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丕賱賰赖賮
賷丨賷賱賳丕 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賲賳匕 丕賮鬲鬲丕丨賷丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 廿賱賶 兀爻胤賵乇丞 賰賴賮 兀賮賱丕胤賵賳 賮賶 賰鬲丕亘賴 "丕賱噩賲賴賵乇賷丞": 賷丕 賱睾乇丕亘丞 丕賱賲卮賴丿 丕賱匕賶 鬲氐賮賴貙 賵賷丕 賱賴賲 賲賳 爻噩賳丕亍 賲爻鬲睾乇亘賷賳 兀賳賴賲 賲孬賱賳丕.
賮兀賲孬賵賱丞 "兀賮賱丕胤賵賳" 丨賵賱 胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 鬲氐賵賾乇 兀賳 賴賳丕賰 賰賴賮丕 鬲丨鬲 丕賱兀乇囟 賱賴 賲丿禺賱 胤賵賷賱 賷賲乇 賲賳賴 丕賱賳賵乇 賵賮賶 丕賱賰赖賮 兀賳丕爻 爻噩賳賵丕 賮賷賴 賲賳匕 胤賮賵賱鬲賴賲.
兀乇噩賱賴賲 賵兀毓賳丕賯賴賲 賲賯賷丿丞 鬲囟胤乇賴賲 廿賱賶 丕賱亘賯丕亍 孬丕亘鬲賷賳 賱丕 賷賳馗乇賵賳 廿賱丕 兀賲丕賲賴賲 賵賵乇丕亍賴賲 賵賮賶 賲賵囟毓 兀毓賱賶 賲賳 賲賵囟毓賴賲 囟賵亍 賳丕乇 賲卮鬲毓賱丞 亘毓賷丿丕 毓賳賴賲 賵亘賷賳 丕賱賳丕乇 賵丕賱賲賯賷丿賷賳 鬲賵噩丿 丿賰丞 賲乇鬲賮毓丞 賵毓賱賶 丕賲鬲丿丕丿 丕賱丿賰丞 兀賯賷賲 噩丿丕乇 賲賳禺賮囟 賲孬賱 丕賱丨丕噩夭 丕賱匕賶 賷賮氐賱 亘賷賳 噩賲賴賵乇 丕賱賲卮丕賴丿賷賳 賵丕賱賲賯賷丿賷賳 賵丕賱賲卮毓賵匕賷賳 丕賱匕賷賳 賷毓乇囟賵賳 兀賱毓丕亘賴賲.
兀賲孬賵賱丞 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 鬲鬲賲孬賱 賮賶 兀賳 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇 賷毓賷卮 丕賱賵囟毓 賳賮爻賴 丕賱匕賶 賷毓賷卮 賮賶 卮禺賵氐 兀賮賱丕胤賵賳 丕賱賲賯賷丿賷賳貙 賮賴賵 賷賯囟賶 賵賯鬲賴 賲丨亘賵爻丕 賮賶 睾乇賮 囟賷賯丞貙 賷鬲兀賲賱 氐賵乇丕 毓賱賶 卮丕卮丕鬲 丕賱鬲賱賷賮夭賷賵賳 賵丕賱賰賲亘賷賵鬲乇貙 亘毓賷丿丕 毓賳 丕賱丕鬲氐丕賱 丕賱賲亘丕卮乇 亘丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 兀賵 亘兀賲孬丕賱賴 賲賳 丕賱亘卮乇貙 賵賱賴匕丕 鬲禺鬲丕乇 兀爻乇丞 "兀賱賷噩賵乇" 丕賱鬲賶 鬲丿賵乇 丨賵賱賴丕 兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱鬲禺賱賶 毓賳 賰賱 卮賶亍 賵丕賱禺乇賵噩 賮賶 乇丨賱丞 亘賱丕 賵噩賴丞 賲毓乇賵賮丞 賵丿賵賳 賲毓乇賮丞 賰賷賮 賵兀賷賳 爻鬲賳鬲賴賶.
賮兀賲孬賵賱丞 "兀賮賱丕胤賵賳" 丨賵賱 胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 鬲氐賵賾乇 兀賳 賴賳丕賰 賰賴賮丕 鬲丨鬲 丕賱兀乇囟 賱賴 賲丿禺賱 胤賵賷賱 賷賲乇 賲賳賴 丕賱賳賵乇 賵賮賶 丕賱賰赖賮 兀賳丕爻 爻噩賳賵丕 賮賷賴 賲賳匕 胤賮賵賱鬲賴賲.
兀乇噩賱賴賲 賵兀毓賳丕賯賴賲 賲賯賷丿丞 鬲囟胤乇賴賲 廿賱賶 丕賱亘賯丕亍 孬丕亘鬲賷賳 賱丕 賷賳馗乇賵賳 廿賱丕 兀賲丕賲賴賲 賵賵乇丕亍賴賲 賵賮賶 賲賵囟毓 兀毓賱賶 賲賳 賲賵囟毓賴賲 囟賵亍 賳丕乇 賲卮鬲毓賱丞 亘毓賷丿丕 毓賳賴賲 賵亘賷賳 丕賱賳丕乇 賵丕賱賲賯賷丿賷賳 鬲賵噩丿 丿賰丞 賲乇鬲賮毓丞 賵毓賱賶 丕賲鬲丿丕丿 丕賱丿賰丞 兀賯賷賲 噩丿丕乇 賲賳禺賮囟 賲孬賱 丕賱丨丕噩夭 丕賱匕賶 賷賮氐賱 亘賷賳 噩賲賴賵乇 丕賱賲卮丕賴丿賷賳 賵丕賱賲賯賷丿賷賳 賵丕賱賲卮毓賵匕賷賳 丕賱匕賷賳 賷毓乇囟賵賳 兀賱毓丕亘賴賲.
兀賲孬賵賱丞 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 鬲鬲賲孬賱 賮賶 兀賳 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕賱賲毓丕氐乇 賷毓賷卮 丕賱賵囟毓 賳賮爻賴 丕賱匕賶 賷毓賷卮 賮賶 卮禺賵氐 兀賮賱丕胤賵賳 丕賱賲賯賷丿賷賳貙 賮賴賵 賷賯囟賶 賵賯鬲賴 賲丨亘賵爻丕 賮賶 睾乇賮 囟賷賯丞貙 賷鬲兀賲賱 氐賵乇丕 毓賱賶 卮丕卮丕鬲 丕賱鬲賱賷賮夭賷賵賳 賵丕賱賰賲亘賷賵鬲乇貙 亘毓賷丿丕 毓賳 丕賱丕鬲氐丕賱 丕賱賲亘丕卮乇 亘丕賱胤亘賷毓丞 兀賵 亘兀賲孬丕賱賴 賲賳 丕賱亘卮乇貙 賵賱賴匕丕 鬲禺鬲丕乇 兀爻乇丞 "兀賱賷噩賵乇" 丕賱鬲賶 鬲丿賵乇 丨賵賱賴丕 兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱鬲禺賱賶 毓賳 賰賱 卮賶亍 賵丕賱禺乇賵噩 賮賶 乇丨賱丞 亘賱丕 賵噩賴丞 賲毓乇賵賮丞 賵丿賵賳 賲毓乇賮丞 賰賷賮 賵兀賷賳 爻鬲賳鬲賴賶.
470 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
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Jos茅 Saramago
291听books15.9k听followersJos茅 de Sousa Saramago (16 November 1922 鈥� 18 June 2010) was a Portuguese novelist and recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature, for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality." His works, some of which have been seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the theopoetic. In 2003 Harold Bloom described Saramago as "the most gifted novelist alive in the world today."
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May 2, 2025
Protagonist is a sixty-four-year-old potter鈥� He has a daughter鈥� She has a husband鈥�
Banality of living鈥� Wisdom of living鈥�
Pottery is no longer in demand鈥� So one must find a new way of living鈥� Cave is a hollow were the past is left鈥�
Times change and discard everything that stands in the way of changing
Banality of living鈥� Wisdom of living鈥�
Try to understand, what will be, as the saying goes, will be, the world doesn鈥檛 stop turning, and if the people you depend on for your living promote you, you should raise your hands to heaven in gratitude, it would be silly to turn our backs on fate when fate is on our side鈥�
Pottery is no longer in demand鈥� So one must find a new way of living鈥� Cave is a hollow were the past is left鈥�
It is said that a long time ago a god decided to make a man out of the clay from the earth that he had previously created, and then, in order that the man should have breath and life, he blew into his nostrils. The whisper put around by certain stubborn, negative spirits, when they do not dare to say so out loud, is that after this supreme act of creation, the god never again practiced the arts of pottery, a roundabout way of denouncing him for, quite simply, having downed tools.
Times change and discard everything that stands in the way of changing
November 3, 2018
Saramago sets this story in a dystopia but it is not far off in the future 鈥� we almost live in it now!
The Center is where the well-off live. It鈥檚 a massive single 50-story building with apartments, galleria malls, museums and Disneyland areas. Every kind of experience imaginable is offered including all sports, such as skiing, and 鈥渆nvironmental rooms鈥� where you can experience sunny beaches, rain and blizzards. Around the Center are rings of slums, industrial factories and factory farms in greenhouses.
It鈥檚 a big brother dystopia. Security guards and video cameras are everywhere, and any unusual behavior gets you noticed and perhaps 鈥渨ritten up鈥� by the guards. When you drive outside the Center you are stopped by guards 鈥渃hecking your documents.鈥� Because supply trucks have to bring goods and food in from the rings outside the Center, they have to pass through the slums. Occasionally they are waylaid by bandits but because this is a Portuguese dystopia, the police kind of let it happen without much ado.
The story, which we are told in the blurbs, is simple. An old man, a widower and a potter, lives in the far outskirts, a traditional rural village beyond the Center and its rings. He lives with his only daughter and her husband. Her husband is a guard in the Center but lives in a dormitory and commutes home for a few days off every ten days or so. His dream is to become a 鈥渞esident guard鈥� 鈥� that is, get a promotion and with it an apartment to live full-time in the magical Center and bring his wife and father-in-law with him.
The old potter struggles to make a living. He sells plates and pots to the Center but recently people have stopped buying them, so he is experimenting with making decorative ceramic dolls. His daughter helps him.
The business collapses; the son gets his job and they all move into dreamland. You can imagine what the old man thinks of this 鈥� his life was his work and his identity. Now retired, he wanders aimlessly around Disneyland all day. The only other significant character in the story is a widow in the village. The old man and the widow are sweet on each other but he won鈥檛 think about marriage because he cannot support her without his pottery business, now defunct.
And maybe we can count the dog as a character too: 鈥淓veryone tells us that animals stopped talking a long long time ago, however, no one has yet been able to prove that they have not continued to make secret use of thought.鈥�
Now the title. A short time after they have all moved to an apartment in the Center, new construction uncovers an archaeological site in a cave. The area is blocked off and guarded; guards are forbidden to talk about what is in the cave. But the son-in-law lets the old man in to view it. It is so horrific and shocking that the son-in-law quits his job and they all decide to leave the Center and start over somewhere else. [It is horrifying and I鈥檓 not even putting it in a spoiler!]
The book is written in a stream of consciousness style with long sentences, mostly using commas, but it is divided into fairly short chapters (8-12 pages).
The author has won the Nobel Prize, so we expect and we get great writing and deep thoughts:
鈥淚t is true what people say, the young have the ability, but lack the wisdom, and the old have the wisdom, but lack the ability.
Daughter: 鈥淒on鈥檛 talk about dying, Pa.鈥�
Father: 鈥淭he only time we can talk about death is while we鈥檙e alive, not afterward.鈥�
鈥溾€he game of give and take which is what married life almost always comes down to鈥�
鈥淟ife is like that, full of words that are not worth saying or that were worth saying once but not any more, each word that we utter will take up the space of another more deserving word, not deserving in its own right, but because of the possible consequences of saying it.鈥�
鈥淪ome people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, they don鈥檛 understand that the words are merely stepping stones paced across a fast-flowing river, and the reason they鈥檙e there is so that we can reach the farther shore, it鈥檚 the other side that matters鈥�
鈥淗e had suddenly seen what the world was like, how there are many lies and no truths, well, there must be some out there, but they are continually changing, and not only does a possible truth give us insufficient time to consider its merits, we also have to check first that this possible truth is not, in fact, a probable lie.鈥�
鈥渂ut nowadays, it is only from eighty years onward that old age, authentic and unambiguous and from which there can be no return, nor even any pretense of a return, begins, de facto and unapologetically, to deserve the name by which we designate our last days.鈥�
鈥渁rguments are more or less random groups of words waiting to be placed in a syntactical order that will give them a sense they themselves are not entirely sure that they have.鈥�
鈥淎t that moment he realized that his memory of the dream was about to flee, that he would only manage to hold on to bits of it, and he did not know whether he should rejoice over the little that remained or regret the much that was lost, this is something else that often happens after we have dreamed.鈥�
In a witty and humorous passage the author dissects old 鈥榥uggets of wisdom鈥� which he calls a 鈥渕alignant plague.鈥� It is funny how you can savage things like 鈥渒now thyself,鈥� 鈥渨here there鈥檚 a will there鈥檚 a way,鈥� and 鈥渂egin at the beginning.鈥�
A great read. I鈥檝e read five or six of Saramago鈥檚 books and this is now my favorite.
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Photo of the author from therumpus.net
The Center is where the well-off live. It鈥檚 a massive single 50-story building with apartments, galleria malls, museums and Disneyland areas. Every kind of experience imaginable is offered including all sports, such as skiing, and 鈥渆nvironmental rooms鈥� where you can experience sunny beaches, rain and blizzards. Around the Center are rings of slums, industrial factories and factory farms in greenhouses.
It鈥檚 a big brother dystopia. Security guards and video cameras are everywhere, and any unusual behavior gets you noticed and perhaps 鈥渨ritten up鈥� by the guards. When you drive outside the Center you are stopped by guards 鈥渃hecking your documents.鈥� Because supply trucks have to bring goods and food in from the rings outside the Center, they have to pass through the slums. Occasionally they are waylaid by bandits but because this is a Portuguese dystopia, the police kind of let it happen without much ado.
The story, which we are told in the blurbs, is simple. An old man, a widower and a potter, lives in the far outskirts, a traditional rural village beyond the Center and its rings. He lives with his only daughter and her husband. Her husband is a guard in the Center but lives in a dormitory and commutes home for a few days off every ten days or so. His dream is to become a 鈥渞esident guard鈥� 鈥� that is, get a promotion and with it an apartment to live full-time in the magical Center and bring his wife and father-in-law with him.
The old potter struggles to make a living. He sells plates and pots to the Center but recently people have stopped buying them, so he is experimenting with making decorative ceramic dolls. His daughter helps him.
The business collapses; the son gets his job and they all move into dreamland. You can imagine what the old man thinks of this 鈥� his life was his work and his identity. Now retired, he wanders aimlessly around Disneyland all day. The only other significant character in the story is a widow in the village. The old man and the widow are sweet on each other but he won鈥檛 think about marriage because he cannot support her without his pottery business, now defunct.
And maybe we can count the dog as a character too: 鈥淓veryone tells us that animals stopped talking a long long time ago, however, no one has yet been able to prove that they have not continued to make secret use of thought.鈥�
Now the title. A short time after they have all moved to an apartment in the Center, new construction uncovers an archaeological site in a cave. The area is blocked off and guarded; guards are forbidden to talk about what is in the cave. But the son-in-law lets the old man in to view it. It is so horrific and shocking that the son-in-law quits his job and they all decide to leave the Center and start over somewhere else. [It is horrifying and I鈥檓 not even putting it in a spoiler!]
The book is written in a stream of consciousness style with long sentences, mostly using commas, but it is divided into fairly short chapters (8-12 pages).
The author has won the Nobel Prize, so we expect and we get great writing and deep thoughts:
鈥淚t is true what people say, the young have the ability, but lack the wisdom, and the old have the wisdom, but lack the ability.
Daughter: 鈥淒on鈥檛 talk about dying, Pa.鈥�
Father: 鈥淭he only time we can talk about death is while we鈥檙e alive, not afterward.鈥�
鈥溾€he game of give and take which is what married life almost always comes down to鈥�
鈥淟ife is like that, full of words that are not worth saying or that were worth saying once but not any more, each word that we utter will take up the space of another more deserving word, not deserving in its own right, but because of the possible consequences of saying it.鈥�
鈥淪ome people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, they don鈥檛 understand that the words are merely stepping stones paced across a fast-flowing river, and the reason they鈥檙e there is so that we can reach the farther shore, it鈥檚 the other side that matters鈥�
鈥淗e had suddenly seen what the world was like, how there are many lies and no truths, well, there must be some out there, but they are continually changing, and not only does a possible truth give us insufficient time to consider its merits, we also have to check first that this possible truth is not, in fact, a probable lie.鈥�
鈥渂ut nowadays, it is only from eighty years onward that old age, authentic and unambiguous and from which there can be no return, nor even any pretense of a return, begins, de facto and unapologetically, to deserve the name by which we designate our last days.鈥�
鈥渁rguments are more or less random groups of words waiting to be placed in a syntactical order that will give them a sense they themselves are not entirely sure that they have.鈥�
鈥淎t that moment he realized that his memory of the dream was about to flee, that he would only manage to hold on to bits of it, and he did not know whether he should rejoice over the little that remained or regret the much that was lost, this is something else that often happens after we have dreamed.鈥�
In a witty and humorous passage the author dissects old 鈥榥uggets of wisdom鈥� which he calls a 鈥渕alignant plague.鈥� It is funny how you can savage things like 鈥渒now thyself,鈥� 鈥渨here there鈥檚 a will there鈥檚 a way,鈥� and 鈥渂egin at the beginning.鈥�
A great read. I鈥檝e read five or six of Saramago鈥檚 books and this is now my favorite.
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Photo of the author from therumpus.net
November 14, 2021
A Caverna = The Cave, Jos茅 Saramago
The Cave is a novel, by Portuguese author Jos茅 Saramago. It was published in Portuguese in 2000 and in English in 2002.
The story concerns an elderly potter named Cipriano Algor, his daughter Marta, and his son-in-law Mar莽al. One day, the Center, literally the center of commerce in the story, cancels its order for Cipriano's pottery, leaving the elderly potter's future in doubt.
He and Marta decide to try their hand at making clay figurines and astonishingly the Center places an order for hundreds. But just as quickly, the order is cancelled and Cipriano, his daughter, and his son-in-law have no choice but to move to the Center where Mar莽al works as a security guard.
Before long, the mysterious sound of digging can be heard beneath the Center, and what the family discovers will change their lives forever.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 丕賵賱 爻倬鬲丕賲亘乇 爻丕賱2008賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
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賴賲爻乇 芦爻蹖倬乇蹖丕賳賵禄 賲丿鬲蹖 倬蹖卮 丿乇诏匕卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲貙 賵 丿禺鬲乇卮 賲蹖禺賵丕賴丿 芦爻蹖倬乇蹖丕賳賵禄蹖 鬲賳賴丕 賵 倬蹖乇 乇丕貙 亘丕 禺賵丿 亘賴 賲噩鬲賲毓 賲乇讴夭蹖 亘亘乇丿貨 夭賳丿诏蹖 芦爻蹖倬乇蹖丕賳賵禄 夭賲丕賳蹖 亘賴 賴賲 賲蹖乇蹖夭丿貙 讴賴 賲爻卅賵賱蹖賳 賲噩鬲賲毓 賲乇讴夭蹖貙 亘丕 亘乇賴賲 夭丿賳 蹖讴胤乇賮賴 蹖 賯乇丕乇丿丕丿貙 丿蹖诏乇 丨丕囟乇 亘賴 禺乇蹖丿 爻賮丕賱賴丕蹖卮 賳蹖爻鬲賳丿貙 賵 丕賵 賲噩亘賵乇 丕爻鬲 鬲賳賴丕 讴丕乇蹖 乇丕 賴賲 讴賴 丿乇 丕蹖賳 丿賳蹖丕 亘乇丕蹖卮 亘丕賯蹖賲丕賳丿賴 亘賵丿貙 賲鬲賵賯賮 讴賳丿貨 丕夭 爻賵蹖 丿蹖诏乇貙 丿丕賲丕丿卮 丿乇 丌爻鬲丕賳賴 蹖 诏乇賮鬲賳 鬲乇賮蹖毓 賯乇丕乇 賲蹖诏蹖乇丿貨 賵 芦爻蹖倬乇蹖丕賳賵禄 賲噩亘賵乇 丕爻鬲 賴賲乇丕賴 丌賳賴丕貙 亘賴 賲噩鬲賲毓 賲乇讴夭蹖 賳賯賱 賲讴丕賳 讴賳丿貨 芦爻蹖倬乇蹖丕賳賵禄 丕诏乇 賴賲 倬蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 丌賳噩丕 禺賵卮卮 賳賲蹖丌賲丿貙 丕讴賳賵賳 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳讴賴 丕夭 丌賳噩丕 賲鬲賳賮乇 亘丕卮丿貙 丿賱蹖賱 丿丕乇丿貨 丕蹖賳噩丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 爻丕丿賴 蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵夭賲乇賴貙 賵 蹖讴賳賵丕禺鬲 芦爻蹖倬乇蹖丕賳賵禄蹖 爻賮丕賱賮乇賵卮貙 亘賴 丿睾丿睾賴 賴丕蹖 亘蹖卮賲丕乇 倬蹖乇賲乇丿蹖 鬲賳賴丕貙 賵 賳丕丕賲蹖丿貙 鬲亘丿蹖賱 賲蹖卮賵丿貙 讴賴 賳賲蹖丿丕賳丿 噩丿丕賱 丕氐賱蹖 丕卮貙 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘丕 禺賵丿 賵 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 亘诏匕卮鬲賴 丕卮 丕爻鬲貙 蹖丕 亘丕 丿禺鬲乇 賵 丿丕賲丕丿 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖 丌蹖賳丿賴 丕卮 丿乇 賲噩鬲賲毓 賲乇讴夭蹖貨
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 09/10/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 22/08/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
The Cave is a novel, by Portuguese author Jos茅 Saramago. It was published in Portuguese in 2000 and in English in 2002.
The story concerns an elderly potter named Cipriano Algor, his daughter Marta, and his son-in-law Mar莽al. One day, the Center, literally the center of commerce in the story, cancels its order for Cipriano's pottery, leaving the elderly potter's future in doubt.
He and Marta decide to try their hand at making clay figurines and astonishingly the Center places an order for hundreds. But just as quickly, the order is cancelled and Cipriano, his daughter, and his son-in-law have no choice but to move to the Center where Mar莽al works as a security guard.
