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丌賵丕夭 讴丕賮踿 睾賲鈥屫ㄘж�
丌賵丕夭 讴丕賮踿 睾賲鈥屫ㄘж� 爻賵賲蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 讴丕乇爻賵賳 賲讴丕賱乇夭貙 賳賵蹖爻賳丿踿 夭賳 丕賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖貙 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 爻丕賱 郾酃鄣郾 賲賳鬲卮乇 卮丿. 亘爻蹖丕乇蹖 丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 讴賵鬲丕賴 乇丕 亘賴鬲乇蹖賳 丕孬乇 賲讴丕賱乇夭 賲蹖鈥屫з嗁嗀� 乇賲丕賳蹖 賲毓乇賮 诏賵鬲蹖讴 噩賳賵亘 讴賴 鬲賲丕賲蹖 賵蹖跇诏蹖鈥屬囏й� 丕蹖賳 跇丕賳乇 乇丕 蹖讴噩丕 丿乇 亘乇賲蹖鈥屭屫必�. 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 倬蹖乇丿禺鬲乇蹖 毓噩蹖亘鈥屬堌贺臂屫� 賵 丕賴賱 噩賳賵亘 讴賴 丿乇 丌亘丕丿蹖 丿賱诏蹖乇讴賳賳丿賴鈥屫й� 亘丕 丌卮倬夭蹖 爻蹖丕賴倬賵爻鬲 鬲賳賴丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 诏乇賮鬲丕乇 賲孬賱孬 毓卮賯蹖 毓噩蹖亘蹖 賲蹖鈥屸€屫促堌�.
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丌賵丕夭 讴丕賮踿 睾賲鈥屫ㄘж� 胤乇丨蹖 丕爻鬲 诏乇賵鬲爻讴 丕夭 賯丿乇鬲 賵蹖乇丕賳鈥屫池ж槽� 毓卮賯. 丌賳趩賴 賲賵賯毓 禺賵丕賳丿賳 丌賳 倬蹖卮鈥屫辟堐� 賲丕爻鬲 賲鬲賳蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 倬乇丿丕禺鬲 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲貙 賳賵卮鬲賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 賲丕 丿乇 丌賳 賳丕禺賵丕爻鬲賴 鬲讴鈥屭堐屰� 丿乇賵賳蹖 卮禺氐蹖鬲蹖 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫促嗁堐屬� 讴賴 蹖丕丿丌賵乇蹖 賲讴乇乇 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 丕賵丕 乇丕 賯丕丿乇 賲蹖鈥屫池ж藏� 亘乇 賲賱丕賱 禺賵丿 睾賱亘賴 讴賳丿 賵 丿乇 賲賯丕亘賱 賮卮丕乇賴丕蹖 鬲丨賱蹖賱鈥屫ㄘ辟嗀€ 噩賴丕賳蹖 讴賴 禺賵亘 賲蹖鈥屫促嗀ж池� 賲賯丕賵賲鬲 讴賳丿. 丌賵丕夭 讴丕賮踿 睾賲鈥屫ㄘж� 鬲乇丕賳踿 乇賵丨 亘卮乇 丕爻鬲. 丕夭 賲賯丕賱踿 芦乇丕賵蹖 丿乇賵賳鈥屬嗂� 丿乇 丌賵丕夭 讴丕賮踿 睾賲鈥屫ㄘж甭� 賳賵卮鬲踿 噩丕賳 賲讴鈥屬嗁庂勠�
芦賲讴丕賱乇夭 丿乇 丌賵丕夭 讴丕賮踿 睾賲鈥屫ㄘж必� 亘賴 丌賲蹖夭賴鈥屫й� 倬蹖趩蹖丿賴 賵 馗乇蹖賮 丕夭 丕賲乇 賵丕賯毓蹖 賵 丕賲乇 丕賮爻丕賳賴鈥屫й� 丿爻鬲 蹖丕賮鬲貙 丌賲蹖夭賴鈥屸€屫й� 丕夭 丕賲乇 讴賲蹖讴 賵 丕賲乇 睾賲鈥屫з嗂屫� 賵 賳蹖夭 丌賲蹖夭賴鈥屫й� 丕夭 丕賲乇 賲丨賱蹖 賵 丕賲乇 噩賴丕賳蹖. 丿乇 丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 讴賵鬲丕賴 丕賵 丕蹖噩丕夭貙 鬲爻賱胤貙 毓蹖賳蹖鬲 賵 鬲賳丕爻亘蹖 賮賵賯鈥屫з勜关ж� 亘賴 丿爻鬲 丌賵乇丿.禄 賲丕乇诏丕乇鬲 亘蹖鈥�. 賲讴鈥屫з堎�
144 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1951
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Carson McCullers
181听books3,064听followersCarson McCullers was an American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a small town of the Southern United States. Her other novels have similar themes. Most are set in the Deep South.
McCullers's work is often described as Southern Gothic and indicative of her Southern roots. Critics also describe her writing and eccentric characters as universal in scope. Her stories have been adapted to stage and film. A stage adaptation of her novel The Member of the Wedding (1946), which captures a young girl's feelings at her brother's wedding, made a successful Broadway run in 1950鈥�51.
McCullers's work is often described as Southern Gothic and indicative of her Southern roots. Critics also describe her writing and eccentric characters as universal in scope. Her stories have been adapted to stage and film. A stage adaptation of her novel The Member of the Wedding (1946), which captures a young girl's feelings at her brother's wedding, made a successful Broadway run in 1950鈥�51.
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November 24, 2022
5 melodic but tormenting stars, for the Ballad of Sad 颁补蹿茅. A richly composed novella.
A cautionary tale and a compelling human story where loneliness and the search for love, brings about destruction, heartache, and betrayal in this compelling arrangement where the atmosphere once again plays to a symphony of emotions.
鈥淔irst of all, love is a joint experience between two persons 鈥� but the fact that it is a joint experience does not mean that it is a similar experience to the two people involved. There are the lover and the beloved鈥�,
.... and never is that more true than in this profoundly atmospheric and intensely observed story of three unique but unappealing characters, who are connected by love but also revenge.
First to the characters and the plot
Amelia, the main character in the book is a an awkward, tall, and socially inept woman. Nevertheless, a woman of means curtesy of her father who left her comfortable but also vulnerable to the immoral advances from unscrupulous men. However, a strong woman in her own right, she casts aside her 10 day marriage to the abusive and evil Macy, forcing him to fend for himself through a life of crime resulting in a 10 year prison sentence.
Casting a lonely and solitary figure, Amelia鈥檚 life begins to change in this slow burn story when cousin Lymon, a hunchback dwarf, arrives claiming to be a relative and in need of a place to live. In a bizarre twist the onlookers, believing Amelia to have murdered the new visitor, are invited in for moonshine and crackers when the dwarf appears alive and well and only too willing to entertain the townsfolk. Lymon is instrumental in breathing life into this tired and dreary town, acknowledging that
鈥溾€he town is lonesome, sad, and like a place that is far off and estranged from all other places in the world鈥� and in need of a caf茅 鈥� 鈥楽ad 颁补蹿茅鈥�.
However, matched by his high spirit are his lowly morals, and in an ugly incident backs Amelia鈥檚 former husband against her and once again Amelia鈥檚 heart is left broken.
Review and Comments
Dubbed one of the 鈥榣ittle classics鈥� (by Penguin classics) this little gem is by no means an inferior relative to its more prominent cousins and relatives, particularly in its portrayals of the good and evil characters, the fragility of human nature in search for love and acceptance, its profound themes and in its vivid depiction of nature, culture and daily living in this rural southern town.
The intensely stilted but amorous atmosphere is a constant in the story resembling and suggestive of the mood of the people and its main characters and is always in tune with its themes. The soft and muted tones, reflective of the happy mood in the town, give way to the heat and looming storms indicative of the tension and anticipation of what is to happen.
I loved the lingering sense of doom, the gradual build, the stripped back nature of the writing and from any side stories so that the reader is compelled to just concentrate on the main act.
A brilliantly written book and a wonderful little story of consequence, exploitation, and immorality that is introspective, moody but unexpectedly touching.
5 stars based on this as a novella, which I feel had more substance than many books.
A cautionary tale and a compelling human story where loneliness and the search for love, brings about destruction, heartache, and betrayal in this compelling arrangement where the atmosphere once again plays to a symphony of emotions.
鈥淔irst of all, love is a joint experience between two persons 鈥� but the fact that it is a joint experience does not mean that it is a similar experience to the two people involved. There are the lover and the beloved鈥�,
.... and never is that more true than in this profoundly atmospheric and intensely observed story of three unique but unappealing characters, who are connected by love but also revenge.
First to the characters and the plot
Amelia, the main character in the book is a an awkward, tall, and socially inept woman. Nevertheless, a woman of means curtesy of her father who left her comfortable but also vulnerable to the immoral advances from unscrupulous men. However, a strong woman in her own right, she casts aside her 10 day marriage to the abusive and evil Macy, forcing him to fend for himself through a life of crime resulting in a 10 year prison sentence.
Casting a lonely and solitary figure, Amelia鈥檚 life begins to change in this slow burn story when cousin Lymon, a hunchback dwarf, arrives claiming to be a relative and in need of a place to live. In a bizarre twist the onlookers, believing Amelia to have murdered the new visitor, are invited in for moonshine and crackers when the dwarf appears alive and well and only too willing to entertain the townsfolk. Lymon is instrumental in breathing life into this tired and dreary town, acknowledging that
鈥溾€he town is lonesome, sad, and like a place that is far off and estranged from all other places in the world鈥� and in need of a caf茅 鈥� 鈥楽ad 颁补蹿茅鈥�.
However, matched by his high spirit are his lowly morals, and in an ugly incident backs Amelia鈥檚 former husband against her and once again Amelia鈥檚 heart is left broken.
Review and Comments
Dubbed one of the 鈥榣ittle classics鈥� (by Penguin classics) this little gem is by no means an inferior relative to its more prominent cousins and relatives, particularly in its portrayals of the good and evil characters, the fragility of human nature in search for love and acceptance, its profound themes and in its vivid depiction of nature, culture and daily living in this rural southern town.
The intensely stilted but amorous atmosphere is a constant in the story resembling and suggestive of the mood of the people and its main characters and is always in tune with its themes. The soft and muted tones, reflective of the happy mood in the town, give way to the heat and looming storms indicative of the tension and anticipation of what is to happen.
I loved the lingering sense of doom, the gradual build, the stripped back nature of the writing and from any side stories so that the reader is compelled to just concentrate on the main act.
A brilliantly written book and a wonderful little story of consequence, exploitation, and immorality that is introspective, moody but unexpectedly touching.
5 stars based on this as a novella, which I feel had more substance than many books.
February 21, 2021
Una novela y su lector deber铆an bastar, no har铆an falta m谩s explicaciones, y realmente no son necesarias en este relato lo suficientemente bueno como para deslumbrar por s铆 solo al lector c贸mplice. Pero este 鈥渢ratado sobre los placeres y peligros de una pasi贸n no correspondida鈥�, como la define Rodrigo Fres谩n, se nos revela mucho m谩s dram谩tico cuando sabemos que la propia autora 鈥渓leg贸 a yacer ante la puerta de la caba帽a de la horrorizada escritora鈥� Katherine Anne Porter, y que repetir铆a tal cosa en el apartamento de Djuna Barnes.
Todo el relato est谩 plagado de hechos grotescos y hasta inexplicables (incluso infantiles*), algo muy propio del g贸tico sure帽o, para mostrarnos mediante la exageraci贸n lo poderosa e inexplicable que puede ser la magia del amor.
(*) En principio, me rechin贸 bastante el di谩logo que mantienen Amelia y Marvin Macy, dos duros habitantes de un inh贸spito territorio recreando ese infantil e irritante 鈥渞ebota, rebota, que en tu culo explota鈥�:
鈥淐on mucha frecuencia, el amado no es m谩s que un est铆mulo para el amor acumulado durante a帽os en el coraz贸n del amante鈥� Las personas m谩s inesperadas pueden ser un est铆mulo para el amor鈥� El amado podr谩 ser un traidor, un imb茅cil o un degenerado; y el amante ve sus defectos como todo el mundo, pero su amor no se altera lo m谩s m铆nimo por eso. La persona m谩s mediocre puede ser objeto de un amor arrebatado, extravagante y bello como los lirios venenosos de las ci茅nagas. Un hombre bueno puede despertar una pasi贸n violenta y baja, y en alg煤n coraz贸n puede nacer un cari帽o tierno y sencillo hacia un loco furioso. Es s贸lo el amante quien determina la val铆a y la cualidad de todo amor.鈥�Personalmente soy incapaz de comprender cabalmente como es ser presa de un amor tan visceral e incondicional que no se vea afectado por los defectos del ser amado ni por el trato que de 茅l recibimos por muy humillante que este sea. Pero tengo que rendirme a la evidencia, ser谩 verdad lo que nos dice la autora:
鈥淓s preferible caer en manos de nuestro peor enemigo que enfrentarnos con el terror de vivir a solas.鈥�El relato se plantea como si de una leyenda se tratara, algo que se remarca desde el mismo t铆tulo, en el que se cuentan unos hechos ocurridos mucho tiempo atr谩s entre tres fascinantes protagonistas, un tr铆o amoroso que marc贸 la vida de un pueblo y de sus habitantes, siempre predispuestos al rumor maldiciente y meros espectadores de tales hechos. El destino del pueblo se conoce desde el inicio y el infortunio viene precedido de una inusitada nevada a modo de aviso. A los tres personajes solo los conocemos por sus actos, exc茅ntricos entre la mediocridad del resto de los habitantes de este melanc贸lico, solitario y triste pueblo, olvidado de la mano de dios. Uno de los v茅rtices del tr铆o, Lymon, el desencadenante de la tragedia, es un reci茅n llegado, por tanto sospechoso, y con tanto magnetismo como mala fe, enano y afectado por una llamativa chepa dominar谩 a la mujer y ser谩 despreciado por el hombre. La mujer y el hombre, Amelia y Marvin Macy son sus nombres, no son menos deformes que 茅l aunque en distinta forma, originarios del pueblo ambos ostentan un car谩cter fuerte, ind贸mito, hasta salvaje e inmisericorde. Los tres caer谩n presa de un amor repentino, absoluto y no correspondido.
Todo el relato est谩 plagado de hechos grotescos y hasta inexplicables (incluso infantiles*), algo muy propio del g贸tico sure帽o, para mostrarnos mediante la exageraci贸n lo poderosa e inexplicable que puede ser la magia del amor.
(*) En principio, me rechin贸 bastante el di谩logo que mantienen Amelia y Marvin Macy, dos duros habitantes de un inh贸spito territorio recreando ese infantil e irritante 鈥渞ebota, rebota, que en tu culo explota鈥�:
鈥溾€斅odo lo que me grites te pasar谩 a ti! 隆Jo, jo!Despu茅s pens茅 que entraba dentro de lo grotesco del relato y era una forma de hacer bien patente el infantilismo ego铆sta y ciego al que nos puede abocar la pasi贸n y el odio por amor.
Y Miss Amelia se ten铆a que quedar all铆 desamparada, ya que nadie ha inventado nunca un remedio contra esta artima帽a. No pod铆a gritarle insultos que fueran a recaer luego sobre ella. La ten铆a cogida, no hab铆a nada que hacer.鈥�
August 3, 2024
IL CUORE 脠 UN CACCIATORE SOLITARIO
鈥漈he Ballad of the Sad Caf猫鈥� diretto da Simon Callow, 1991.
Per la serie 鈥渧ite che per fortuna non sono la mia鈥�, la biografia di Carson McCullers mi ha spinto ad annotare alcuni accadimenti che fanno della sua una vita curiosa, piena di contrattempi, di colpi bassi, di avventure e di malattie.
Per esempio, Carson McCullers si spos貌 a venti anni (1937) e nel 1945 lo fece di nuovo: la cosa che mi ha colpito 猫 che anche il secondo matrimonio fu con James Reeves McCullers, del quale lei acquis矛 il cognome, anticipando di qualche decennio i fasti matrimoniali della scatenata coppia di star del cinema Burton-Taylor. Tra il primo e il secondo matrimonio, un divorzio durato cinque anni.
Vanessa Redgrave 猫 Miss Amelia la proprietaria del Sad Caf猫.
Ma le curiosit脿 non sono finite: nel 1948 dopo un ictus che le paralizz貌 il lato destro del corpo, Carson McCullers tent貌 il suicidio. Cinque anni dopo, durante un viaggio in Francia, il marito le propose un doppio suicidio, lui e lei, non saprei in quale ordine oppure se in simultanea: lei rifiut貌 e lo moll貌 per tornare a casa. Poco dopo le giunse notizia che lui l鈥檃veva fatto, si era suicidato in un albergo di Parigi: e lei allora si rifiut貌 di riavere il corpo, di pagare le spese funebri e di partecipare al funerale.
Sul versante salute, 猫 da notare che peggior貌 sempre pi霉 e trascorse gli ultimi cinque anni di vita in sedia a rotelle, alla fine incapace anche di scrivere: mor矛 a cinquant鈥檃nni dopo 47 giorni di coma.
Cork Hubbert 猫 il cugino di Miss Amelia.
Mi viene da notare anche la bellezza e la peculiarit脿 dei suoi titoli: oltre questa raccolta di racconti, Ballata del caff猫 triste, segnerei anche il suo esordio, Il cuore 猫 un cacciatore solitario, e almeno un terzo romanzo, Riflessi in un occhio d鈥檕ro. Tutti e tre portati sullo schermo (il terzo interpretato proprio da Elizabeth Taylor, in coppia con Marlon Brando, diretti da John Huston).
I suoi personaggi si distinguono per un鈥檃ria e una natura vagamente 鈥渇reak鈥�: la proprietaria del caff猫 triste, Amelia, 猫 un donnone di un metro e novanta, avara e burbera, che s鈥檌nnamora di un cugino nano e gobbo, il quale per貌 le preferisce l鈥檈x marito di Amelia, appena uscito dal locale penitenziario, uomo col quale la corazziera finisce in un corpo a corpo alquanto fisico.
Keith Carradine 猫 l鈥檈x marito ex galeotto che finisce col fare a botte con Miss Amelia.
In tono e tinte tipiche (nero gotico) della letteratura sudista (Stati Uniti del sud, Carson McCullers era nata in Georgia), questi racconti, cominciando da quello pi霉 lungo che intitola la raccolta (anche nell鈥檈dizione originale in lingua inglese) e occupa da solo met脿 del libro, il tema principale 猫 l鈥檃more e le sue difficolt脿. E la scelta della signora McCuller si direbbe a favore dell鈥檃mare piuttosto che dell鈥檈ssere amati.
Ma forse il vero tema 猫 la solitudine: il Caff猫 Triste diventa il luogo di ritrovo e incontro di un鈥檜manit脿 marginale (operai e contadini).
Ma forse, anzi senz鈥檃ltro, i due temi sono intrecciati: perch茅 l鈥檃more in queste pagine 猫 un sentimento solitario, espressione di cuori 鈥渃acciatori solitari鈥�, 猫 un sentimento difficile da esprimere e comunicare, da gestire, pi霉 che unire, rende soli.
鈥漈he Ballad of the Sad Caf猫鈥� diretto da Simon Callow, 1991.
Per la serie 鈥渧ite che per fortuna non sono la mia鈥�, la biografia di Carson McCullers mi ha spinto ad annotare alcuni accadimenti che fanno della sua una vita curiosa, piena di contrattempi, di colpi bassi, di avventure e di malattie.
