen, manchmal auch Verunsicherung oder den Wunsch, ein Frauenheld zu sein. Die Frauen sind aber keine Dummchen am Herd, sie sind nicht hilflose Opfer, nur ihre Sicht kommt leider fast nicht vor.
So lassen sich heute aus den Erz盲hlungen keine gro脽en Erkenntnisse gewinnen, aber doch sind sie psychologisch genau beobachtet, in einem meisterhaften Stil geschrieben und 眉berwiegend ein Lesegenuss. Auf jeden Fall auch heute noch gute Unterhaltung.
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