Before long, the mysterious sound of digging can be heard beneath the Center, and what the family discovers will change their lives forever.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 丕賵賱 爻倬鬲丕賲亘乇 爻丕賱2008賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 丿禺賲賴貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 跇賵夭賴 爻丕乇丕賲丕诏賵貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 讴蹖賵賲乇孬 倬丕乇爻丕蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 乇賵夭诏丕乇貙 爻丕賱1384貨 丿乇358氐貨 卮丕亘讴9643740218貨 趩丕倬 趩賴丕乇賲 爻丕賱1384貨 趩丕倬 倬賳噩賲 爻丕賱1386貨 趩丕倬 卮卮賲 爻丕賱1388貨 卮丕亘讴9789643740214貨 趩丕倬 賴賮鬲賲 爻丕賱1391貨 賲賵囟賵毓 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 倬乇鬲賯丕賱 - 爻丿賴 21賲
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鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 09/10/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 22/08/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
May 5, 2025
Again, this is a beautiful text from Saramago. I have rediscovered this particular style; the author describes his characters and situations as seen above. Bringing with the humor of second-degree commentary, suggesting that the characters lead their existence while specifying that it controls at the very end, they become like an all-powerful god.
In "The Cave," Saramago describes our world as an extension of Plato's cave. We are chained to the bottom of the cave, fascinated by the shadows cast on it and convinced that it is the real world. This novel indicts our consumer society, which is futile and superficial, governed by merchants, and creates useless and mortal needs.
We never know what the Center is, who these people are, or who governs. Cipriano Algor, the potter, has relations only with officials, subordinates, and sub-chiefs. His son-in-law, Mar莽al, was recruited as a resident guard without understanding why these guards were in the Center. Throughout the novel, we can only think of the world of Kafka. Notably, this exchange between a sub-chief and Cipriano, who irresistibly thought of the fall of the Kafka Trial:
"My dear sir, I suppose you do not expect me to tell you the secret of the bee, I've always heard that the secret of the bee does not exist, Of a mystery, of a false mystery, of a fable that must be reinvented, of a tale that could have been but has not been. You are right, the secret of the bee, Not exist, but we know it. "
This quote notes Saramago's particular style, which introduces dialogue exchanges using only commas, punctuation points, and capital letters.
Saramago parallels the chained bodies found at the bottom of the cave under the Center and the clay figurines made by Cipriano and his daughter. But unlike corpses, which represent us chained to the wall at the bottom of a cave, puppets symbolize a new man. Free in this sense, they took out the oven, an image of the cave, exposed outside, and the rain processed the sludge and the sun dust, returning to their natural origin in an endless cycle of creation.
(A Beautiful Book, like all the writings of Saramago).
In "The Cave," Saramago describes our world as an extension of Plato's cave. We are chained to the bottom of the cave, fascinated by the shadows cast on it and convinced that it is the real world. This novel indicts our consumer society, which is futile and superficial, governed by merchants, and creates useless and mortal needs.
We never know what the Center is, who these people are, or who governs. Cipriano Algor, the potter, has relations only with officials, subordinates, and sub-chiefs. His son-in-law, Mar莽al, was recruited as a resident guard without understanding why these guards were in the Center. Throughout the novel, we can only think of the world of Kafka. Notably, this exchange between a sub-chief and Cipriano, who irresistibly thought of the fall of the Kafka Trial:
"My dear sir, I suppose you do not expect me to tell you the secret of the bee, I've always heard that the secret of the bee does not exist, Of a mystery, of a false mystery, of a fable that must be reinvented, of a tale that could have been but has not been. You are right, the secret of the bee, Not exist, but we know it. "
This quote notes Saramago's particular style, which introduces dialogue exchanges using only commas, punctuation points, and capital letters.
Saramago parallels the chained bodies found at the bottom of the cave under the Center and the clay figurines made by Cipriano and his daughter. But unlike corpses, which represent us chained to the wall at the bottom of a cave, puppets symbolize a new man. Free in this sense, they took out the oven, an image of the cave, exposed outside, and the rain processed the sludge and the sun dust, returning to their natural origin in an endless cycle of creation.
(A Beautiful Book, like all the writings of Saramago).
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May 14, 2017
-螤蠈蟽慰 蟺蔚蟻委蔚蟻纬畏 畏 蟽魏畏谓萎 蟺慰蠀 蟺蔚蟻喂纬蟻维蠁蔚喂蟼
螝伪喂 蟿喂 蟺蔚蟻委蔚蟻纬慰喂 蠁蠀位伪魏喂蟽渭苇谓慰喂,
-螌渭慰喂慰喂 渭蝿蔚渭维蟼.
(螤位维蟿蠅谓, 螤慰位喂蟿蔚委伪, 螔喂尾位委慰 螙蝿)
螘魏蟺位畏魏蟿喂魏蠈 尾喂尾位委慰. 韦慰蟽慰 伪蟺位蠈 魏伪喂 蟿慰蟽慰 渭慰谓伪未喂魏蠈 蟺慰蠀 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿畏蟻喂蟽蟿蔚委 蟽蟺慰蠀未伪委慰.
螚 蟽蟺畏位喂维 蟿慰蠀 危伪蟻伪渭维纬魏慰蠀 伪蟻蠂伪喂魏畏 魏伪喂 蟽蠀渭尾慰位喂魏萎 渭蔚 伪渭苇蟿蟻畏蟿慰 尾维胃慰蟼 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃畏渭维蟿蠅谓 魏伪喂 蔚谓谓慰喂蠋谓.
螒蠀蟿蠈蟼 慰 "蠁喂位蠈蟽慰蠁慰蟼" 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 蔚喂谓伪喂 魏蠀蟻委伪蟻蠂慰蟼 蔚蟻渭畏谓蔚蠀蟿萎蟼 魏伪喂 蟿蟻慰蠁慰未蠈蟿畏蟼 蟽魏苇蠄畏蟼 蟽伪谓 蟺维谓蟽慰蠁慰蟼 蟻萎蟿慰蟻伪蟼 纬蟻维蠁蔚喂 魏伪喂 伪谓伪位蠉蔚喂 蠂蠅蟻喂蟼 谓伪 蟺伪蟻蔚渭尾伪委谓蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 魏伪蟿伪谓蠈畏蟽畏 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 蔚蟻渭畏谓蔚委伪 蟺慰蠀 未委谓蔚喂 慰 伪谓伪纬谓蠅蟽蟿畏蟼 蟽蟿伪 谓慰萎渭伪蟿伪 蟿慰蠀.
螠蟺蔚蟼 蟽蟿畏 蟽蟺畏位喂维,蟽慰蠀 位苇蔚喂, 魏慰委蟿伪, 蟽蠉纬魏蟻喂谓蔚,伪谓伪位慰纬委蟽慰蠀,胃蠀渭萎蟽慰蠀, 谓喂蠋蟽蔚 伪位位伪 魏蠀蟻委蠅蟼 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰委畏蟽蔚 蟿慰 渭蠀伪位蠈 蟽慰蠀, 伪纬谓蠈畏蟽蔚 蟿伪 伪喂蟽胃畏渭伪蟿喂魏维 魏蟻喂蟿萎蟻喂伪, 蟺蟻慰蠂蠅蟻维 蟽蟿畏谓 魏慰蟽渭慰胃蔚蠅蟻委伪 蟿畏蟼 伪位萎胃蔚喂伪蟼 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 伪蠀蟿慰尾蔚位蟿委蠅蟽畏蟼.
危委纬慰蠀蟻伪 未蔚谓 未喂伪尾维味蔚蟿伪喂 伪谓维位伪蠁蟻伪 魏伪喂 蔚蟺喂蠁伪谓蔚喂伪魏维. 螠蔚蟽蟿萎 畏 纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿慰蠀 蟽蔚 魏伪胃畏位蠋谓蔚喂 伪蟻纬维 魏伪喂 蟽蔚 蟺蟻慰尾位畏渭伪蟿委味蔚喂 萎 蟽蔚 蟿伪蟻伪魏慰蠀谓伪蔚喂 蟽蔚 魏维胃蔚 蟺蟻蠈蟿伪蟽畏,位苇尉畏-位苇尉畏.
螚 蟽蟺畏位喂维 蟿慰蠀 蟿蟻伪纬喂魏维 伪位位畏纬慰蟻喂魏萎. 螚 蠀蟺蠈胃蔚蟽畏 伪蟺位萎 魏伪喂 魏伪胃畏渭蔚蟻喂谓萎. 螤蟻蠅蟿伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿萎蟼 苇谓伪蟼 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂慰蟼 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻慰蟼 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰蟼,苇谓伪蟼 畏位喂魏喂蠅渭苇谓慰蟼 魏蔚蟻伪渭慰蟺慰喂慰蟼 蟺慰蠀 味蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 魏蠈蟻畏 魏伪喂 蟿慰谓 纬伪渭蟺蟻蠈 蟿慰蠀 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 蟿伪蟺蔚喂谓蠈 蠂蠅蟻喂伪蟿蠈蟽蟺喂蟿慰 慰喂魏慰纬蔚谓蔚喂伪魏萎蟼 魏位畏蟻慰谓慰渭喂维蟼 蠈蟺蠅蟼 伪魏蟻喂尾蠋蟼 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蔚蟺维纬纬蔚位渭伪 蟿慰蠀. 韦蟻蔚喂蟼 纬蔚谓喂苇蟼 魏蔚蟻伪渭慰蟺慰喂蠋谓 苇味畏蟽伪谓 蔚魏蔚委 魏伪喂 蟿蠋蟻伪 苇蟻蠂蔚蟿伪喂 苇谓伪 蠀蟺苇蟻-蟽蠉纬蠂蟻慰谓慰 蔚渭蟺慰蟻喂魏蠈 "螝苇谓蟿蟻慰" 谓伪 蟽蟺维蟽蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 蟺伪蟻伪未蠈蟽蔚喂蟼, 谓伪 未喂伪位蠉蟽蔚喂 慰喂魏慰纬苇谓蔚喂蔚蟼,谓伪 蟽蠀谓胃位委蠄蔚喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 胃蔚蟽渭慰蠉蟼 魏伪喂 蟿伪 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃萎渭伪蟿伪,谓伪 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿蟻苇蠄蔚喂 慰位伪 蟿伪 蟽蠀谓蟿蔚蠂谓喂伪魏维 蔚蟺伪纬纬苇位渭伪蟿伪 蟽蟿喂蟼 纬蔚喂蟿慰谓喂苇蟼 蟿慰蠀 魏蠈蟽渭慰蠀.
螒蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 渭蔚纬伪胃萎蟻喂慰 伪蠀蟿慰伪蟺慰魏伪位蔚委蟿伪喂 "胃蔚蠈蟼" 魏伪喂 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 蠀蟺慰蟽蟿畏蟻委尉蔚喂 未蠀谓伪蟿维 魏伪喂 伪魏位蠈谓畏蟿伪 蟿喂蟼 伪尉委蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠉纬蠂蟻慰谓慰蠀 蟺慰位喂蟿喂蟽渭慰蠉, 蟿畏蟼 蔚喂魏慰谓喂魏萎蟼 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼, 蟿畏蟼 伪纬慰蟻维蟼,蟿畏蟼 维谓蔚蟽畏蟼, 蟿畏蟼 尾喂慰渭畏蠂伪谓喂魏萎蟼 伪谓伪蟺伪蟻伪纬蠅纬萎蟼 蠈谓蟿蠅谓 魏伪喂 蠁蠀蟽喂魏维 蟿畏谓 渭慰谓伪未喂魏萎 伪尉委伪 蟿慰蠀 魏苇蟻未慰蠀蟼.
螆蟿蟽喂 慰 蟿蟻蠀蠁蔚蟻蠈蟼 魏伪喂 伪尉喂慰蟺蟻蔚蟺萎蟼 魏蔚蟻伪渭慰蟺慰喂蠈蟼 渭伪蟼 苇蠂慰谓蟿伪蟼 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿蟻伪蠁蔚委 蔚蟺伪纬纬蔚位渭伪蟿喂魏维 魏伪喂 蠈蠂喂 渭蠈谓慰, 伪谓伪纬魏维味蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 味萎蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 "螝苇谓蟿蟻慰" 蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 蟿慰谓 未苇蠂蔚蟿伪喂 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 魏蠈蟻畏 蟿慰蠀 渭蠈谓慰 魏伪喂 渭蠈谓慰 蔚蟺蔚喂未萎 慰 纬伪渭蟺蟻蠈蟼 蟿慰蠀 慰蟻委味蔚蟿伪喂 蠅蟼 蠁蠉位伪魏伪蟼 蔚魏蔚委. 桅蠉位伪魏伪蟼- 魏伪蟿维蟽魏慰蟺慰蟼-魏伪蟿伪未蠈蟿畏蟼-未苇蟽渭喂慰蟼- 蠀蟺蠈未慰蠀位慰蟼 ... 渭喂魏蟻萎 蟽畏渭伪蟽委伪 苇蠂蔚喂 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 魏慰蟽渭慰胃蔚蠅蟻委伪 蟿慰蠀 蟺伪谓蟿慰未蠉谓伪渭慰蠀 "魏苇谓蟿蟻慰蠀".
螣位伪 蟿伪 蠀蟺蠈位慰喂蟺伪 胃伪 蟿伪 魏伪蟿伪位维尾蔚蟿蔚 未喂伪尾维味慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟿畏 蟽蟺畏位喂维. 螌蟿伪谓 胃伪 谓喂蠋蟽蔚蟿蔚 蟺蠈谓慰 魏伪喂 胃位委蠄畏 纬喂伪 蟿伪 "螝苇谓蟿蟻伪" 蟺慰蠀 渭伪蟼 魏伪蟿伪蟺委谓慰蠀谓 魏伪喂 伪位位慰喂蠋谓慰蠀谓 蟿畏谓 蟽蠀渭尾慰位喂魏萎 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 渭伪蟼. 螝伪喂 蠁蠀蟽喂魏维 蠈蟿伪谓 胃伪 谓喂蠋蟽蔚蟿蔚 蟺蠅蟼 蟺蟻苇蟺蔚喂 谓伪 伪蟺慰蟻蟻喂蠁胃慰蠉谓 蟿伪 未蔚蟽渭维,畏 伪蟺慰未慰蠂萎, 畏 蟺伪胃畏蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 魏伪喂 畏 维纬谓慰喂伪.
螉蟽蠅蟼 蟿蠈蟿蔚 渭蟺慰蟻苇蟽慰蠀渭蔚 谓伪 尾纬慰蠉渭蔚 蟽蟿慰谓 萎位喂慰 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟻蠀胃渭委蟽慰蠀渭蔚 蟿慰 蟺慰位委蟿蔚蠀渭伪 蟿畏蟼 蠄蠀蠂萎蟼 渭伪蟼 - 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蔚委蟺蔚 魏伪喂 慰 螤位伪蟿蠅谓伪蟼 蟽蟿慰 渭蠉胃慰 蟿慰蠀 蟽蟺畏位伪委慰蠀.
* 螞维蟿蟻蔚蠄伪 蟿慰谓 魏蔚蟻伪渭慰蟺慰喂蠈 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 魏蠈蟻畏 蟿慰蠀 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 伪纬维蟺畏 魏伪喂 蟿畏 蠁蟻慰谓蟿委未伪 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 慰蟺慰喂伪 蟺蔚蟻喂苇胃伪位蠄伪谓 苇谓伪 伪未苇蟽蟺慰蟿慰 蟽魏蠀位维魏喂 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰蠀蟼 蠂维蟻喂蟽蔚 蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀.
螝伪位萎 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏.
螤慰位位慰蠉蟼 伪蟽蟺伪蟽渭慰蠉蟼!!
螝伪喂 蟿喂 蟺蔚蟻委蔚蟻纬慰喂 蠁蠀位伪魏喂蟽渭苇谓慰喂,
-螌渭慰喂慰喂 渭蝿蔚渭维蟼.
(螤位维蟿蠅谓, 螤慰位喂蟿蔚委伪, 螔喂尾位委慰 螙蝿)
螘魏蟺位畏魏蟿喂魏蠈 尾喂尾位委慰. 韦慰蟽慰 伪蟺位蠈 魏伪喂 蟿慰蟽慰 渭慰谓伪未喂魏蠈 蟺慰蠀 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿畏蟻喂蟽蟿蔚委 蟽蟺慰蠀未伪委慰.
螚 蟽蟺畏位喂维 蟿慰蠀 危伪蟻伪渭维纬魏慰蠀 伪蟻蠂伪喂魏畏 魏伪喂 蟽蠀渭尾慰位喂魏萎 渭蔚 伪渭苇蟿蟻畏蟿慰 尾维胃慰蟼 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃畏渭维蟿蠅谓 魏伪喂 蔚谓谓慰喂蠋谓.
螒蠀蟿蠈蟼 慰 "蠁喂位蠈蟽慰蠁慰蟼" 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 蔚喂谓伪喂 魏蠀蟻委伪蟻蠂慰蟼 蔚蟻渭畏谓蔚蠀蟿萎蟼 魏伪喂 蟿蟻慰蠁慰未蠈蟿畏蟼 蟽魏苇蠄畏蟼 蟽伪谓 蟺维谓蟽慰蠁慰蟼 蟻萎蟿慰蟻伪蟼 纬蟻维蠁蔚喂 魏伪喂 伪谓伪位蠉蔚喂 蠂蠅蟻喂蟼 谓伪 蟺伪蟻蔚渭尾伪委谓蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 魏伪蟿伪谓蠈畏蟽畏 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 蔚蟻渭畏谓蔚委伪 蟺慰蠀 未委谓蔚喂 慰 伪谓伪纬谓蠅蟽蟿畏蟼 蟽蟿伪 谓慰萎渭伪蟿伪 蟿慰蠀.
螠蟺蔚蟼 蟽蟿畏 蟽蟺畏位喂维,蟽慰蠀 位苇蔚喂, 魏慰委蟿伪, 蟽蠉纬魏蟻喂谓蔚,伪谓伪位慰纬委蟽慰蠀,胃蠀渭萎蟽慰蠀, 谓喂蠋蟽蔚 伪位位伪 魏蠀蟻委蠅蟼 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰委畏蟽蔚 蟿慰 渭蠀伪位蠈 蟽慰蠀, 伪纬谓蠈畏蟽蔚 蟿伪 伪喂蟽胃畏渭伪蟿喂魏维 魏蟻喂蟿萎蟻喂伪, 蟺蟻慰蠂蠅蟻维 蟽蟿畏谓 魏慰蟽渭慰胃蔚蠅蟻委伪 蟿畏蟼 伪位萎胃蔚喂伪蟼 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 伪蠀蟿慰尾蔚位蟿委蠅蟽畏蟼.
危委纬慰蠀蟻伪 未蔚谓 未喂伪尾维味蔚蟿伪喂 伪谓维位伪蠁蟻伪 魏伪喂 蔚蟺喂蠁伪谓蔚喂伪魏维. 螠蔚蟽蟿萎 畏 纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿慰蠀 蟽蔚 魏伪胃畏位蠋谓蔚喂 伪蟻纬维 魏伪喂 蟽蔚 蟺蟻慰尾位畏渭伪蟿委味蔚喂 萎 蟽蔚 蟿伪蟻伪魏慰蠀谓伪蔚喂 蟽蔚 魏维胃蔚 蟺蟻蠈蟿伪蟽畏,位苇尉畏-位苇尉畏.
螚 蟽蟺畏位喂维 蟿慰蠀 蟿蟻伪纬喂魏维 伪位位畏纬慰蟻喂魏萎. 螚 蠀蟺蠈胃蔚蟽畏 伪蟺位萎 魏伪喂 魏伪胃畏渭蔚蟻喂谓萎. 螤蟻蠅蟿伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿萎蟼 苇谓伪蟼 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂慰蟼 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻慰蟼 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰蟼,苇谓伪蟼 畏位喂魏喂蠅渭苇谓慰蟼 魏蔚蟻伪渭慰蟺慰喂慰蟼 蟺慰蠀 味蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 魏蠈蟻畏 魏伪喂 蟿慰谓 纬伪渭蟺蟻蠈 蟿慰蠀 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 蟿伪蟺蔚喂谓蠈 蠂蠅蟻喂伪蟿蠈蟽蟺喂蟿慰 慰喂魏慰纬蔚谓蔚喂伪魏萎蟼 魏位畏蟻慰谓慰渭喂维蟼 蠈蟺蠅蟼 伪魏蟻喂尾蠋蟼 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蔚蟺维纬纬蔚位渭伪 蟿慰蠀. 韦蟻蔚喂蟼 纬蔚谓喂苇蟼 魏蔚蟻伪渭慰蟺慰喂蠋谓 苇味畏蟽伪谓 蔚魏蔚委 魏伪喂 蟿蠋蟻伪 苇蟻蠂蔚蟿伪喂 苇谓伪 蠀蟺苇蟻-蟽蠉纬蠂蟻慰谓慰 蔚渭蟺慰蟻喂魏蠈 "螝苇谓蟿蟻慰" 谓伪 蟽蟺维蟽蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 蟺伪蟻伪未蠈蟽蔚喂蟼, 谓伪 未喂伪位蠉蟽蔚喂 慰喂魏慰纬苇谓蔚喂蔚蟼,谓伪 蟽蠀谓胃位委蠄蔚喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 胃蔚蟽渭慰蠉蟼 魏伪喂 蟿伪 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃萎渭伪蟿伪,谓伪 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿蟻苇蠄蔚喂 慰位伪 蟿伪 蟽蠀谓蟿蔚蠂谓喂伪魏维 蔚蟺伪纬纬苇位渭伪蟿伪 蟽蟿喂蟼 纬蔚喂蟿慰谓喂苇蟼 蟿慰蠀 魏蠈蟽渭慰蠀.
螒蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 渭蔚纬伪胃萎蟻喂慰 伪蠀蟿慰伪蟺慰魏伪位蔚委蟿伪喂 "胃蔚蠈蟼" 魏伪喂 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 蠀蟺慰蟽蟿畏蟻委尉蔚喂 未蠀谓伪蟿维 魏伪喂 伪魏位蠈谓畏蟿伪 蟿喂蟼 伪尉委蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠉纬蠂蟻慰谓慰蠀 蟺慰位喂蟿喂蟽渭慰蠉, 蟿畏蟼 蔚喂魏慰谓喂魏萎蟼 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼, 蟿畏蟼 伪纬慰蟻维蟼,蟿畏蟼 维谓蔚蟽畏蟼, 蟿畏蟼 尾喂慰渭畏蠂伪谓喂魏萎蟼 伪谓伪蟺伪蟻伪纬蠅纬萎蟼 蠈谓蟿蠅谓 魏伪喂 蠁蠀蟽喂魏维 蟿畏谓 渭慰谓伪未喂魏萎 伪尉委伪 蟿慰蠀 魏苇蟻未慰蠀蟼.