Per esempio, Carson McCullers si spos貌 a venti anni (1937) e nel 1945 lo fece di nuovo: la cosa che mi ha colpito 猫 che anche il secondo matrimonio fu con James Reeves McCullers, del quale lei acquis矛 il cognome, anticipando di qualche decennio i fasti matrimoniali della scatenata coppia di star del cinema Burton-Taylor. Tra il primo e il secondo matrimonio, un divorzio durato cinque anni.
Vanessa Redgrave 猫 Miss Amelia la proprietaria del Sad Caf猫.
Ma le curiosit脿 non sono finite: nel 1948 dopo un ictus che le paralizz貌 il lato destro del corpo, Carson McCullers tent貌 il suicidio. Cinque anni dopo, durante un viaggio in Francia, il marito le propose un doppio suicidio, lui e lei, non saprei in quale ordine oppure se in simultanea: lei rifiut貌 e lo moll貌 per tornare a casa. Poco dopo le giunse notizia che lui l鈥檃veva fatto, si era suicidato in un albergo di Parigi: e lei allora si rifiut貌 di riavere il corpo, di pagare le spese funebri e di partecipare al funerale.
Sul versante salute, 猫 da notare che peggior貌 sempre pi霉 e trascorse gli ultimi cinque anni di vita in sedia a rotelle, alla fine incapace anche di scrivere: mor矛 a cinquant鈥檃nni dopo 47 giorni di coma.
Cork Hubbert 猫 il cugino di Miss Amelia.
Mi viene da notare anche la bellezza e la peculiarit脿 dei suoi titoli: oltre questa raccolta di racconti, Ballata del caff猫 triste, segnerei anche il suo esordio, Il cuore 猫 un cacciatore solitario, e almeno un terzo romanzo, Riflessi in un occhio d鈥檕ro. Tutti e tre portati sullo schermo (il terzo interpretato proprio da Elizabeth Taylor, in coppia con Marlon Brando, diretti da John Huston).
I suoi personaggi si distinguono per un鈥檃ria e una natura vagamente 鈥渇reak鈥�: la proprietaria del caff猫 triste, Amelia, 猫 un donnone di un metro e novanta, avara e burbera, che s鈥檌nnamora di un cugino nano e gobbo, il quale per貌 le preferisce l鈥檈x marito di Amelia, appena uscito dal locale penitenziario, uomo col quale la corazziera finisce in un corpo a corpo alquanto fisico.
Keith Carradine 猫 l鈥檈x marito ex galeotto che finisce col fare a botte con Miss Amelia.
In tono e tinte tipiche (nero gotico) della letteratura sudista (Stati Uniti del sud, Carson McCullers era nata in Georgia), questi racconti, cominciando da quello pi霉 lungo che intitola la raccolta (anche nell鈥檈dizione originale in lingua inglese) e occupa da solo met脿 del libro, il tema principale 猫 l鈥檃more e le sue difficolt脿. E la scelta della signora McCuller si direbbe a favore dell鈥檃mare piuttosto che dell鈥檈ssere amati.
Ma forse il vero tema 猫 la solitudine: il Caff猫 Triste diventa il luogo di ritrovo e incontro di un鈥檜manit脿 marginale (operai e contadini).
Ma forse, anzi senz鈥檃ltro, i due temi sono intrecciati: perch茅 l鈥檃more in queste pagine 猫 un sentimento solitario, espressione di cuori 鈥渃acciatori solitari鈥�, 猫 un sentimento difficile da esprimere e comunicare, da gestire, pi霉 che unire, rende soli.
April 4, 2021
Aunque el mejor cuento de esta colecci贸n, con gran diferencia, es el que da t铆tulo al volumen, y del que ya escrib铆
补辩耻铆
, el resto de relatos no lo desmerecen.
Todos ellos tratan sobre algunos de sus fantasmas, el fracaso que acaba con las esperanzas y los muchos sacrificios en 芦Wunderkind禄, curiosamente su primer 茅xito; el contraste grotesco entre el f铆sico y el alma de las personas en 芦El jockey禄; la bebida y sus estragos en 芦Dilema dom茅stico禄; la fragilidad en 芦Madame Zilensky禄; la melancol铆a por el pasado que no pudo ser en 芦El transe煤nte禄; y, claro est谩, no pod铆a faltar el m谩s importante, el que plasma en 芦Un 谩rbol, una roca, una nube禄, el amor con may煤sculas, el amor como enfermedad...
Todos ellos tratan sobre algunos de sus fantasmas, el fracaso que acaba con las esperanzas y los muchos sacrificios en 芦Wunderkind禄, curiosamente su primer 茅xito; el contraste grotesco entre el f铆sico y el alma de las personas en 芦El jockey禄; la bebida y sus estragos en 芦Dilema dom茅stico禄; la fragilidad en 芦Madame Zilensky禄; la melancol铆a por el pasado que no pudo ser en 芦El transe煤nte禄; y, claro est谩, no pod铆a faltar el m谩s importante, el que plasma en 芦Un 谩rbol, una roca, una nube禄, el amor con may煤sculas, el amor como enfermedad...
鈥淪贸lo am谩ndolo todo se puede sobrevivir a haber amado a alguien.鈥�... y como salvaci贸n.
鈥淵 esta mujer era para mi alma algo as铆 como una cinta que los ataba. Hac铆a pasar por ella esos poquitos de m铆 mismo y sal铆a completo.鈥�No se los pierdan.
September 28, 2018
The short stories are very woodcut-like, the plot is too simple and overall the whole story is too parabolic. Maybe this novella is a classic book, but it麓s one of those, which you are excited about to read and in the end you are relieved to put it away. I expected a great plot but I waited unavailingly, because the storyline didn麓t had any ups and downs and consequently was there no tension at all. If I skipped some pages by mistake, it wouldn麓t have mattered, because I wouldn麓t have missed anything at all.
January 7, 2017
兀賵賱 賯乇丕亍丕鬲 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賲 (2017)
賴賱 賴賷 賯丕毓丿丞責 兀毓賳賷 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 丕賲乇兀丞 賲丕 賯賵賷丞賸 賲賰鬲賮賷丞 亘匕丕鬲賴丕 賵賲爻鬲睾賳賷丞 毓賳 丕賱賲賱兀貙 賱丕 賷賴賲賴丕 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 爻賵賶 賲爻丕丨鬲賴丕 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞 賵鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賷賵賲賴丕 丕賱兀氐睾乇貙 孬賲 鬲丨賷賳 賱丨馗丞 睾賷乇 賲鬲賵賯毓丞 賮賷賳賴丕乇 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賰賱賴貙 丕賱匕賷 賱賲 賷賰賳 賮賷 丨賯賷賯鬲賴 爻賵賶 賯賳丕毓賺 賴卮貙 賯卮乇丞 乇賯賷賯丞 賰丕賳鬲 鬲禺賮賷 禺賱賮賴丕 鬲噩賵賷賮賸丕 毓賲賷賯賸丕貙 賲孬賱 丿賲賷丞 丕賱亘賵乇爻賱賷賳-賰賳鬲 兀賲賱賰 賵丕丨丿丞 賵氐賱鬲賳賷 賴丿賷丞 賲賳 廿賷乇丕賳 丕賳賰爻乇鬲 爻丕賯賴丕 兀孬賳丕亍 乇丨賱丞 賵氐賵賱賴丕 廿賱賷賾 賮丕爻鬲禺丿賲鬲 丕賱爻丕賯 丨丕賲賱賸丕 賱賱兀賯賱丕賲- 鬲匕賰乇賳賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘乇賵丕賷丞 賲毓賱賲丞 丕賱亘賷丕賳賵 賱兀賱賮乇賷丿丞 賷賱賷賳賷賰貙 亘賰賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱爻丕賰賳 賱賱亘胤賱丞 丕賱匕賷 賷睾賷乇賴 丿禺賵賱 丕賱乇噩賱 賵賷賴夭賴貙 賱賰賳賴 賱丕 賷賰鬲賮賷 亘匕賱賰 亘賱 賷丨胤賲賴 亘賮噩丕噩丞貙 鬲丕乇賰賸丕 賱賴丕 丕賱丨胤丕賲 鬲賰賳爻賴 亘丕賳賰爻丕乇 賵鬲丨丕賵賱 賲丨賵 丌孬丕乇 丕賱禺匕賱丕賳 丕賱賲丨賮賵乇丞 毓賱賶 噩亘賷賳賴丕 亘毓賲賯! 兀賳丕 毓賱賶 丕賱兀賯賱 丕賳鬲賮毓鬲 亘鬲賱賰 丕賱爻丕賯 賵賵噩丿鬲 兀賯賱丕賲賷 丨匕丕亍 賲賳丕爻亘賸丕 賱賴丕貙 兀毓賳賷 兀賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賰賳 丨胤丕賲賸丕!
賱賲 鬲賰賳 丕賱禺賷亘丞 丕賱賰孬賷賮丞 賱賱丌賳爻丞 兀賲賷賱賷丕 賲賳 丕賱賳賵毓 丕賱匕賷 賷亘乇兀 亘爻賴賵賱丞貙 賲丕 夭丕賱鬲 賲賱丕賲丨賴丕 丕賱賲禺匕賵賱丞 鬲乇丕賮賯賳賷貙 賵兀馗賳賴丕 爻鬲賮毓賱 賱賵賯鬲 胤賵賷賱.
丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 亘丿賷毓丞 噩丿賸丕.
賴賱 賴賷 賯丕毓丿丞責 兀毓賳賷 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 丕賲乇兀丞 賲丕 賯賵賷丞賸 賲賰鬲賮賷丞 亘匕丕鬲賴丕 賵賲爻鬲睾賳賷丞 毓賳 丕賱賲賱兀貙 賱丕 賷賴賲賴丕 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 爻賵賶 賲爻丕丨鬲賴丕 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞 賵鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賷賵賲賴丕 丕賱兀氐睾乇貙 孬賲 鬲丨賷賳 賱丨馗丞 睾賷乇 賲鬲賵賯毓丞 賮賷賳賴丕乇 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賰賱賴貙 丕賱匕賷 賱賲 賷賰賳 賮賷 丨賯賷賯鬲賴 爻賵賶 賯賳丕毓賺 賴卮貙 賯卮乇丞 乇賯賷賯丞 賰丕賳鬲 鬲禺賮賷 禺賱賮賴丕 鬲噩賵賷賮賸丕 毓賲賷賯賸丕貙 賲孬賱 丿賲賷丞 丕賱亘賵乇爻賱賷賳-賰賳鬲 兀賲賱賰 賵丕丨丿丞 賵氐賱鬲賳賷 賴丿賷丞 賲賳 廿賷乇丕賳 丕賳賰爻乇鬲 爻丕賯賴丕 兀孬賳丕亍 乇丨賱丞 賵氐賵賱賴丕 廿賱賷賾 賮丕爻鬲禺丿賲鬲 丕賱爻丕賯 丨丕賲賱賸丕 賱賱兀賯賱丕賲- 鬲匕賰乇賳賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘乇賵丕賷丞 賲毓賱賲丞 丕賱亘賷丕賳賵 賱兀賱賮乇賷丿丞 賷賱賷賳賷賰貙 亘賰賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱爻丕賰賳 賱賱亘胤賱丞 丕賱匕賷 賷睾賷乇賴 丿禺賵賱 丕賱乇噩賱 賵賷賴夭賴貙 賱賰賳賴 賱丕 賷賰鬲賮賷 亘匕賱賰 亘賱 賷丨胤賲賴 亘賮噩丕噩丞貙 鬲丕乇賰賸丕 賱賴丕 丕賱丨胤丕賲 鬲賰賳爻賴 亘丕賳賰爻丕乇 賵鬲丨丕賵賱 賲丨賵 丌孬丕乇 丕賱禺匕賱丕賳 丕賱賲丨賮賵乇丞 毓賱賶 噩亘賷賳賴丕 亘毓賲賯! 兀賳丕 毓賱賶 丕賱兀賯賱 丕賳鬲賮毓鬲 亘鬲賱賰 丕賱爻丕賯 賵賵噩丿鬲 兀賯賱丕賲賷 丨匕丕亍 賲賳丕爻亘賸丕 賱賴丕貙 兀毓賳賷 兀賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賰賳 丨胤丕賲賸丕!
賱賲 鬲賰賳 丕賱禺賷亘丞 丕賱賰孬賷賮丞 賱賱丌賳爻丞 兀賲賷賱賷丕 賲賳 丕賱賳賵毓 丕賱匕賷 賷亘乇兀 亘爻賴賵賱丞貙 賲丕 夭丕賱鬲 賲賱丕賲丨賴丕 丕賱賲禺匕賵賱丞 鬲乇丕賮賯賳賷貙 賵兀馗賳賴丕 爻鬲賮毓賱 賱賵賯鬲 胤賵賷賱.
丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 亘丿賷毓丞 噩丿賸丕.
November 12, 2015
鈥淭he Ballad of the Sad 颁补蹿茅鈥�, title of the story that gives name to this collection, includes seven short, in some cases, almost minimalistic tales. Each one of them enhances a different aspect of thematic lines recurrent in McCullers鈥� works: the isolation and the loneliness juxtaposed to selfless love in implausible triangular relationships.
What distinguishes these stories from others is the musical quality so idiosyncratic of McCullers鈥� voice along with the silent incursion of her evenly paced words into the minds of her figurative, and often outlandish, characters. The inner lives of these protagonists shape the dismal world they inhabit, breathing life into a reality that seems more feasible than if obtained from direct, plain observation or detailed description. And so the line separating fiction from reality softens, the vision becomes illumination, and maybe through exaggeration, maybe through the projection of a profoundly poetic prose, McCullers creates a universe built on ambiguity where melancholy abounds and an impending sense of loss intoxicates the senses of the reader.
Following the tune of an unhurried narrative; characters are introduced, stripped naked, given distinctive traits that stir the lethargic child still hidden inside us who eagerly awaits to be swept off his feet by the end of a fantastic tale. But McCullers鈥� ballads turn out to be composed for an adult public, for there is nothing tender or childish in the succession of desperate voices that sing to the stigmatized, the rejected, the abandoned who feed off their past failures and unrequited love.
And so the sound of picks falling on stone marks the rhythm that unfolds the story of Miss Amelia, the androgynous owner of the 颁补蹿茅 that is built upon her irrational devotion to her cousin Lymon, a destitute hunchback whose eyes bask on Marvin Macy鈥檚 handsome features.
Beethoven鈥檚 Sonata No. 12 marks the end of Bienchen鈥檚 future as a child prodigy with the piano in Wunderkind while Bach鈥檚 prelude and fugue plays as a redeeming melody that allows The Sojourner to make peace with a lost love that still burns his soul in silence.
The tapping of raindrops on a forgotten streetcar caf茅 sets the pace for the story of a vagrant who has taught himself to love A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud with utter selflessness, a 鈥渟cience鈥� that might alter the course of the life of a newspaper delivery boy for good.
The micro-cosmos of the solitary singer expands and soaks the mood of the casual bystander, who can鈥檛 help but remain glued to the desolate voices that interweave in a fugue of mismatched glances that search each other in vain. McCullers鈥� characters sing in an adult world erected on cheated innocence, a lot of whisky and barren lands where loneliness is the only thing left after the music stopped playing.
Isn鈥檛 it incredible, though, that 鈥漷he music, catalyst for this tumultuous anarchy, was so serene and clear鈥� and soothed a discomfited reader in spite of the desolate landscape? Not when McCullers is playing.
What distinguishes these stories from others is the musical quality so idiosyncratic of McCullers鈥� voice along with the silent incursion of her evenly paced words into the minds of her figurative, and often outlandish, characters. The inner lives of these protagonists shape the dismal world they inhabit, breathing life into a reality that seems more feasible than if obtained from direct, plain observation or detailed description. And so the line separating fiction from reality softens, the vision becomes illumination, and maybe through exaggeration, maybe through the projection of a profoundly poetic prose, McCullers creates a universe built on ambiguity where melancholy abounds and an impending sense of loss intoxicates the senses of the reader.
Following the tune of an unhurried narrative; characters are introduced, stripped naked, given distinctive traits that stir the lethargic child still hidden inside us who eagerly awaits to be swept off his feet by the end of a fantastic tale. But McCullers鈥� ballads turn out to be composed for an adult public, for there is nothing tender or childish in the succession of desperate voices that sing to the stigmatized, the rejected, the abandoned who feed off their past failures and unrequited love.
And so the sound of picks falling on stone marks the rhythm that unfolds the story of Miss Amelia, the androgynous owner of the 颁补蹿茅 that is built upon her irrational devotion to her cousin Lymon, a destitute hunchback whose eyes bask on Marvin Macy鈥檚 handsome features.
Beethoven鈥檚 Sonata No. 12 marks the end of Bienchen鈥檚 future as a child prodigy with the piano in Wunderkind while Bach鈥檚 prelude and fugue plays as a redeeming melody that allows The Sojourner to make peace with a lost love that still burns his soul in silence.
The tapping of raindrops on a forgotten streetcar caf茅 sets the pace for the story of a vagrant who has taught himself to love A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud with utter selflessness, a 鈥渟cience鈥� that might alter the course of the life of a newspaper delivery boy for good.
The micro-cosmos of the solitary singer expands and soaks the mood of the casual bystander, who can鈥檛 help but remain glued to the desolate voices that interweave in a fugue of mismatched glances that search each other in vain. McCullers鈥� characters sing in an adult world erected on cheated innocence, a lot of whisky and barren lands where loneliness is the only thing left after the music stopped playing.
Isn鈥檛 it incredible, though, that 鈥漷he music, catalyst for this tumultuous anarchy, was so serene and clear鈥� and soothed a discomfited reader in spite of the desolate landscape? Not when McCullers is playing.
March 18, 2023
Fourth meeting with Carson McCullers, and this time the certainty is anchored: she is a very great author, of those who talk to the masters Steinbeck, Tennessee Williams, Hemingway, and all those great feathers of the daily life of the soul, of the torments of simple beings and human relationships made of trials and pains.
A skin-deep sensitivity and immense talent shine in each line of these novels. We drag from failure to forgetting our loneliness, thirst for love, and melancholy, where we meet a woman built like a tree to come and cut her down, another beaten down by alcohol. A man was running after his lost past, the resilience of losing the woman's love and recomposing in learning universal love.
The texts that often touch me do so through a meaning; in this case, the perception of a spectrum of very particular lights, from the twilight to the crystalline lens, will have fueled this reading experience.
A skin-deep sensitivity and immense talent shine in each line of these novels. We drag from failure to forgetting our loneliness, thirst for love, and melancholy, where we meet a woman built like a tree to come and cut her down, another beaten down by alcohol. A man was running after his lost past, the resilience of losing the woman's love and recomposing in learning universal love.
The texts that often touch me do so through a meaning; in this case, the perception of a spectrum of very particular lights, from the twilight to the crystalline lens, will have fueled this reading experience.
August 11, 2024
爻丨乇 丕賱賵氐賮 賵丿賯鬲賴 ...睾賲賵囟 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵睾乇丕亘鬲賴丕 ... 賳馗丕賲賷丞 丕賱毓賲賱 賵賲賴丕乇鬲賴 賱兀毓賵丕賲 賵兀毓賵丕賲 賷賳賴丕乇 賲毓 兀賵賱 乇丿丞 賮毓賱 丕賳鬲賯丕賲賷丞 貙 鬲賮丕賳賷 廿賲乇兀丞 賮賷 鬲爻禺賷乇 賵賯鬲賴丕 賵噩賴丿賴丕 賱鬲胤賵賷乇 丨丕賳鬲賴丕 賵賲氐賳毓賴丕 鬲噩丕亘賴賴 賮賵囟賶 爻賯胤鬲 毓賱賷賴賲 賲賳 丕賱爻賲丕亍 貙 鬲賲丕賲丕 賰丕賱賳賷丕夭賰 貙 賴賰匕丕 賲賳 丿賵賳 賲賯丿賲丕鬲 貙 賴匕賴 丕賱賮賵囟賶 賰丕賳 亘胤賱賴丕 卮禺氐 兀丨丿亘 毓乇賮 賳賮爻賴 賱爻賷丿丞 丕賱丨丕賳丞 毓賱賶 兀賳賴 丕亘賳 禺丕賱鬲賴丕 ....