螆蟿蟽喂 慰 蟿蟻蠀蠁蔚蟻蠈蟼 魏伪喂 伪尉喂慰蟺蟻蔚蟺萎蟼 魏蔚蟻伪渭慰蟺慰喂蠈蟼 渭伪蟼 苇蠂慰谓蟿伪蟼 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿蟻伪蠁蔚委 蔚蟺伪纬纬蔚位渭伪蟿喂魏维 魏伪喂 蠈蠂喂 渭蠈谓慰, 伪谓伪纬魏维味蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 味萎蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 "螝苇谓蟿蟻慰" 蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 蟿慰谓 未苇蠂蔚蟿伪喂 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 魏蠈蟻畏 蟿慰蠀 渭蠈谓慰 魏伪喂 渭蠈谓慰 蔚蟺蔚喂未萎 慰 纬伪渭蟺蟻蠈蟼 蟿慰蠀 慰蟻委味蔚蟿伪喂 蠅蟼 蠁蠉位伪魏伪蟼 蔚魏蔚委. 桅蠉位伪魏伪蟼- 魏伪蟿维蟽魏慰蟺慰蟼-魏伪蟿伪未蠈蟿畏蟼-未苇蟽渭喂慰蟼- 蠀蟺蠈未慰蠀位慰蟼 ... 渭喂魏蟻萎 蟽畏渭伪蟽委伪 苇蠂蔚喂 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 魏慰蟽渭慰胃蔚蠅蟻委伪 蟿慰蠀 蟺伪谓蟿慰未蠉谓伪渭慰蠀 "魏苇谓蟿蟻慰蠀".
螣位伪 蟿伪 蠀蟺蠈位慰喂蟺伪 胃伪 蟿伪 魏伪蟿伪位维尾蔚蟿蔚 未喂伪尾维味慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟿畏 蟽蟺畏位喂维. 螌蟿伪谓 胃伪 谓喂蠋蟽蔚蟿蔚 蟺蠈谓慰 魏伪喂 胃位委蠄畏 纬喂伪 蟿伪 "螝苇谓蟿蟻伪" 蟺慰蠀 渭伪蟼 魏伪蟿伪蟺委谓慰蠀谓 魏伪喂 伪位位慰喂蠋谓慰蠀谓 蟿畏谓 蟽蠀渭尾慰位喂魏萎 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 渭伪蟼. 螝伪喂 蠁蠀蟽喂魏维 蠈蟿伪谓 胃伪 谓喂蠋蟽蔚蟿蔚 蟺蠅蟼 蟺蟻苇蟺蔚喂 谓伪 伪蟺慰蟻蟻喂蠁胃慰蠉谓 蟿伪 未蔚蟽渭维,畏 伪蟺慰未慰蠂萎, 畏 蟺伪胃畏蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 魏伪喂 畏 维纬谓慰喂伪.
螉蟽蠅蟼 蟿蠈蟿蔚 渭蟺慰蟻苇蟽慰蠀渭蔚 谓伪 尾纬慰蠉渭蔚 蟽蟿慰谓 萎位喂慰 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟻蠀胃渭委蟽慰蠀渭蔚 蟿慰 蟺慰位委蟿蔚蠀渭伪 蟿畏蟼 蠄蠀蠂萎蟼 渭伪蟼 - 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蔚委蟺蔚 魏伪喂 慰 螤位伪蟿蠅谓伪蟼 蟽蟿慰 渭蠉胃慰 蟿慰蠀 蟽蟺畏位伪委慰蠀.
* 螞维蟿蟻蔚蠄伪 蟿慰谓 魏蔚蟻伪渭慰蟺慰喂蠈 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 魏蠈蟻畏 蟿慰蠀 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 伪纬维蟺畏 魏伪喂 蟿畏 蠁蟻慰谓蟿委未伪 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 慰蟺慰喂伪 蟺蔚蟻喂苇胃伪位蠄伪谓 苇谓伪 伪未苇蟽蟺慰蟿慰 蟽魏蠀位维魏喂 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰蠀蟼 蠂维蟻喂蟽蔚 蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀.
螝伪位萎 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏.
螤慰位位慰蠉蟼 伪蟽蟺伪蟽渭慰蠉蟼!!
October 19, 2020
Making Words Visible
A love story for the elderly? A Lovecraftian fantasy? A documentary about craft pottery-making? A family saga of Portuguese modernity? Well actually The Cave is all of these and more as Saramago crosses genre boundaries with his usual and unique style to create a remarkably readable philosophical novel. What binds the book together is Saramago's lifelong concern about words. The Cave is an exploration of how much we can trust words. His answer is: Just about as far as we can throw them. Many of us are familiar with his suspicion of language, that...
"...vague obscure feeling of being part of something dangerously complex and, so to speak, full of slippery meanings, a whole made up of parts in which each individual is, simultaneously, both one of the parts and the whole of which he is a part."
The one-word description of how Saramago treats words is 'delicacy'. Not just delicacy in written description, but how we as human beings are delicate in our use of words with each other in everyday life. Delicacy is far too delicate for crude philosophical dialectic. In real relationships delicacy doesn't depend on conflict but on appreciation and the holding of conflict in suspension.
Patience not decisiveness is required for delicacy to emerge. It takes time to sweep in and collect what is said with what is unsaid. How so much unsaid in fact goes into making the words that are said. And how much of the unsaid is communicated very effectively indeed through what is said. Delicacy demands a sort of spiritual stance:
"...some people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, they don't understand that the words are merely stepping stones placed across a fast flowing river, and the reason they're there is so that we can reach the farther shore, it's the other side that matters."
Dogs know this. Which is a good reason for making a dog one of The Cave's central characters. Dogs are able to reduce what are - to humans - complex patterns of speech to simple emotional conditions - happiness, meditativeness, anxiety, frustration - and leave it at that. Dogs have only a limited repertoire in responding to delicacy, however; mainly they just remain attentive to it. Human beings go the step beyond and, at their best, respond delicately to delicacy with remarkable finesse.
Human wordiness is the bridge of relationship, even when, perhaps especially when, words are withheld. Words obviously have power: to move, to instruct, to reconcile. In a sense they are the essence of humanness. Or rather, it is what we do with words that makes us human: we play:
".....what you call playing with words is just a way of making them more visible."
It is when words become invisible, that is indistinguishable from reality, that they become a danger to humanity, and to the rest of the world. Words used indelicately, even unintentionally, can hurt. They can distort what is real, especially by crudely mendacious mis-naming. They can cause unnecessary anxiety, even when they are meaningless, or especially when they are meaningless jargon. In the mouths of those who want to dominate us, they of course can be devastating, perhaps lethal. Saramago makes visible the nonsense of contemporary ad-speak:
"You're our best customer but don't tell your neighbour."
The skill required to make the power and limitations of verbal and written communication visible, and to make them in turn equal with the variety of other symbolic ways we express ourselves, to ourselves as well as to others, is immense:
"Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be of knowing, recognising and communicating everything that can be humanly experienced and felt."
Even greater skill is required to use words to describe these basic skills of controlling language. At this Saramago is an undisputed master. His guiding principle is clear:
"...we must never violate what constitutes the exclusive and essential character of a person, that is, his personality, his way of being, his own unmistakable nature. A character can be full of contradictions, but [it is ] never incoherent..."
It is this basic presumption, that human beings, always and everywhere, are pursuing purpose, even when they appear to be floundering, that is the core of Saramago's work, nowhere better stated than in The Cave. Thus he shows the profound connection between our appreciation of words, aesthetics; and our appreciation of other people, ethics. Remarkable indeed.
A love story for the elderly? A Lovecraftian fantasy? A documentary about craft pottery-making? A family saga of Portuguese modernity? Well actually The Cave is all of these and more as Saramago crosses genre boundaries with his usual and unique style to create a remarkably readable philosophical novel. What binds the book together is Saramago's lifelong concern about words. The Cave is an exploration of how much we can trust words. His answer is: Just about as far as we can throw them. Many of us are familiar with his suspicion of language, that...
"...vague obscure feeling of being part of something dangerously complex and, so to speak, full of slippery meanings, a whole made up of parts in which each individual is, simultaneously, both one of the parts and the whole of which he is a part."
The one-word description of how Saramago treats words is 'delicacy'. Not just delicacy in written description, but how we as human beings are delicate in our use of words with each other in everyday life. Delicacy is far too delicate for crude philosophical dialectic. In real relationships delicacy doesn't depend on conflict but on appreciation and the holding of conflict in suspension.
Patience not decisiveness is required for delicacy to emerge. It takes time to sweep in and collect what is said with what is unsaid. How so much unsaid in fact goes into making the words that are said. And how much of the unsaid is communicated very effectively indeed through what is said. Delicacy demands a sort of spiritual stance:
"...some people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, they don't understand that the words are merely stepping stones placed across a fast flowing river, and the reason they're there is so that we can reach the farther shore, it's the other side that matters."
Dogs know this. Which is a good reason for making a dog one of The Cave's central characters. Dogs are able to reduce what are - to humans - complex patterns of speech to simple emotional conditions - happiness, meditativeness, anxiety, frustration - and leave it at that. Dogs have only a limited repertoire in responding to delicacy, however; mainly they just remain attentive to it. Human beings go the step beyond and, at their best, respond delicately to delicacy with remarkable finesse.
Human wordiness is the bridge of relationship, even when, perhaps especially when, words are withheld. Words obviously have power: to move, to instruct, to reconcile. In a sense they are the essence of humanness. Or rather, it is what we do with words that makes us human: we play:
".....what you call playing with words is just a way of making them more visible."
It is when words become invisible, that is indistinguishable from reality, that they become a danger to humanity, and to the rest of the world. Words used indelicately, even unintentionally, can hurt. They can distort what is real, especially by crudely mendacious mis-naming. They can cause unnecessary anxiety, even when they are meaningless, or especially when they are meaningless jargon. In the mouths of those who want to dominate us, they of course can be devastating, perhaps lethal. Saramago makes visible the nonsense of contemporary ad-speak:
"You're our best customer but don't tell your neighbour."
The skill required to make the power and limitations of verbal and written communication visible, and to make them in turn equal with the variety of other symbolic ways we express ourselves, to ourselves as well as to others, is immense:
"Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be of knowing, recognising and communicating everything that can be humanly experienced and felt."
Even greater skill is required to use words to describe these basic skills of controlling language. At this Saramago is an undisputed master. His guiding principle is clear:
"...we must never violate what constitutes the exclusive and essential character of a person, that is, his personality, his way of being, his own unmistakable nature. A character can be full of contradictions, but [it is ] never incoherent..."
It is this basic presumption, that human beings, always and everywhere, are pursuing purpose, even when they appear to be floundering, that is the core of Saramago's work, nowhere better stated than in The Cave. Thus he shows the profound connection between our appreciation of words, aesthetics; and our appreciation of other people, ethics. Remarkable indeed.
May 31, 2022
Con este libro aprendemos a valorar la oportunidad de tener una profesi贸n. Muy buen libro.
Para esta ocasi贸n s铆 es importante contar la historia de c贸mo este libro lleg贸 a mis manos. Era el a帽o 2002, yo me encontraba en quinto de primaria, y mi hermana que me lleva seis a帽os estaba cursando el 煤ltimo a帽o de su vida estudiantil. Como ella siempre tuvo buena ortograf铆a, y se expresaba bien oralmente, su colegio decidi贸 enviarla a un concurso de ortograf铆a de la ciudad, era la 煤nica de la localidad. Ella asisti贸, y sin expectativas ni presiones empez贸 a avanzar ronda tras ronda; pero, su momento de serenidad se acab贸 cuando quedaban menos de diez personas concursando, y a los organizadores se les ocurri贸 la idea de mencionar los premios: Una beca para el primer puesto, un computador para quien ocupara la segunda posici贸n. Ella entonces se tension贸, pero sigui贸 participando aunque ya con muchos nervios. No obstante, pudo clasificarse entre los mejores cinco, entre los cuatro, entre los tres... y justo cuando ten铆a la opci贸n de m铆nimo asegurar el computador, en ese momento todo se fue al carajo porque se equivoc贸 escribiendo una simple palabra: lasa帽a. Mi hermana siempre odi贸 la pasta, pero desde ese d铆a la odi贸 mucho m谩s. Por ende, finalizar铆a en tercer puesto, y su premio de consolaci贸n fue un libro de un se帽or llamado Jos茅 Saramago, un libro llamado La caverna. Desde aquel 2002 ese libro permanece en mi casa, pero nadie lo hab铆a le铆do, mucho menos mi hermana que no lo quer铆a ni ver porque le recordaba su fracaso. Sin embargo, el 31 de diciembre del 2021 est谩bamos realizando aseo en nuestra vivienda, mi madre encontr贸 este libro en sus cajones, y yo lo vi, lo tom茅, lo le铆, y aqu铆 me tienen escribiendo esta rese帽a. Quiz谩s para mi hermana este libro siempre ser谩 un recordatorio de su derrota, pero gracias a ello yo he tenido la oportunidad de conocer una historia que me ha conmovido por sus tiernas escenas, y tambi茅n por las que est谩n llenas de preocupaci贸n y tristeza.
La caverna nos cuenta la historia de Cipriano Algor, un alfarero, que tiene un peque帽o problemilla: Su trabajo ya no lo necesita nadie. Durante varias generaciones su familia ha trabajado con barro, creando vajillas y loza para vender, pero una nueva tecnolog铆a ha llegado para arruinarle la vida. Esa tecnolog铆a tiene nombre, esa tecnolog铆a es el pl谩stico. El problema es que 茅l ya est谩 viejo, y lo 煤nico que sabe hacer para ganarse la vida es trabajar con el barro. 驴Qu茅 har谩 entonces Cipriano y su familia para intentar sobrevivir? Esa es la interesante premisa que nos propone Saramago en este libro.
Para ser honesto este libro me ha producido much铆sima nostalgia porque me hizo recordar aquellos momentos vividos, que en mi memoria siempre ser谩n preciosos, pero que desafortunadamente son imposibles de que ocurran nuevamente. Por ejemplo recuerdo aquel parque en el que jugaba en mi infancia, pero que ahora est谩 destruido; la caligraf铆a que ten铆a de ni帽o pero de la que ya no se hallan huellas; aquellos compa帽eros a los cuales nunca les dije adi贸s pero desaparecieron para siempre; etc. Este libro es as铆. Saramago te va presentando la vida del alfarero, de su hija, y de su yerno, y empiezas a sentir esa opresi贸n en el pecho llamada nostalgia porque entiendes que su destino est谩 a punto de cambiar, y que todo lo construido por tantos a帽os se va a echar a perder. Dicen que debemos adaptarnos al mundo, y es verdad, pero es muy doloroso dejar nuestro estilo de vida en el pasado cuando hemos tenido tan buenas experiencias. Saramago me conmovi贸 con las preocupaciones de sus personajes, pero tambi茅n me ha producido cierta ternura con algunas escenas que te intensifican el deseo de que aquellos personajes no tengan que alterar su vida para siempre.
Cuando le铆 El amor en los tiempos del c贸lera, de Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez, hubo algo que me dej贸 muy pensativo: En aquellos tiempos del siglo XIX, aqu铆 en Colombia se cre铆a que el trabajo del futuro ser铆a ser tel茅grafo. Un oficio que en su tiempo debi贸 ser especial, pero que el paso del tiempo lo volvi贸 obsoleto. Debe ser bastante triste que dediques toda tu vida a un trabajo, a una profesi贸n, y que cuando est茅s viejo notes que lo que t煤 haces, en lo que gastaste tanto tiempo de tu vida, ya no le interesa a nadie: Esa es la nostalgia que tiene en el fondo de su coraz贸n Cipriano, esa es la nostalgia que sent铆 en todo momento. Es duro aceptar la realidad.
Por mi experiencia previa de leer Las intermitencias de la muerte, en verdad no he tenido problemas con la prosa, a pesar de las peculiaridades que ya mencion茅 en dicha rese帽a, como lo son la din谩mica de no usar guiones, hacer p谩rrafos largu铆simos, el uso anormal de los signos de puntuaci贸n, extensi贸n de sus cap铆tulos, etc. No obstante, por la cantidad de conversaciones que tienen los personajes creo que tampoco generar铆a problema para los nuevos lectores del autor portugu茅s. Adem谩s, aqu铆 por lo menos s铆 encontramos personajes con nombres, con personalidades muy definidas, y eso nos ayuda much铆simo a que leamos varias horas sin darnos cuenta. Eso s铆, me ha parecido un poco cansina la mitad del libro. Como el argumento es bastante simple 鈥攕iendo completamente objetivo鈥� entonces la postergaci贸n de las decisiones puede aburrimos un poco, o eso por lo menos sent铆 yo. Sin embargo, vale la pena llegar a la parte final porque all铆 es donde el autor transmite su desagrado por las ciudades, por la forma como se mantiene 芦atontada禄 a la poblaci贸n, por los espacios peque帽os, por la falta de contacto con la naturaleza, etc. Es una secci贸n que puede hacer referencia a nuestro presente, pero tambi茅n puede considerarse como una distop铆a.
Me ha parecido muy bonita la relaci贸n que tiene Cipriano con su hija, con el perro llamado Encontrado, y la pasi贸n con la que trabaja en su oficio; claramente da a entender que en los pueblos los habitantes tienen mejor coraz贸n que aquellos que viven atrapados en las ciudades, preocupados, tensos, con odio, encerrados en s铆 mismos, etc. Me parece genial como Saramago va usando su rol de narrador para contar la historia, pero a la vez disimuladamente va expresando sus propias opiniones sobre determinado tema como si fuera un ensayo, y no una obra literaria.
Lo que no me ha gustado es la relaci贸n de amor tan 芦inmediata禄 que se presenta. No soy nadie para hablar o criticar sobre el amor, teniendo en cuenta mi eterna solter铆a xd, pero me pareci贸 exagerado que con un saludo pr谩cticamente las personas ya se enamoraran profundamente. Un peque帽o detalle que parece no ser importante, pero debemos ser honestos y expresar lo bueno, lo malo, lo extra帽o y lo feo de nuestras lecturas.
Considero que este libro vale la pena leer porque Jos茅 Saramago presenta una madurez emocional, y una sabidur铆a muy profunda, que podr铆a ayudarnos a crecer como seres humanos. Dicen que la experiencia es sabia, y Jos茅 Saramago es un ejemplo de ello. Realmente he quedado muy antojado de leer m谩s de sus obras, y por lo tanto mi pr贸ximo destino ser谩 sin ninguna duda su aclamado Ensayo sobre la ceguera, debo leerlo s铆, o s铆.
El final me ha parecido muy bello, aunque incierto.
En resumen, un libro escrito con una delicadeza impresionante, el cual te hace preguntarte de una manera simple, pero profunda, sobre diversos temas en los que quiz谩s no solemos pensar diariamente. Una historia que vale la pena leer para ponernos en los zapatos de aquel que se ha quedado sin trabajo para siempre. Una historia que te obliga a pensar en la separaci贸n de cualquier n煤cleo familiar, incluso de las mascotas, que sufrimos con el paso inevitable del tiempo. Una historia que te hace ser consciente de lo hipnotizados que vivimos diariamente, y de la necesidad de desconectarnos para encontrarnos con nosotros mismos y nuestros seres queridos. Una historia que te se帽ala la importancia de seguir buscando alternativas y salidas, as铆 nuestro devenir parezca incierto y oscuro. Una historia que te demuestra la ingratitud de la sociedad, la cual se mantiene desechando con frialdad todo lo que no necesita, a pesar de la utilidad proporcionada en los a帽os posteriores. Vivimos atrapados en un sistema maldito que no tiene orden ni futuro, pero de la misma forma como entramos a ser parte de 茅l, tambi茅n tenemos la posibilidad de escapar de 茅l: Debemos pensar en alternativas para el futuro.
Libro especial, bonito y recomendado.
Para esta ocasi贸n s铆 es importante contar la historia de c贸mo este libro lleg贸 a mis manos. Era el a帽o 2002, yo me encontraba en quinto de primaria, y mi hermana que me lleva seis a帽os estaba cursando el 煤ltimo a帽o de su vida estudiantil. Como ella siempre tuvo buena ortograf铆a, y se expresaba bien oralmente, su colegio decidi贸 enviarla a un concurso de ortograf铆a de la ciudad, era la 煤nica de la localidad. Ella asisti贸, y sin expectativas ni presiones empez贸 a avanzar ronda tras ronda; pero, su momento de serenidad se acab贸 cuando quedaban menos de diez personas concursando, y a los organizadores se les ocurri贸 la idea de mencionar los premios: Una beca para el primer puesto, un computador para quien ocupara la segunda posici贸n. Ella entonces se tension贸, pero sigui贸 participando aunque ya con muchos nervios. No obstante, pudo clasificarse entre los mejores cinco, entre los cuatro, entre los tres... y justo cuando ten铆a la opci贸n de m铆nimo asegurar el computador, en ese momento todo se fue al carajo porque se equivoc贸 escribiendo una simple palabra: lasa帽a. Mi hermana siempre odi贸 la pasta, pero desde ese d铆a la odi贸 mucho m谩s. Por ende, finalizar铆a en tercer puesto, y su premio de consolaci贸n fue un libro de un se帽or llamado Jos茅 Saramago, un libro llamado La caverna. Desde aquel 2002 ese libro permanece en mi casa, pero nadie lo hab铆a le铆do, mucho menos mi hermana que no lo quer铆a ni ver porque le recordaba su fracaso. Sin embargo, el 31 de diciembre del 2021 est谩bamos realizando aseo en nuestra vivienda, mi madre encontr贸 este libro en sus cajones, y yo lo vi, lo tom茅, lo le铆, y aqu铆 me tienen escribiendo esta rese帽a. Quiz谩s para mi hermana este libro siempre ser谩 un recordatorio de su derrota, pero gracias a ello yo he tenido la oportunidad de conocer una historia que me ha conmovido por sus tiernas escenas, y tambi茅n por las que est谩n llenas de preocupaci贸n y tristeza.
La caverna nos cuenta la historia de Cipriano Algor, un alfarero, que tiene un peque帽o problemilla: Su trabajo ya no lo necesita nadie. Durante varias generaciones su familia ha trabajado con barro, creando vajillas y loza para vender, pero una nueva tecnolog铆a ha llegado para arruinarle la vida. Esa tecnolog铆a tiene nombre, esa tecnolog铆a es el pl谩stico. El problema es que 茅l ya est谩 viejo, y lo 煤nico que sabe hacer para ganarse la vida es trabajar con el barro. 驴Qu茅 har谩 entonces Cipriano y su familia para intentar sobrevivir? Esa es la interesante premisa que nos propone Saramago en este libro.
Para ser honesto este libro me ha producido much铆sima nostalgia porque me hizo recordar aquellos momentos vividos, que en mi memoria siempre ser谩n preciosos, pero que desafortunadamente son imposibles de que ocurran nuevamente. Por ejemplo recuerdo aquel parque en el que jugaba en mi infancia, pero que ahora est谩 destruido; la caligraf铆a que ten铆a de ni帽o pero de la que ya no se hallan huellas; aquellos compa帽eros a los cuales nunca les dije adi贸s pero desaparecieron para siempre; etc. Este libro es as铆. Saramago te va presentando la vida del alfarero, de su hija, y de su yerno, y empiezas a sentir esa opresi贸n en el pecho llamada nostalgia porque entiendes que su destino est谩 a punto de cambiar, y que todo lo construido por tantos a帽os se va a echar a perder. Dicen que debemos adaptarnos al mundo, y es verdad, pero es muy doloroso dejar nuestro estilo de vida en el pasado cuando hemos tenido tan buenas experiencias. Saramago me conmovi贸 con las preocupaciones de sus personajes, pero tambi茅n me ha producido cierta ternura con algunas escenas que te intensifican el deseo de que aquellos personajes no tengan que alterar su vida para siempre.
Cuando le铆 El amor en los tiempos del c贸lera, de Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez, hubo algo que me dej贸 muy pensativo: En aquellos tiempos del siglo XIX, aqu铆 en Colombia se cre铆a que el trabajo del futuro ser铆a ser tel茅grafo. Un oficio que en su tiempo debi贸 ser especial, pero que el paso del tiempo lo volvi贸 obsoleto. Debe ser bastante triste que dediques toda tu vida a un trabajo, a una profesi贸n, y que cuando est茅s viejo notes que lo que t煤 haces, en lo que gastaste tanto tiempo de tu vida, ya no le interesa a nadie: Esa es la nostalgia que tiene en el fondo de su coraz贸n Cipriano, esa es la nostalgia que sent铆 en todo momento. Es duro aceptar la realidad.
Por mi experiencia previa de leer Las intermitencias de la muerte, en verdad no he tenido problemas con la prosa, a pesar de las peculiaridades que ya mencion茅 en dicha rese帽a, como lo son la din谩mica de no usar guiones, hacer p谩rrafos largu铆simos, el uso anormal de los signos de puntuaci贸n, extensi贸n de sus cap铆tulos, etc. No obstante, por la cantidad de conversaciones que tienen los personajes creo que tampoco generar铆a problema para los nuevos lectores del autor portugu茅s. Adem谩s, aqu铆 por lo menos s铆 encontramos personajes con nombres, con personalidades muy definidas, y eso nos ayuda much铆simo a que leamos varias horas sin darnos cuenta. Eso s铆, me ha parecido un poco cansina la mitad del libro. Como el argumento es bastante simple 鈥攕iendo completamente objetivo鈥� entonces la postergaci贸n de las decisiones puede aburrimos un poco, o eso por lo menos sent铆 yo. Sin embargo, vale la pena llegar a la parte final porque all铆 es donde el autor transmite su desagrado por las ciudades, por la forma como se mantiene 芦atontada禄 a la poblaci贸n, por los espacios peque帽os, por la falta de contacto con la naturaleza, etc. Es una secci贸n que puede hacer referencia a nuestro presente, pero tambi茅n puede considerarse como una distop铆a.
Me ha parecido muy bonita la relaci贸n que tiene Cipriano con su hija, con el perro llamado Encontrado, y la pasi贸n con la que trabaja en su oficio; claramente da a entender que en los pueblos los habitantes tienen mejor coraz贸n que aquellos que viven atrapados en las ciudades, preocupados, tensos, con odio, encerrados en s铆 mismos, etc. Me parece genial como Saramago va usando su rol de narrador para contar la historia, pero a la vez disimuladamente va expresando sus propias opiniones sobre determinado tema como si fuera un ensayo, y no una obra literaria.
Lo que no me ha gustado es la relaci贸n de amor tan 芦inmediata禄 que se presenta. No soy nadie para hablar o criticar sobre el amor, teniendo en cuenta mi eterna solter铆a xd, pero me pareci贸 exagerado que con un saludo pr谩cticamente las personas ya se enamoraran profundamente. Un peque帽o detalle que parece no ser importante, pero debemos ser honestos y expresar lo bueno, lo malo, lo extra帽o y lo feo de nuestras lecturas.
Considero que este libro vale la pena leer porque Jos茅 Saramago presenta una madurez emocional, y una sabidur铆a muy profunda, que podr铆a ayudarnos a crecer como seres humanos. Dicen que la experiencia es sabia, y Jos茅 Saramago es un ejemplo de ello. Realmente he quedado muy antojado de leer m谩s de sus obras, y por lo tanto mi pr贸ximo destino ser谩 sin ninguna duda su aclamado Ensayo sobre la ceguera, debo leerlo s铆, o s铆.
El final me ha parecido muy bello, aunque incierto.
En resumen, un libro escrito con una delicadeza impresionante, el cual te hace preguntarte de una manera simple, pero profunda, sobre diversos temas en los que quiz谩s no solemos pensar diariamente. Una historia que vale la pena leer para ponernos en los zapatos de aquel que se ha quedado sin trabajo para siempre. Una historia que te obliga a pensar en la separaci贸n de cualquier n煤cleo familiar, incluso de las mascotas, que sufrimos con el paso inevitable del tiempo. Una historia que te hace ser consciente de lo hipnotizados que vivimos diariamente, y de la necesidad de desconectarnos para encontrarnos con nosotros mismos y nuestros seres queridos. Una historia que te se帽ala la importancia de seguir buscando alternativas y salidas, as铆 nuestro devenir parezca incierto y oscuro. Una historia que te demuestra la ingratitud de la sociedad, la cual se mantiene desechando con frialdad todo lo que no necesita, a pesar de la utilidad proporcionada en los a帽os posteriores. Vivimos atrapados en un sistema maldito que no tiene orden ni futuro, pero de la misma forma como entramos a ser parte de 茅l, tambi茅n tenemos la posibilidad de escapar de 茅l: Debemos pensar en alternativas para el futuro.
Libro especial, bonito y recomendado.
February 11, 2016
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賱賷爻鬲 兀賷丞 鬲賮丕氐賷賱貙 亘賱 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 鬲爻鬲賲鬲毓 亘賯乇丕卅鬲賴丕 賵鬲賯賮夭 毓賱賶 丕賱爻胤賵乇 賰賷 鬲賯乇兀賴丕 噩賲賷毓賸丕.
賵賱賲 賷賰賳 匕賱賰 賲賲賰賳賸丕 賱賵 賱賲 賷賰賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賴賵 爻丕乇賲丕噩賵貙 亘胤乇賷賯鬲賴 丕賱賲賲賷夭丞 賱賱睾丕賷丞 賮賷 丕賱爻乇丿貙 賮賷 賯乇丕亍丞 兀賮賰丕乇 兀亘胤丕賱賴 賵鬲丨賱賷賱賴丕 賵丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳賴丕 鈥撡勝娯� 賰乇丕賵賷- 亘賱 賰賲毓賱賯 乇賷丕囟賷 賱丕 賷賰鬲賮賷 亘丕賱爻乇丿 亘賱 賷賯賵賲 亘丕賱卮乇丨 賵丕賱鬲毓賱賷賯貙 丕賱鬲亘乇賷乇 賱賱兀亘胤丕賱 丨賷賳賸丕 賵廿囟丕賮丞 鬲毓賱賷賯丕鬲賴 丕賱爻丕禺乇丞 丨賷賳賸丕 丌禺乇.
賰賷賮 賴賷 賲丕乇鬲丕責 爻賷爻兀賱 賴賵貙 賲鬲毓亘丞 賵賱賰賳賴丕 毓賱賶 賲丕 賷乇丕賲貨 爻兀噩賷亘 兀賳丕貙 賵賴匕賴 賰賱賲丕鬲 賳賯賵賱賴丕 亘丕爻鬲賲乇丕乇 兀賷囟賸丕 賵賱爻鬲 丕爻鬲睾乇亘 兀賳賳丕 丨賷賳 賳賳鬲賯賱 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 廿賱賶 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱丌禺乇 爻賳賵丕氐賱 廿賷噩丕丿 丕賱賯賵丞 賱賳乇丿 毓賱賶 賲賳 鬲禺胤乇 賱賴 丕賱賮賰乇丞 丕賱丨賲賯丕亍 亘爻丐丕賱賳丕 賰賷賮 丨丕賱賳丕貙 賲賷鬲賵賳 賵賱賰賳賳丕 毓賱賶 賲丕 賷乇丕賲貙 賴匕丕 賲丕 爻賳賯賵賱賴
賵丕賱賲賲鬲毓 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賱賷爻 賮賯胤 丕賱胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷賯賵賲 亘賴丕 爻丕乇賲丕噩賵 亘爻乇丿賴丕 亘賱 賮賷 賳賵毓賷丞 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 匕丕鬲賴丕貙 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱鬲賷 鬲睾賵氐 毓賲賷賯賸丕 賮賷 賳賮爻 賵丿賵丕賮毓 丕賱兀亘胤丕賱 賵賴賵 賲丕 匕賰乇賳賷 賴丕 賴賳丕 亘丿賵爻鬲賵賷賮爻賰賷 毓賱賶 賰賱 丨丕賱 賵丕賱賮丕乇賯 亘賷賳賴賲丕 兀賳賳賷 賰賳鬲 丕賯乇兀賴丕 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丿賵爻鬲賵賷賮爻賰賷 賵賰兀賳賳賷 丕賯乇兀賴丕 賮賷 賰鬲丕亘 賵兀賳賴丕 賳馗乇賷丕鬲 鬲賯乇賷乇賷丞 毓賱賷賾 丕賱鬲爻賱賷賲 亘賴丕..
兀賲丕 丨賷賳 鬲賯乇兀 鬲丨賱賷賱丕鬲 爻丕乇賲丕噩賵 賱鬲氐乇賮丕鬲 兀亘胤丕賱賴 賵丿賵丕賮毓賴賲 丕賱賲爻亘亘丞 賱賴丕 亘鬲賱賰 丕賱胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲卮毓乇 賲毓賴丕 兀賳賴 賱賷爻 賲丨賱賱 賳賮爻賷 兀賵 睾賷乇賴貙 賴賵 賮賯胤 賷賳馗乇 賱賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賵丕賱廿賷賲丕亍丕鬲 賵丕賱丨乇賰丕鬲 賵乇亘賲丕 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丿賵乇 賮賷 丕賱乇兀爻 亘毓賷賳 孬丕賯亘丞 賵賷賮賰乇 賮賷賴丕 亘胤乇賷賯丞 鬲噩毓賱賰 鬲卮鬲乇賰 賲毓賴 賵賰兀賳賴 賷賮賰乇 亘氐賵鬲 毓丕賱賽
丕賱噩賲賷賱 兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱鬲丨賱賷賱丕鬲 丿丕卅賲賸丕 賲丕 鬲賳鬲賴賷 亘噩賲賱 爻丕乇賲丕噩賵 丕賱賮賱爻賮賷丞貙 賵賴賵 賮賷 乇兀賷賷 賲丕 鬲爻鬲丨賯 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀賳 賷購胤賱賯 毓賱賷賴丕 乇賵丕賷丞 賮賱爻賮賷丞 賱兀噩賱賴 賵賱賷爻 賱賳馗乇賷丞 丕賱賰赖賮 毓賳丿 兀賮賱丕胤賵賳 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳丕賵賱賴丕 爻丕乇賲丕噩賵 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賵噩毓賱 賲賳賴丕 丕爻賲 乇賵丕賷鬲賴.
賱賷爻 賱兀賳賴 鬲賳丕賵賱賴丕 賮賷 噩夭亍 氐睾賷乇 賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賱賰賳 賱兀賳賳賷 賱賲 兀爻鬲胤毓 亘丕賱賲乇丞 廿爻賯丕胤賴丕 毓賱賶 兀亘胤丕賱 賵兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀賵 賲丨丕賵賱丞 賮賴賲 丕賱廿爻賯丕胤 賲賳 丕賱兀爻丕爻!
賴匕賴 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱禺丕賲爻丞 賱爻丕乇賲丕噩賵貨 亘毓丿 丕賱匕賰乇賷丕鬲 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞貙 丕賳賯胤丕毓丕鬲 丕賱賲賵鬲貙 丕賱毓賲賶貙 丕賱亘氐賷乇丞 賵賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱孬賱丕孬丞 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 鬲卮鬲乇賰 賮賷 兀賮賰丕乇賴丕 丕賱賲亘賴乇丞 賵鬲賮丕氐賷賱賴丕 丕賱賲賲賱丞 賮賰賳鬲 丕爻鬲賰賲賱賴丕 亘氐毓賵亘丞 亘丕賱睾丞 賵兀賳賴賷賴丕 亘亘胤亍 卮丿賷丿 賮賯胤 賱毓亘賯乇賷丞 丕賱賮賰乇丞.
賵賴賵 賲丕 丨丿孬 毓賰爻賴 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賰赖賮貙 賷亘丿賵 兀賳 爻丕乇賲丕噩賵 乇兀賷 兀賳賴 胤丕賱賲丕 賮賰乇丞 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓丕丿賷丞 賵賱賷爻 亘賴丕 卮賷亍 睾賷乇 賲兀賱賵賮 賮賱賷毓賵囟賳丕 亘鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賲賲鬲毓丞 賵賴賵 賲丕 噩毓賱賳賷 兀賯賮夭 毓賱賶 丕賱爻胤賵乇 賵兀賳賴賷 賲卅丞 氐賮丨丞 兀賵 賷夭賷丿 賮賷 噩賱爻丞 賵丕丨丿丞貙 丨鬲賶 兀賳賳賷 賰賳鬲 兀鬲爻丕亍賱貨 賴賱 兀賳丕 亘丕賱賮毓賱 丕賯乇兀 賱爻丕乇賲丕噩賵 兀賲 賱兀丨丿 睾賷乇賴責 賵賴賱 鬲睾賷乇鬲 賰孬賷乇賸丕 賮賷 賮鬲乇丞 丕賳賯胤丕毓賷 毓賳 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 賮兀氐亘丨鬲 丕爻鬲賲鬲毓 亘胤乇賷賯鬲賴 賵鬲賮丕氐賷賱賴 亘毓丿 兀賳 賰丕賳鬲 鬲氐賷亘賳賷 亘丕賱賲賱賱 賮賷 丕賱爻丕亘賯責
鬲賲賾鬲
May 13, 2023
鈥溬傎勜ㄙ� 賮賷 氐丿乇賷 兀爻賷乇賹 爻噩賷賳
鈥� 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 兀賳賳丕 廿匕丕 賲丕 賲夭噩賳丕 丕賱賲丕亍 亘丕賱氐賱氐丕賱 兀賵 丕賱賲丕亍 亘丕賱噩亘爻 兀賵 丕賱賲丕亍 亘丕賱兀爻賲賳鬲 賮廿賳賳丕 賳爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 賳賯賱亘 賲禺賷賱鬲賳丕 賲孬賱賲丕 賳卮丕亍 賲賳 兀噩賱 丕禺鬲乇丕毓 鬲爻賲賷丞 賱賴丕 兀賯賱 賮馗丕馗丞 .. 兀賯賱 丕亘鬲匕丕賱丕 .. 兀賯賱 毓丕丿賷丞 .. 賵 賱賰賳賳丕 爻賳賳鬲賴賷 丿賵賲丕 丌噩賱丕 兀賵 毓丕噩賱丕 廿賱賶 丕賱賵氐賵賱 廿賱賶 丕賱賰賱賲丞 丕賱丿賯賷賯丞. 丕賱賰賱賲丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賯賵賱 賲丕 賷鬲賵噩亘 賯賵賱賴.: 胤賷賳. 丌賱賴丞 賰孬賷乇賵賳 賲賲賳 賴賲 賲毓乇賵賮賵賳 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 睾賷乇賴賲 賱賲 賷乇睾亘賵丕 賮賷 兀賷丞 賲丕丿丞 兀禺乇賶 賲賳 兀噩賱 賲禺賱賵賯丕鬲賴賲. 賵 賱賰賳 賲賳 丕賱賲卮賰賵賰 賮賷賴 廿匕丕 賲丕 賰丕賳 匕賱賰 丕賱鬲賮囟賷賱 賷賲孬賱 丕賱賷賵賲 賳賯胤丞 賱氐丕賱丨 丕賱胤賷賳 兀賲 賳賯胤丞 囟丿賴. 鈥�
鬲購禺噩賱賴購 毓卮乇丞購 賲丕亍賺 賵胤賷賳
賵賰賲 噩乇賶 毓夭賲賷 亘鬲丨胤賷賲賴
賮賰丕賳賻 賷賻賳賴丕賳賷 賳丿丕亍購 丕賱賷賯賷賳鈥�
賲賳 乇亘丕毓賷丕鬲 毓賲乇 丕賱禺賷丕賲
鈥溬囐嗀з� 賲賳 賷賯囟賷 丨賷丕鬲賴 賰賱賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 丿賵賳 兀賳 賷賲囟賷 賱賲丕 賴賵 兀亘毓丿 賲賳 匕賱賰. 賴丐賱丕亍 賷亘賯賵賳 賲賱鬲氐賯賷賳 亘丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 賱丕 賷丿乇賰賵賳 兀賳 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賱賷爻鬲 爻賵賶 兀丨噩丕乇 賲氐賮賵賮丞 鬲毓鬲乇囟 鬲賷丕乇 丕賱賳賴乇. 賵 廿匕丕 賰丕賳鬲 賴賳丕賰 賮廿賳賴丕 賲賵噩賵丿丞 賱賰賷 賳鬲賲賰賳 賲賳 毓亘賵乇 丕賱囟賮丞 丕賱兀禺乇賶. 丕賱囟賮丞 丕賱兀禺乇賶 賴賷 丕賱賲賴賲丞. 廿賱丕 廿匕丕 賱賲 鬲賰賳 賱賴匕賴 丕賱兀賳賴丕乇 囟賮鬲丕賳 賵 廿賳賲丕 囟賮丕賮 賰孬賷乇丞. 賵 賰賱 卮禺氐 賷賯乇兀 鬲賰賵賳 鬲賱賰 賴賷 囟賮鬲賴 丕賱禺丕氐丞. 賵 鬲賰賵賳 賱賴 賵 賱賴 賵丨丿賴 丕賱囟賮丞 丕賱鬲賷 爻賷氐賱 廿賱賷賴丕.氐乇禺丞 賷胤賱賯賴丕 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賮賷 賵噩賴 丕賱賲丿賳賷丞 丕賱丨丿賷孬丞 亘賰賱 夭賷賮賴丕
賵 賱丨爻賳 丕賱丨馗 兀賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 賲賵噩賵丿丞 賵 賷賲賰賳 賱賳丕 兀賳 賳賳爻丕賴丕 賮賷 禺夭丕賳丞 兀賵 氐賳丿賵賯 兀賵 賳鬲乇賰賴丕 賱賱睾亘丕乇 賵 丕賱毓孬丞 兀賵 賳賴噩乇賴丕 賮賷 毓鬲賲丞 丕賱兀賯亘賷丞. 賷賲賰賳 賱賳丕 兀賱丕 賳賲乇 毓賱賷賴丕 亘毓賷賵賳賳丕 賵 賱丕 賳賲爻賴丕 賱爻賳賵丕鬲 賵 爻賳賵丕鬲 賵 賱賰賳賴丕 賱丕 鬲賴鬲賲 亘匕賱賰 賰賱賴 賵 鬲賳鬲馗乇 亘賴丿賵亍 賲賳胤亘賯丞 毓賱賶 賳賮爻賴丕 賰賷賱丕 賷囟賷毓 卮賷亍 賲賲丕 鬲丨鬲賵賷賴 賮賷 丿丕禺賱賴丕. 賵 丿賵賲丕 鬲兀鬲賷 丕賱賱丨馗丞. 賷兀鬲賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賷賵賲 丕賱匕賷 賳鬲爻丕亍賱 賮賷賴. 兀賷賳 賴賵 匕賱賰 丕賱賰鬲丕亘責 賵 賷馗賴乇 兀禺賷乇丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱賲胤賱賵亘.鈥�
毓賳 丕賱禺丕賱賯 丕賱兀氐睾乇 氐丕賳毓 丕賱禺夭賮 賲賳 丕賱胤賷賳 賵 丕賱氐賱氐丕賱 鬲賲丕賲丕 賲孬賱 禺丕賱賯賴 亘丕爻鬲孬賳丕亍 賳賮禺 丕賱乇賵丨
賮賷 毓賴丿 兀氐亘丨 賮賷賴 丕賱禺夭賮 賵 丕賱賮禺丕乇 賲賵囟丞 賯丿賷賲丞
賳丨賳 賷丕 爻丕丿丞 賲賳 兀氐亘丨賳丕 賲賵囟丞 賯丿賷賲丞 賮賲丕 賳丨賳 廿賱丕 賴匕丕 丕賱胤賷賳 丕賱匕賷 丕賱鬲賴亘 亘賳丕乇 丕賱賮乇賳 丕賱賱丕賮丨 孬賲 禺乇噩 賱賷賵丕噩賴 丕賱丨賷丕丞
毓賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 丕賱賲乇賰夭 賲賯乇賳賷賳 賮賷 丕賱兀氐賮丕丿 鬲睾卮賶 賵噩賵賴賳丕 賳丕乇 丕賱毓賵賱賲丞 賵 賱賴亘 丕賱賲丕丿賷丞 賵 爻丕丿賷丞 丕賱乇賵鬲賷賳 賵 丕賱亘乇賵賯乇丕胤賷丞.
賱丕 賷賳鬲氐乇 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賱兀賷 丕鬲噩丕賴 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 亘毓丿 兀賳 鬲乇賰 丕賱賲丕亍 賷噩乇賷 賮賷 賰賱丕 丕賱丕鬲噩丕賴賷賳 丕賱丕 兀賳 兀賷丕賲 丕賱賲丕囟賷 鬲亘賯賶 賱鬲丨賷丕 賮賷 丕賱賲丕囟賷 賵 丕賷丕賲 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 鬲馗賱 丨亘賱賶 亘丕賱鬲賰賴賳丕鬲.