爻亘賯 賴匕丕 丕賱丨丿孬 夭賵丕噩 賴匕賴 丕賱爻賷丿丞 賲賳 兀丨丿 丕賱兀卮賯賷丕亍 丕賱賲鬲爻賰毓賷賳 丕賱匕賷賳 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賲鬲賱卅 亘賴賲 丨丕賳丕鬲 兀賲賷乇賰丕 賵爻噩賵賳賴丕 貙 亘賷丿 兀賳 丨馗 丕賱爻賷丿丞 爻乇毓丕賳 賲丕 兀賮丕賯 賵鬲爻亘亘 賮賷 丕亘鬲毓丕丿賴丕 毓賳 賴匕丕 丕賱卮賯賷 , 賵丨賷賳賲丕 毓丕丿 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶 廿賱賷賴丕 賵噩丿 匕賱賰 丕賱兀丨丿亘 賲賲爻賰丕 亘夭賲丕賲 丕賱兀賲賵乇 貙 賱賰賳 丕賱賲賮丕噩兀丞 賱賲 鬲鬲賲孬賱 亘毓賵丿丞 夭賵噩賴丕 丕賱爻丕亘賯 亘賱 鬲賲孬賱鬲 賮賷 兀賳 丕賱兀丨丿亘 爻乇毓丕賳 賲丕 鬲乇賰 丕亘賳丞 禺丕賱鬲賴 賵匕賴亘 賲毓 匕賱賰 丕賱卮賯賷 - 夭賵噩賴丕 丕賱爻丕亘賯 -亘毓丿 兀賳 賮鬲賳 亘賴 賵亘賯賵鬲賴 賮賰丕賳鬲 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賲氐丕乇毓丞 噩賲毓鬲 丕亘賳丞 禺丕賱鬲賴 賲毓 夭賵噩賴丕 丕賱爻丕亘賯 貙 賲氐丕乇毓丞 丕爻鬲賳賮匕鬲 丌禺乇 賯賵丕賴賲
賲氐丕乇毓丞 禺乇鬲 毓賱賶 丕孬乇賴丕 丕亘賳丞 禺丕賱鬲賴 爻賷丿丞 丕賱丨丕賳丞 賵丕賱賯乇賷丞 賲毓丕 亘毓丿 兀賳 禺爻乇鬲 賰賱 卮卅 .. 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 .. 賳噩丕丨賴丕 .. 毓賳賮賵丕賳賴丕 賵噩亘乇賵鬲賴丕 賵賰乇丕賲鬲賴丕 賵丕賱兀賴賲 賲賳 匕賱賰 賰賱賴 兀丨丿亘賴丕 丕賱匕賷 丕毓鬲賳鬲 亘賴 賰毓賳丕賷丞 丕賱兀賲 賱丕亘賳賴丕 . 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘卮賰賱 毓丕賲 噩賷丿丞 賵兀賰孬乇 卮卅 噩匕亘賳賷 廿賱賷賴丕 賴賵 ... 爻丨乇 丕賱賵氐賮 賵丿賯鬲賴 .
爻亘賯 賴匕丕 丕賱丨丿孬 夭賵丕噩 賴匕賴 丕賱爻賷丿丞 賲賳 兀丨丿 丕賱兀卮賯賷丕亍 丕賱賲鬲爻賰毓賷賳 丕賱匕賷賳 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賲鬲賱卅 亘賴賲 丨丕賳丕鬲 兀賲賷乇賰丕 賵爻噩賵賳賴丕 貙 亘賷丿 兀賳 丨馗 丕賱爻賷丿丞 爻乇毓丕賳 賲丕 兀賮丕賯 賵鬲爻亘亘 賮賷 丕亘鬲毓丕丿賴丕 毓賳 賴匕丕 丕賱卮賯賷 , 賵丨賷賳賲丕 毓丕丿 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶 廿賱賷賴丕 賵噩丿 匕賱賰 丕賱兀丨丿亘 賲賲爻賰丕 亘夭賲丕賲 丕賱兀賲賵乇 貙 賱賰賳 丕賱賲賮丕噩兀丞 賱賲 鬲鬲賲孬賱 亘毓賵丿丞 夭賵噩賴丕 丕賱爻丕亘賯 亘賱 鬲賲孬賱鬲 賮賷 兀賳 丕賱兀丨丿亘 爻乇毓丕賳 賲丕 鬲乇賰 丕亘賳丞 禺丕賱鬲賴 賵匕賴亘 賲毓 匕賱賰 丕賱卮賯賷 - 夭賵噩賴丕 丕賱爻丕亘賯 -亘毓丿 兀賳 賮鬲賳 亘賴 賵亘賯賵鬲賴 賮賰丕賳鬲 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賲氐丕乇毓丞 噩賲毓鬲 丕亘賳丞 禺丕賱鬲賴 賲毓 夭賵噩賴丕 丕賱爻丕亘賯 貙 賲氐丕乇毓丞 丕爻鬲賳賮匕鬲 丌禺乇 賯賵丕賴賲
賲氐丕乇毓丞 禺乇鬲 毓賱賶 丕孬乇賴丕 丕亘賳丞 禺丕賱鬲賴 爻賷丿丞 丕賱丨丕賳丞 賵丕賱賯乇賷丞 賲毓丕 亘毓丿 兀賳 禺爻乇鬲 賰賱 卮卅 .. 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 .. 賳噩丕丨賴丕 .. 毓賳賮賵丕賳賴丕 賵噩亘乇賵鬲賴丕 賵賰乇丕賲鬲賴丕 賵丕賱兀賴賲 賲賳 匕賱賰 賰賱賴 兀丨丿亘賴丕 丕賱匕賷 丕毓鬲賳鬲 亘賴 賰毓賳丕賷丞 丕賱兀賲 賱丕亘賳賴丕 . 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘卮賰賱 毓丕賲 噩賷丿丞 賵兀賰孬乇 卮卅 噩匕亘賳賷 廿賱賷賴丕 賴賵 ... 爻丨乇 丕賱賵氐賮 賵丿賯鬲賴 .
November 24, 2021
They're all good, I think I liked Wunderkind the best.
November 6, 2021
賯亘賱 丕夭 禺賵賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 卮賳丕禺鬲蹖 丕夭 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴鈥屫ж� 賳丿丕卮鬲賲貙 賵 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 氐乇賮丕 亘禺丕胤乇 賳賵卮鬲賴鈥屰� 倬卮鬲 噩賱丿卮 禺乇蹖丿賲 賵 蹖噩賵乇丕蹖蹖 賲蹖卮賴 诏賮鬲 賯賲丕乇 讴乇丿賲!
丨丕賱丕 丕賲丕貙 亘丕 鬲丨賯蹖賯蹖 讴賴 丕賳噩丕賲 丿丕丿賲貙 賲鬲賵噩賴 卮丿賲 讴賴 丕賳鬲卮丕乇丕鬲 亘蹖丿诏賱貙 丿賵 讴鬲丕亘 丿蹖诏賴 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 鬲乇噩賲賴 賵 趩丕倬 讴乇丿賴 讴賴 禺亘 氐丕丿賯丕賳賴 亘诏賲貙 亘毓蹖丿 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 亘乇賲 爻賲鬲卮賵賳!
丕賱亘鬲賴 賳賴 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳讴賴 讴鬲丕亘 賮毓賱蹖貙 讴鬲丕亘 亘丿蹖 亘賵丿賴鈥屬囏�! 賳賴. 丕賲丕 丕賳賯丿乇 賴賲 禺賵亘 賳亘賵丿 讴賴 亘禺賵丕賲 亘乇丕蹖 蹖讴 讴鬲丕亘 亘夭乇诏鬲乇 丕夭 賴賲蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賵賯鬲 賵 倬賵賱 賴夭蹖賳賴 讴賳賲!
亘丕 倬賵賱卮 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴鬲乇蹖 亘禺乇賲 賵 亘丕 賵賯鬲卮 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴鬲乇蹖 亘禺賵賳賲!
讴鬲丕亘 賮毓賱蹖貙 禺蹖賱蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴賴貙 丕賳賯丿乇 讴賵鬲丕賴 讴賴 賲賳 胤蹖 蹖讴 卮亘 賵 蹖讴 毓氐乇 鬲賲賵賲卮 讴乇丿賲!
亘禺丕胤乇 賴賲蹖賳 讴賵鬲丕賴蹖鈥屫ж簇� 丕噩亘丕乇丕 賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 胤亘賯 毓丕丿鬲貙 亘丿賵賳 賱賵 丿丕丿賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕蹖賳 乇蹖賵蹖賵 乇賵 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫迟�.
丌賵丕夭 讴丕賮賴 睾賲鈥屫ㄘж必� 讴鬲丕亘 禺丕氐蹖賴!
亘丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 讴賵鬲丕賴賴 賵賱蹖 卮禺氐蹖鬲 丿丕乇賴貙 胤毓賲 丿丕乇賴貙 丕賲囟丕 丿丕乇賴! 卮亘蹖賴 讴鬲丕亘 丿蹖诏賴鈥屫й� 賳蹖爻鬲...
賮囟丕爻丕夭蹖鈥屬囏й� 禺賵亘蹖 丿丕乇賴 賵 胤蹖 禺賵丕賳卮貙 诏丕賴蹖 賲賳賵 蹖丕丿 讴鬲丕亘 亘乇丕丿乇丕賳 爻蹖爻鬲乇夭 丕賳丿丕禺鬲!
賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 趩乇丕 賵賱蹖 鬲賵蹖 匕賴賳 賲賳貙 讴賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖 讴丕亘賵蹖鈥屬囏� 丕鬲賮丕賯 丕賮鬲丕丿! :))
賵 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 趩乇丕 賴賲卮 賲賳鬲馗乇 蹖讴 丿賵卅賱 亘賵丿賲! :)) 讴賴 丕賱亘鬲賴 賴乇诏夭 丕鬲賮丕賯 賳蹖丕賮鬲丕丿...
乇丕賵蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 卮禺氐 爻賵賲賴貙 賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕夭 夭賲丕賳 丨丕賱 卮乇賵毓 賲蹖卮賴貙 爻倬爻 亘賴 夭賲丕賳 诏匕卮鬲賴 賲蹖乇賴貙 賵 丿乇 胤賵賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 鬲賲丕賲 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲 賵 丕賮毓丕賱 卮讴賱 诏匕卮鬲賴 亘賴 禺賵丿卮賵賳 賲蹖诏蹖乇賳貙 鬲丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘丕賱丕禺乇賴 丿乇 丌禺乇 讴鬲丕亘貙 丿賵亘丕乇賴 亘賴 夭賲丕賳 丨丕賱 亘乇賲蹖鈥屭必屬�...
丕蹖賳 賳讴鬲賴 乇賵 賴賲 亘诏賲 讴賴 乇丕賵蹖貙 亘乇毓讴爻 禺蹖賱蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏ж� 卮禺氐蹖鬲 丕氐賱蹖 賵 賯乇賲丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳蹖爻鬲!
乇丕賵蹖 蹖讴 卮禺氐 丿蹖诏賴鈥屫ж� 讴賴 丿乇 诏賵卮賴 賵 讴賳丕乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘賵丿賴 賵 丕夭 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 禺亘乇 丿丕乇賴貙 賵 丨丕賱丕 丕賳诏丕乇 丿丕乇賴 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丕賳賳丿诏丕賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 禺丕胤乇賴鈥屫й� 鬲毓乇蹖賮 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁�!
丿乇 賲賵乇丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 丕氐賱丕 鬲賵囟蹖丨蹖 賳賲蹖鈥屫� 賵 丕蹖賳 乇蹖賵蹖賵 乇賵 賴賲蹖賳鈥屫� 鬲賲賵賲卮 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁�! 趩賵賳 讴鬲丕亘 讴賵鬲丕賴賴 賵 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з� 亘乇丕蹖 丕賵賳丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賯乇丕乇賴 亘禺賵賳賳卮 賱匕鬲 賵 賴蹖噩丕賳卮 乇賵 丕夭 亘蹖賳 亘亘乇賲...
鬲乇噩賲賴 禺賵亘 亘賵丿.
讴蹖賮蹖鬲 趩丕倬 賴賲 禺賵亘 亘賵丿.
丨噩賲 讴賲 讴鬲丕亘 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖卮賴 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 丕爻鬲乇丕丨鬲 亘蹖賳 丿賵 讴鬲丕亘 亘夭乇诏貙 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 禺賵亘蹖 亘丕卮賴.
亘丕 鬲賵噩賴 亘賴 賯蹖賲鬲 賵 丨噩賲 讴賲鈥屫ж簇� 鬲賵氐蹖賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 亘禺賵賳蹖丿卮.
丨丕賱丕 丕賲丕貙 亘丕 鬲丨賯蹖賯蹖 讴賴 丕賳噩丕賲 丿丕丿賲貙 賲鬲賵噩賴 卮丿賲 讴賴 丕賳鬲卮丕乇丕鬲 亘蹖丿诏賱貙 丿賵 讴鬲丕亘 丿蹖诏賴 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 鬲乇噩賲賴 賵 趩丕倬 讴乇丿賴 讴賴 禺亘 氐丕丿賯丕賳賴 亘诏賲貙 亘毓蹖丿 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 亘乇賲 爻賲鬲卮賵賳!
丕賱亘鬲賴 賳賴 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳讴賴 讴鬲丕亘 賮毓賱蹖貙 讴鬲丕亘 亘丿蹖 亘賵丿賴鈥屬囏�! 賳賴. 丕賲丕 丕賳賯丿乇 賴賲 禺賵亘 賳亘賵丿 讴賴 亘禺賵丕賲 亘乇丕蹖 蹖讴 讴鬲丕亘 亘夭乇诏鬲乇 丕夭 賴賲蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賵賯鬲 賵 倬賵賱 賴夭蹖賳賴 讴賳賲!
亘丕 倬賵賱卮 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴鬲乇蹖 亘禺乇賲 賵 亘丕 賵賯鬲卮 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴鬲乇蹖 亘禺賵賳賲!
讴鬲丕亘 賮毓賱蹖貙 禺蹖賱蹖 讴賵鬲丕賴賴貙 丕賳賯丿乇 讴賵鬲丕賴 讴賴 賲賳 胤蹖 蹖讴 卮亘 賵 蹖讴 毓氐乇 鬲賲賵賲卮 讴乇丿賲!
亘禺丕胤乇 賴賲蹖賳 讴賵鬲丕賴蹖鈥屫ж簇� 丕噩亘丕乇丕 賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 胤亘賯 毓丕丿鬲貙 亘丿賵賳 賱賵 丿丕丿賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕蹖賳 乇蹖賵蹖賵 乇賵 賲蹖鈥屬嗁堐屫迟�.
丌賵丕夭 讴丕賮賴 睾賲鈥屫ㄘж必� 讴鬲丕亘 禺丕氐蹖賴!
亘丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 讴賵鬲丕賴賴 賵賱蹖 卮禺氐蹖鬲 丿丕乇賴貙 胤毓賲 丿丕乇賴貙 丕賲囟丕 丿丕乇賴! 卮亘蹖賴 讴鬲丕亘 丿蹖诏賴鈥屫й� 賳蹖爻鬲...
賮囟丕爻丕夭蹖鈥屬囏й� 禺賵亘蹖 丿丕乇賴 賵 胤蹖 禺賵丕賳卮貙 诏丕賴蹖 賲賳賵 蹖丕丿 讴鬲丕亘 亘乇丕丿乇丕賳 爻蹖爻鬲乇夭 丕賳丿丕禺鬲!
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乇丕賵蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 卮禺氐 爻賵賲賴貙 賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕夭 夭賲丕賳 丨丕賱 卮乇賵毓 賲蹖卮賴貙 爻倬爻 亘賴 夭賲丕賳 诏匕卮鬲賴 賲蹖乇賴貙 賵 丿乇 胤賵賱 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 鬲賲丕賲 丕鬲賮丕賯丕鬲 賵 丕賮毓丕賱 卮讴賱 诏匕卮鬲賴 亘賴 禺賵丿卮賵賳 賲蹖诏蹖乇賳貙 鬲丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘丕賱丕禺乇賴 丿乇 丌禺乇 讴鬲丕亘貙 丿賵亘丕乇賴 亘賴 夭賲丕賳 丨丕賱 亘乇賲蹖鈥屭必屬�...
丕蹖賳 賳讴鬲賴 乇賵 賴賲 亘诏賲 讴賴 乇丕賵蹖貙 亘乇毓讴爻 禺蹖賱蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏ж� 卮禺氐蹖鬲 丕氐賱蹖 賵 賯乇賲丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳蹖爻鬲!
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丿乇 賲賵乇丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 丕氐賱丕 鬲賵囟蹖丨蹖 賳賲蹖鈥屫� 賵 丕蹖賳 乇蹖賵蹖賵 乇賵 賴賲蹖賳鈥屫� 鬲賲賵賲卮 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁�! 趩賵賳 讴鬲丕亘 讴賵鬲丕賴賴 賵 賳賲蹖鈥屫堌з� 亘乇丕蹖 丕賵賳丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賯乇丕乇賴 亘禺賵賳賳卮 賱匕鬲 賵 賴蹖噩丕賳卮 乇賵 丕夭 亘蹖賳 亘亘乇賲...
鬲乇噩賲賴 禺賵亘 亘賵丿.
讴蹖賮蹖鬲 趩丕倬 賴賲 禺賵亘 亘賵丿.
丨噩賲 讴賲 讴鬲丕亘 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖卮賴 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 丕爻鬲乇丕丨鬲 亘蹖賳 丿賵 讴鬲丕亘 亘夭乇诏貙 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 禺賵亘蹖 亘丕卮賴.
亘丕 鬲賵噩賴 亘賴 賯蹖賲鬲 賵 丨噩賲 讴賲鈥屫ж簇� 鬲賵氐蹖賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 亘禺賵賳蹖丿卮.
June 2, 2022
乇賵丕賷丞 鬲噩賲毓 亘賷賳 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲賳毓夭賱丞 賮賷 亘賱丿丞 乇賷賮賷丞 氐睾賷乇丞
賵賮賷 丕賱賲賯賴賶 丕賱賵丨賷丿 賮賷 丕賱亘賱丿丞 鬲丿賵乇 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬
毓賱丕賯丕鬲 丕賱亘卮乇 賲丕 亘賷賳 丕賱丨亘 賵丕賱賰乇丕賴賷丞 賵丕賱丕爻鬲睾賱丕賱
賵賮賷 丕賱禺鬲丕賲 賳賴丕賷丞 賯丕鬲賲丞 賱鬲賰鬲賲賱 丕賱兀賳卮賵丿丞 丕賱丨夭賷賳丞
鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱賲賰丕賳 賵丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲賰鬲賵亘丞 亘賲賴丕乇丞
賵賮賷 丕賱賲賯賴賶 丕賱賵丨賷丿 賮賷 丕賱亘賱丿丞 鬲丿賵乇 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬
毓賱丕賯丕鬲 丕賱亘卮乇 賲丕 亘賷賳 丕賱丨亘 賵丕賱賰乇丕賴賷丞 賵丕賱丕爻鬲睾賱丕賱
賵賮賷 丕賱禺鬲丕賲 賳賴丕賷丞 賯丕鬲賲丞 賱鬲賰鬲賲賱 丕賱兀賳卮賵丿丞 丕賱丨夭賷賳丞
鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱賲賰丕賳 賵丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲賰鬲賵亘丞 亘賲賴丕乇丞
December 17, 2015
4.5/5
McCullers is one I come to for a reckoning, much as I do with Faulkner and O'Connor. One may bundle them up and slot them neatly under the label of Southern Gothic, but that is not a guaranteed invocation of cathedrals crazed by fecundity of both soil and symptom, an American way of the crooked cross where faith is a matter of lust and amputation. While Faulkner plunges in chiaroscuro and O'Connor sears in holy fire, McCullers sings in the twilight of a human soul, casting back on its years in search and always, always, coming up short. She is calmer than her two compatriots, but peace does not entail redemption.