August 14, 2013
鈥�It is not only great works of art that are born out of suffering and doubt.鈥�
Do we allow ourselves to be tricked into substituting simple pleasures and convenience for authentic reality? Do we willingly allow ourselves to be submissive pawns in a game of corporate and political control? Nobel Laureate Jos茅 Saramago鈥檚 The Cave is an enlightening examination of Plato鈥檚 as he depicts a natural world shrinking away as the cheap, plastic reign of a compartmentalized authoritative control casts its shadow across the land. The Cave chronicles the struggles and strife of the kind hearted Algor family, who find themselves in a difficult place when the powerful capital city The Center ceases purchasing their hand-crafted pottery, choosing instead to stock their shelves with plastic dining sets that are cheaper to mass produce, and are bound by a contract forbidding any dealer to the Center, past or present, from selling to anyone else. Saramago harnesses his marvelous poetic wit to make the readers hearts ache for the Algor family, and the plight of manual laborers as their livelihood is threatened by ominous forces that place profit and power over quality and general well-being. The political climate in The Cave creates a perfect breeding ground for a discussion of Plato鈥檚 Forms, with Saramago focusing his sights everywhere from plastic plates, police states, and language in order to examine the way we trade the authentic for cheap imitations and replicas.
All of Saramago鈥檚 classic motifs are immediately recognizable in The Cave, such as obdurate authoritative forces chasing the common man out of the light; menacing capital cities operating through an elaborate, yet faulty, chain of command; musings on the nature of a Creator; and his brilliant, signature style of blending dialogue into his dense paragraphs of meandering prose. For the uninitiated, Saramago doesn鈥檛 break up dialogue in the traditional sense, but instead allows multiple voices to blend into one continuous stream separated only by commas and a capitalized first letter to denote a new speaker. This reinforces his perspective that his stories aren鈥檛 of the individual, but of the collective voices and hearts of all humanity, inseparable from the natural world around them. His books are the voice of existence, flowing and unscarred by the borders of ego, asking us to seek freedom and happiness in collective equality and cooperation instead of a competition where those who have assert their dominance through force and fear. The Center becomes the focal point for his admonition against authoritarianism. It is like a grey concrete tumor of commercialism swelling outward and destroying the green countryside, accumulating power and wealth as it tightens its grip of authority and dominerence over the rural manual laborers. Saramago mocks the bureaucratic structure of The Center, viewing it as an unnecessarily complex web that is self-sufficient only by imposing its own authority down through the ranks.
Plato used his allegory of the cave to further illustrate his concept of , roughly speaking, a theory to address the problem of universals by asserting that Forms are the quality of reality, and that phenomena are shadowy interpretations of Form. Forms are atemporal and aspatial, but had distinct, individual qualities that are perceived in multiple ways when represented by objects. The cave allegory consists of people chained to the floor and forced to spend their lives watching shadows flicker across the back wall of the cave. They would perceive the shadows as reality and give names to them, when in fact they were just reproductions of the true reality. Saramago expertly meshes his admonitory themes of authoritarian force with Plato鈥檚 Forms to argue that we are becoming like the prisoners of the cave, trading the authentic for imitations. Saramago鈥檚 defense of manual laborers asserts that hand-crafted work born from sweat and blood is authentic and that the plastic, cheap mass produced plates are like shadows on the wall of a cave.
Saramago is a lover of words, and the heart of the marvelous allegorical clockwork of this novel is his examination of words and their relation to the world around us. 鈥�Words were born to play with each other,鈥� he writes, 鈥�they don鈥檛 know how to do anything else.鈥� In a manner reminiscent of both (of whom Saramago was associated with several times through both men鈥檚 activist actions), and (Saramago鈥檚 books are littered with allusions to the great author), Saramago explores the way words are merely shadows on the wall of reality. 鈥�Words, for example, which are not things, which merely designate things as best they can, and in doing so shape them鈥�鈥� Saramago offers that the world of physical reality is experienced by putting our perceptions into words, but words are not the same tangible reality, and we must accept that they can only form imperfect representations regardless of how poetic and poignantly words can play with one another. While language is shown as another replica of Forms, it is through language that the mind can find a haven鈥攍anguage is the bridge through which we can glimpse true reality and meaning. By arranging words together into the magic of literature, we are able to point towards a deeper understanding and dig up the buried treasure of substantial meaning. Some read for pure enjoyment, some for escape, others to appreciate the aesthetics of linguistics organized onto a page like a painting on a canvas, and while each individual reader may take a different path through words, we all travel this path because it offers us a taste of our own personal heaven and a glimpse at overwhelming beauty.
One of the many aspects that continuously pull me back into Saramago鈥檚 enchanting pages is his loving attentiveness to words and the reader. Saramago approaches his story as if it were a living thing independent from himself, being both the narrator delivering the story, but also an observer and participant much like the reader themselves. In a manner much like , Saramago questions the motives of his characters, chastises them for their actions, and presents them as if they were writing themselves into his pages. 鈥�If this demonstrably ill-natured assistant head of department were to have any kind of future in the story we have been following, we would probably eventually get around to asking him to explain what lay behind his feelings on that occasion鈥�鈥� This helps to build a camaraderie and mutual respect with the reader as you feel he is sharing the journey along with you. I greatly enjoy his authorial interjections, a tactic that often bothers me with other authors but seems completely endearing with Saramago. He gives off such an innocent joy to be an integral part to the creation of a story and just can鈥檛 contain his excitement when he blurts out his commentary on the characters and story. Reading Saramago is akin to having a wise, caring grandfather rocking you to sleep in his arms while bestowing the secrets of the universe to you in an engaging bedtime tale. Many of the novels shortcomings are easily glossed over because the reader is so captivated by his soothing narrative voice. This novel occasionally dips dangerously close to oversentimentality and often feels a uneven, yet chastising it beyond mere mention seems malicious. It would be like insulting your own loving grandfather for his bedtime stories, which you know please him to tell as much as they please you to hear. Saramago鈥檚 narrative voice is comforting while still cutting to the core of matters with a razor sharp edge.
Despite the growing tumor of consumerism and authoritarianism, The Cave offers a bright beacon of hope. Ciprano Algor and his family bond together to create a new product, a line of clay figurines (his selection of figurines speaks volumes about the human race and our attraction to warfare and power, but I鈥檝e blabbed on long enough and shouldn鈥檛 spoil the discovery for future readers), to sell to The Center. The creation process in the kiln opens up a channel for Saramago to examine the role of a Creator, and he openly chastises any Creator that would knowingly damn their creations.
While The Cave is a wonderful allegory exploring Plato鈥檚 philosophy and the nature of language, it is not best suited as an introduction to Saramago. This book is best viewed as another glowing intersection for the themes that characterize Saramago鈥檚 fantastic oeuvre and would fall short without interpreting it through its interplay with his other novels. The book is creeps forward at a very leisurely pace, content to build its themes in authorial asides and intense investigations of mundane actions, which made it easy to set aside whereas other Saramago novels were impossible for me to put down once I'd been hooked. The Cave is a novel about exploring language and Form, not plot, and if you are patient there is an immense wealth of ideas to ponder and mull over that more than justify the effort. It is not a weak novel, but one simply best suited for those that already hold the wise Saramago as dear in their hearts. Of all his novels, this one shines as the most endearing as the way he presents the Algor family can be best described as a tender caress of words. Moving and heartfelt, yet slow and ponderous, Saramago brilliantly examines the way we trade the authentic for cheap imitation and begs us to not to be bound to the floor of a cave by consumerism and a willful submission to authority, but to be daring enough to step out from the cave and great the bright sun of our existence with open arms, an open mind, and goodwill towards all of mankind.
3.5/5
'[B]ut if ancient knowledge serves for anything, if it can still be of some use to modern ignorance, let us say softly, so that people don't laugh at us, that while there's life, there's hope.'
Do we allow ourselves to be tricked into substituting simple pleasures and convenience for authentic reality? Do we willingly allow ourselves to be submissive pawns in a game of corporate and political control? Nobel Laureate Jos茅 Saramago鈥檚 The Cave is an enlightening examination of Plato鈥檚 as he depicts a natural world shrinking away as the cheap, plastic reign of a compartmentalized authoritative control casts its shadow across the land. The Cave chronicles the struggles and strife of the kind hearted Algor family, who find themselves in a difficult place when the powerful capital city The Center ceases purchasing their hand-crafted pottery, choosing instead to stock their shelves with plastic dining sets that are cheaper to mass produce, and are bound by a contract forbidding any dealer to the Center, past or present, from selling to anyone else. Saramago harnesses his marvelous poetic wit to make the readers hearts ache for the Algor family, and the plight of manual laborers as their livelihood is threatened by ominous forces that place profit and power over quality and general well-being. The political climate in The Cave creates a perfect breeding ground for a discussion of Plato鈥檚 Forms, with Saramago focusing his sights everywhere from plastic plates, police states, and language in order to examine the way we trade the authentic for cheap imitations and replicas.
All of Saramago鈥檚 classic motifs are immediately recognizable in The Cave, such as obdurate authoritative forces chasing the common man out of the light; menacing capital cities operating through an elaborate, yet faulty, chain of command; musings on the nature of a Creator; and his brilliant, signature style of blending dialogue into his dense paragraphs of meandering prose. For the uninitiated, Saramago doesn鈥檛 break up dialogue in the traditional sense, but instead allows multiple voices to blend into one continuous stream separated only by commas and a capitalized first letter to denote a new speaker. This reinforces his perspective that his stories aren鈥檛 of the individual, but of the collective voices and hearts of all humanity, inseparable from the natural world around them. His books are the voice of existence, flowing and unscarred by the borders of ego, asking us to seek freedom and happiness in collective equality and cooperation instead of a competition where those who have assert their dominance through force and fear. The Center becomes the focal point for his admonition against authoritarianism. It is like a grey concrete tumor of commercialism swelling outward and destroying the green countryside, accumulating power and wealth as it tightens its grip of authority and dominerence over the rural manual laborers. Saramago mocks the bureaucratic structure of The Center, viewing it as an unnecessarily complex web that is self-sufficient only by imposing its own authority down through the ranks.
鈥is position on the Center鈥檚 organization chart reminded him that the whole definition and maintenance of hierarchical configurations is based on their being scrupulously respected and never contravened or transgressed, and, of course, the inevitable result of being too free and easy with one鈥檚 inferiors or subalterns is to undermine respect and to encourage license, or, to put it more explicitly and unambiguously, it all ends in insubordination, indiscipline and anarchy
Plato used his allegory of the cave to further illustrate his concept of , roughly speaking, a theory to address the problem of universals by asserting that Forms are the quality of reality, and that phenomena are shadowy interpretations of Form. Forms are atemporal and aspatial, but had distinct, individual qualities that are perceived in multiple ways when represented by objects. The cave allegory consists of people chained to the floor and forced to spend their lives watching shadows flicker across the back wall of the cave. They would perceive the shadows as reality and give names to them, when in fact they were just reproductions of the true reality. Saramago expertly meshes his admonitory themes of authoritarian force with Plato鈥檚 Forms to argue that we are becoming like the prisoners of the cave, trading the authentic for imitations. Saramago鈥檚 defense of manual laborers asserts that hand-crafted work born from sweat and blood is authentic and that the plastic, cheap mass produced plates are like shadows on the wall of a cave.
The ominous sight of those chimneys vomiting out columns of smoke makde him wonder which one of those hideous factories would be producing those hideous plastic lies, cunningly fashioned to look like earthenware.The Center and it鈥檚 hub of consumerism is the reproduction of authentic living. People are compartmentalized into tiny apartments away from the sun, living shallow lives that are dictated to them by the endless list of Center laws and experience the natural world through sideshow attractions鈥攕uch as a ride that simulates each of the seasons and drops fake rain and snow onto the visitors鈥攖hat are reminiscent of 鈥� short fiction. Even power is seen as only assumed and created, keeping people submissive through emotions of fear and hopelessness. The Center offers safety from the dangers of rural life, making a large show of the way they fight back against the shantytowns that rob trucks en route to The Center. It may be possible, however, that the robberies are staged to simply give The Center a reasonable motive to send in the troops and further build a sense of security and fear.
The truck had not been burned by the people in the shacks, but by the police themselves, it was just an excuse to bring the army鈥e had suddenly seen what the world was like, how there are many lies and no truths, well, there must be some out there, but they are continually changing, and not only does a possible truth give us insufficient time to consider its merits, we also have to check first that this possible truth is not, in fact, a probable lie.
Saramago is a lover of words, and the heart of the marvelous allegorical clockwork of this novel is his examination of words and their relation to the world around us. 鈥�Words were born to play with each other,鈥� he writes, 鈥�they don鈥檛 know how to do anything else.鈥� In a manner reminiscent of both (of whom Saramago was associated with several times through both men鈥檚 activist actions), and (Saramago鈥檚 books are littered with allusions to the great author), Saramago explores the way words are merely shadows on the wall of reality. 鈥�Words, for example, which are not things, which merely designate things as best they can, and in doing so shape them鈥�鈥� Saramago offers that the world of physical reality is experienced by putting our perceptions into words, but words are not the same tangible reality, and we must accept that they can only form imperfect representations regardless of how poetic and poignantly words can play with one another. While language is shown as another replica of Forms, it is through language that the mind can find a haven鈥攍anguage is the bridge through which we can glimpse true reality and meaning. By arranging words together into the magic of literature, we are able to point towards a deeper understanding and dig up the buried treasure of substantial meaning. Some read for pure enjoyment, some for escape, others to appreciate the aesthetics of linguistics organized onto a page like a painting on a canvas, and while each individual reader may take a different path through words, we all travel this path because it offers us a taste of our own personal heaven and a glimpse at overwhelming beauty.
The same method doesn't work for everyone, each person has to invent his or her own, whichever suits them best, some people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, they don't understand that the words are merely stepping stones placed across a fast-flowing river, and the reason they're there is so that we can reach the farther shore, it's the other side that matters, Unless, Unless what, Unless those rivers don't have just two shores but many, unless each reader is his or her own shore, and that shore is the only shore worth reaching.Saramago hints at the true beauty of literature and how one idea can be interpreted in multiple ways, each shaping or reaffirming what we hold most dear in our hearts. Words may only take meaning in the way they interplay with one another, but it is through a careful consideration of words that we are able to deduce a fountain of wealth that flows through the author. 鈥�What you call playing with words is just a way of making them more visible.鈥�
One of the many aspects that continuously pull me back into Saramago鈥檚 enchanting pages is his loving attentiveness to words and the reader. Saramago approaches his story as if it were a living thing independent from himself, being both the narrator delivering the story, but also an observer and participant much like the reader themselves. In a manner much like , Saramago questions the motives of his characters, chastises them for their actions, and presents them as if they were writing themselves into his pages. 鈥�If this demonstrably ill-natured assistant head of department were to have any kind of future in the story we have been following, we would probably eventually get around to asking him to explain what lay behind his feelings on that occasion鈥�鈥� This helps to build a camaraderie and mutual respect with the reader as you feel he is sharing the journey along with you. I greatly enjoy his authorial interjections, a tactic that often bothers me with other authors but seems completely endearing with Saramago. He gives off such an innocent joy to be an integral part to the creation of a story and just can鈥檛 contain his excitement when he blurts out his commentary on the characters and story. Reading Saramago is akin to having a wise, caring grandfather rocking you to sleep in his arms while bestowing the secrets of the universe to you in an engaging bedtime tale. Many of the novels shortcomings are easily glossed over because the reader is so captivated by his soothing narrative voice. This novel occasionally dips dangerously close to oversentimentality and often feels a uneven, yet chastising it beyond mere mention seems malicious. It would be like insulting your own loving grandfather for his bedtime stories, which you know please him to tell as much as they please you to hear. Saramago鈥檚 narrative voice is comforting while still cutting to the core of matters with a razor sharp edge.
Despite the growing tumor of consumerism and authoritarianism, The Cave offers a bright beacon of hope. Ciprano Algor and his family bond together to create a new product, a line of clay figurines (his selection of figurines speaks volumes about the human race and our attraction to warfare and power, but I鈥檝e blabbed on long enough and shouldn鈥檛 spoil the discovery for future readers), to sell to The Center. The creation process in the kiln opens up a channel for Saramago to examine the role of a Creator, and he openly chastises any Creator that would knowingly damn their creations.
He will not, like Marta, call them rejects, for to do so would be to drive them from the world for which they had been born, to deny them as his own work and thus condemn them to a final, definitive orphanhood.Through caring, understanding, cooperation and hard-work, Saramago proposes a bright future. The son-in-law, Marcal, employee of The Center, finds his true purpose lies as a member of a family, a part of natural order as opposed to his imitation family as an employee to a company. At the end, we see that we must strive for the real instead imitation despite that the latter seems to be the easier way.
While The Cave is a wonderful allegory exploring Plato鈥檚 philosophy and the nature of language, it is not best suited as an introduction to Saramago. This book is best viewed as another glowing intersection for the themes that characterize Saramago鈥檚 fantastic oeuvre and would fall short without interpreting it through its interplay with his other novels. The book is creeps forward at a very leisurely pace, content to build its themes in authorial asides and intense investigations of mundane actions, which made it easy to set aside whereas other Saramago novels were impossible for me to put down once I'd been hooked. The Cave is a novel about exploring language and Form, not plot, and if you are patient there is an immense wealth of ideas to ponder and mull over that more than justify the effort. It is not a weak novel, but one simply best suited for those that already hold the wise Saramago as dear in their hearts. Of all his novels, this one shines as the most endearing as the way he presents the Algor family can be best described as a tender caress of words. Moving and heartfelt, yet slow and ponderous, Saramago brilliantly examines the way we trade the authentic for cheap imitation and begs us to not to be bound to the floor of a cave by consumerism and a willful submission to authority, but to be daring enough to step out from the cave and great the bright sun of our existence with open arms, an open mind, and goodwill towards all of mankind.
3.5/5
'[B]ut if ancient knowledge serves for anything, if it can still be of some use to modern ignorance, let us say softly, so that people don't laugh at us, that while there's life, there's hope.'
June 7, 2022
賱賲 兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳賴 亘毓丿 爻賳賵丕鬲賷 丕賱孬賱丕孬 亘毓丿 丕賱孬賱丕孬賷賳貙 賵賯乇丕亍丕鬲賷 賱賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱兀毓賲丕賱 丕賱丕丿亘賷丞 丕賱卮賴賷乇丞 亘廿孬丕乇丞 丕賱毓賵丕胤賮貙 賵亘丕賱兀禺氐 亘毓丿 丕賱鬲噩乇亘丞 丕賱賯乇賷亘丞 夭賲賳賷丕賸 賱賮賯丿丕賳 毓夭賷夭 兀賳 賴賳丕賰 毓賲賱 兀丿亘賷 賯丕丿乇 毓賱賶 廿孬丕乇丞 丕賱卮噩賳 賵丕賱丨夭賳 賱丿乇噩丞 兀賳 兀賰賵賳 毓賱賶 賵卮賰 兀賳 鬲丿賲毓 毓賷賳丕賷.
賵丕賱睾乇賷亘 丕賳 賲賳 賮毓賱賴丕 賴賵 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 - 賰丕鬲亘賷 丕賱賲賮囟賱 - 丕賱匕賷 胤丕賱賲丕 丕爻鬲賲鬲毓鬲 亘兀毓賲丕賱賴 亘毓賯賱賷, 賵賮賷 兀丨賷丕賳 賰孬賷乇丞 賰丕賳 丨亘賷 賱兀亘胤丕賱賴 賵鬲毓丕胤賮賷 賲毓賴賲 賵賲毓 丕賱丨丕賱丞 丕賱毓丕賲丞 賲賳 丕賱卮噩賳 賵丕賱丨夭賳 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨賷胤 亘賴賲 賷兀鬲賷 賮賷 賲乇丨賱丞 賲鬲兀禺乇丞 亘毓丿 廿賳亘賴丕乇賷 賵丕爻鬲賲鬲丕毓賷 亘卮賰賱 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 賵兀爻賱賵亘賴.
賵賱賰賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇丞 兀噩丿 賳賮爻賷 賲鬲毓丕胤賮丕賸 賲毓 兀亘胤丕賱 丕賱毓賲賱 噩賲賷毓丕賸 丨鬲賶 丕賱賰賱亘 "賱賯賷丞" 亘賱 丨鬲賶 賲毓 夭賵噩丞 丕賱賱氐 丕賱賲鬲賵賯毓 賮賷 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀賵賱. 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丿賵賳 賲賳丕夭毓 兀賮囟賱 毓賲賱 毓亘乇 - 亘噩丕賳亘 兀卮賷丕亍 兀禺乇賶 - 毓賳 賮馗丕毓丞 丕賱賮賯丿丕賳 賵毓賳 噩亘乇賵鬲 "丕賱鬲賯丿賲".
賷囟丕賮 賱賲丕 爻亘賯 鬲賵噩賴賷 丕賱卮禺氐賷 賵兀賮賰丕乇賷 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲賷賱 賳丨賵 賰乇丕賴賷丞 賰賱 賲丕 賴賵 囟禺賲 賵賲氐胤賳毓, 賰賱 賲丕 賷賲孬賱 賯賷丿 毓賱賶 丨乇賷丞 丕賱賮乇丿 賮賷 丕賱廿禺鬲賷丕乇. 丕賱氐賵乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲亘丕丿乇 廿賱賶 匕賴賳賷 丕賱丌賳 賲毓 賰鬲丕亘丞 賲乇丕噩毓鬲賷 賴賷 賯乇賷丞 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀禺賷乇 賮賷 賮賷賱賲 賰賵乇賵爻丕賵丕 丕賱卮賴賷乇 "兀丨賱丕賲" ... 賷丕 賱賷鬲 毓丕卅賱丞 "丕賱噩賵乇" 鬲氐賱 廿賱賶 賴賳丕賰.
毓賵丿丞 賱爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賵兀爻賱賵亘賴 賵毓賱賶 睾賷乇 丕賱毓丕丿丞 賵丿賵賳 兀賳 賷丐孬乇 匕賱賰 毓賱賶 廿毓噩丕亘賷 亘丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮兀賳賳賷 賵噩丿鬲 氐毓賵亘丞 兀丨賷丕賳丕賸 賮賷 賲鬲丕亘毓丞 丕賱丨賵丕乇 禺丕氐丞 毓賳丿賲丕 賷賰賵賳 孬賱丕孬賷 - 亘毓囟 丕賱兀禺胤丕亍 賮賷 賲賰丕賳 丕賱丨乇賮 "丕賱亘賵賱丿" 兀乇亘賰鬲賳賷 夭賷丕丿丞 賵毓賳丿賲丕 睾丕亘鬲 賮賷 兀丨丿 丕賱賮氐賵賱 賯乇亘 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賱賲 兀賮鬲賯丿賴丕- 兀賷囟丕賸 卮毓乇鬲 亘賲賱賱 賮賷 廿爻鬲胤乇丕丿丕鬲 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 丕賱賱睾賵賷丞 賵丕賱賮賳賷丞. 賯丿 賷賰賵賳 賲乇噩毓 匕賱賰 兀賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 賲毓馗賲賴丕 - 賵賲丕 毓丿丕 亘毓囟 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丨賵賱 丕賱賲乇賰夭 - 賵丕賯毓賷丞 亘廿賲鬲賷丕夭 賮賷賰賵賳 賱賱廿賳丿賲丕噩 兀賵賱賵賷丞 毓賱賶 丕賱兀亘毓丕丿 丕賱賱睾賵賷丞 賵丕賱賮賳賷丞.
賱丕 兀丨亘 兀賳 兀賳爻賶 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 丿賵乇 賲丿賷乇 丕賱賲卮鬲乇賷丕鬲 賵賳丕卅亘賷賴 賵亘禺丕氐丞 "丕賱賵丿賵丿" 賲賳賴賲丕 丕賱匕賷 毓亘乇 亘亘爻丕胤丞 賵亘卮賰賱 鬲丕賲 丕賱賵囟賵丨 毓賳 毓賯賱賷丞 丨賰丕賲 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷賷賳 丕賱賲爻卅賵賱賷賳 毓賲丕 賷卮毓乇 亘賴 兀賲孬丕賱賷 賲賳 亘丐爻 賰賵賳賳丕 賳毓賷卮 賴匕丕 丕賱毓氐乇.
賵丕賱睾乇賷亘 丕賳 賲賳 賮毓賱賴丕 賴賵 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 - 賰丕鬲亘賷 丕賱賲賮囟賱 - 丕賱匕賷 胤丕賱賲丕 丕爻鬲賲鬲毓鬲 亘兀毓賲丕賱賴 亘毓賯賱賷, 賵賮賷 兀丨賷丕賳 賰孬賷乇丞 賰丕賳 丨亘賷 賱兀亘胤丕賱賴 賵鬲毓丕胤賮賷 賲毓賴賲 賵賲毓 丕賱丨丕賱丞 丕賱毓丕賲丞 賲賳 丕賱卮噩賳 賵丕賱丨夭賳 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨賷胤 亘賴賲 賷兀鬲賷 賮賷 賲乇丨賱丞 賲鬲兀禺乇丞 亘毓丿 廿賳亘賴丕乇賷 賵丕爻鬲賲鬲丕毓賷 亘卮賰賱 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 賵兀爻賱賵亘賴.
賵賱賰賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇丞 兀噩丿 賳賮爻賷 賲鬲毓丕胤賮丕賸 賲毓 兀亘胤丕賱 丕賱毓賲賱 噩賲賷毓丕賸 丨鬲賶 丕賱賰賱亘 "賱賯賷丞" 亘賱 丨鬲賶 賲毓 夭賵噩丞 丕賱賱氐 丕賱賲鬲賵賯毓 賮賷 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀賵賱. 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丿賵賳 賲賳丕夭毓 兀賮囟賱 毓賲賱 毓亘乇 - 亘噩丕賳亘 兀卮賷丕亍 兀禺乇賶 - 毓賳 賮馗丕毓丞 丕賱賮賯丿丕賳 賵毓賳 噩亘乇賵鬲 "丕賱鬲賯丿賲".
賷囟丕賮 賱賲丕 爻亘賯 鬲賵噩賴賷 丕賱卮禺氐賷 賵兀賮賰丕乇賷 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲賷賱 賳丨賵 賰乇丕賴賷丞 賰賱 賲丕 賴賵 囟禺賲 賵賲氐胤賳毓, 賰賱 賲丕 賷賲孬賱 賯賷丿 毓賱賶 丨乇賷丞 丕賱賮乇丿 賮賷 丕賱廿禺鬲賷丕乇. 丕賱氐賵乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲鬲亘丕丿乇 廿賱賶 匕賴賳賷 丕賱丌賳 賲毓 賰鬲丕亘丞 賲乇丕噩毓鬲賷 賴賷 賯乇賷丞 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀禺賷乇 賮賷 賮賷賱賲 賰賵乇賵爻丕賵丕 丕賱卮賴賷乇 "兀丨賱丕賲" ... 賷丕 賱賷鬲 毓丕卅賱丞 "丕賱噩賵乇" 鬲氐賱 廿賱賶 賴賳丕賰.
毓賵丿丞 賱爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賵兀爻賱賵亘賴 賵毓賱賶 睾賷乇 丕賱毓丕丿丞 賵丿賵賳 兀賳 賷丐孬乇 匕賱賰 毓賱賶 廿毓噩丕亘賷 亘丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮兀賳賳賷 賵噩丿鬲 氐毓賵亘丞 兀丨賷丕賳丕賸 賮賷 賲鬲丕亘毓丞 丕賱丨賵丕乇 禺丕氐丞 毓賳丿賲丕 賷賰賵賳 孬賱丕孬賷 - 亘毓囟 丕賱兀禺胤丕亍 賮賷 賲賰丕賳 丕賱丨乇賮 "丕賱亘賵賱丿" 兀乇亘賰鬲賳賷 夭賷丕丿丞 賵毓賳丿賲丕 睾丕亘鬲 賮賷 兀丨丿 丕賱賮氐賵賱 賯乇亘 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賱賲 兀賮鬲賯丿賴丕- 兀賷囟丕賸 卮毓乇鬲 亘賲賱賱 賮賷 廿爻鬲胤乇丕丿丕鬲 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 丕賱賱睾賵賷丞 賵丕賱賮賳賷丞. 賯丿 賷賰賵賳 賲乇噩毓 匕賱賰 兀賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 賲毓馗賲賴丕 - 賵賲丕 毓丿丕 亘毓囟 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丨賵賱 丕賱賲乇賰夭 - 賵丕賯毓賷丞 亘廿賲鬲賷丕夭 賮賷賰賵賳 賱賱廿賳丿賲丕噩 兀賵賱賵賷丞 毓賱賶 丕賱兀亘毓丕丿 丕賱賱睾賵賷丞 賵丕賱賮賳賷丞.
賱丕 兀丨亘 兀賳 兀賳爻賶 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 丿賵乇 賲丿賷乇 丕賱賲卮鬲乇賷丕鬲 賵賳丕卅亘賷賴 賵亘禺丕氐丞 "丕賱賵丿賵丿" 賲賳賴賲丕 丕賱匕賷 毓亘乇 亘亘爻丕胤丞 賵亘卮賰賱 鬲丕賲 丕賱賵囟賵丨 毓賳 毓賯賱賷丞 丨賰丕賲 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷賷賳 丕賱賲爻卅賵賱賷賳 毓賲丕 賷卮毓乇 亘賴 兀賲孬丕賱賷 賲賳 亘丐爻 賰賵賳賳丕 賳毓賷卮 賴匕丕 丕賱毓氐乇.
October 21, 2021
O alt膬 lucrare genial膬 marca Saramago
Cipriano Algor este un olar de v芒rsta a treia care locuie葯te 卯mpreun膬 cu fiica sa, Marta, c膬s膬torit膬 cu Marcal Gacho, gardian 卯ntr-un centru comercial.
Momentul 卯n care romanul descrie vie葲ile lor este unul de cump膬n膬, al unor decizii majore.
Mitul pe葯terii lui Platon, rescris 葯i reinterpretat de Saramago 卯n cel mai nea葯teptat mod cu putin葲膬, va fi cheia interpret膬rii romanului.
Cipriano Algor este un olar de v芒rsta a treia care locuie葯te 卯mpreun膬 cu fiica sa, Marta, c膬s膬torit膬 cu Marcal Gacho, gardian 卯ntr-un centru comercial.
Momentul 卯n care romanul descrie vie葲ile lor este unul de cump膬n膬, al unor decizii majore.
Mitul pe葯terii lui Platon, rescris 葯i reinterpretat de Saramago 卯n cel mai nea葯teptat mod cu putin葲膬, va fi cheia interpret膬rii romanului.
December 17, 2015
The reading of some novels feels like streaming down a fast river, with the story pushing your slim canoe along the waters. The unfolding of the plot as it presents and avoids the obstacles provides the seductive excitement. Driven by curiosity, reading the river engulfs you with its roll. This is not so with Saramago鈥檚 The Cave. Instead this novel offers a slow glide along the peaceful waters of a lake of nostalgia and wonder.
For with its simple story and during the measured drift in a simple boat there are inviting echoes from Biblical times that will make you lift the oars and ponder. For clay it was and clay it will be. And as you pause and look around in the open air and open waters, the novel will invite your understanding to a full spectacle in which there will be no shadows, no illusions, no screens, no chains. It offers a possible escape from Plato鈥檚 Cave.
What induces this state of placid and rescuing alert is the quality of Saramago鈥檚 lake. His flowing prose with continuous dialogues that sweep along uninterrupted lines of text鈥攊n which only a Capital letter signals the alternation of voices--; with the periodic authorial guidance that always strips out the unequivocal from trapping conventions; with his shrewd meditations on the nature of language and of creativity; with a much milder and sweeter presence of the humour to which he has accustomed us with other works; and with his inimitable candour and current of tenderness, makes the rowing and reading an exercise in healing serenity.
And out of this writing he has moulded his characters as representative bonecos or figurine-dolls in clay--without forgetting their dog, the appropriately found Achado -- that will behave like projections of ideas and help you notice that your boat can be easily managed and that you can make it take you where you want to go. For things come and go in our life and one has to try to stay under the clear light that helps us see crisp and far.
April 19, 2022
賰丿兀亘賴賽 爻丕乇丕賲丕睾賵貙 毓賱賶 丕賱兀賯賱 賮賷 芦丕賱毓賲賶禄 賵 芦賰賱 丕賱兀爻賲丕亍禄 賵听芦丕賳賯胤丕毓丕鬲 丕賱賲賵鬲禄 賷毓賲賱 毓賱賶 鬲卮乇賷丨 毓賱丕賯鬲賳丕 亘丕賱丿賵賱丞 丕賱丨丿賷孬丞貙 丕賱賲鬲睾賵賾賱丞貙 丕賱亘丕乇丿丞貙 丕賱賲丕丿賷丞貙 亘兀匕乇毓賴丕 丕賱兀禺胤亘賵胤賷丞 丕賱兀亘丿賷丞貙 丕賱鬲賷 鬲爻賲賶 兀賷囟賸丕貨 亘賷乇賵賯乇丕胤賷丞.
丨賰丕賷丞 氐丕賳毓 禺夭賮 鬲噩丕賵夭 丕賱爻鬲賾賷賳貙 賷毓賷卮購 賲毓 丕亘賳鬲賴 賵氐賴乇賴貙 锟斤拷禺爻乇 賴賵賷鬲賴 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷毓乇賮賴丕 - 賴賵賷丞 丕賱禺夭賾丕賮 - 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲賮賯丿 丕賱禺夭賮賷丕鬲 賯賷賲鬲賴丕 丕賱爻賵賯賷丞 亘毓丿 馗賴賵乇 丕賱亘賱丕爻鬲賷賰.
亘賯丿乇 賲丕 鬲亘丿賵 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲孬賱 乇丨賱丞 賱乇噩賱賺 - 賷氐乇購賾 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱乇兀爻賲丕賱賷 毓賱賶 鬲丨賵賷賱賴 廿賱賶 賮丕卅囟 亘卮乇賷 - 賷丨丕賵賱 廿毓丕丿丞 氐賷丕睾丞 丨賷丕鬲賴貙 賮賴賷 兀賷囟賸丕 賲卮丕睾亘丞 賮賱爻賮賷丞 賱賰賴賮 兀賮賱丕胤賵賳貙 賱丨賯賷賯丞 兀賳賳丕 賲噩乇丿 兀卮禺丕氐 賷丨丿賯賵賳 賮賷 丕賱馗賱丕賱 賵賷鬲賵賴賲賵賳 丕賱賲毓乇賮丞.
賱丕 兀丨鬲丕噩 廿賱賶 丕賱丕爻鬲賮丕囟丞 丨賵賱 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞貨 丕賱賮氐賵賱 鬲賰鬲亘 賰氐賰賵賰 賲鬲賾氐賱丞 亘丕賱賰丕丿 鬲賲賳丨賰 賮乇氐丞 賱賱鬲賵賯賮貙 賲乇賴賽賯丞 賵賲賲鬲毓丞 賲毓賸丕. 丕賱丨賵丕乇丕鬲 丕賱賲爻乇賵丿丞 丕賱賲毓噩賵賳丞 賲毓 賰賱 卮賷亍 丌禺乇貙 賵丕賱賯丿乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲賮賱爻賮 賵丕賱鬲噩乇賷丿 賵丕賱鬲兀賲賱 亘兀乇賷丨賷丞 賷購丨爻丿 毓賱賷賴丕.
賴匕賴 賴賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱爻丕丿爻丞 丕賱鬲賷 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 賱爻丕乇丕賲丕睾賵貙 賱賰賳賳賷 賯乇乇鬲購 兀賳賴丕 鬲噩賷亍 賮賷 丕賱賲乇鬲亘丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞貙 亘毓丿 丕賱毓賲賶貙 賮賷 鬲兀孬賷乇賴丕貙 乇亘賲丕 兀賳賳賷 丨賱賲鬲購 亘卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱禺夭賾丕賮 賱賷賱丞 兀賲爻貙 賵丕爻鬲賷賯馗鬲 賯賱賯丞 毓賱賷賴.
丨賰丕賷丞 氐丕賳毓 禺夭賮 鬲噩丕賵夭 丕賱爻鬲賾賷賳貙 賷毓賷卮購 賲毓 丕亘賳鬲賴 賵氐賴乇賴貙 锟斤拷禺爻乇 賴賵賷鬲賴 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷毓乇賮賴丕 - 賴賵賷丞 丕賱禺夭賾丕賮 - 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲賮賯丿 丕賱禺夭賮賷丕鬲 賯賷賲鬲賴丕 丕賱爻賵賯賷丞 亘毓丿 馗賴賵乇 丕賱亘賱丕爻鬲賷賰.
亘賯丿乇 賲丕 鬲亘丿賵 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲孬賱 乇丨賱丞 賱乇噩賱賺 - 賷氐乇購賾 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱乇兀爻賲丕賱賷 毓賱賶 鬲丨賵賷賱賴 廿賱賶 賮丕卅囟 亘卮乇賷 - 賷丨丕賵賱 廿毓丕丿丞 氐賷丕睾丞 丨賷丕鬲賴貙 賮賴賷 兀賷囟賸丕 賲卮丕睾亘丞 賮賱爻賮賷丞 賱賰賴賮 兀賮賱丕胤賵賳貙 賱丨賯賷賯丞 兀賳賳丕 賲噩乇丿 兀卮禺丕氐 賷丨丿賯賵賳 賮賷 丕賱馗賱丕賱 賵賷鬲賵賴賲賵賳 丕賱賲毓乇賮丞.
賱丕 兀丨鬲丕噩 廿賱賶 丕賱丕爻鬲賮丕囟丞 丨賵賱 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞貨 丕賱賮氐賵賱 鬲賰鬲亘 賰氐賰賵賰 賲鬲賾氐賱丞 亘丕賱賰丕丿 鬲賲賳丨賰 賮乇氐丞 賱賱鬲賵賯賮貙 賲乇賴賽賯丞 賵賲賲鬲毓丞 賲毓賸丕. 丕賱丨賵丕乇丕鬲 丕賱賲爻乇賵丿丞 丕賱賲毓噩賵賳丞 賲毓 賰賱 卮賷亍 丌禺乇貙 賵丕賱賯丿乇丞 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲賮賱爻賮 賵丕賱鬲噩乇賷丿 賵丕賱鬲兀賲賱 亘兀乇賷丨賷丞 賷購丨爻丿 毓賱賷賴丕.
賴匕賴 賴賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱爻丕丿爻丞 丕賱鬲賷 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 賱爻丕乇丕賲丕睾賵貙 賱賰賳賳賷 賯乇乇鬲購 兀賳賴丕 鬲噩賷亍 賮賷 丕賱賲乇鬲亘丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞貙 亘毓丿 丕賱毓賲賶貙 賮賷 鬲兀孬賷乇賴丕貙 乇亘賲丕 兀賳賳賷 丨賱賲鬲購 亘卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱禺夭賾丕賮 賱賷賱丞 兀賲爻貙 賵丕爻鬲賷賯馗鬲 賯賱賯丞 毓賱賷賴.
August 10, 2022
毓賲賱 兀丿亘賷 賵賮賱爻賮賷 噩賲賷賱 賷爻鬲賳丿 毓賱賶 兀爻胤賵乇丞 賰賴賮 兀賮賱丕胤賵賳
賷鬲兀賲賱 賮賷 丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 賵賯丿乇丞 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 毓賱賶 廿丿乇丕賰 丕賱賮丕乇賯 亘賷賳 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賵丕賱賵賴賲
爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賷氐丨亘 亘胤賱 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 氐丕賳毓 丕賱禺夭賮 丕賱毓噩賵夭 賵毓丕卅賱鬲賴 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞
賮賷 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丨賷丕鬲賴賲 賵賲丕 賷丿賵乇 賮賷 賳賮爻 賰賱 賲賳賴賲 賵賷賳鬲賯賱 賲毓賴賲 賲賳 丨丕賱 廿賱賶 丨丕賱
氐丕賳毓 丕賱禺夭賮 丕賱匕賷 賷賮賯丿 毓賲賱賴 賵丨賷丕鬲賴 丕賱賲購丨亘亘丞 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷丞 亘丿毓賵賶 丕賱鬲胤賵乇 賵丕賱丨丿丕孬丞
賵賷鬲亘賯賶 賱賴 丕賱禺賷丕乇 亘賷賳 丕賱丕賳賯賷丕丿 賱賱賵丕賯毓 丕賱噩丿賷丿 丕賱夭丕卅賮 兀賵 丕賱賴乇賵亘 賲賳 丕賱賰赖賮
賵丕賱鬲丨乇乇 賲賳 爻賱胤丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱賲購氐胤賳毓丞 賵賯賷賵丿賴丕 丕賱賵丕賴賷丞
乇睾賲 丕賳 丕賱爻乇丿 賲購胤賵賱 亘鬲賮丕氐賷賱 氐賳丕毓丞 丕賱禺夭賮 賱賰賳賴 賲賲賷夭 賮賷 丕賱賮賰乇丞 賵丕賱丨賵丕乇
賵賲賴丕乇丞 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賮賷 鬲噩爻賷丿 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 賵丕賱賲購孬賱 丕賱賮賱爻賮賷丞 賮賷 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 乇賵丕賷鬲賴
賷鬲兀賲賱 賮賷 丕賱賳賮爻 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 賵賯丿乇丞 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 毓賱賶 廿丿乇丕賰 丕賱賮丕乇賯 亘賷賳 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 賵丕賱賵賴賲
爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賷氐丨亘 亘胤賱 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 氐丕賳毓 丕賱禺夭賮 丕賱毓噩賵夭 賵毓丕卅賱鬲賴 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞
賮賷 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丨賷丕鬲賴賲 賵賲丕 賷丿賵乇 賮賷 賳賮爻 賰賱 賲賳賴賲 賵賷賳鬲賯賱 賲毓賴賲 賲賳 丨丕賱 廿賱賶 丨丕賱
氐丕賳毓 丕賱禺夭賮 丕賱匕賷 賷賮賯丿 毓賲賱賴 賵丨賷丕鬲賴 丕賱賲購丨亘亘丞 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷丞 亘丿毓賵賶 丕賱鬲胤賵乇 賵丕賱丨丿丕孬丞
賵賷鬲亘賯賶 賱賴 丕賱禺賷丕乇 亘賷賳 丕賱丕賳賯賷丕丿 賱賱賵丕賯毓 丕賱噩丿賷丿 丕賱夭丕卅賮 兀賵 丕賱賴乇賵亘 賲賳 丕賱賰赖賮
賵丕賱鬲丨乇乇 賲賳 爻賱胤丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱賲購氐胤賳毓丞 賵賯賷賵丿賴丕 丕賱賵丕賴賷丞
乇睾賲 丕賳 丕賱爻乇丿 賲購胤賵賱 亘鬲賮丕氐賷賱 氐賳丕毓丞 丕賱禺夭賮 賱賰賳賴 賲賲賷夭 賮賷 丕賱賮賰乇丞 賵丕賱丨賵丕乇
賵賲賴丕乇丞 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賮賷 鬲噩爻賷丿 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 賵丕賱賲購孬賱 丕賱賮賱爻賮賷丞 賮賷 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 乇賵丕賷鬲賴
July 27, 2020
"This is the dangerous thing about appearances, when they deceive us, it鈥檚 always for the worse."
The Cave is a strangely mesmerizing book. I have no idea why I liked it as much as I did. It was not enjoyable to read.... and yet I had to finish it.听
It's pretty much a running stream of consciousness of the characters, mainly the elderly potter whose product is no longer wanted. People now prefer plastic, not his higher quality, but perishable, dishes.
The reason it was not enjoyable to read is because there are very few paragraph breaks and the large, blocky text triggered headaches for me. It made me nauseated at times. I'm not a glutton for punishment, so you'd think I would just stop reading..... but I couldn't. Like I said, it was strangely mesmerizing.
The writing, no matter how clunky, just reels you in. The author does not use quotation marks, or even periods when characters are talking. It's written like this, Different character's voices are only seen because they start with a capitalized letter for the first word, But it's hard to keep track of who is speaking, And so I found myself re-reading dialogue much of the time, Trying to figure out who the hell is saying what.
If you can listen to audio, I think it would probably be preferable to reading this book. Maybe most people get used to the style of writing and I might have if not for the headaches.听
The blurb makes it sound like dystopia; it is not. It is an allegorical tale that has very little to do with the Centre other than the old man goes to live there, and the higher-ups at the Centre are who make his work redundant.
It's a beautiful allegory and I love how it ended.... but if this is typical of how听Jos茅 Saramago听wrote, I won't be reading any more of his work.
The Cave is a strangely mesmerizing book. I have no idea why I liked it as much as I did. It was not enjoyable to read.... and yet I had to finish it.听
It's pretty much a running stream of consciousness of the characters, mainly the elderly potter whose product is no longer wanted. People now prefer plastic, not his higher quality, but perishable, dishes.