These stories are short, and I am not surprised that my favorite, Wunderkind, was composed at the age of seventeen. It's a common thing, the vicarious living of the parent through the child, the sapling broken before it even began along lines of another's making, for intelligence and art and college and any number of reasons but the one encompassing what it is the child actually wants, or dreams, or needs. When the body ripens and the mind begins to wander beyond the closed circuit court of parental promises of wealth and fame and glory, it's no wonder that the machine begins to break. But the child does not know that. What a child does know is their failure is made purely out internal system of self, and one way or another, breaking out or breaking down, they will escape. This is a tale that the median of youth and maturity knows, especially when one is Carson McCullers at seventeen.
While that was my favorite, the rest are well worth it. All are a matter of living with those insanities we humans willingly inflict, for living is a must what with self-killing labeled as one of the more wicked sins. In the midst of souls and the relationships they wield as pitchforks, the damnation they deal is matched only by the bounty they reap, much as the sick sloth of Southern swamp and all its dead can only be graced by golden sunsets, etched into art by sprawling trees and more precious to the earth than all of humanity. The world bears us much as we bear our woes, a day by day of nearing and furthering reconciliation with too long a past to hope that sudden extinction would lead to instantaneous peace. Some moments are of utmost beauty, some are fit to kill, and one adapts accordingly.
The world may grant us sanctuary, but it does not understand us, and will not miss us when we are gone. McCullers has no concrete structure for us to dwell in forevermore; what she does for us is feel.
McCullers is one I come to for a reckoning, much as I do with Faulkner and O'Connor. One may bundle them up and slot them neatly under the label of Southern Gothic, but that is not a guaranteed invocation of cathedrals crazed by fecundity of both soil and symptom, an American way of the crooked cross where faith is a matter of lust and amputation. While Faulkner plunges in chiaroscuro and O'Connor sears in holy fire, McCullers sings in the twilight of a human soul, casting back on its years in search and always, always, coming up short. She is calmer than her two compatriots, but peace does not entail redemption.
These stories are short, and I am not surprised that my favorite, Wunderkind, was composed at the age of seventeen. It's a common thing, the vicarious living of the parent through the child, the sapling broken before it even began along lines of another's making, for intelligence and art and college and any number of reasons but the one encompassing what it is the child actually wants, or dreams, or needs. When the body ripens and the mind begins to wander beyond the closed circuit court of parental promises of wealth and fame and glory, it's no wonder that the machine begins to break. But the child does not know that. What a child does know is their failure is made purely out internal system of self, and one way or another, breaking out or breaking down, they will escape. This is a tale that the median of youth and maturity knows, especially when one is Carson McCullers at seventeen.
While that was my favorite, the rest are well worth it. All are a matter of living with those insanities we humans willingly inflict, for living is a must what with self-killing labeled as one of the more wicked sins. In the midst of souls and the relationships they wield as pitchforks, the damnation they deal is matched only by the bounty they reap, much as the sick sloth of Southern swamp and all its dead can only be graced by golden sunsets, etched into art by sprawling trees and more precious to the earth than all of humanity. The world bears us much as we bear our woes, a day by day of nearing and furthering reconciliation with too long a past to hope that sudden extinction would lead to instantaneous peace. Some moments are of utmost beauty, some are fit to kill, and one adapts accordingly.
The world may grant us sanctuary, but it does not understand us, and will not miss us when we are gone. McCullers has no concrete structure for us to dwell in forevermore; what she does for us is feel.
October 23, 2021
鈥澵ㄘж� 匕賷 亘丿亍 丕賱丨亘購賾 鬲噩乇亘丞 賲卮鬲乇賰丞 亘賷賳 卮禺氐賷賳. 賱賰賳 丨賯賷賯丞 兀賳賻賾賴丕 鬲噩乇亘丞 賲卮鬲乇賰丞 賱丕 鬲毓賳賷 兀賳賻賾賴丕 鬲噩乇亘丞 賲鬲卮丕亘賴丞 亘丕賱賳賽賾爻亘丞 廿賱賶 丕賱賮乇丿賷賳 丕賱賲毓賳賷賷賳. 賮賴賳丕賰 丕賱賲購丨亘購賾 賵丕賱賲賻丨亘賵亘. 賵賱賰賳 匕賷賳賰 丕賱丕孬賳賷賳 賲賳 賲賯丕胤毓鬲賷賳 賲禺鬲賱賮鬲賷賳.
睾丕賱亘丕 賲丕 賷賰賵賳 丕賱賲丨亘賵亘 賲噩乇賻賾丿 賲丨賮賽賾夭 賱賰賱賽賾 丕賱賲禺夭賵賳 丕賱賲賵噩賵丿 亘賴丿賵亍 丿丕禺賱 丕賱賲購丨亘賽賾 丨鬲賶 鬲賱賰 丕賱賱丨馗丞. 賵亘胤乇賷賯丞 賲丕 賷毓乇賮 賴匕丕 丕賱兀賲乇 賰賱購賾 賲購丨亘貙 廿賳賻賾賴 賷卮毓乇 賮賷 乇賵丨賴 兀賳賻賾 丨亘賻賾賴 卮賷亍 賮乇賷丿. 廿賳賻賾賴 賷賴鬲丿賷 廿賱賶 賲毓乇賮丞 賵丨丿丞 噩丿賷丿丞 賵睾乇賷亘丞貙 賵賴匕賴 丕賱賲毓乇賮丞 兀氐賱 賲賰丕亘丿鬲賴貙 廿匕賳 賱賷爻 賴賳丕賰 爻賵賶 卮賷亍 賵丕丨丿 賷賮毓賱賴 丕賱賲購丨亘購賾貙 賷鬲毓賷賾賳 兀賳 賷爻賰賳 丨亘賻賾賴 賮賷 噩賵賮賴 賲丕 丕爻鬲胤丕毓貙 賷鬲毓賷賻賾賳 兀賳 賷禺賱賯 賱賳賮爻賴 毓丕賱賲丕 丿丕禺賱賷丕 噩丿賷丿丕 賰賱賷丕貙 毓丕賱賲丕 丨丕丿丕 賵睾乇賷亘丕 賵賲賰鬲賲賱丕 賮賷 匕丕鬲賴貙 鬲噩丿乇 丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 賴賳丕 兀賳賻賾 賴匕丕 丕賱賲丨亘 丕賱匕賽賾賷 賳鬲丨丿賾孬 毓賳賴 賱賷爻 亘丕賱囟乇賵乇丞 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 卮丕亘丕 賷丿賻賾禺乇 賲丕賱賴 賲賳 兀噩賱 禺丕鬲賲 夭賵丕噩. 賴匕丕 丕賱賲丨亘購賾 賯丿 賷賰賵賳 乇噩賱丕 兀賵 丕賲乇兀丞 兀賵 胤賮賱丕 兀賵 兀賷 賲禺賱賵賯 亘卮乇賷 毓賱賶 賵噩賴 丕賱兀乇囟貙 兀賲賻賾丕 丕賱賲丨亘賵亘 賮賯丿 賷賰賵賳 賱賴 兀賷 賵氐賮 兀賷囟丕.
兀睾乇亘 丕賱賳丕爻 賯丿 賷賰賵賳 亘丕毓孬丕 毓賱賶 丕賱丨亘賽賾 賲丨賮賽賾夭丕 賱賴貙 賯丿 賷賰賵賳 乇噩賱 噩賻丿賸賾丕 禺乇賮丕 賵賲毓 匕賱賰 賱丕 賷丨亘購賾 廿賱丕賻賾 賮鬲丕丞 睾乇賷亘丞 乇丌賴丕 賮賷 卮賵丕乇毓 鬲賷爻丕賵 匕丕鬲 馗賴賷乇丞 賯亘賱 毓賯丿賷賳 賲賳 丕賱夭賲賳. 賯丿 賷丨亘購賾 丕賱賵丕毓馗 丕賲乇兀丞 賲賳丨胤賻賾丞貙 賯丿 賷賰賵賳 丕賱賲丨亘賵亘 禺丕卅賳丕 賲賳丨胤丕賸賾 兀丨賲賯 賲賷丕賱丕 廿賱賶 兀乇丿賶 丕賱胤亘丕卅毓貙 兀噩賱貙 賵賯丿 賷乇賶 丕賱賲丨亘購賾 賴匕丕 丕賱卮賷亍 亘賰賱賽賾 賵囟賵丨 賰賲丕 賷乇丕賴 兀賷 卮禺氐 丌禺乇貙 睾賷乇 兀賳 匕賱賰 賱丕 賷丐孬賽賾乇 賲孬賯丕賱 匕乇賻賾丞 毓賱賶 丨亘賽賾賴. 廿賳賻賾 卮禺氐丕 毓丕丿賷丕 噩丿丕 賯丿 賷賰賵賳 賴丿賮丕 賱丨亘賺賾 噩丕賲丨 賵賲鬲賴賵乇 賵噩賲賷賱 賲孬賱 夭賳丕亘賯 丕賱賲爻鬲賳賯毓 丕賱爻丕賲丞貙 賵賯丿 賷賰賵賳 乇噩賱 禺賷乇 賲丨賮賽賾夭丕 賱丨亘賺賾 毓賳賷賮 賵賲賴賷賳 兀賵 賯丿 賷亘毓孬 賲禺亘賵賱 孬乇孬丕乇 賮賷 乇賵丨 兀丨丿賴賲 兀賳卮賵丿丞 乇賯賷賯丞 賵亘乇賷卅丞貙 賵賱賴匕丕 賮廿賳賻賾 賯賷賲丞 兀賷 丨亘賺賾 賵胤亘賷毓鬲賴 賷丨丿丿賴賲丕 丕賱賲丨亘購賾 賵丨丿賴貙 賱賴匕丕 丕賱爻亘亘 賷賮囟賽賾賱 兀賰孬乇賳丕 丕賳 賷購丨亘賻賾 亘丿賱 兀賳 賷購丨亘賻賾貙 賷乇睾亘 賰賱賾 廿賳爻丕賳 鬲賯乇賷亘丕 賮賷 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 丕賱賲購丨亘貙 賵丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 丕賱賮噩賻賾丞 兀賳 賰孬賷乇賷賳 賱丕 賷胤賷賯賵賳貙 亘胤乇賷賯丞 睾丕賲囟丞 賵毓賲賷賯丞 兀賳 賷賰賵賳賵丕 賲丨亘賵亘賷賳.
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睾丕賱亘丕 賲丕 賷賰賵賳 丕賱賲丨亘賵亘 賲噩乇賻賾丿 賲丨賮賽賾夭 賱賰賱賽賾 丕賱賲禺夭賵賳 丕賱賲賵噩賵丿 亘賴丿賵亍 丿丕禺賱 丕賱賲購丨亘賽賾 丨鬲賶 鬲賱賰 丕賱賱丨馗丞. 賵亘胤乇賷賯丞 賲丕 賷毓乇賮 賴匕丕 丕賱兀賲乇 賰賱購賾 賲購丨亘貙 廿賳賻賾賴 賷卮毓乇 賮賷 乇賵丨賴 兀賳賻賾 丨亘賻賾賴 卮賷亍 賮乇賷丿. 廿賳賻賾賴 賷賴鬲丿賷 廿賱賶 賲毓乇賮丞 賵丨丿丞 噩丿賷丿丞 賵睾乇賷亘丞貙 賵賴匕賴 丕賱賲毓乇賮丞 兀氐賱 賲賰丕亘丿鬲賴貙 廿匕賳 賱賷爻 賴賳丕賰 爻賵賶 卮賷亍 賵丕丨丿 賷賮毓賱賴 丕賱賲購丨亘購賾貙 賷鬲毓賷賾賳 兀賳 賷爻賰賳 丨亘賻賾賴 賮賷 噩賵賮賴 賲丕 丕爻鬲胤丕毓貙 賷鬲毓賷賻賾賳 兀賳 賷禺賱賯 賱賳賮爻賴 毓丕賱賲丕 丿丕禺賱賷丕 噩丿賷丿丕 賰賱賷丕貙 毓丕賱賲丕 丨丕丿丕 賵睾乇賷亘丕 賵賲賰鬲賲賱丕 賮賷 匕丕鬲賴貙 鬲噩丿乇 丕賱廿囟丕賮丞 賴賳丕 兀賳賻賾 賴匕丕 丕賱賲丨亘 丕賱匕賽賾賷 賳鬲丨丿賾孬 毓賳賴 賱賷爻 亘丕賱囟乇賵乇丞 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 卮丕亘丕 賷丿賻賾禺乇 賲丕賱賴 賲賳 兀噩賱 禺丕鬲賲 夭賵丕噩. 賴匕丕 丕賱賲丨亘購賾 賯丿 賷賰賵賳 乇噩賱丕 兀賵 丕賲乇兀丞 兀賵 胤賮賱丕 兀賵 兀賷 賲禺賱賵賯 亘卮乇賷 毓賱賶 賵噩賴 丕賱兀乇囟貙 兀賲賻賾丕 丕賱賲丨亘賵亘 賮賯丿 賷賰賵賳 賱賴 兀賷 賵氐賮 兀賷囟丕.
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讴丕乇丕讴鬲乇賴丕 噩丕賱亘賳貙 讴賱丕 賴賲賴 趩蹖 丕蹖賳噩丕 噩丕賱亘賴. 賲孬賱 賯氐賴鈥屬囏й� 丿蹖诏賴 賳蹖爻鬲. 跇丕賳乇 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 賴賲 亘賯蹖賴 賲蹖鈥屭� 诏賵鬲蹖讴 賵 诏乇賵鬲爻讴 賵 賲賳賲 賯亘賵賱 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁�. 诏賵鬲蹖讴 乇賵 禺蹖賱蹖 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 賵賱蹖 卮丕蹖丿 賲賳馗賵乇卮 賮囟丕賴丕蹖 賯丿蹖賲蹖 賵 禺賱賵鬲 賵 禺賱賯 賵 禺賵鈥屬囏й� 毓噩蹖亘 丕蹖賳 賯氐賴 亘丕卮賴貙 诏乇賵鬲爻讴 賴賲 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 亘乇丕蹖 禺卮賵賳鬲 賵 诏丕賴蹖 爻賳诏丿賱蹖鈥屫й� 讴賴 鬲賵蹖 讴丕乇丕讴鬲乇賴丕 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇賴.
賲蹖鈥屫促� 诏賮鬲 賯氐賴 丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屰� 毓卮賯賴 賵 丌丿賲鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 丿乇 毓卮賯 賳丕讴丕賲 賲蹖鈥屬呝堎嗁�. 蹖丕 讴爻丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 亘賴 毓卮賯鈥屫促堎� 亘乇爻賳 賵 丕賵賳 乇賵 丕亘乇丕夭 讴賳賳. 夭賲丕賳 讴賴 丿丕蹖乇賴 鬲卮讴蹖賱 丿丕丿賴 賵 丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 亘毓丿 丕夭 賲丿鬲鈥屬囏� 亘賴 賴賲丿蹖诏賴 賲蹖鈥屫必迟�.
鬲賵蹖 丌賵丕夭 讴丕賮賴 睾賲鈥屫ㄘж� 賯乇丕乇賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏й� 毓噩蹖亘 亘亘蹖賳蹖丿 賵 亘賴卮賵賳 賮讴乇 讴賳蹖丿 賵 诏乇賲鬲賵賳 亘卮賴 賵 賲賱丕賱 趩爻亘賳丿賴鈥屰� 禺賱賵鬲賽 噩丕丿賴 乇賵 亘趩卮蹖丿 賵 亘丕 卮丕丿蹖 爻丕丿賴 賵 賲毓氐賵賲丕賳賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏� 卮丕丿 亘卮蹖丿.
August 16, 2023
The very big problem with this book is that only the novella The Ballad of the Sad Cafe strikes me as being Carson McCullers. The other shorter fiction just seems tossed in at random and could have been written by anyone with some talent. None of the extra stories take place in the South, McCullers territory.
Ballad of the Sad Cafe is brilliant but disturbing. It is populated with small town odd-balls who are very exaggerated but funny and mostly likeable in their own sad ways. Amelia, her ex-husband (10 days married) and a 鈥渕aybe鈥� cousin are well beyond odd but great characters. Loneliness and not fitting in are themes but definitely it is hilarious at the same time.
5 for 鈥淏allad鈥� 3 for the other stories =4 overall.
Ballad of the Sad Cafe is brilliant but disturbing. It is populated with small town odd-balls who are very exaggerated but funny and mostly likeable in their own sad ways. Amelia, her ex-husband (10 days married) and a 鈥渕aybe鈥� cousin are well beyond odd but great characters. Loneliness and not fitting in are themes but definitely it is hilarious at the same time.
5 for 鈥淏allad鈥� 3 for the other stories =4 overall.
November 21, 2016
乇賵丕賷丞 賯丕鬲賲丞 噩丿賸丕 賲夭乇賵毓丞 亘丕賱禺賷亘丕鬲 賵丕賱兀賱賲. 乇睾賲 賲乇賵乇 丕賱賮氐賵賱 賵鬲毓丕賯亘 丕賱賱賷賱 賵丕賱賳賴丕乇 賱賲 兀爻鬲卮毓乇 賳賵乇賸丕 賵賱賲 兀賱賲爻 丿賮卅賸丕. 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 毓賱賶 賵卮賰 丕賱丕卮鬲毓丕賱 毓賳丿賲丕 夭丕丿鬲 丨丿賾丞 丕賱睾囟亘貙 賵鬲爻賱賱鬲 丕賱禺丿賷毓丞 賲賳 亘賷賳 兀丨乇丕卮 丕賱丨賯丿 賱鬲賱丿睾 丕賱丨亘 丕賱匕賷 馗賱賾 賷賯丕賵賲 賰賱 乇賷丨賺 鬲毓氐賮 亘賴 廿賱賶 兀賳 兀乇丿鬲賴 賯鬲賷賱賸丕.
賲丕 賷賲賷賾夭 賯氐丞 丕賱丨亘 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱貙 兀賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賰賳 鬲噩乇亘丞 爻丕卅睾丞 丕賱賲匕丕賯 賵賱丕 鬲乇賮賸丕 賷賲賳丨 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賲毓賳賶 丌禺乇 賵廿賳賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 賲丨丕賵賱丞 兀禺賷乇丞 賱賱賴乇亘 賵丕賱賳噩丕丞. 亘毓丿 睾賱賯 丕賱兀亘賵丕亘 賵丕賱鬲夭丕賲 丕賱氐賲鬲 賵丕賱鬲爻賱賾丨 亘丕賱賮馗丕馗丞 賵丕賱賰亘乇賷丕亍 賵噩毓賿賱 丕賱賲爻丕賮丞 亘丨乇賸丕 賲賲鬲丿賸丕 亘賷賳賴丕 賵亘賷賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵賯毓鬲 兀賲賷賱賷丕 賮賷 丕賱丨亘 囟丕乇亘丞賸 亘鬲賵賯毓丕鬲 賲賳 丨賵賱賴丕 毓乇囟 丕賱丨丕卅胤. 賰丕賳鬲 鬲亘丨孬 毓賳 孬睾乇丞賺 鬲賲乇賾乇 毓亘乇賴丕 亘丐爻賴丕 賵丨馗賴丕 丕賱毓丕孬乇 賵丨夭賳賴丕 丕賱賲賯賷賲貙 毓賳 氐賮毓丞賺 鬲胤亘毓賴丕 毓賱賶 禺丿 丕賱兀賯丿丕乇 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 鬲賳氐賮賴丕 賷賵賲賸丕.
賰丕賳鬲 賲賳亘賵匕丞 賵兀乇丕丿鬲 兀賳 鬲噩丿 賮賷 賯賱亘 賲賳 兀丨亘鬲賴 賵胤賳賸丕貙 賷賱賲賾 卮鬲丕鬲賴丕 賵賷賴匕亘 卮毓孬賴丕 賵賷夭賷丨 丕賱賴賲 毓賳 賰丕賴賱賴丕.
孬乇丕亍賴丕 賱賲 賷禺賮賮 賲賳 賵丨丿鬲賴丕. 丕賮鬲賯丕乇賴丕 丕賱卮丿賷丿 廿賱賶 卮禺氐賺 賷卮丕乇賰賴丕 丕賱丨賷丕丞 噩毓賱賴丕 鬲賯毓 賮賷 賮禺賽 兀賵賱 毓丕亘乇 爻亘賷賱. 賱賲 賷賰賳 丕賱賵賯賵毓 賲丐匕賷賸丕 亘賱 丕賱毓賰爻 鬲賳賮爻 丕賱賲賰丕賳 賵丕賳鬲毓卮鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 丕賱噩賵丕乇.
賷賲賰賳 鬲兀乇賷禺 匕丕賰乇丞 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐丞 亘丕賱賲丿丞 丕賱鬲賷 丕爻鬲睾乇賯賴丕 廿賳卮丕亍 丕賱賲賯賴賶 賵丕夭丿賴丕乇賴 孬賲 廿睾賱丕賯賴 賱賱兀亘丿. 賰丕賳 賲匕賴賱賸丕 賰賷賮 兀賳 丕賱乇賵丨 丿亘賾鬲 賮賷 噩爻丿 丕賱賲賰丕賳 丕賱乇孬賾 賵丕賱賲鬲賴丕賱賰. 賵賰賷賮 兀賳 亘賯毓丞賸 賳賯胤賳賴丕 鬲爻賰賳賳丕 賴賷 兀賷囟賸丕 賵賷賳丕賱賴丕 賲賳 賲卮丕毓乇賳丕 丕賱賲鬲賮噩乇賾丞 毓賱賶 丨賷賳 睾乇賾丞 賳氐賷亘賸丕 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕亍. 賮鬲賳鬲賮囟 賵鬲賴鬲夭 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 禺卮亘 丕賱賲賯丕毓丿 賵丕賱胤丕賵賱丕鬲 賵丌賵丕賳賷 丕賱胤亘禺貙 賵丕賱兀爻乇賾丞 亘賱 賵丨鬲賶 鬲禺鬲賱賮 乇丕卅丨丞 丕賱胤毓丕賲 賵賲匕丕賯賴.
兀丨丿丕孬 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱丕 鬲禺賱賵 賲賳 睾乇丕亘丞 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 丕賱亘鬲賾 賮賷賴丕. 丨丕賱丕鬲 丕賱丕賳鬲卮丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 鬲購氐賷亘 兀賲賷賱賷丕 賰賱賲丕 氐賳毓鬲 丿賵丕亍賸 噩丿賷丿賸丕 賵兀禺囟毓鬲 賳賮爻賴丕 賱鬲噩乇亘鬲賴 鬲噩毓賱賳丕 賳卮賰賰 賮賷 丨賯賷賯丞 胤亘毓賴丕 賵賲丕 廿匕丕 丕賱鬲亘爻 丕賱毓賯賱 亘丕賱噩賳賵賳 賮賷 卮禺氐賷鬲賴丕 丕賱毓氐賷丞 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲賵賯毓 賵丕賱鬲賮爻賷乇. 賵賴賳丕賰 兀賷囟賸丕 賲賷賱賴丕 丕賱毓丕胤賮賷 丕鬲噩丕賴 丕賱乇噩賱 丕賱亘卮毓 賲丨丿賵丿亘 丕賱馗賴乇 丿賵賳 丕賱丌禺乇 氐丨賷丨 丕賱亘丿賳 丕賱匕賷 賷丨賲賱 噩賲丕賱 丕賱賲馗賴乇 賵亘卮丕毓丞 丕賱噩賵賴乇貙 賵賷卮賵賴賴 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 兀賷 卮賷亍 賲賰乇賴 賵賳夭賵毓賴 廿賱賶 丕賱卮乇.
丕賱賲賮丕噩丌鬲 鬲鬲賵丕賱賶貙 賵丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 鬲噩乇賷 賰爻賷賱賺 賱丕 賷噩乇丐 兀丨丿 毓賱賶 丕毓鬲乇丕囟賴... 廿賱賶 兀賳 賷賯毓 賲丕 賱賲 賷賰賳 賮賷 丕賱丨爻亘丕賳.
賲丕 賷賲賷賾夭 賯氐丞 丕賱丨亘 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱貙 兀賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賰賳 鬲噩乇亘丞 爻丕卅睾丞 丕賱賲匕丕賯 賵賱丕 鬲乇賮賸丕 賷賲賳丨 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賲毓賳賶 丌禺乇 賵廿賳賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 賲丨丕賵賱丞 兀禺賷乇丞 賱賱賴乇亘 賵丕賱賳噩丕丞. 亘毓丿 睾賱賯 丕賱兀亘賵丕亘 賵丕賱鬲夭丕賲 丕賱氐賲鬲 賵丕賱鬲爻賱賾丨 亘丕賱賮馗丕馗丞 賵丕賱賰亘乇賷丕亍 賵噩毓賿賱 丕賱賲爻丕賮丞 亘丨乇賸丕 賲賲鬲丿賸丕 亘賷賳賴丕 賵亘賷賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵賯毓鬲 兀賲賷賱賷丕 賮賷 丕賱丨亘 囟丕乇亘丞賸 亘鬲賵賯毓丕鬲 賲賳 丨賵賱賴丕 毓乇囟 丕賱丨丕卅胤. 賰丕賳鬲 鬲亘丨孬 毓賳 孬睾乇丞賺 鬲賲乇賾乇 毓亘乇賴丕 亘丐爻賴丕 賵丨馗賴丕 丕賱毓丕孬乇 賵丨夭賳賴丕 丕賱賲賯賷賲貙 毓賳 氐賮毓丞賺 鬲胤亘毓賴丕 毓賱賶 禺丿 丕賱兀賯丿丕乇 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 鬲賳氐賮賴丕 賷賵賲賸丕.
賰丕賳鬲 賲賳亘賵匕丞 賵兀乇丕丿鬲 兀賳 鬲噩丿 賮賷 賯賱亘 賲賳 兀丨亘鬲賴 賵胤賳賸丕貙 賷賱賲賾 卮鬲丕鬲賴丕 賵賷賴匕亘 卮毓孬賴丕 賵賷夭賷丨 丕賱賴賲 毓賳 賰丕賴賱賴丕.
孬乇丕亍賴丕 賱賲 賷禺賮賮 賲賳 賵丨丿鬲賴丕. 丕賮鬲賯丕乇賴丕 丕賱卮丿賷丿 廿賱賶 卮禺氐賺 賷卮丕乇賰賴丕 丕賱丨賷丕丞 噩毓賱賴丕 鬲賯毓 賮賷 賮禺賽 兀賵賱 毓丕亘乇 爻亘賷賱. 賱賲 賷賰賳 丕賱賵賯賵毓 賲丐匕賷賸丕 亘賱 丕賱毓賰爻 鬲賳賮爻 丕賱賲賰丕賳 賵丕賳鬲毓卮鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 丕賱噩賵丕乇.
賷賲賰賳 鬲兀乇賷禺 匕丕賰乇丞 賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐丞 亘丕賱賲丿丞 丕賱鬲賷 丕爻鬲睾乇賯賴丕 廿賳卮丕亍 丕賱賲賯賴賶 賵丕夭丿賴丕乇賴 孬賲 廿睾賱丕賯賴 賱賱兀亘丿. 賰丕賳 賲匕賴賱賸丕 賰賷賮 兀賳 丕賱乇賵丨 丿亘賾鬲 賮賷 噩爻丿 丕賱賲賰丕賳 丕賱乇孬賾 賵丕賱賲鬲賴丕賱賰. 賵賰賷賮 兀賳 亘賯毓丞賸 賳賯胤賳賴丕 鬲爻賰賳賳丕 賴賷 兀賷囟賸丕 賵賷賳丕賱賴丕 賲賳 賲卮丕毓乇賳丕 丕賱賲鬲賮噩乇賾丞 毓賱賶 丨賷賳 睾乇賾丞 賳氐賷亘賸丕 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕亍. 賮鬲賳鬲賮囟 賵鬲賴鬲夭 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 禺卮亘 丕賱賲賯丕毓丿 賵丕賱胤丕賵賱丕鬲 賵丌賵丕賳賷 丕賱胤亘禺貙 賵丕賱兀爻乇賾丞 亘賱 賵丨鬲賶 鬲禺鬲賱賮 乇丕卅丨丞 丕賱胤毓丕賲 賵賲匕丕賯賴.
兀丨丿丕孬 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱丕 鬲禺賱賵 賲賳 睾乇丕亘丞 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 丕賱亘鬲賾 賮賷賴丕. 丨丕賱丕鬲 丕賱丕賳鬲卮丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 鬲購氐賷亘 兀賲賷賱賷丕 賰賱賲丕 氐賳毓鬲 丿賵丕亍賸 噩丿賷丿賸丕 賵兀禺囟毓鬲 賳賮爻賴丕 賱鬲噩乇亘鬲賴 鬲噩毓賱賳丕 賳卮賰賰 賮賷 丨賯賷賯丞 胤亘毓賴丕 賵賲丕 廿匕丕 丕賱鬲亘爻 丕賱毓賯賱 亘丕賱噩賳賵賳 賮賷 卮禺氐賷鬲賴丕 丕賱毓氐賷丞 毓賱賶 丕賱鬲賵賯毓 賵丕賱鬲賮爻賷乇. 賵賴賳丕賰 兀賷囟賸丕 賲賷賱賴丕 丕賱毓丕胤賮賷 丕鬲噩丕賴 丕賱乇噩賱 丕賱亘卮毓 賲丨丿賵丿亘 丕賱馗賴乇 丿賵賳 丕賱丌禺乇 氐丨賷丨 丕賱亘丿賳 丕賱匕賷 賷丨賲賱 噩賲丕賱 丕賱賲馗賴乇 賵亘卮丕毓丞 丕賱噩賵賴乇貙 賵賷卮賵賴賴 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 兀賷 卮賷亍 賲賰乇賴 賵賳夭賵毓賴 廿賱賶 丕賱卮乇.
丕賱賲賮丕噩丌鬲 鬲鬲賵丕賱賶貙 賵丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 鬲噩乇賷 賰爻賷賱賺 賱丕 賷噩乇丐 兀丨丿 毓賱賶 丕毓鬲乇丕囟賴... 廿賱賶 兀賳 賷賯毓 賲丕 賱賲 賷賰賳 賮賷 丕賱丨爻亘丕賳.
August 14, 2020
趩賳丿 倬丕乇丕诏乇丕賮 丕賵賱 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 讴賴 禺賵丕賳丿賲 亘賱丕賮丕氐賱賴 蹖丕丿 賮蹖賱賲 芦ballad of buster scrugges禄 丕夭 亘乇丕丿乇丕賳 coen丕賮鬲丕丿賲. 賴乇趩賴 亘賴 禺賵丕賳丿賳 丕丿丕賲賴 丿丕丿賲 卮亘丕賴鬲 鬲氐賵蹖乇爻丕夭蹖鈥屸€屬囏� 丿乇 芦丌賵丕夭 讴丕賮賴 睾賲鈥屫ㄘж甭� 亘賴 丕蹖賳 賮蹖賱賲 亘乇丕蹖賲 亘蹖卮鬲乇 卮丿. 丕氐賱丕 丕賳诏丕乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏й� 賴賲蹖賳 賮蹖賱賲 亘賵丿. 賵賯鬲蹖 禺賵丕賳丿賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 鬲賲丕賲 讴乇丿賲 丿乇 賲卮禺氐丕鬲 讴鬲丕亘卮賳丕爻蹖 亘賴 賳丕賲 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖鈥屫ж� 丿賯鬲 讴乇丿賲貨 芦the ballad of the sad cafe禄貙 賮讴乇 讴賳賲 賳蹖丕夭蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 亘诏賵蹖賲 丿乇 丌賳 賱丨馗賴 趩賴 匕賵賯蹖 賵噩賵丿賲 乇丕 诏乇賮鬲!
诏賵蹖丕 芦ballad禄賴丕 丕卮毓丕乇 賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屸€屬囏й屰� 賲丨賱蹖 賵 讴賵鬲丕賴 賴爻鬲賳丿 讴賴 乇丕賵蹖 丌賳鈥屬囏� 卮賳丕禺鬲賴 卮丿賴 賳蹖爻鬲貙 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屸€屬囏� 丿賴丕賳 亘賴 丿賴丕賳 賵 丕夭 賳爻賱蹖 亘賴 賳爻賱 丿蹖诏乇 賲賳鬲賯賱 賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀�. 賴賲蹖賳 鬲毓乇蹖賮 蹖讴 禺胤蹖 賲丕 乇丕 亘賴 噩賵賴乇賴 丕氐賱蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賲讴丕賱乇夭 賲鬲氐賱 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 讴賴 乇丕賵蹖 丌賳 蹖讴 丿丕賳丕蹖 讴賱 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 賳蹖爻鬲. 乇丕賵蹖 丕蹖賳噩丕 賵丕賯毓丕 亘乇丕蹖賲丕賳 賯氐賴 賲蹖鈥屭堐屫� 丕蹖賳 乇丕 賵賯鬲蹖 賲蹖鈥屬佡囐呟屬� 讴賴 丿乇 賱丕鈥屫ㄙ� 賱丕蹖 賯氐賴鈥屫� 乇丕賵蹖 亘禺卮蹖 丕夭 鬲噩乇亘蹖丕鬲 禺賵丿卮 乇丕 賴賲 囟賲蹖賲賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賲孬賱丕 賵賯鬲蹖 丿乇 賲蹖丕賳賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳馗乇卮 乇丕 丿乇亘丕乇賴 卮乇丕亘鈥屸€屬囏й� 賲蹖爻 丌賲賱蹖丕 賵 丕蹖賳讴賴 賵丕賯毓丕 趩賴 賲夭賴鈥屸€屫й� 丿丕乇賳丿 賲蹖鈥屫ж�.
亘丕 禺賵丕賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘乇丕蹖 丕賵賱蹖賳 亘丕乇 賮乇賲 丿乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 賲丨鬲賵丕蹖 丌賳 噩匕亘賲 讴乇丿. 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇 乇賵丕蹖鬲蹖 亘丿蹖賴蹖 賵 爻丕丿賴 賵 蹖讴丿爻鬲 丿丕乇丿 丕賲丕 丿乇 丕氐賱 倬蹖趩蹖丿诏蹖鈥屸€屬囏й屫� 夭蹖丕丿 丕爻鬲. 丿乇 賴賲 鬲賳蹖丿賴 卮丿賳 丕蹖賳 倬蹖趩蹖丿诏蹖鈥屬囏� 賲丕賳賳丿 賳賯賵卮 夭蹖乇 賳賯卮 胤乇丨 讴賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇丕 倬丿蹖丿 丌賵乇丿賴 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 胤乇丨 蹖讴丿爻鬲 賵 丿賱賳卮蹖賳蹖 丕爻鬲.
丕蹖賳 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫з嗁� 丕賱丕賳 讴賴 禺賵丕賳丿賳 讴鬲丕亘 鬲賲丕賲 卮丿賴 趩賳丿 蹖丕丿诏丕乇蹖 丕夭 丌賳 亘丕 禺賵丿賲 禺賵丕賴賲 丿丕卮鬲貨 (郾) 鬲賵氐蹖賮蹖 丕夭 賮囟丕蹖 乇賵爻鬲丕 丿乇 卮亘蹖 讴賴 倬爻乇禺丕賱賴 賱丕蹖賲賵賳 賵丕乇丿 卮丿 (鄄) 鬲氐賵乇蹖 丕夭 丌賵丕夭蹖 讴賴 丿賵丕夭丿賴 賲乇丿 夭賳丿丕賳蹖 賮丕賳蹖 丿乇 噩丕丿賴 賮賵乇讴爻 賮丕賱夭 爻乇 鈥屬呟屸€屫ж嗀�(鄢) 鬲氐賵乇 丌賵丕夭 丌賴爻鬲賴 賲乇丿 爻蹖丕賴鈥屫≠堌池� 丿乇 丿賵乇丿爻鬲 丌賳 爻賵蹖 賲夭丕乇毓 鬲丕乇蹖讴 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫辟佖� 鬲丕 亘賴 讴爻蹖 丕亘乇丕夭 毓卮賯 讴賳丿.
诏賵蹖丕 芦ballad禄賴丕 丕卮毓丕乇 賵 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屸€屬囏й屰� 賲丨賱蹖 賵 讴賵鬲丕賴 賴爻鬲賳丿 讴賴 乇丕賵蹖 丌賳鈥屬囏� 卮賳丕禺鬲賴 卮丿賴 賳蹖爻鬲貙 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屸€屬囏� 丿賴丕賳 亘賴 丿賴丕賳 賵 丕夭 賳爻賱蹖 亘賴 賳爻賱 丿蹖诏乇 賲賳鬲賯賱 賲蹖鈥屫促堎嗀�. 賴賲蹖賳 鬲毓乇蹖賮 蹖讴 禺胤蹖 賲丕 乇丕 亘賴 噩賵賴乇賴 丕氐賱蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賲讴丕賱乇夭 賲鬲氐賱 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 讴賴 乇丕賵蹖 丌賳 蹖讴 丿丕賳丕蹖 讴賱 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 賳蹖爻鬲. 乇丕賵蹖 丕蹖賳噩丕 賵丕賯毓丕 亘乇丕蹖賲丕賳 賯氐賴 賲蹖鈥屭堐屫� 丕蹖賳 乇丕 賵賯鬲蹖 賲蹖鈥屬佡囐呟屬� 讴賴 丿乇 賱丕鈥屫ㄙ� 賱丕蹖 賯氐賴鈥屫� 乇丕賵蹖 亘禺卮蹖 丕夭 鬲噩乇亘蹖丕鬲 禺賵丿卮 乇丕 賴賲 囟賲蹖賲賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賲孬賱丕 賵賯鬲蹖 丿乇 賲蹖丕賳賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳馗乇卮 乇丕 丿乇亘丕乇賴 卮乇丕亘鈥屸€屬囏й� 賲蹖爻 丌賲賱蹖丕 賵 丕蹖賳讴賴 賵丕賯毓丕 趩賴 賲夭賴鈥屸€屫й� 丿丕乇賳丿 賲蹖鈥屫ж�.