The reason it was not enjoyable to read is because there are very few paragraph breaks and the large, blocky text triggered headaches for me. It made me nauseated at times. I'm not a glutton for punishment, so you'd think I would just stop reading..... but I couldn't. Like I said, it was strangely mesmerizing.
The writing, no matter how clunky, just reels you in. The author does not use quotation marks, or even periods when characters are talking. It's written like this, Different character's voices are only seen because they start with a capitalized letter for the first word, But it's hard to keep track of who is speaking, And so I found myself re-reading dialogue much of the time, Trying to figure out who the hell is saying what.
If you can listen to audio, I think it would probably be preferable to reading this book. Maybe most people get used to the style of writing and I might have if not for the headaches.听
The blurb makes it sound like dystopia; it is not. It is an allegorical tale that has very little to do with the Centre other than the old man goes to live there, and the higher-ups at the Centre are who make his work redundant.
It's a beautiful allegory and I love how it ended.... but if this is typical of how听Jos茅 Saramago听wrote, I won't be reading any more of his work.
November 24, 2019
Stunning! Five Stars! For all audiences!
If your not reading Saramago yet ...
This guy鈥檚 got game!
If your not reading Saramago yet ...
This guy鈥檚 got game!
February 18, 2015
丕賱廿賴丿丕亍貙 賵賰丕賱毓丕丿丞貙 賱賱氐丿賷賯丞 賵丕賱丨亘賷亘丞貙 賵丕賱夭賵噩丞 丕賱丕爻鬲孬賳丕卅賷丞 : 亘賷賱丕乇
廿賱賶 亘賷賱丕乇
兀賱賮 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶
賵丕爻鬲賴賱丕賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 賰鬲丕亘 丕賱噩賲賴賵乇賷丞 賱兀賮賱丕胤賵賳 :
賷丕 賱睾乇丕亘丞 丕賱賲卮賴丿 丕賱匕賷 鬲氐賮賴貙 賵賷丕 賱賴賲 賲賳 爻噩賳丕亍 賲爻鬲睾乇亘賷賳. 廿賳賴賲 賲孬賱賳丕.
賲賳 賱賲 賷賯乇兀 丕賱賰赖賮貙 賱賲 賷賯乇兀
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賵兀禺賷乇賸丕貙 賵亘毓丿 胤賵賱 丕賳鬲馗丕乇貙 乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賰赖賮 賲鬲賵賮乇丞 Pdf
賱鬲丨賲賷賱 丕賱賳爻禺丞 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞:
丕賱卮賰乇 丕賱噩夭賷賱 賱賱氐丿賷賯 賲氐胤賮賶 賯胤亘.
賱鬲丨賲賷賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丨噩賲 賲禺賮囟 :
賵丕賱卮賰乇 賱賱氐丿賷賯 廿亘乇丕賴賷賲 毓丕丿賱 賱鬲氐賵賷乇賴丕.
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賱鬲丨賲賷賱 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱廿賳噩賱賷夭賷丞 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞:
廿賱賶 亘賷賱丕乇
兀賱賮 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶
賵丕爻鬲賴賱丕賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 賰鬲丕亘 丕賱噩賲賴賵乇賷丞 賱兀賮賱丕胤賵賳 :
賷丕 賱睾乇丕亘丞 丕賱賲卮賴丿 丕賱匕賷 鬲氐賮賴貙 賵賷丕 賱賴賲 賲賳 爻噩賳丕亍 賲爻鬲睾乇亘賷賳. 廿賳賴賲 賲孬賱賳丕.
賲賳 賱賲 賷賯乇兀 丕賱賰赖賮貙 賱賲 賷賯乇兀
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賵兀禺賷乇賸丕貙 賵亘毓丿 胤賵賱 丕賳鬲馗丕乇貙 乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賰赖賮 賲鬲賵賮乇丞 Pdf
賱鬲丨賲賷賱 丕賱賳爻禺丞 丕賱毓乇亘賷丞 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞:
丕賱卮賰乇 丕賱噩夭賷賱 賱賱氐丿賷賯 賲氐胤賮賶 賯胤亘.
賱鬲丨賲賷賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丨噩賲 賲禺賮囟 :
賵丕賱卮賰乇 賱賱氐丿賷賯 廿亘乇丕賴賷賲 毓丕丿賱 賱鬲氐賵賷乇賴丕.
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賱鬲丨賲賷賱 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱廿賳噩賱賷夭賷丞 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞:
May 13, 2012
兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳賳賷 鬲丨丿孬鬲 賰孬賷乇丕 毓賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 乇亘賲丕 賵兀賳丕 兀賯乇兀 賰賳鬲購 兀賳賯賱 賱賰賲 賲卮丕毓乇賷 兀孬賳丕亍 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賰賲丕 賰賳鬲購 兀賮毓賱 毓賱賶 鬲賵賷鬲乇 廿賳賳賷 賱賲 兀賴鬲賲 賮賯胤 亘丕賱賯氐丞 賱賰賳 賲丕 爻賱亘 賱亘賷 賵 噩毓賱賳賷 賲兀禺賵匕丞 亘賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴賵 兀爻賱賵亘 爻丕乇丕賲丕睾賵 丕賱爻乇丿賷 賵廿賳 賱賲 兀賰賳 亘毓賷丿丞 毓賳賴 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 丕賱兀禺乇賶 賰賲 兀丨亘 賴匕賴 丕賱鬲丿禺賱丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賷胤賱 賮賷賴丕 爻丕乇丕賲丕睾賵 亘乇兀爻賴 賵賷賱毓亘 賮賷賴丕 丿賵乇 丕賱爻丕乇丿 賲毓賱賱丕 賵賲賮爻乇丕 賵賲賮賱爻賮丕 賱賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 鬲氐乇賮丕鬲 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴
廿賳 丕賱兀賲乇 賷噩毓賱賰 賲卮丕乇賰丕 賵賱賷爻 賲爻鬲賲毓丕 賮賯胤 廿賳 丨丿賷孬賴 丕賱賲鬲禺賷賱 賴匕丕 賷亘賷賳 賰賲 廿賳 賱賴匕丕 丕賱乇噩賱 賲賱賰丞 鬲禺賷賱 賵丕爻毓丞 鬲賲賰賳賴 賲賳 賲毓乇賮丞 賲丕匕丕 賷丿賵乇 賮賷 匕賴賳 丕賱賯丕乇賶亍 賵賰賷賮 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 賷乇丿 毓賱賷賴 賵賷乇囟賷 賮囟賵賱賴 兀賵 賱毓賱賴 賷孬賷乇賴 兀賰孬乇 廿賳賴丕 賯賲丞 丕賱亘乇丕毓丞
賳毓賲 兀丨亘 賴匕丕 丕賱兀爻賱賵亘 賰賲丕 兀丨亘 兀賷囟丕 孬乇孬乇丞 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴 丿賵賳 兀賳 賷賮氐丨 毓賳 丕賱賯丕卅賱 賷丨賮夭 匕賰丕卅賰 賵賷噩毓賱賰 賲卮丿賵丿丕 賰賵鬲乇 賱鬲鬲丕亘毓 賵鬲鬲兀賰丿 賲賳 廿賳賰 賯丕丿乇 毓賱賶 賲噩丕乇丕丞 賴匕賴 丕賱賱毓亘丞
丕賱兀賲乇 兀卮亘賴 亘鬲丨丿賷 廿賱丕 廿賳賰 爻鬲禺乇噩 賲賳鬲氐乇丕 賵賱賷爻 賲賴夭賵賲丕 兀亘丿丕
亘胤賱 乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賰赖賮 禺夭丕賮 賵賲丕賰鬲亘賴 爻丕乇丕賲丕睾賵 毓賳 賴匕賴 丕賱氐賳毓丞 毓賱賶 賲丿賶 400 氐賮丨丞 賷噩毓賱賰 鬲夭丿丕丿 廿毓噩丕亘丕 賮賲賳 兀賷賳 鬲兀鬲賶 賱賴匕丕 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷 賰賱 賴匕賴 丕賱賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 毓賳 賴匕賴 丕賱丨乇賮丞 賱賷爻 賮賯胤 賲毓賱賵賲丕鬲 毓丕亘乇丞 亘賱 賷氐賱 丕賱兀賲乇 亘賴 廿賱賶 賰賱 賮賳賷丕鬲賴丕 賵賷鬲毓丿丕賴 廿賱賶 賲卮丕毓乇 丕賱氐丕賳毓 賵賴賵 賷賲丕乇爻賴丕
廿賳 爻丕乇丕賲丕睾賵 賱丕 賷賰賮 毓賳 廿孬丕乇丞 丕賱賯賱賯 賱丿賶 丕賱賯丕乇賶亍
丕賱賯賱賯 丕賱噩賲賷賱 丕賱匕賷 賷氐丨亘賴 乇睾亘丞 賮賷 丕賱賲鬲丕亘毓丞 賵丕賱賲毓乇賮丞
廿賳賴丕 丨賯丕 賲賳 廿噩賲賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 鬲賯乇兀賴丕 毓賳 丕賱賵噩賵丿 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷 丨賷賳 賷賯賮 賵噩賴丕 賱賵噩賴 賲毓 丕賱丨丿丕孬丞 賵丕賱乇兀爻賲丕賱賷丞 賵匕賱賰 丕賱鬲毓賱賷亘 賵丕賱鬲噩賲賷丿 賱賱囟賲賷乇 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷
賲賳 丕賱賲賴賲 賯乇丕亍丞 睾賱丕賮 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱禺賱賮賷 毓賳 廿賲孬賵賱丞 賰賴賮 廿賮賱丕胤賵賳
毓賱賲丕 亘廿賳賰 賱賳 鬲丨鬲丕噩賴丕 廿賱丕 賮賷 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
November 20, 2024
Lento, uggioso, monotono, tedioso all鈥檌nverosimile. Mi ha straziato l鈥檃nima, purtroppo non positivamente.
Ho odiato ogni singolo personaggio di questo libro, si salva il cane. Appena conclusa la lettura avrei voluto immediatamente dare fuoco al libro, se solo non fosse stato della biblioteca... Il pi霉 deludente tra tutti i Saramago letti.
Ho odiato ogni singolo personaggio di questo libro, si salva il cane. Appena conclusa la lettura avrei voluto immediatamente dare fuoco al libro, se solo non fosse stato della biblioteca... Il pi霉 deludente tra tutti i Saramago letti.
December 18, 2017
So far one of my favorite Saramago's books with maybe just a notch bellow Cain.
January 28, 2016
賰丕賱毓丕丿丞 噩賲丕賱 丕賱兀賴丿丕亍 廿賱賶 亘賷賱丕乇 賮賷 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷夭賷丿賴丕 乇賵賳賯 毓賱賶 乇賵賳賯 賮賴賷 亘賷賱丕乇 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 鬲鬲乇賰賴 賱賷賲賵鬲 :
丕賱賰赖賮 ..... 噩賵夭賷賴 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵
兀賳賳丕 賱丕 賳毓乇賮 兀賰孬乇 亘賰孬賷乇 毓賳 鬲毓賯賷丿丕鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丞 廿匕丕 賲丕 毓賰賮賳丕 亘噩丿 毓賱賶 丿乇丕爻丞 鬲賳丕賯囟丕鬲賴丕 亘丿賱賸丕 賲賳 兀賳 賳囟賷毓 賵賯鬲賸丕 胤賵賷賱賸丕 賮賷 兀賵噩賴 丕賱鬲賲丕孬賱 賵 丕賱鬲賳丕爻賯 丕賱鬲賷 賷賮鬲乇囟 賮賷賴丕 兀賳 鬲毓亘乇 毓賳 賳賮爻賴丕 亘賳賮爻賴丕 .
賷毓賳賷 廿賷賴 兀爻賱賵亘 乇賵丕卅賷 賲鬲賮乇丿 責 賷毓賳賷 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賷兀禺匕賰 賮賷 乇丨賱丞 胤賵賷賱丞 , 鬲禺鬲賱胤 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 亘丕賱乇賲夭賷丞 亘丕賱賮賱爻賮丞 丕賱毓賲賷賯丞 , 賱賷賳噩丨 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 亘賰賱 爻賱丕爻丞 賮賷 鬲賵氐賷賱 乇爻丕賱鬲賴 丕賱毓馗賷賲丞 賮賷 兀賯賵賶 氐賵乇賴丕.
爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 : 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賱賲丐賲賳 亘乇爻丕賱鬲賴 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 , 丕賱亘賱賷睾 賮賷 鬲賵氐賷賱賴丕 , 丕賱賳丕噩丨 賮賷 丕賱鬲兀孬賷乇 毓賱賶 丨賷丕鬲賳丕 , 賲賳 賯丕賱 兀賳 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱賲爻胤賵乇丞 賱丕 鬲賱毓亘 丿賵乇 賮賷 鬲賰賵賷賳 毓賯賵賱賳丕 責 廿匕丕 賮賱賲丕匕丕 賯丿賾爻賴丕 丕賱廿賱賴 賵 兀賯爻賲 亘賴丕 賮賷 鬲賳夭賷賱賴 責
賱賯丿 兀賯爻賲 亘賴丕 丕賱乇亘 賱毓賱賲賴 亘兀賳 氐賮丨丞 賲賰鬲賵亘丞 賲賳 賷丿 賲禺賱賵賯 賳丕亘睾 賯丿 鬲丐丿賷 丿賵乇 乇爻丕賱丞 丿賷賳賷丞 賲丕 .
爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賴賵 匕賱賰 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕賱賳丕亘睾 , 賵乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 賴賷 氐賮丨丕鬲 毓馗賷賲丞 賵 賰賱賲丕鬲賴 乇爻丕卅賱 亘丕賱睾丞 丕賱鬲兀孬賷乇.
亘亘爻丕胤丞 賲胤賱賯丞 : 賴賷 乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賮賷 卮鬲賶 氐賵乇賴 , 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕賱亘爻賷胤 丕賱賲胤丨賵賳 鬲丨鬲 賲丿賳賷丞 夭丕卅賮丞 賵丨囟丕乇丞 賱丕 鬲丨鬲乇賲 丌丿賲賷鬲賳丕 , 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 亘爻賱賷賯鬲賴 賵胤亘賷毓鬲賴 丕賱賲爻賰賷賳丞 , 丕賱囟毓賷賮 賵丕賱賯賵賷 賮賷 丌賳 賵丕丨丿 , 丕賱乇丕賮囟 賱賲氐賷乇賴 丕賱賲爻鬲爻賱賲 賱賴 , 賱賷馗賱 賷丨丕乇亘 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 廿賱賶 兀賳 賷賵丕賮賷賴 兀噩賱賴.
賮賴賰匕丕 賴賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 , 廿賳賴丕 賲賱賷卅丞 亘賰賱賲丕鬲 賱丕 鬲爻鬲丨賯 丕賱賳胤賯 亘賴丕 , 兀賵 兀賳賴丕 丕爻鬲丨賯鬲 匕賱賰 賮賷 賵賯鬲 賲丕 賵賱賲 鬲毓丿 鬲爻鬲丨賯賴 , 賮賰賱 賰賱賲丞 賳賯賵賱賴丕 鬲賳鬲夭毓 賲賰丕賳 賰賱賲丞 兀禺乇賶 兀賰孬乇 噩丿丕乇丞 賲賳賴丕 , 賵 鬲賰賵賳 賰匕賱賰 賱賷爻 賱匕丕鬲賴丕 , 賵 廿賳賲丕 賱賱毓賵丕賯亘 丕賱賲鬲乇鬲亘丞 毓賱賶 賯賵賱賴丕.
丕賱賰丕鬲亘 禺亘賷乇 亘丕賱丨賷丕丞 , 賲鬲賲乇爻 賮賷 賮賴賲賴丕 賵賲毓賷卮鬲賴丕 , 賱賷爻鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱乇丕賯賷丞 丕賱賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱賳毓賲 , 亘賱 丨賷丕丞 丕賱鬲賯卮賮 賵丕賱氐毓賵亘丕鬲 , 賮毓亘乇 毓賳賴丕 亘兀亘賱睾 賲丕 賷賰賵賳.
丕賱兀賯賱丕賲 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷丞 賷丕禺賵丕賳丕 賴賷 丕賱兀毓馗賲 亘賱丕 丕爻鬲孬賳丕亍 , 廿賷賲丕賳 賳丕亘毓 賲賳 丿丕禺賱 丕賱爻胤賵乇 , 賵 賯囟賷丞 賷丿丕賮毓賵賳 毓賳賴丕 廿賱賶 丕賱賲賵鬲 .
丕賱毓賲賯 丕賱賮賱爻賮賷 兀囟丕賮 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賰孬賷乇 , 賮氐賳毓 賲夭賷噩 賲亘賴乇 亘賷賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱氐丕禺亘丞 賵 丕賱賲孬丕賱賷丞 丕賱賲乇睾賵亘丞 賱鬲賳鬲噩 賱賳丕 毓賲賱 兀丿亘賷 賲賳 丕賱胤乇丕夭 丕賱乇賮賷毓.
丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 : 鬲乇噩賲丞 氐丕賱丨 毓賱賲丕賳賷 , 亘爻.
丕賱賰赖賮 ..... 噩賵夭賷賴 爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵
兀賳賳丕 賱丕 賳毓乇賮 兀賰孬乇 亘賰孬賷乇 毓賳 鬲毓賯賷丿丕鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丞 廿匕丕 賲丕 毓賰賮賳丕 亘噩丿 毓賱賶 丿乇丕爻丞 鬲賳丕賯囟丕鬲賴丕 亘丿賱賸丕 賲賳 兀賳 賳囟賷毓 賵賯鬲賸丕 胤賵賷賱賸丕 賮賷 兀賵噩賴 丕賱鬲賲丕孬賱 賵 丕賱鬲賳丕爻賯 丕賱鬲賷 賷賮鬲乇囟 賮賷賴丕 兀賳 鬲毓亘乇 毓賳 賳賮爻賴丕 亘賳賮爻賴丕 .
賷毓賳賷 廿賷賴 兀爻賱賵亘 乇賵丕卅賷 賲鬲賮乇丿 責 賷毓賳賷 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賷兀禺匕賰 賮賷 乇丨賱丞 胤賵賷賱丞 , 鬲禺鬲賱胤 賮賷賴丕 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 亘丕賱乇賲夭賷丞 亘丕賱賮賱爻賮丞 丕賱毓賲賷賯丞 , 賱賷賳噩丨 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 亘賰賱 爻賱丕爻丞 賮賷 鬲賵氐賷賱 乇爻丕賱鬲賴 丕賱毓馗賷賲丞 賮賷 兀賯賵賶 氐賵乇賴丕.
爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 : 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賱賲丐賲賳 亘乇爻丕賱鬲賴 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 , 丕賱亘賱賷睾 賮賷 鬲賵氐賷賱賴丕 , 丕賱賳丕噩丨 賮賷 丕賱鬲兀孬賷乇 毓賱賶 丨賷丕鬲賳丕 , 賲賳 賯丕賱 兀賳 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱賲爻胤賵乇丞 賱丕 鬲賱毓亘 丿賵乇 賮賷 鬲賰賵賷賳 毓賯賵賱賳丕 責 廿匕丕 賮賱賲丕匕丕 賯丿賾爻賴丕 丕賱廿賱賴 賵 兀賯爻賲 亘賴丕 賮賷 鬲賳夭賷賱賴 責
賱賯丿 兀賯爻賲 亘賴丕 丕賱乇亘 賱毓賱賲賴 亘兀賳 氐賮丨丞 賲賰鬲賵亘丞 賲賳 賷丿 賲禺賱賵賯 賳丕亘睾 賯丿 鬲丐丿賷 丿賵乇 乇爻丕賱丞 丿賷賳賷丞 賲丕 .
爻丕乇丕賲丕噩賵 賴賵 匕賱賰 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕賱賳丕亘睾 , 賵乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 賴賷 氐賮丨丕鬲 毓馗賷賲丞 賵 賰賱賲丕鬲賴 乇爻丕卅賱 亘丕賱睾丞 丕賱鬲兀孬賷乇.
亘亘爻丕胤丞 賲胤賱賯丞 : 賴賷 乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賮賷 卮鬲賶 氐賵乇賴 , 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕賱亘爻賷胤 丕賱賲胤丨賵賳 鬲丨鬲 賲丿賳賷丞 夭丕卅賮丞 賵丨囟丕乇丞 賱丕 鬲丨鬲乇賲 丌丿賲賷鬲賳丕 , 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 亘爻賱賷賯鬲賴 賵胤亘賷毓鬲賴 丕賱賲爻賰賷賳丞 , 丕賱囟毓賷賮 賵丕賱賯賵賷 賮賷 丌賳 賵丕丨丿 , 丕賱乇丕賮囟 賱賲氐賷乇賴 丕賱賲爻鬲爻賱賲 賱賴 , 賱賷馗賱 賷丨丕乇亘 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 廿賱賶 兀賳 賷賵丕賮賷賴 兀噩賱賴.
賮賴賰匕丕 賴賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 , 廿賳賴丕 賲賱賷卅丞 亘賰賱賲丕鬲 賱丕 鬲爻鬲丨賯 丕賱賳胤賯 亘賴丕 , 兀賵 兀賳賴丕 丕爻鬲丨賯鬲 匕賱賰 賮賷 賵賯鬲 賲丕 賵賱賲 鬲毓丿 鬲爻鬲丨賯賴 , 賮賰賱 賰賱賲丞 賳賯賵賱賴丕 鬲賳鬲夭毓 賲賰丕賳 賰賱賲丞 兀禺乇賶 兀賰孬乇 噩丿丕乇丞 賲賳賴丕 , 賵 鬲賰賵賳 賰匕賱賰 賱賷爻 賱匕丕鬲賴丕 , 賵 廿賳賲丕 賱賱毓賵丕賯亘 丕賱賲鬲乇鬲亘丞 毓賱賶 賯賵賱賴丕.
丕賱賰丕鬲亘 禺亘賷乇 亘丕賱丨賷丕丞 , 賲鬲賲乇爻 賮賷 賮賴賲賴丕 賵賲毓賷卮鬲賴丕 , 賱賷爻鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱乇丕賯賷丞 丕賱賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱賳毓賲 , 亘賱 丨賷丕丞 丕賱鬲賯卮賮 賵丕賱氐毓賵亘丕鬲 , 賮毓亘乇 毓賳賴丕 亘兀亘賱睾 賲丕 賷賰賵賳.