亘丕 禺賵丕賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘乇丕蹖 丕賵賱蹖賳 亘丕乇 賮乇賲 丿乇 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 賲丨鬲賵丕蹖 丌賳 噩匕亘賲 讴乇丿. 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇 乇賵丕蹖鬲蹖 亘丿蹖賴蹖 賵 爻丕丿賴 賵 蹖讴丿爻鬲 丿丕乇丿 丕賲丕 丿乇 丕氐賱 倬蹖趩蹖丿诏蹖鈥屸€屬囏й屫� 夭蹖丕丿 丕爻鬲. 丿乇 賴賲 鬲賳蹖丿賴 卮丿賳 丕蹖賳 倬蹖趩蹖丿诏蹖鈥屬囏� 賲丕賳賳丿 賳賯賵卮 夭蹖乇 賳賯卮 胤乇丨 讴賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇丕 倬丿蹖丿 丌賵乇丿賴 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 胤乇丨 蹖讴丿爻鬲 賵 丿賱賳卮蹖賳蹖 丕爻鬲.
丕蹖賳 乇丕 賲蹖鈥屫з嗁� 丕賱丕賳 讴賴 禺賵丕賳丿賳 讴鬲丕亘 鬲賲丕賲 卮丿賴 趩賳丿 蹖丕丿诏丕乇蹖 丕夭 丌賳 亘丕 禺賵丿賲 禺賵丕賴賲 丿丕卮鬲貨 (郾) 鬲賵氐蹖賮蹖 丕夭 賮囟丕蹖 乇賵爻鬲丕 丿乇 卮亘蹖 讴賴 倬爻乇禺丕賱賴 賱丕蹖賲賵賳 賵丕乇丿 卮丿 (鄄) 鬲氐賵乇蹖 丕夭 丌賵丕夭蹖 讴賴 丿賵丕夭丿賴 賲乇丿 夭賳丿丕賳蹖 賮丕賳蹖 丿乇 噩丕丿賴 賮賵乇讴爻 賮丕賱夭 爻乇 鈥屬呟屸€屫ж嗀�(鄢) 鬲氐賵乇 丌賵丕夭 丌賴爻鬲賴 賲乇丿 爻蹖丕賴鈥屫≠堌池� 丿乇 丿賵乇丿爻鬲 丌賳 爻賵蹖 賲夭丕乇毓 鬲丕乇蹖讴 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫辟佖� 鬲丕 亘賴 讴爻蹖 丕亘乇丕夭 毓卮賯 讴賳丿.
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August 31, 2018Note: This review should have been posted under the title .
I will repost if there - but I'll leave it here too in order to retain the comments. In any case, the two books share themes and the titles could easily be inverted. There is a sad caf茅 at the centre of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and the book could easily be described as a ballad. In The Ballad of the Sad 颁补蹿茅, the main character, caf茅 owner Amelia Evans, is a lonely and alone person whose heart is desperately hunting for someone, anyone, to love.
鈥︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌�
I've been reading Carson McCullers for the last month. I started with and then picked up each of the five other books she's written one after the other leaving myself no time in between to think about what I've read or consider writing a review. Today, I'm glad that I didn't attempt a review of this one because I just came across a piece in the sixth book, , entitled Author's Outline of 'The Mute' (later published as 'The Heart is a Lonely Hunter').
McCullers' own words describe her intentions for this book so clearly that I'm going to use them in lieu of a review:
....The general outline of this work can be expressed very simply. It is the story of five isolated, lonely people in their search for expression and spiritual integration with something greater than themselves. One of these five is a deaf man, John Singer - and it is around him that the whole book pivots. Because of their loneliness these other four people see in the mute a certain mystic superiority and he becomes in a sense their ideal. Because of Singer's infirmity his outward character is vague and unlimited. His friends are able to impute to him all the qualities which they would wish for him to have. Each of the these four people creates his understanding of the mute from his own desires...In his eternal silence there is something compelling. Each one of these persons makes the mute the repository for his most personal feelings and ideas...
This situation between the four people and the mute has an exact parallel in the relation between Singer and his deaf-mute friend, Antonopoulos. Singer is the only person who could attribute to Antonopoulos dignity and a certain wisdom...
About this central idea there is much of the quality of a legend. All the parts dealing directly with Singer are written in the simple style of a parable.
Before the reasons why this situation came about can be fully understood it is necessary to know each of the principal characters in some detail. But the characters cannot be described adequately without the events which happen to them being involved. Nearly all the happenings in the book spring directly from the characters. During the space of this book each person is shown in his strongest and most typical actions.
Of course it must be understood that none of these personal characteristics are told in the didactic manner in which they are set down here. They are implied in one successive scene after another - and it is only at the end, when the sum of of these implications is considered, that the real characters are understood in all of their deeper aspects....
Carson McCullers then goes on to describe her plot and characters in great detail before finishing with some notes about time, place and structure. I was very interested to see that she had a musical structure in mind because I'd experienced the book in musical terms even as I was reading it. This is how she describes the structure: The form is contrapuntal throughout. Like a voice in a fugue each one of the main characters is an entirety in himself - but his personality takes on a new richness when contrasted and woven in with the other characters in the book.
One of the other interesting things that emerged for me is the amount of material she eventually left out of this novel. Because I've read all of her novels and most of her stories at this point, I realise that she recycled some of those deleted scenes. Characters' names and circumstances have also been recycled which makes reading all of her work together extra rewarding. The reader begins to see the entire cast of characters as part of one big family and all of her themes as being connected. She is always writing, in one way or another, about inner isolation and the battle to overcome it.
I will repost if there - but I'll leave it here too in order to retain the comments. In any case, the two books share themes and the titles could easily be inverted. There is a sad caf茅 at the centre of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and the book could easily be described as a ballad. In The Ballad of the Sad 颁补蹿茅, the main character, caf茅 owner Amelia Evans, is a lonely and alone person whose heart is desperately hunting for someone, anyone, to love.
鈥︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌︹赌�
I've been reading Carson McCullers for the last month. I started with and then picked up each of the five other books she's written one after the other leaving myself no time in between to think about what I've read or consider writing a review. Today, I'm glad that I didn't attempt a review of this one because I just came across a piece in the sixth book, , entitled Author's Outline of 'The Mute' (later published as 'The Heart is a Lonely Hunter').
McCullers' own words describe her intentions for this book so clearly that I'm going to use them in lieu of a review:
....The general outline of this work can be expressed very simply. It is the story of five isolated, lonely people in their search for expression and spiritual integration with something greater than themselves. One of these five is a deaf man, John Singer - and it is around him that the whole book pivots. Because of their loneliness these other four people see in the mute a certain mystic superiority and he becomes in a sense their ideal. Because of Singer's infirmity his outward character is vague and unlimited. His friends are able to impute to him all the qualities which they would wish for him to have. Each of the these four people creates his understanding of the mute from his own desires...In his eternal silence there is something compelling. Each one of these persons makes the mute the repository for his most personal feelings and ideas...
This situation between the four people and the mute has an exact parallel in the relation between Singer and his deaf-mute friend, Antonopoulos. Singer is the only person who could attribute to Antonopoulos dignity and a certain wisdom...
About this central idea there is much of the quality of a legend. All the parts dealing directly with Singer are written in the simple style of a parable.
Before the reasons why this situation came about can be fully understood it is necessary to know each of the principal characters in some detail. But the characters cannot be described adequately without the events which happen to them being involved. Nearly all the happenings in the book spring directly from the characters. During the space of this book each person is shown in his strongest and most typical actions.
Of course it must be understood that none of these personal characteristics are told in the didactic manner in which they are set down here. They are implied in one successive scene after another - and it is only at the end, when the sum of of these implications is considered, that the real characters are understood in all of their deeper aspects....
Carson McCullers then goes on to describe her plot and characters in great detail before finishing with some notes about time, place and structure. I was very interested to see that she had a musical structure in mind because I'd experienced the book in musical terms even as I was reading it. This is how she describes the structure: The form is contrapuntal throughout. Like a voice in a fugue each one of the main characters is an entirety in himself - but his personality takes on a new richness when contrasted and woven in with the other characters in the book.
One of the other interesting things that emerged for me is the amount of material she eventually left out of this novel. Because I've read all of her novels and most of her stories at this point, I realise that she recycled some of those deleted scenes. Characters' names and circumstances have also been recycled which makes reading all of her work together extra rewarding. The reader begins to see the entire cast of characters as part of one big family and all of her themes as being connected. She is always writing, in one way or another, about inner isolation and the battle to overcome it.
October 18, 2022
丌賵丕夭 讴丕賮賴 睾賲 亘丕乇 乇丕 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 丨讴丕蹖鬲 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 賵 丕賳夭賵丕 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕蹖蹖 丿丕賳爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 卮賴乇蹖 賳爻亘鬲丕 賲鬲乇賵讴 賵 丿賵乇丕賮鬲丕丿賴 貙 丿賱诏蹖乇 貙 讴賵趩讴 賵 爻乇丿 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖 讴賳賳丿 貙 丌賳賴丕 丿乇 卮賴乇 禺賵丿 亘賴 鬲賳賴丕蹖蹖 賵 鬲讴乇丕乇 禺賵 诏乇賮鬲賴 賵 毓丕丿鬲 讴乇丿賴 丕賳丿 .
丌丿賲 賴丕蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕賵 趩卮賲 亘賴 乇丕賴 賴爻鬲賳丿 鬲丕 睾乇蹖亘賴 丕蹖 亘賴 卮賴乇 睾賲 夭丿賴 丌賳丕賳 賵丕乇丿 卮丿賴 賵 蹖丕 賲丕噩乇丕蹖蹖 乇禺 丿賴丿 讴賴 卮丕蹖丿 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵夭賲乇賴 丌賳丕賳 丕賳丿讴蹖 丿诏乇诏賵賳 卮賵丿 . 賱丨馗丕鬲 禺賵卮 丌賳丕賳 賴賲 亘賴 丨囟賵乇 丿乇鬲賳賴丕 讴丕賮賴 卮賴乇賲丨丿賵丿 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 .
賱丨馗賴 賵乇賵丿 睾乇蹖亘賴 亘賴 卮賴乇 乇丕 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 賳賯胤賴 丕賵噩 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿丕賳爻鬲 貙 賵乇賵丿 丕賵 賵 爻倬爻 丨囟賵乇 丕賵 诏乇趩賴 毓卮賯蹖 乇丕 爻亘亘 賲蹖 卮賵丿 讴賴 亘賴 卮賴乇 賲鬲乇賵讴 賵 賲乇丿賲丕賳 丌賳 乇賳诏蹖 鬲丕夭賴 亘禺卮蹖丿賴 丕賲丕 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳 爻乇賳賵卮鬲 讴丕賮賴 賵 卮賴乇 乇丕 賴賲 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 賲蹖 丿賴丿 .
丌丿賲 賴丕蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕賵 趩卮賲 亘賴 乇丕賴 賴爻鬲賳丿 鬲丕 睾乇蹖亘賴 丕蹖 亘賴 卮賴乇 睾賲 夭丿賴 丌賳丕賳 賵丕乇丿 卮丿賴 賵 蹖丕 賲丕噩乇丕蹖蹖 乇禺 丿賴丿 讴賴 卮丕蹖丿 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵夭賲乇賴 丌賳丕賳 丕賳丿讴蹖 丿诏乇诏賵賳 卮賵丿 . 賱丨馗丕鬲 禺賵卮 丌賳丕賳 賴賲 亘賴 丨囟賵乇 丿乇鬲賳賴丕 讴丕賮賴 卮賴乇賲丨丿賵丿 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 .
賱丨馗賴 賵乇賵丿 睾乇蹖亘賴 亘賴 卮賴乇 乇丕 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 賳賯胤賴 丕賵噩 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿丕賳爻鬲 貙 賵乇賵丿 丕賵 賵 爻倬爻 丨囟賵乇 丕賵 诏乇趩賴 毓卮賯蹖 乇丕 爻亘亘 賲蹖 卮賵丿 讴賴 亘賴 卮賴乇 賲鬲乇賵讴 賵 賲乇丿賲丕賳 丌賳 乇賳诏蹖 鬲丕夭賴 亘禺卮蹖丿賴 丕賲丕 丿乇 倬丕蹖丕賳 爻乇賳賵卮鬲 讴丕賮賴 賵 卮賴乇 乇丕 賴賲 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 賲蹖 丿賴丿 .
November 25, 2022
夭蹖丕丿 賱匕鬲 賳亘乇丿賲 丕夭 禺賵賳丿賳卮 賲鬲賵爻胤 亘賵丿 亘乇丕賲.
丕賲丕 賮囟丕爻丕夭蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賵 卮禺氐蹖鬲 倬乇丿丕夭蹖 毓丕賱蹖 亘賵丿賳.
诏丕賴蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 鬲亘丿蹖賱 賲蹖 卮賵丿 亘賴 鬲賯賱丕蹖蹖 讴卮鈥屫ж� 賵 睾賲鈥屫ㄘж� 亘乇丕蹖 亘賴 丿爻鬲 丌賵乇丿賳 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 夭賳丿賴 賳诏賴賲丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫ж必�. 賵 丕賲丕 賲爻卅賱賴 亘睾乇賳噩 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲: 賴乇趩蹖夭 亘賴 丿乇丿亘禺賵乇蹖 賯蹖賲鬲蹖 丿丕乇丿 賵 賮賯胤 亘丕 倬賵賱 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 丌賳 乇丕 禺乇蹖丿 賵 噩賴丕賳 亘賴 丕蹖賳 鬲乇鬲蹖亘 丕丿丕乇賴 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�.
丕賲丕 賮囟丕爻丕夭蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賵 卮禺氐蹖鬲 倬乇丿丕夭蹖 毓丕賱蹖 亘賵丿賳.
诏丕賴蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 鬲亘丿蹖賱 賲蹖 卮賵丿 亘賴 鬲賯賱丕蹖蹖 讴卮鈥屫ж� 賵 睾賲鈥屫ㄘж� 亘乇丕蹖 亘賴 丿爻鬲 丌賵乇丿賳 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 夭賳丿賴 賳诏賴賲丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫ж必�. 賵 丕賲丕 賲爻卅賱賴 亘睾乇賳噩 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲: 賴乇趩蹖夭 亘賴 丿乇丿亘禺賵乇蹖 賯蹖賲鬲蹖 丿丕乇丿 賵 賮賯胤 亘丕 倬賵賱 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 丌賳 乇丕 禺乇蹖丿 賵 噩賴丕賳 亘賴 丕蹖賳 鬲乇鬲蹖亘 丕丿丕乇賴 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�.
May 9, 2021
Published in 1951, The Ballad of the Sad 颁补蹿茅 and Other Stories is an interesting collection of seven stories by Carson McCullers (1917 鈥� 1967), an American novelist whose writing style is often described as Southern Gothic.
The stories typically feature a central character who is lonely and eccentric. The loneliness seems to stem from wanting to love and be loved, and more often than not, from being wounded in love. Her stories seem to suggest that love is attended by pain because even though 鈥檒ove is a joint experience between two persons鈥�, two people in love do not necessarily share a similar experience as they 鈥檆ome from different countries.鈥� In these stories, love is not returned; it is spurned; it is betrayed. Marriages fall apart and the characters reel from memories of happier days (e.g., The Sojourner, A Domestic Dilemma).
The Ballad of the Sad 颁补蹿茅, a novella, depicts loneliness and the pain of unrequited love. It tells the unlikely circumstance of how a caf茅 came to be. Miss Amelia, a formidable Amazon of a woman, runs a liquor still by herself after her husband whom she abused left her. A hunchback, a total stranger, claims to be a long-lost cousin, shows up one day and to the surprise of the town, is received into Amelia鈥檚 house. They set up a caf茅 which soon becomes the town鈥檚 watering hole. It is somewhat inexplicable who Amelia chooses to love and why. This is what McCullers said when offering an explanation of what love is.
鈥極ften the beloved is only a stimulus for all the stored up love which has lain quiet within the lover for a long time hitherto鈥�.He feels in his soul that his love is a solitary thing. He comes to know a new, strange loneliness and it is this knowledge which makes him suffer. So there is only one thing for the lover to do. He must house his love within himself as best as he can; he must create for himself a whole new inward world - a world intense and strange, complete in himself.鈥� With this premise therefore, the ballad of the caf茅 can only be a sad tale.
Two of the stories feature young protagonists in their teens. Wunderkind, inspired by McCullers鈥� own life as a talented musician who had to choose a different career path, describes the struggles of a 15-year-old musical prodigy who suspects she may not have the gift after all and feels diminished by the harsh criticism of her disappointed piano teacher. This very short but palpably painful story was written when McCullers was about 17 years old. In A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud, a 12-year-old paper boy meets a transient in an all-night streetcar caf茅 who, in Ancient Mariner fashion, insists on telling him the story of his lost love. This is a strange story that seems to capture a spurned lover鈥檚 desperate need to be heard and an adolescent鈥檚 bewilderment of an experience foreign to himself. I never did figure out the meaning of the story's title.
My favorite story in this collection is Madam Zilensky and the King of Finland. Madam Zilensky, a Finnish musician and pedagogue, is another odd character. She was hired by Mr Brook to teach in Ryder College鈥檚 music department. She tells outlandish stories about her travels and encounters that leave Mr Brook with a nagging suspicion that something does not add up. McCullers did a marvelous job taking us through the commotion of feelings that coursed through them, which showed her empathy and understanding. The one story that fell a bit flat for me was The Jockey, about an unhappy jockey who was thought to be crazy. Again, there is a backstory behind this sullen, brooding, and passive-aggressive character.
McCullers wrote a lyrical prose that is lovely to read. These stories have a vivid sense of place, typically of a small town in the Southern part of the US and the buzz of a bar where town folks gather to catch up on the latest gossip. I have to say that her characters are all odd balls; almost all are pitiable but none really likeable. Their eccentricity has an intractable quality, which is hard to pin down. I feel somewhat alienated from them.
I am not a fan of McCuller's writing. Nonetheless, I am glad to have read these unique stories of a different time and culture.
The stories typically feature a central character who is lonely and eccentric. The loneliness seems to stem from wanting to love and be loved, and more often than not, from being wounded in love. Her stories seem to suggest that love is attended by pain because even though 鈥檒ove is a joint experience between two persons鈥�, two people in love do not necessarily share a similar experience as they 鈥檆ome from different countries.鈥� In these stories, love is not returned; it is spurned; it is betrayed. Marriages fall apart and the characters reel from memories of happier days (e.g., The Sojourner, A Domestic Dilemma).
The Ballad of the Sad 颁补蹿茅, a novella, depicts loneliness and the pain of unrequited love. It tells the unlikely circumstance of how a caf茅 came to be. Miss Amelia, a formidable Amazon of a woman, runs a liquor still by herself after her husband whom she abused left her. A hunchback, a total stranger, claims to be a long-lost cousin, shows up one day and to the surprise of the town, is received into Amelia鈥檚 house. They set up a caf茅 which soon becomes the town鈥檚 watering hole. It is somewhat inexplicable who Amelia chooses to love and why. This is what McCullers said when offering an explanation of what love is.
鈥極ften the beloved is only a stimulus for all the stored up love which has lain quiet within the lover for a long time hitherto鈥�.He feels in his soul that his love is a solitary thing. He comes to know a new, strange loneliness and it is this knowledge which makes him suffer. So there is only one thing for the lover to do. He must house his love within himself as best as he can; he must create for himself a whole new inward world - a world intense and strange, complete in himself.鈥� With this premise therefore, the ballad of the caf茅 can only be a sad tale.