丕賱兀賯賱丕賲 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷丞 賷丕禺賵丕賳丕 賴賷 丕賱兀毓馗賲 亘賱丕 丕爻鬲孬賳丕亍 , 廿賷賲丕賳 賳丕亘毓 賲賳 丿丕禺賱 丕賱爻胤賵乇 , 賵 賯囟賷丞 賷丿丕賮毓賵賳 毓賳賴丕 廿賱賶 丕賱賲賵鬲 .
丕賱毓賲賯 丕賱賮賱爻賮賷 兀囟丕賮 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賰孬賷乇 , 賮氐賳毓 賲夭賷噩 賲亘賴乇 亘賷賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱氐丕禺亘丞 賵 丕賱賲孬丕賱賷丞 丕賱賲乇睾賵亘丞 賱鬲賳鬲噩 賱賳丕 毓賲賱 兀丿亘賷 賲賳 丕賱胤乇丕夭 丕賱乇賮賷毓.
丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 : 鬲乇噩賲丞 氐丕賱丨 毓賱賲丕賳賷 , 亘爻.
July 28, 2009
Beware: Brilliance abounds between the pages of this book.
The way Saramago paints his characters leads you in two directions. You are able to identify with their desires, fears and insecurities while at the same time able to look down as the all wise deity feeling as if you are willfully guiding them along the right path. His style pulls you in and doesn鈥檛 let go. The relationships are beautifully complex down to the simple one of a man and his dog, Found.
No one can walk away from this book without having part of it stay with them. You can take whatever you choose from the allegorical message but for myself it was a myriad of things. The unidentified unnamed city molded itself into my own artificial city in the south.
As a newly economic aware society we like to pat ourselves on the back for whatever materialism we choose not to participate in while at the same time secretly joining in on what 鈥淭he Center鈥� deems acceptable or carrying the bag accepted by 鈥淭he Center鈥�. The artificial world Saramago created left an uncomfortable eery future feeling I couldn鈥檛 shake and left me thinking about our own artificial world filled with being told what we can and cannot wear, say, read, eat, own or enjoy.
So really, it comes down to two things. Will that be you tethered to the Marc Jacobs bag or will you be bumping along in the beat up van with an arm around Found on the road to unknown? As for me, I鈥檝e always had an affection for scruffy canine companions and dirt roads.
The way Saramago paints his characters leads you in two directions. You are able to identify with their desires, fears and insecurities while at the same time able to look down as the all wise deity feeling as if you are willfully guiding them along the right path. His style pulls you in and doesn鈥檛 let go. The relationships are beautifully complex down to the simple one of a man and his dog, Found.
No one can walk away from this book without having part of it stay with them. You can take whatever you choose from the allegorical message but for myself it was a myriad of things. The unidentified unnamed city molded itself into my own artificial city in the south.
As a newly economic aware society we like to pat ourselves on the back for whatever materialism we choose not to participate in while at the same time secretly joining in on what 鈥淭he Center鈥� deems acceptable or carrying the bag accepted by 鈥淭he Center鈥�. The artificial world Saramago created left an uncomfortable eery future feeling I couldn鈥檛 shake and left me thinking about our own artificial world filled with being told what we can and cannot wear, say, read, eat, own or enjoy.
So really, it comes down to two things. Will that be you tethered to the Marc Jacobs bag or will you be bumping along in the beat up van with an arm around Found on the road to unknown? As for me, I鈥檝e always had an affection for scruffy canine companions and dirt roads.
March 20, 2021
鈥� due debolezze non fanno una debolezza maggiore, ma una forza nuova.鈥�
Cipriano Algor sta guidando il camioncino con a fianco il genero Mar莽al Gacho.
I due, dalla provincia, stanno raggiungendo la citt脿 principale attraverso un percorso concentrico: dalla Cintura Agricola alla Cintura Industriale.
La m茅ta 猫 il Centro: il mastodontico complesso commerciale; cuore pulsante economico e sociale.
Un romanzo che ho letto molto lentamente perch茅 richiede parecchia attenzione.
La contrapposizione tra il mondo artigianale (rappresentato da Cipriano e la figlia Marta, con il loro lavoro di vasai) e quello del commercio contemporaneo, ha tempi e modi opposti.
Da un lato un mondo di valori e l鈥檜manizzazione del lavoro; dall鈥檃ltro la dimensione cieca e sorda che si muove solo sui i binari del profitto.
鈥� vedeva che il mondo 猫 fatto cos矛, che le menzogne sono tante e le verit脿 nessuna, o qualcuna, s矛, ce ne sar脿 pure qualcuna, ma in continuo mutare...鈥�
Un mondo di schiavi che non hanno coscienza di esserlo e bloccati nella loro posizione non possono voltare il viso verso ci貌 che 猫 la realt脿.
La societ脿 contemporanea illude di poter conservare la propria personalit脿 mentre agisce sull鈥檕mologazione di massa.
Il mito della caverna con cui Platone andava a spiegare la dicotomia tra mondo sensibile mondo delle idee si applica a questa societ脿 basata sull鈥檌nganno perpetuo.
Saramago ricrea questa modello e ci indica la strada per liberarci.
Non basta accorgersi di quanto siano false certe impalcature, occorre anche slegarsi le mani ed avere coraggio di vivere in modo diverso.
Profondo ed ostico.
Esattamente quello che mi aspettavo da uno dei miei autori preferiti.
(PS- come in Cecit脿 anche qui c'猫 un cane che sa consolare l'umano che piange!!)
"Ho vissuto, guardato, letto, sentito, Cosa c鈥檈ntra leggere, Leggendo, si viene a sapere quasi tutto, Anch鈥檌o leggo, Qualcosa, dunque, dovrai pur saperla, Ora non ne sono pi霉 tanto sicura, Allora dovrai leggere in altra maniera, Come, Non serve per tutti la stessa, ciascuno inventa la propria, quella che gli sia pi霉 consona, c鈥櫭� chi passa tutta la vita a leggere senza mai riuscire ad andare al di l脿 della lettura, restano appiccicati alla pagina, non percepiscono che le parole sono soltanto delle pietre messe di traverso nella corrente di un fiume, sono l矛 solo per farci arrivare all鈥檃ltra sponda, quella che conta 猫 l鈥檃ltra sponda, A meno che, A meno che, cosa, A meno che quei fiumi non abbiano due sole sponde, ma tante, che ogni persona che legge sia, essa stessa, la propria sponda, e che sia sua, e soltanto sua, la sponda a cui dovr脿 arrivare"
Cipriano Algor sta guidando il camioncino con a fianco il genero Mar莽al Gacho.
I due, dalla provincia, stanno raggiungendo la citt脿 principale attraverso un percorso concentrico: dalla Cintura Agricola alla Cintura Industriale.
La m茅ta 猫 il Centro: il mastodontico complesso commerciale; cuore pulsante economico e sociale.
Un romanzo che ho letto molto lentamente perch茅 richiede parecchia attenzione.
La contrapposizione tra il mondo artigianale (rappresentato da Cipriano e la figlia Marta, con il loro lavoro di vasai) e quello del commercio contemporaneo, ha tempi e modi opposti.
Da un lato un mondo di valori e l鈥檜manizzazione del lavoro; dall鈥檃ltro la dimensione cieca e sorda che si muove solo sui i binari del profitto.
鈥� vedeva che il mondo 猫 fatto cos矛, che le menzogne sono tante e le verit脿 nessuna, o qualcuna, s矛, ce ne sar脿 pure qualcuna, ma in continuo mutare...鈥�
Un mondo di schiavi che non hanno coscienza di esserlo e bloccati nella loro posizione non possono voltare il viso verso ci貌 che 猫 la realt脿.
La societ脿 contemporanea illude di poter conservare la propria personalit脿 mentre agisce sull鈥檕mologazione di massa.
Il mito della caverna con cui Platone andava a spiegare la dicotomia tra mondo sensibile mondo delle idee si applica a questa societ脿 basata sull鈥檌nganno perpetuo.
Saramago ricrea questa modello e ci indica la strada per liberarci.
Non basta accorgersi di quanto siano false certe impalcature, occorre anche slegarsi le mani ed avere coraggio di vivere in modo diverso.
Profondo ed ostico.
Esattamente quello che mi aspettavo da uno dei miei autori preferiti.
(PS- come in Cecit脿 anche qui c'猫 un cane che sa consolare l'umano che piange!!)
"Ho vissuto, guardato, letto, sentito, Cosa c鈥檈ntra leggere, Leggendo, si viene a sapere quasi tutto, Anch鈥檌o leggo, Qualcosa, dunque, dovrai pur saperla, Ora non ne sono pi霉 tanto sicura, Allora dovrai leggere in altra maniera, Come, Non serve per tutti la stessa, ciascuno inventa la propria, quella che gli sia pi霉 consona, c鈥櫭� chi passa tutta la vita a leggere senza mai riuscire ad andare al di l脿 della lettura, restano appiccicati alla pagina, non percepiscono che le parole sono soltanto delle pietre messe di traverso nella corrente di un fiume, sono l矛 solo per farci arrivare all鈥檃ltra sponda, quella che conta 猫 l鈥檃ltra sponda, A meno che, A meno che, cosa, A meno che quei fiumi non abbiano due sole sponde, ma tante, che ogni persona che legge sia, essa stessa, la propria sponda, e che sia sua, e soltanto sua, la sponda a cui dovr脿 arrivare"
December 19, 2020
The Cave is a tender novel about the love between a father, his daughter, son-in-law and dog whose simple way of life is threatened by "The Center." It is also a scathing indictment of consumer culture. Like the prisoners in Plato's cave, the residents of the nearby Center experience only the flat outlines of real life.
Saramago writes with few paragraph breaks and no quotation marks. Although I found the blocks of text difficult at first, soon, I was pulled into this lovely, scary novel. I finished this a couple days ago and can't stop thinking about it.
Saramago writes with few paragraph breaks and no quotation marks. Although I found the blocks of text difficult at first, soon, I was pulled into this lovely, scary novel. I finished this a couple days ago and can't stop thinking about it.
March 30, 2016
S枚zkonusu ki艧i Saramago olunca ben pek objektif olamam genelde. Fakat bu kitap, objektivitenin falan 莽ok 枚tesinde. 陌莽inde deha, tecr眉be, bilgi ve yetenek bar谋nd谋rmayan tek bir sat谋r bile yok.
Kendi halinde, post-modern d眉nyan谋n kurallar谋na elinden geldi臒ince uymadan ya艧amaya 莽al谋艧an 莽枚mlek莽i Cipriano Algor ile k谋z谋 ve damad谋n谋n 枚yk眉s眉n眉 okuyoruz bu kez -ve tabii zeki k枚pekleri Buldum'un. 'Merkez' isimli, kentin merkezindeki dev al谋艧veri艧 merkezi de, hem roman谋n hem de asl谋nda hemen hepimizin hayat谋n谋n merkezinde yer al谋yor. 脺stelik bunu kitaba, distopik bir unsur gibi yerle艧tiriyor Saramago, her t眉rl眉 (sahte) renkli yan谋na ra臒men. Akil, ya艧amay谋 ve insan olmay谋 bilen insanlar i莽in Merkez bir esaret yeriyken, t眉ketim ve post-modernitenin kurban谋 olmu艧 y眉zbinler oraya ula艧abilmek i莽in can at谋yor.
El eme臒i. El eme臒i 莽枚mlekler, el eme臒i biblolar, el eme臒i bir ya艧am. Plastikten bir hayat kar艧谋s谋nda tutunmaya 莽al谋艧t谋k莽a Cipriano Algor ve ailesi, giderek daha da birbirine kenetleniyor. Ortak d眉艧man谋 do臒ru anda tan谋yorlar ve damad谋n Merkez'in kalbinde 莽al谋艧谋yor olmas谋na ra臒men kendilerini kapt谋rm谋yorlar. S枚z眉 ge莽en harika ma臒ara alegorisi ise barda臒谋 ta艧谋ran damla oluyor sonunda. 'Art谋k yeter' diyor ya艧l谋 莽枚mlek莽i, ba艧谋 莽ekerek.
Basit insanlar 眉zerinden b眉y眉k felsefi temalar谋 nas谋l da iyi anlatt谋臒谋n谋 bildi臒imiz Saramago elbette ki beklentilerimizi yine bo艧a 莽谋karm谋yor. Muhte艧em bir 眉莽l眉 ma臒ara alegorisiyle varolu艧tan t眉ketime kadar s枚yleyebilece臒i her 艧eyi okuru hi莽 s谋kmadan, ne s谋kmas谋, muhte艧em lezzette bir ak艧am yeme臒ini yedik莽e yemek iste臒ine sahip bir insan谋n i艧tah谋yla okutuyor. Neden ya艧ad谋臒谋m谋z谋, ya艧arken neler yapt谋臒谋m谋z谋 unuttu臒umuz d枚nemlerde t眉ketime daha da d眉艧眉yoruz bence. Saramago da -ki kendisi her 艧eyin fark谋nda ve her c眉mleye k芒dirdir; 艧眉phesiz ki o yarat谋lm谋艧 ve yarat谋lacak olan her t眉rl眉 edebiyat谋n yegane ilah谋d谋r!- buna dikkat 莽ekiyor ve t眉ketimin tam kar艧谋s谋na, hem de tam olarak el eme臒ine ait bir 眉retim koyuyor. Sonsuz ve ac谋mas谋z realistli臒i ise kitab谋n sonunda kendisine yer buluyor.
Baz谋 insanlar Saramago'yu okurken zorlan谋yor, bilinir ki kendisi bilin莽ak谋艧谋 tekni臒ini kendine has 艧ekilde kullan谋r; ve tabii diyaloglar谋 aras谋nda ne bir t谋rnak ne de konu艧ma 莽izgisi yer al谋r. Ancak ben "K枚rl眉k"ten itibaren (ilk okudu臒um eseri oydu) bu tarza hayran olmu艧tum. Ma臒ara'y谋 da okurken o kadar b眉y眉k keyif ald谋m, o kadar 莽ok yerin alt谋n谋 莽izdim, o kadar 莽ok yeri tekrar tekrar okudum ki, bu kitap san谋r谋m art谋k en sevdi臒im Saramago eseri oldu, diyebiliyorum. Daha 枚nce bu mertebede "Kopyalanm谋艧 Adam" vard谋 ve o da ba艧ka bir benlik irdelemesiydi.
Dedi臒im gibi say谋s谋z yeri al谋nt谋layabilirim ama buna ne yer yeter, ne de benim b眉t眉n kitab谋 buraya aktaracak kadar parma臒谋m var. Zaten o da 枚yle s枚yl眉yor:
"Hayat buydu i艧te, s枚ylenmeye de臒mez ya da bir kez s枚ylendikten sonra bir daha s枚ylenmesi gerekmez s枚zlerle doluydu, s枚yledi臒imiz her s枚z, s枚ylenmeyi kendi 枚z眉nden 枚t眉r眉 de臒il, a臒谋zdan 莽谋kmas谋n谋n yarataca臒谋 sonu莽lardan 枚t眉r眉 daha 莽ok hak eden ba艧ka bir s枚z眉n yerini al谋yordu."
Kendi halinde, post-modern d眉nyan谋n kurallar谋na elinden geldi臒ince uymadan ya艧amaya 莽al谋艧an 莽枚mlek莽i Cipriano Algor ile k谋z谋 ve damad谋n谋n 枚yk眉s眉n眉 okuyoruz bu kez -ve tabii zeki k枚pekleri Buldum'un. 'Merkez' isimli, kentin merkezindeki dev al谋艧veri艧 merkezi de, hem roman谋n hem de asl谋nda hemen hepimizin hayat谋n谋n merkezinde yer al谋yor. 脺stelik bunu kitaba, distopik bir unsur gibi yerle艧tiriyor Saramago, her t眉rl眉 (sahte) renkli yan谋na ra臒men. Akil, ya艧amay谋 ve insan olmay谋 bilen insanlar i莽in Merkez bir esaret yeriyken, t眉ketim ve post-modernitenin kurban谋 olmu艧 y眉zbinler oraya ula艧abilmek i莽in can at谋yor.
El eme臒i. El eme臒i 莽枚mlekler, el eme臒i biblolar, el eme臒i bir ya艧am. Plastikten bir hayat kar艧谋s谋nda tutunmaya 莽al谋艧t谋k莽a Cipriano Algor ve ailesi, giderek daha da birbirine kenetleniyor. Ortak d眉艧man谋 do臒ru anda tan谋yorlar ve damad谋n Merkez'in kalbinde 莽al谋艧谋yor olmas谋na ra臒men kendilerini kapt谋rm谋yorlar. S枚z眉 ge莽en harika ma臒ara alegorisi ise barda臒谋 ta艧谋ran damla oluyor sonunda. 'Art谋k yeter' diyor ya艧l谋 莽枚mlek莽i, ba艧谋 莽ekerek.
Basit insanlar 眉zerinden b眉y眉k felsefi temalar谋 nas谋l da iyi anlatt谋臒谋n谋 bildi臒imiz Saramago elbette ki beklentilerimizi yine bo艧a 莽谋karm谋yor. Muhte艧em bir 眉莽l眉 ma臒ara alegorisiyle varolu艧tan t眉ketime kadar s枚yleyebilece臒i her 艧eyi okuru hi莽 s谋kmadan, ne s谋kmas谋, muhte艧em lezzette bir ak艧am yeme臒ini yedik莽e yemek iste臒ine sahip bir insan谋n i艧tah谋yla okutuyor. Neden ya艧ad谋臒谋m谋z谋, ya艧arken neler yapt谋臒谋m谋z谋 unuttu臒umuz d枚nemlerde t眉ketime daha da d眉艧眉yoruz bence. Saramago da -ki kendisi her 艧eyin fark谋nda ve her c眉mleye k芒dirdir; 艧眉phesiz ki o yarat谋lm谋艧 ve yarat谋lacak olan her t眉rl眉 edebiyat谋n yegane ilah谋d谋r!- buna dikkat 莽ekiyor ve t眉ketimin tam kar艧谋s谋na, hem de tam olarak el eme臒ine ait bir 眉retim koyuyor. Sonsuz ve ac谋mas谋z realistli臒i ise kitab谋n sonunda kendisine yer buluyor.
Baz谋 insanlar Saramago'yu okurken zorlan谋yor, bilinir ki kendisi bilin莽ak谋艧谋 tekni臒ini kendine has 艧ekilde kullan谋r; ve tabii diyaloglar谋 aras谋nda ne bir t谋rnak ne de konu艧ma 莽izgisi yer al谋r. Ancak ben "K枚rl眉k"ten itibaren (ilk okudu臒um eseri oydu) bu tarza hayran olmu艧tum. Ma臒ara'y谋 da okurken o kadar b眉y眉k keyif ald谋m, o kadar 莽ok yerin alt谋n谋 莽izdim, o kadar 莽ok yeri tekrar tekrar okudum ki, bu kitap san谋r谋m art谋k en sevdi臒im Saramago eseri oldu, diyebiliyorum. Daha 枚nce bu mertebede "Kopyalanm谋艧 Adam" vard谋 ve o da ba艧ka bir benlik irdelemesiydi.
Dedi臒im gibi say谋s谋z yeri al谋nt谋layabilirim ama buna ne yer yeter, ne de benim b眉t眉n kitab谋 buraya aktaracak kadar parma臒谋m var. Zaten o da 枚yle s枚yl眉yor:
"Hayat buydu i艧te, s枚ylenmeye de臒mez ya da bir kez s枚ylendikten sonra bir daha s枚ylenmesi gerekmez s枚zlerle doluydu, s枚yledi臒imiz her s枚z, s枚ylenmeyi kendi 枚z眉nden 枚t眉r眉 de臒il, a臒谋zdan 莽谋kmas谋n谋n yarataca臒谋 sonu莽lardan 枚t眉r眉 daha 莽ok hak eden ba艧ka bir s枚z眉n yerini al谋yordu."
June 28, 2020
鈥淐ipriano Algor put the spade down and plunged his two hands into the ashes. He touched the thin and unmistakable roughness of the fired clay. Then, as if he were helping at a birth, he grasped between thumb, forefinger, and middle finger the still buried head of a figurine and pulled it out. It happened to be the nurse. He brushed the ashes from her body and blew on her face, as if he were endowing her with some kind of life, giving to her the breath of his own lungs, the beating of his own heart.鈥� - Jos茅 Saramago, The Cave
Protagonist Cipriano Algor, an artisan living in the country with his daughter and son-in-law, sells his handmade tableware to the Center. The Center鈥檚 agent tells Cipriano his services are no longer required, so he attempts to find another way to make money from his skill as a potter. It is a story of everyday life involving a family, a stray dog, a budding relationship, and how these people deal with change.
This book requires patience, as the meaning of The Cave is not apparent until the end. It is not for anyone looking for plot-driven action. As is typical of Saramago, it is written in stream-of-consciousness without quotation marks or separation of dialogue, so the reader has to keep track mentally. He strings together a series of words to convey many shades of meaning.
It is a story of human (and animal) connections in uncertain times, how people can deceive themselves, and how we maintain our illusions rather than confronting the truth. It is a social commentary on the increasing artificiality of our world. I think it is particularly pertinent to our present time.
I embark annually on a project to read five works from a notable author. This year I picked Portuguese author Jos茅 Saramago, recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature. This is the fifth of five for the year. I just loved it and am adding it to my list of favorites.
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In case anyone is interested, these are the others I have read. His work is consistently high quality.
: 2020
- - 4 stars - My Review
- by - 4 stars - My Review
- - 4 stars - My Review
- - 3 stars - My Review
Protagonist Cipriano Algor, an artisan living in the country with his daughter and son-in-law, sells his handmade tableware to the Center. The Center鈥檚 agent tells Cipriano his services are no longer required, so he attempts to find another way to make money from his skill as a potter. It is a story of everyday life involving a family, a stray dog, a budding relationship, and how these people deal with change.
This book requires patience, as the meaning of The Cave is not apparent until the end. It is not for anyone looking for plot-driven action. As is typical of Saramago, it is written in stream-of-consciousness without quotation marks or separation of dialogue, so the reader has to keep track mentally. He strings together a series of words to convey many shades of meaning.
It is a story of human (and animal) connections in uncertain times, how people can deceive themselves, and how we maintain our illusions rather than confronting the truth. It is a social commentary on the increasing artificiality of our world. I think it is particularly pertinent to our present time.
I embark annually on a project to read five works from a notable author. This year I picked Portuguese author Jos茅 Saramago, recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature. This is the fifth of five for the year. I just loved it and am adding it to my list of favorites.
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In case anyone is interested, these are the others I have read. His work is consistently high quality.
: 2020
- - 4 stars - My Review
- by - 4 stars - My Review
- - 4 stars - My Review
- - 3 stars - My Review
March 9, 2015
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