Two of the stories feature young protagonists in their teens. Wunderkind, inspired by McCullers鈥� own life as a talented musician who had to choose a different career path, describes the struggles of a 15-year-old musical prodigy who suspects she may not have the gift after all and feels diminished by the harsh criticism of her disappointed piano teacher. This very short but palpably painful story was written when McCullers was about 17 years old. In A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud, a 12-year-old paper boy meets a transient in an all-night streetcar caf茅 who, in Ancient Mariner fashion, insists on telling him the story of his lost love. This is a strange story that seems to capture a spurned lover鈥檚 desperate need to be heard and an adolescent鈥檚 bewilderment of an experience foreign to himself. I never did figure out the meaning of the story's title.
My favorite story in this collection is Madam Zilensky and the King of Finland. Madam Zilensky, a Finnish musician and pedagogue, is another odd character. She was hired by Mr Brook to teach in Ryder College鈥檚 music department. She tells outlandish stories about her travels and encounters that leave Mr Brook with a nagging suspicion that something does not add up. McCullers did a marvelous job taking us through the commotion of feelings that coursed through them, which showed her empathy and understanding. The one story that fell a bit flat for me was The Jockey, about an unhappy jockey who was thought to be crazy. Again, there is a backstory behind this sullen, brooding, and passive-aggressive character.
McCullers wrote a lyrical prose that is lovely to read. These stories have a vivid sense of place, typically of a small town in the Southern part of the US and the buzz of a bar where town folks gather to catch up on the latest gossip. I have to say that her characters are all odd balls; almost all are pitiable but none really likeable. Their eccentricity has an intractable quality, which is hard to pin down. I feel somewhat alienated from them.
I am not a fan of McCuller's writing. Nonetheless, I am glad to have read these unique stories of a different time and culture.
June 20, 2018
3.5鈽�
鈥淏ut the new pride that the caf茅 brought to this town had an effect on almost everyone, even the children. For in order to come to the caf茅 you did not have to buy the dinner, or a portion of liquor.鈥�
McCullers tells a good story, but some are not quite enough story. I wanted a bit more! The title story is a novella, and I really enjoyed it. Generally, I'm quite happy with a short vignette, but these didn't always give me enough.
This was written in 1951, when a 6鈥�2鈥� (188cm) woman would have been a big girl, indeed. Miss Amelia grew up in this small town, had a home, ran a still and a store, and was a shrewd negotiator as well as a skilled, self-taught doctor. But she kept to herself and didn鈥檛 like people much.
One day, a handsome man got under her guard and she married him, but that didn鈥檛 last.
鈥�. . . that spring she cut up his Klansman's robe to cover her tobacco plants.鈥�
She seemed incapable of human warmth (my words) until a strange little hunchbacked man turned up claiming to be some sort of cousin. He moved in and became a popular, entertaining fellow.
As people began to hang around the store to visit with him, she decided to open a caf茅 to sell drinks and eventually meals. This was a very poor rural town in two ways: little money to spend, and nowhere to spend it if you had it. The caf茅 made a huge difference, whether or not you had money.
鈥淏ut the new pride that the caf茅 brought to this town had an effect on almost everyone, even the children. For in order to come to the caf茅 you did not have to buy the dinner, or a portion of liquor. Everyone was proud to be going out to dinner or going to the caf茅 for a drink because the wife wouldn't allow moonshine in the house.
. . . Miss Amelia had a drink called Cherry Juice which sold for a penny a glass,
. . The people in the town were likewise proud when sitting at the tables in the caf茅
. . . for a few hours at least, the deep bitter knowing that you are not worth much in this world could be laid low."
While business is booming, who should darken her door again? Right. Her Ex. How he ingratiates himself with the cousin while poisoning her relationship until there鈥檚 a final showdown is certainly sad indeed.
I expect this novella made more of an impact when it was written than it would today, but the sense of the difference one person or one business can mean to a small community is perfectly described here. Without Miss Amelia, what is anyone to do? Even her excellent moonshine is gone!
The other short stories vary from that of a young girl studying the piano to a jockey dealing with fat-cat owners to a man who figured out how to choose whom or what he would love rather than leave it to nature, as most people do, because that had broken his heart.
I read this because it鈥檚 one of the oldest books on my list, and I鈥檓 glad I did.
鈥淏ut the new pride that the caf茅 brought to this town had an effect on almost everyone, even the children. For in order to come to the caf茅 you did not have to buy the dinner, or a portion of liquor.鈥�
McCullers tells a good story, but some are not quite enough story. I wanted a bit more! The title story is a novella, and I really enjoyed it. Generally, I'm quite happy with a short vignette, but these didn't always give me enough.
This was written in 1951, when a 6鈥�2鈥� (188cm) woman would have been a big girl, indeed. Miss Amelia grew up in this small town, had a home, ran a still and a store, and was a shrewd negotiator as well as a skilled, self-taught doctor. But she kept to herself and didn鈥檛 like people much.
One day, a handsome man got under her guard and she married him, but that didn鈥檛 last.
鈥�. . . that spring she cut up his Klansman's robe to cover her tobacco plants.鈥�
She seemed incapable of human warmth (my words) until a strange little hunchbacked man turned up claiming to be some sort of cousin. He moved in and became a popular, entertaining fellow.
As people began to hang around the store to visit with him, she decided to open a caf茅 to sell drinks and eventually meals. This was a very poor rural town in two ways: little money to spend, and nowhere to spend it if you had it. The caf茅 made a huge difference, whether or not you had money.
鈥淏ut the new pride that the caf茅 brought to this town had an effect on almost everyone, even the children. For in order to come to the caf茅 you did not have to buy the dinner, or a portion of liquor. Everyone was proud to be going out to dinner or going to the caf茅 for a drink because the wife wouldn't allow moonshine in the house.
. . . Miss Amelia had a drink called Cherry Juice which sold for a penny a glass,
. . The people in the town were likewise proud when sitting at the tables in the caf茅
. . . for a few hours at least, the deep bitter knowing that you are not worth much in this world could be laid low."
While business is booming, who should darken her door again? Right. Her Ex. How he ingratiates himself with the cousin while poisoning her relationship until there鈥檚 a final showdown is certainly sad indeed.
I expect this novella made more of an impact when it was written than it would today, but the sense of the difference one person or one business can mean to a small community is perfectly described here. Without Miss Amelia, what is anyone to do? Even her excellent moonshine is gone!
The other short stories vary from that of a young girl studying the piano to a jockey dealing with fat-cat owners to a man who figured out how to choose whom or what he would love rather than leave it to nature, as most people do, because that had broken his heart.
I read this because it鈥檚 one of the oldest books on my list, and I鈥檓 glad I did.
May 19, 2017
兀賷 兀賳卮賵丿丞責
賵兀賷 賲賯賴賶 丨夭賷賳責
廿賳賾賴丕 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱兀賰孬乇 賲賱賱賸丕 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 乇睾賲 氐賽睾乇 丨噩賲賴丕
廿賱丕 廿賳賴丕 丕爻鬲睾乇賯鬲 賲賳賷 賷賵賲 賵賳氐賮!
賰賳鬲購 賮賷 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 賱兀賷 卮卅 賷購夭賷丿 賲賳 爻乇毓丞 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬
兀賵 氐賮毓丞 賯賵賷丞 鬲丿賮毓賳賷 賱賱丕爻鬲賰賲丕賱
賱賰賳 馗賱 丕賱丨丕賱 毓賱賶 賳賻賮爻 丕賱賲賽賳賵丕賱 丨鬲賶 丕賳鬲賴鬲.
兀賷 丨亘 匕賱賰 賷丿賮毓 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 廿賱賶 丕賱噩賳賵賳 賴賰匕丕責
賱賲 兀噩丿 賴賳丕 廿賱丕 賴卮丕卮丞 賵鬲卮亘孬 亘兀賲乇賺 亘賱丕 賯卮丞賺.
丕賱賳噩賲鬲丕賳 賱兀賳賻賾 賴賳丕賰 亘毓囟 丕賱賵氐賮 丕賱匕賷 兀毓噩亘賳賷
賱賰賳賴丕 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕賴丿賮 賱賴丕.
賵兀賷 賲賯賴賶 丨夭賷賳責
廿賳賾賴丕 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱兀賰孬乇 賲賱賱賸丕 毓賱賶 丕賱廿胤賱丕賯 乇睾賲 氐賽睾乇 丨噩賲賴丕
廿賱丕 廿賳賴丕 丕爻鬲睾乇賯鬲 賲賳賷 賷賵賲 賵賳氐賮!
賰賳鬲購 賮賷 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 賱兀賷 卮卅 賷購夭賷丿 賲賳 爻乇毓丞 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬
兀賵 氐賮毓丞 賯賵賷丞 鬲丿賮毓賳賷 賱賱丕爻鬲賰賲丕賱
賱賰賳 馗賱 丕賱丨丕賱 毓賱賶 賳賻賮爻 丕賱賲賽賳賵丕賱 丨鬲賶 丕賳鬲賴鬲.
兀賷 丨亘 匕賱賰 賷丿賮毓 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 廿賱賶 丕賱噩賳賵賳 賴賰匕丕責
賱賲 兀噩丿 賴賳丕 廿賱丕 賴卮丕卮丞 賵鬲卮亘孬 亘兀賲乇賺 亘賱丕 賯卮丞賺.
丕賱賳噩賲鬲丕賳 賱兀賳賻賾 賴賳丕賰 亘毓囟 丕賱賵氐賮 丕賱匕賷 兀毓噩亘賳賷
賱賰賳賴丕 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕賴丿賮 賱賴丕.
May 25, 2019
We have to discuss the plot here, so total spoilers are included here.
Forgive the blunt language here, but this seems to be a story about very confused gay people living in a teeny town in the back of beyond. Please note 鈥� every other novel is about confused straight people. There is no stigma in being confused. But these Sad 颁补蹿茅 types are really confused.
We begin with Amelia Evans, 6 feet 2 inches, powerfully built, likes to wear men鈥檚 clothing and smokes a pipe, doesn鈥檛 like men 鈥� I was getting the picture, this woman is a lesbian. Carson McCullers leaves that implied but unsaid, but you couldn鈥檛 imply it any harder without breaking your typewriter. That said, she only has relationships with men. But they aren鈥檛 what is generally meant by the word. So she has a ten day marriage with a guy named Marvin Macy, a handsome bad ass mean minded varmint of a rattlesnake. He finds out after they get married that she doesn鈥檛 take kindly to being touched.
A groom is in a sorry fix when he is unable to bring his well-beloved bride to bed with him, and when the whole town knows it.
It could be that Marvin is a closet case, marrying another closet case. He鈥檚 a most handsome guy and he falls for the most mannish woman in the county. Hmmm. Car crash marriages like this pop up in Reflections in a Golden Eye (she had a such a great way with titles) and 鈥� indeed 鈥� in Carson鈥檚 own crazy life.
Anyway, he winds up in prison for ten years, leaving Amelia contentedly alone until a grotesque figure lurches into town, a four foot tall hunchback (her word, her word) called Lymon who claims to be her cousin. What do you know, she likes him 鈥� she even loves him, to the amazement of all, and together they transform the general goods store she runs into the caf茅 of the title, and everyone has a nice time drinking bootleg and speculating on what goes on upstairs until with the inevitability of High Noon Marvin gets released and comes back to town to haunt everybody with black clouds of barely held back violence.
What happens then is really pretty weird. In order to clear the air, Amelia and Marvin, having circled each other and growled a lot, decide to have a formal boxing match, with the public invited.
Well, that is one way to sort out a simmering dispute. Usually not the way it鈥檚 done between married people. The boxing for most couples is confined to the private sphere, and unhappily tends towards the Mike Tyson first round knockout. This boxing match is quite different as the parties are evenly matched.
Eventually Amelia is just about to deliver the final victorious blow to the supine Marvin when
At the instant Miss Amelia grasped the throat of Marvin Macy the hunchback sprang forward and sailed through the air as though he had grown hawk wings. He landed on the broad back of Miss Amelia and clutched at her neck with his clawed little fingers. 鈥� Because of the hunchback the fight was won by Marvin Macy and at the end Miss Amelia lay sprawled on the floor, her arms flung outward and motionless.
And then, once the crowd has left the caf茅, Marvin and Lymon proceed to trash the place, and they leave together, never to be seen again. It turns out that the real romance was between the handsome guy and the dwarf (about 20 years later a similar relationship could be seen in the movie Midnight Cowboy).
Maybe this is some kind of religious allegory. Could be Amelia is Jesus, Marvin is the Catholic Church, and Cousin Lymon is the Protestant church. I dunno, that鈥檚 just off the top of my head. Probably wrong.
Forgive the blunt language here, but this seems to be a story about very confused gay people living in a teeny town in the back of beyond. Please note 鈥� every other novel is about confused straight people. There is no stigma in being confused. But these Sad 颁补蹿茅 types are really confused.
We begin with Amelia Evans, 6 feet 2 inches, powerfully built, likes to wear men鈥檚 clothing and smokes a pipe, doesn鈥檛 like men 鈥� I was getting the picture, this woman is a lesbian. Carson McCullers leaves that implied but unsaid, but you couldn鈥檛 imply it any harder without breaking your typewriter. That said, she only has relationships with men. But they aren鈥檛 what is generally meant by the word. So she has a ten day marriage with a guy named Marvin Macy, a handsome bad ass mean minded varmint of a rattlesnake. He finds out after they get married that she doesn鈥檛 take kindly to being touched.
A groom is in a sorry fix when he is unable to bring his well-beloved bride to bed with him, and when the whole town knows it.
It could be that Marvin is a closet case, marrying another closet case. He鈥檚 a most handsome guy and he falls for the most mannish woman in the county. Hmmm. Car crash marriages like this pop up in Reflections in a Golden Eye (she had a such a great way with titles) and 鈥� indeed 鈥� in Carson鈥檚 own crazy life.
Anyway, he winds up in prison for ten years, leaving Amelia contentedly alone until a grotesque figure lurches into town, a four foot tall hunchback (her word, her word) called Lymon who claims to be her cousin. What do you know, she likes him 鈥� she even loves him, to the amazement of all, and together they transform the general goods store she runs into the caf茅 of the title, and everyone has a nice time drinking bootleg and speculating on what goes on upstairs until with the inevitability of High Noon Marvin gets released and comes back to town to haunt everybody with black clouds of barely held back violence.
What happens then is really pretty weird. In order to clear the air, Amelia and Marvin, having circled each other and growled a lot, decide to have a formal boxing match, with the public invited.
Well, that is one way to sort out a simmering dispute. Usually not the way it鈥檚 done between married people. The boxing for most couples is confined to the private sphere, and unhappily tends towards the Mike Tyson first round knockout. This boxing match is quite different as the parties are evenly matched.
Eventually Amelia is just about to deliver the final victorious blow to the supine Marvin when
At the instant Miss Amelia grasped the throat of Marvin Macy the hunchback sprang forward and sailed through the air as though he had grown hawk wings. He landed on the broad back of Miss Amelia and clutched at her neck with his clawed little fingers. 鈥� Because of the hunchback the fight was won by Marvin Macy and at the end Miss Amelia lay sprawled on the floor, her arms flung outward and motionless.
And then, once the crowd has left the caf茅, Marvin and Lymon proceed to trash the place, and they leave together, never to be seen again. It turns out that the real romance was between the handsome guy and the dwarf (about 20 years later a similar relationship could be seen in the movie Midnight Cowboy).
Maybe this is some kind of religious allegory. Could be Amelia is Jesus, Marvin is the Catholic Church, and Cousin Lymon is the Protestant church. I dunno, that鈥檚 just off the top of my head. Probably wrong.
August 11, 2019
This year has primarily been a nonfiction year for me. I have participated in a group nonfiction reading challenge and as such fiction books do not get my team points. It has been half of a year since I picked up a novel and while I have enjoyed the nonfiction challenge and learned much from, something seems to be missing in my reading. I have decided to start small by reintegrating one or two fiction pieces a month back into my reading lineup, beginning with authors who I have previously read so that there are no surprises to my reading. The first such piece I selected is a novella by an American master writer Carson McCullers. I have savored her classic novels and took this opportunity to read her short piece The Ballad of the Sad Cafe.
Like McCullers鈥� other pieces Sad Cafe takes place in a small, isolated southern town. Amanda Evans is the proprietor of the town general store, and lives alone in a two room flat upstairs. An independent woman, Miss Evans has no significant other to speak of and chooses to dine alone and not invite guests to her home. It is during prohibition, and Evans realizes that there is money to be made by installing a still in her backyard and offering customers drinks. Gradually, the store turned into a cafe with customers coming from miles around for catfish and barbecue meals. Charging little to nothing for her food so that all diners would have a chance to savor it, Miss Evans鈥� cafe was an instant success.
That changed one day with the presence of her cousin, a humpback named Lymon. Miss Evans took pity on him and invited him to live in the second of her two rooms upstairs. The townspeople surmised that they were falling in love and recalled her brief, horrendous ten day marriage to Marvin Macy. An orphan raised in a good home and then gone bad, Macy conquered most of the town鈥檚 women and had his heart set on Evans for marriage. Eventually, she agreed but had ulterior motives. Like McCullers other novels, she developed a strong female protagonist in Amanda Evans as she used her wits to overcome Macy, obtaining all of his material possessions in the process. Macy鈥檚 true character shined through and the town under Evans leadership settled back into a regular routine, until the appearance of Lymon.
As in McCullers other works she writes in a steady prose that has a reader feel as though they are sitting on a front porch. The story of the sad cafe could have been a family tale passed down, with McCullers telling the reader in present tense. Ballad of the Sad Cafe has been a short reintroduction to fiction reading. It is always a treat to read McCullers tales of rural southern communities of years past. Usually there is a twist at the end to keep readers on their toes and it was no different here. I have a goal to read through McCullers works in the next few years as she is a personal favorite.
3.75 stars
Like McCullers鈥� other pieces Sad Cafe takes place in a small, isolated southern town. Amanda Evans is the proprietor of the town general store, and lives alone in a two room flat upstairs. An independent woman, Miss Evans has no significant other to speak of and chooses to dine alone and not invite guests to her home. It is during prohibition, and Evans realizes that there is money to be made by installing a still in her backyard and offering customers drinks. Gradually, the store turned into a cafe with customers coming from miles around for catfish and barbecue meals. Charging little to nothing for her food so that all diners would have a chance to savor it, Miss Evans鈥� cafe was an instant success.
That changed one day with the presence of her cousin, a humpback named Lymon. Miss Evans took pity on him and invited him to live in the second of her two rooms upstairs. The townspeople surmised that they were falling in love and recalled her brief, horrendous ten day marriage to Marvin Macy. An orphan raised in a good home and then gone bad, Macy conquered most of the town鈥檚 women and had his heart set on Evans for marriage. Eventually, she agreed but had ulterior motives. Like McCullers other novels, she developed a strong female protagonist in Amanda Evans as she used her wits to overcome Macy, obtaining all of his material possessions in the process. Macy鈥檚 true character shined through and the town under Evans leadership settled back into a regular routine, until the appearance of Lymon.
As in McCullers other works she writes in a steady prose that has a reader feel as though they are sitting on a front porch. The story of the sad cafe could have been a family tale passed down, with McCullers telling the reader in present tense. Ballad of the Sad Cafe has been a short reintroduction to fiction reading. It is always a treat to read McCullers tales of rural southern communities of years past. Usually there is a twist at the end to keep readers on their toes and it was no different here. I have a goal to read through McCullers works in the next few years as she is a personal favorite.
3.75 stars
June 17, 2019
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February 8, 2013
She felt that the marrows of her bones were hollow and there was no blood left in her. Her heart that had been springing against her chest all afternoon felt suddenly dead. She saw it gray and limp and shriveled at the edges like an oyster.
His face seemed to throb out in space before her, come closer with the lurching motion in the veins of his temples. In retreat, she looked down at the piano. Her lips shook like jelly and a surge of noiseless tears made the white keys blur in a watery line. 'I can't,' she whispered. 'I don't know why, but I just can't- can't any more.
I felt like telling myself about The Ballad of the Sad Cafe before I had continued it to the end of story life. The kind of telling to yourself to love a little more, get closer, as if it knew you too. I don't know, I really didn't want to move inside myself to get there. What I wanted was for someone to come get me. The telling to yourself is necessary to feel known, I feel, and I'm afraid is true.
Carson McCullers I have known to hold up to me what I am feeling when I feel like there is no hope of anything ever coming to get me. Since I was fourteen and read The Member of the Wedding for the first time. My rawest, at a total loss to myself times I refer to myself as my "The Member of the Wedding times". You can't be pretty, you can't come along, you will be left behind, you can't bring yourself either. No, you don't even remember how to ask anymore. My enduring spiteful ghost is "The Heart is the Lonely Hunter times". No music in my head, and even Aesop Rock couldn't touch my grotesque spiritual flesh. It would be an unsentenced prison. My "The Member of the Wedding times" terrify me because I feel that the worst thing that could ever happen to me is The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. It is the next page. There's nothing your head to tell yourself. Ever again. That she wrote these books and understood me helped me because it earwormed me and told me all about them and I didn't have to be me alone. Okay, so favorite books I am afraid to "have" again in case they don't work anymore. Time traveled and someone stopped the butterflies wings in flight. Still, there's something to be said for what has always been there for you. Nothing does it better for me than music I had when I was young. Last summer I read McCuller's Clock Without Hands and I didn't feel it at all. I was worried to turn to her again but it just worked out that way. I found myself reading her short stories with my mouth full of words I wanted her to tell me instead of me telling me.
Life could become one long dim scramble just to get the things needed to keep alive. And the confusing point is this: All useful things have a price, and are bought only with money, as that is the way the world is run. You know without having to reason about it the price of a bale of cotton, or a quart of molasses. But no value has been put on human life; it is given to us free and taken without being paid for. What is it worth? If you look around, at times the value may seem to be little or nothing at all. Often after you have sweated and tried and things are not better for you, there comes a feeling deep down in the soul that you are not worth much.
McCullers writes with a fairytale logic. I love fairy tales when they are over. Not the defeat, though. The fairy dust that hovers over everything else, like a promise of the wolf down the road or the witch in the oven, unsettled. Things will happen. Stories written like fairytales I have a problem with. This is this is this is that. They pretty much bore the crap out of me, not to mention that gilded cage of boredom that I call to myself "Trapped in a fabric store with my mother when I was young and I couldn't leave for HOURS". Someone is in your head telling you THIS will happen. It's not dust it has a whole gingerbread shape with a door and windows and a fence. I didn't get into the idea of the sad cafe at all. There are doors and windows and the premises belong to someone. Come here and don't belong to you. That's why they like this cafe. The outside belongs to someone but she doesn't call it hers. Call it something and call it a fairy tale. No, don't tell it like that! Miss Amelia has a hard stone face. Miss Amelia wins because she has money and she can say no like she means it. Miss Amelia could have won forever if she always said no. Read my lips they are the same page and they go nowhere and tell you nothing ever. Her so-called cousin Lymon the hunchbacked little man comes to town and causes trouble by looking from one towns person to the other. His page says something that causes excitement and unease. I didn't feel his mischief, really. I liked the townspeople that gave the benefit of the doubt. They didn't want to whisper words of something awful that could have happened. They would have helped if they could. These were walls made of moveable dust and I could live there. The Hunchback started to look like a monster in my mind. Like they weren't real people. I had his look in my mind that he could have done a pathetic whine to get under your skin. He is actually envious of Miss Amelia's first ten day wed groom. The kind of guy that inexplicably changes his tiger stripes to love the winner who wins if they always said no. If it was a fairytale without an ending, anyway. Her legs were closed and on them he was walked out the door. So the hunchback was envious because he had been to the prison in Atlanta. It may or may not have been the prison that I got lost and wound up by the front gates. It was in a residential neighborhood (quite a poor one). I couldn't stop thinking about if the inmates could see into the lit up windows of the houses below. The aching envy for those rooms, those lights that could not go away. What kind of a hunchback envies the inmate unless it is a getting the worst of it over with, if your conviction was a humorless gallows. He follows in Miss Amelia's footsteps. Maybe his conviction was a permanent no. I didn't feel him in my steps. I started to feel the story in the spaces of the couple of townsfolk who wanted something better. But the monster whine and shut up doors were louder than the cafe and I wonder why that is the setting when I can't see that as what they wanted. It's the no, right? I start to tell myself about what Miss Amelia could have wanted when her lips said maybe yes, for a time, to the hunchback and Marvin Macy.
My favorite stories were Wunderkind and Madame Zilensky and the King of Finland. I loved this from 'Finland':
Her eyes were wide open, doomed, and proud. And Mr. Brook felt suddenly like a murderer. A great commotion of feelings- understanding, remorse, and unreasonable love- made him cover his facec with his hands. He could not speak until this agitation in his insides quieted down, and then he said very faintly, 'Yes. Of course. The king of Finland. And was he nice?'
Madame Zilensky tells lies. Preposterous lies that have no gain apparent to the naked eye. So he strips her bare. The leftovers are a dying. They weren't lies. (I always favored George Costanza's lying seminar. "It's not a lie- if YOU believe it.") Mr. Brook imagines their music teacher pouring her life into her symphonies, with nothing to spare. She imagined other lives. Two eyes like feet on different sides of true and false. She can live both at the same time. It is almost true. Pushing one back over the line would kill her. An out of soul with nowhere to return. I don't know but I really loved that he saw her dying and tried to pull back. I loved the instant regret even more than I loved those couple of townspeople who couldn't try to imagine Miss Amelia was a murderess.
The man said slowly. 'I love you.'
All along the counter the men laughed. The boy, who had scowled and sidled away, did not know what to do. He looked over the counter at Leo, and Leo watched him with a weary, brittle jeer. The boy tried to laugh also. But the man was serious and sad.
'A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud' is another cafe. The old man has lost his love, a woman he called Dodo. She completed him and every thing anyone ever said about love that you didn't feel because you didn't know them. An abstraction, a tree's shadow on your shade that looks like something else. A cloud as a bunny rabbit, maybe, or a stone's thrown in a blank pool. "I love you," he'd tell you and you would sit in the cafe, maybe, and feel helpless and someone else would tell him to shut up already. He is lost without something. I thought about my brother hating his bar-tending job after the recession started dipping harder and harder. Everyone cries into their drinks and you have to look at them, have to say something. He tells you he loves you and what does he want back? You can't give it to him.
'Wunkderkind' reminded me a little of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. When she cries over her father giving her an egg to eat. The out of life feeling when you don't want to eat anything. She imagines hiding the sounds of the chocolate bar wrapping during the school day. I have forgotten to eat most days of this week myself. I know the feeling. It's a disquieted gut feeling and what you are hungry for isn't food. The unhealthy stomach travels to the other bones in a school sing song ballad. She's a musical prodigy, or at least they always say she is, or she just thinks they said it about her. The echo is around like food you can't eat and you are always hungry. The hunger extends and nothing fills and she runs out into the street in the wrong direction. Home is probably going to be the wrong kind of food too.
Last year I read that McCullers waited on the doorstep of Djuna Barnes (I loved Nightwood too). She did not shout down from her window, the door did not open for her. Take me with you didn't happen, I guess. I know it didn't but I can't hear the words past what I call waiting for hours for something good to happen time moves too damned slowly when it never does happen. I wanted to say something to her in the past. Something like "No, don't do that! Don't wait for her! Get up!" I don't like anyone not reaching out to her. This has stayed in my mind whenever I think of McCullers... I wonder if anyone ever wanted to be Carson McCullers (probably over the literary acclaim and all of the depressing "She wrote that when she was 23!" hand clapping applause that doesn't take you by the hand to lead you anywhere). I have this feeling about these stories of people wanting to be someone else. I wonder if anyone ever wanted to be me. My nemesis the turtle said he wouldn't wish me on his worst enemy because I can't eat anything that tastes good. Turtle is so right. I like the tastes of words on the tongue, telling about stuff. What am I eating, though? I want to talk about love like about what the old man looked like when he was talking about love to that young boy. Wish for something better for Miss Amelia. Say you don't have to be a Wunderkind. It's not going to be "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Times" if you don't feel the music like you really, really mean it as you play. There's something else you can pick up. For her I see her watching her teacher. He spontaneously crouches beside her, outside of the unnatural lights, inside his own space. It's because she doesn't have hers. She's trying to be a Wunderkind, in his. I don't want anyone to want to be someone else and at the same time I feel this ache inside like that's all I really want is to be someone else. These stories make me think of that feeling more than anything else so I'm caught between wanting to talk about them to me and be them and wanting them to talk to me like I'm me. It's an almost. Short stories end and go on without you too soon. Maybe that's it.
May 25, 2015
Farks Falls, um lugar isolado do mundo, de invernos agrestes e ver玫es escaldantes. Pouco mais tem al茅m da f谩brica de algod茫o; as humildes habita莽玫es; uma pequena igreja e a mercearia. Ao terminarem o turno da f谩brica, os oper谩rios nada t锚m para fazer al茅m de observar as vidas uns dos outros ou, quando muito, podem ir at茅 脿 estrada ouvir as conversas, os cantares e o som das picaretas dos doze prisioneiros que ali trabalham.
Am茅lia Evans, uma mulher de forte complei莽茫o f铆sica, bem sucedida nos neg贸cios, rude, avarenta, belicosa e solit谩ria que, al茅m de gerir a mercearia - mais tarde transformada em caf茅 - 茅 a curandeira das mazelas f铆sicas dos habitantes.
Lymon Willis, um an茫o corcunda, empreendedor e cativante que um dia chega 脿 povoa莽茫o - n茫o se sabe vindo de onde - e se afirma primo de Miss Am茅lia. Ao contr谩rio do esperado, Miss Am茅lia recebe-o em casa e, por amor ao an茫o, torna-se uma mulher diferente.
Marvin Macy, um homem bonito, conflituoso e sem escr煤pulos que se transforma num homem bom ao apaixonar-se por Miss Am茅lia, com a qual est谩 casado durante dez dias.
Pelos olhos da popula莽茫o, s茫o-nos mostradas as metamorfoses no car谩cter das tr锚s personagens, envolvidas num tri芒ngulo de amor, em c铆rculo, no qual ningu茅m 茅 amado por quem ama.
脡 extraordin谩rio como Carson McCullers consegue em t茫o poucas p谩ginas, e de forma t茫o bela, dizer tanto:
Sobre o poder redentor, e tamb茅m destruidor, do amor;
Sobre a irracionalidade do amor, que nos leva a amar at茅 quem 茅 improv谩vel amarmos;
Sobre a import芒ncia para o ser humano de amar, sendo irrelevante se 茅 amado ou n茫o.
Am茅lia Evans, uma mulher de forte complei莽茫o f铆sica, bem sucedida nos neg贸cios, rude, avarenta, belicosa e solit谩ria que, al茅m de gerir a mercearia - mais tarde transformada em caf茅 - 茅 a curandeira das mazelas f铆sicas dos habitantes.
Lymon Willis, um an茫o corcunda, empreendedor e cativante que um dia chega 脿 povoa莽茫o - n茫o se sabe vindo de onde - e se afirma primo de Miss Am茅lia. Ao contr谩rio do esperado, Miss Am茅lia recebe-o em casa e, por amor ao an茫o, torna-se uma mulher diferente.
Marvin Macy, um homem bonito, conflituoso e sem escr煤pulos que se transforma num homem bom ao apaixonar-se por Miss Am茅lia, com a qual est谩 casado durante dez dias.
Pelos olhos da popula莽茫o, s茫o-nos mostradas as metamorfoses no car谩cter das tr锚s personagens, envolvidas num tri芒ngulo de amor, em c铆rculo, no qual ningu茅m 茅 amado por quem ama.
脡 extraordin谩rio como Carson McCullers consegue em t茫o poucas p谩ginas, e de forma t茫o bela, dizer tanto:
Sobre o poder redentor, e tamb茅m destruidor, do amor;
Sobre a irracionalidade do amor, que nos leva a amar at茅 quem 茅 improv谩vel amarmos;
Sobre a import芒ncia para o ser humano de amar, sendo irrelevante se 茅 amado ou n茫o.
February 16, 2018
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丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丨賰賷 毓賳 賲賯賴賶 氐睾賷乇 賲賳毓夭賱 亘賲賯丕胤毓丞 鬲卮賷爻丕賵 鬲丨賰賲賴 丕賲乇兀賰 賲胤賱賯丞 賯賵賷丞 丕賱噩爻賲 賵爻賱賷賲丞 丕賱毓賯賱貙 亘丕賱賯丿乇 丕賱匕賷 賷爻賲丨 賱賴丕 兀賳 鬲毓賷卮 賲賳賮乇丿丞 亘匕丕鬲賴丕 賵賱丕 鬲卮毓乇 賲毓 匕賱賰 亘丕賱兀爻賮 賱匕賱賰.
賷馗賴乇 賱丕賷賲賳貙 丕亘賳 丕賱禺丕賱丞 丕賱賯氐賷乇貙 丕賱匕賷 賷丨賷賱 丨賷丕丞 廿賲賷賱賷丕 賲賳 丕賱賰賲賵賳 廿賱賶 丕賱丨乇賰丞 賵賲賳 丕賱噩賲賵丿 廿賱賶 丕賱丕賳胤賱丕賯.
鬲鬲爻丕乇毓 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 亘卮賰賱 賰亘賷乇 賱鬲氐賱 廿賱賶 毓賵丿丞 卮禺氐 睾賷乇 賲賳鬲馗乇 亘丕賱賲乇丞貙 毓賵丿丞 卮禺氐 鬲丐孬乇 賱丕 賮賷 卮禺氐 廿賲賷賱賷丕 賵賱賰賳 賮賷 丨賷丕丞 賰賱 賮乇丿 亘賱 賵丨鬲賶 賮賷 丕賱賯乇賷丞 賵賲丐爻爻丕鬲賴丕 賵亘賷賵鬲賴丕.
丕賱賯氐丞 賰丕賳鬲 賲賲賱丞 亘卮賰賱 賰亘賷乇 賵廿賳 賰賳鬲 賲鬲賱賴賮賸丕 賱賲毓乇賮丞 賲丕 爻賷噩乇賷 賵賲丕 爻鬲丐賵賱 廿賱賷賴 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬貙 賵廿賳 賰賳鬲 鬲賳亘兀鬲 亘賳賴丕賷丞 卮亘賷賴丞 亘賲噩乇丿 賲賱丕丨馗丞 鬲氐乇賮丕鬲 賱丕賷賲賳 丕賱爻丕丿賵賲丕夭賵卮賷丞 鬲噩丕賴 賲賷爻賷 卮賷亍 賲丕.
丕賱丨亘 賷爻賱亘 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕賱丕鬲夭丕賳 賵丕賱毓賯賱貙 賷賮賯丿賴 氐賵丕亘賴. 氐丨賷丨 兀賳賴 賷丨孬賴 毓賱賶 丕賱爻毓賷 賵丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 賳氐賮賴 丕賱丌禺乇 丕賱賲賮賯賵丿貙 廿賱丕 兀賳賴貙 賵賮賷 爻亘賷賱 丕賱爻毓賷 禺賱賮 丕賱賲賮賯賵丿貙 賷賮賯丿 賲丕 賴賵 亘丨賵夭鬲賴 亘丕賱賮毓賱.
噩賲賷毓賳丕 賷爻毓賶 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 賲丨亘賵亘賸丕貙 賱賰賳賴 賷爻毓賶貙 賵亘卮賰賱 兀爻丕爻賷貙 亘卮賰賱 兀毓馗賲貙 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 賲丨亘賸丕.
兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 賲丨亘賵亘賻丕 亘賴匕丕 兀賲乇 賲毓鬲丕丿貙 賱賰賳 賱丕 丿禺賱 賱賰 亘賴. 兀賷: 賱賷爻 卮賷卅丕 鬲毓鬲丿 亘賴 賵鬲賲鬲丕夭. 兀賲丕 兀賳 鬲丨亘 賮賴匕丕 賴賵 賲賳噩夭賰 兀賳鬲貙 亘卮禺氐賰貙 亘匕丕鬲賰 丕賱賮毓丕賱丞.
賲丕 丕賱匕賷 賷丨賷賱 卮禺氐賸丕 噩丕丿賸丕 賵氐賱亘賸丕 賲孬賱 丕賱丌賳爻丞 廿賲賷賱賷丕 廿賱賶 卮禺氐 亘賲孬賱 賴匕丕 丕賱賵賴賳 賵丕賱鬲亘毓賷丞 賵丕賱禺賮丞責
賴賵 丕賱丨亘貙 賵廿賳 賱賲 賷噩賱 丕賱賲丐賱賮 丨賯賷賯丞 賴匕丕 丕賱丨亘.
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丨賰賷 毓賳 賲賯賴賶 氐睾賷乇 賲賳毓夭賱 亘賲賯丕胤毓丞 鬲卮賷爻丕賵 鬲丨賰賲賴 丕賲乇兀賰 賲胤賱賯丞 賯賵賷丞 丕賱噩爻賲 賵爻賱賷賲丞 丕賱毓賯賱貙 亘丕賱賯丿乇 丕賱匕賷 賷爻賲丨 賱賴丕 兀賳 鬲毓賷卮 賲賳賮乇丿丞 亘匕丕鬲賴丕 賵賱丕 鬲卮毓乇 賲毓 匕賱賰 亘丕賱兀爻賮 賱匕賱賰.
賷馗賴乇 賱丕賷賲賳貙 丕亘賳 丕賱禺丕賱丞 丕賱賯氐賷乇貙 丕賱匕賷 賷丨賷賱 丨賷丕丞 廿賲賷賱賷丕 賲賳 丕賱賰賲賵賳 廿賱賶 丕賱丨乇賰丞 賵賲賳 丕賱噩賲賵丿 廿賱賶 丕賱丕賳胤賱丕賯.
鬲鬲爻丕乇毓 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 亘卮賰賱 賰亘賷乇 賱鬲氐賱 廿賱賶 毓賵丿丞 卮禺氐 睾賷乇 賲賳鬲馗乇 亘丕賱賲乇丞貙 毓賵丿丞 卮禺氐 鬲丐孬乇 賱丕 賮賷 卮禺氐 廿賲賷賱賷丕 賵賱賰賳 賮賷 丨賷丕丞 賰賱 賮乇丿 亘賱 賵丨鬲賶 賮賷 丕賱賯乇賷丞 賵賲丐爻爻丕鬲賴丕 賵亘賷賵鬲賴丕.
丕賱賯氐丞 賰丕賳鬲 賲賲賱丞 亘卮賰賱 賰亘賷乇 賵廿賳 賰賳鬲 賲鬲賱賴賮賸丕 賱賲毓乇賮丞 賲丕 爻賷噩乇賷 賵賲丕 爻鬲丐賵賱 廿賱賷賴 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬貙 賵廿賳 賰賳鬲 鬲賳亘兀鬲 亘賳賴丕賷丞 卮亘賷賴丞 亘賲噩乇丿 賲賱丕丨馗丞 鬲氐乇賮丕鬲 賱丕賷賲賳 丕賱爻丕丿賵賲丕夭賵卮賷丞 鬲噩丕賴 賲賷爻賷 卮賷亍 賲丕.
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