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Sparkling with comic genius and narrative exuberance, I Served the King of England is a story of how the unbelievable came true. Its remarkable hero, Ditie, is a hotel waiter who rises to become a millionaire and then loses it all again against the backdrop of events in Prague from the German invasion to the victory of Communism. Ditie's fantastic journey intertwines the political and the personal in a narrative that both enlightens and entertains.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1983
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Bohumil Hrabal
192听books1,263听followersBorn in Brno-沤idenice, Moravia, he lived briefly in Poln谩, but was raised in the Nymburk brewery as the manager's stepson.
Hrabal received a Law degree from Prague's Charles University, and lived in the city from the late 1940s on.
He worked as a manual laborer alongside Vladim铆r Boudn铆k in the Kladno ironworks in the 1950s, an experience which inspired the "hyper-realist" texts he was writing at the time.
His best known novels were Closely Watched Trains (1965) and I Served the King of England. In 1965 he bought a cottage in Kersko, which he used to visit till the end of his life, and where he kept cats ("ko膷enky").
He was a great storyteller; his popular pub was At the Golden Tiger (U zlat茅ho tygra) on Husova Street in Prague, where he met the Czech President V谩clav Havel, the American President Bill Clinton and the then-US ambassador to the UN Madeleine Albright on January 11th, 1994.
Several of his works were not published in Czechoslovakia due to the objections of the authorities, including The Little Town Where Time Stood Still (M臎ste膷ko, kde se zastavil 膷as) and I Served the King of England (Obsluhoval jsem anglick茅ho kr谩le).
He died when he fell from a fifth floor hospital where he was apparently trying to feed pigeons. It was noted that Hrabal lived on the fifth floor of his apartment building and that suicides by leaping from a fifth-floor window were mentioned in several of his books.
He was buried in a family grave in the cemetery in Hradi拧tko. In the same grave his mother "Mary拧ka", step father "Francin", uncle "Pepin", wife "Pipsi" and brother "Sl谩vek" were buried.
He wrote with an expressive, highly visual style, often using long sentences; in fact his work Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age (1964) (Tane膷n铆 hodiny pro star拧铆 a pokro膷il茅) is made up of just one sentence. Many of Hrabal's characters are portrayed as "wise fools" - simpletons with occasional or inadvertent profound thoughts - who are also given to coarse humour, lewdness, and a determination to survive and enjoy oneself despite harsh circumstances. Political quandaries and their concomitant moral ambiguities are also a recurrent theme.
Along with Jaroslav Ha拧ek, Karel 膶apek, and Milan Kundera - who were also imaginative and amusing satirists - he is considered one of the greatest Czech writers of the 20th century. His works have been translated into 27 languages.
Hrabal received a Law degree from Prague's Charles University, and lived in the city from the late 1940s on.
He worked as a manual laborer alongside Vladim铆r Boudn铆k in the Kladno ironworks in the 1950s, an experience which inspired the "hyper-realist" texts he was writing at the time.
His best known novels were Closely Watched Trains (1965) and I Served the King of England. In 1965 he bought a cottage in Kersko, which he used to visit till the end of his life, and where he kept cats ("ko膷enky").
He was a great storyteller; his popular pub was At the Golden Tiger (U zlat茅ho tygra) on Husova Street in Prague, where he met the Czech President V谩clav Havel, the American President Bill Clinton and the then-US ambassador to the UN Madeleine Albright on January 11th, 1994.
Several of his works were not published in Czechoslovakia due to the objections of the authorities, including The Little Town Where Time Stood Still (M臎ste膷ko, kde se zastavil 膷as) and I Served the King of England (Obsluhoval jsem anglick茅ho kr谩le).
He died when he fell from a fifth floor hospital where he was apparently trying to feed pigeons. It was noted that Hrabal lived on the fifth floor of his apartment building and that suicides by leaping from a fifth-floor window were mentioned in several of his books.
He was buried in a family grave in the cemetery in Hradi拧tko. In the same grave his mother "Mary拧ka", step father "Francin", uncle "Pepin", wife "Pipsi" and brother "Sl谩vek" were buried.
He wrote with an expressive, highly visual style, often using long sentences; in fact his work Dancing Lessons for the Advanced in Age (1964) (Tane膷n铆 hodiny pro star拧铆 a pokro膷il茅) is made up of just one sentence. Many of Hrabal's characters are portrayed as "wise fools" - simpletons with occasional or inadvertent profound thoughts - who are also given to coarse humour, lewdness, and a determination to survive and enjoy oneself despite harsh circumstances. Political quandaries and their concomitant moral ambiguities are also a recurrent theme.
Along with Jaroslav Ha拧ek, Karel 膶apek, and Milan Kundera - who were also imaginative and amusing satirists - he is considered one of the greatest Czech writers of the 20th century. His works have been translated into 27 languages.
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April 6, 2024
鈥淧restad atenci贸n a lo que os voy a contar ahora鈥�As铆 empieza cada cap铆tulo de esta historia, como si fuera uno de esos romances de ciegos en los que mediante vi帽etas se relataban escenas terribles o sucesos extravagantes, con no pocas dosis de picard铆a. Hab铆a que atrapar la atenci贸n del oyente desde la primera palabra y tal cual empieza Hrabal, con esa picaresca venta de salchichas en la estaci贸n de tren o meti茅ndonos de lleno en una batalla campal entre clanes gitanos o embuti茅ndonos entre los pechos de Jaruska, la belleza rubia de Casa Para铆so, donde encontr贸 Jan D铆t臎, porque as铆 se llama el camarero protagonista de nuestra historia, su primer 鈥渙bjetivo hermoso y noble en la vida鈥�. Y todo ello en menos de diez p谩ginas.
Aquellos eran los tiempos de la juventud, de la alegr铆a, en los que Jan fue testigo de la decadencia, el lujo, la frivolidad y la extravagancia de la Europa central de entreguerras. Un cuerpo peque帽ito el suyo, pero capaz de albergar una desmesurada ambici贸n por ser millonario y codearse con los due帽os de los grandes hoteles en los que fue prestando sus servicios y d贸nde aprendi贸 todos los trucos del oficio de manos del mejor maestro, aquel que hab铆a servido al rey de Inglaterra.
El dinero, ah, el dinero, capaz no solo de adquirir los placeres de bellas muchachas, sino tambi茅n de comprar poes铆a, la que hay en un vientre decorado con margaritas y p茅talos de cicl谩menes o en la sortija de brillantes resplandeciendo al subir por el muslo de una dama o la que se le铆a en la tertulia literaria del hotel cuyos due帽os, marido y mujer, terminaban a golpes a causa del realismo o el romanticismo hasta hacerse sangre. El dinero, la imagen de su poder, de su capacidad, todo le est谩 permitido al dinero, todas las excentricidades se le consienten y hasta se le aplauden y, por supuesto, se le envidian.
鈥溾€ambi茅n constat茅 que el que descubri贸 que el trabajo ennoblece al hombre no era otro que uno de aquellos que se pasaban aqu铆 la noche comiendo y bebiendo con hermosas se帽oritas en las rodillas, los ricos que saben ser felices como ni帽os peque帽os鈥� a los que les daba igual cu谩nto se gastaban en una noche, que tiraban los billetes en todas las direcciones de mundo y eso les sentaba bien鈥� nunca he visto unos hombre m谩s felices que aquellos ricos industriales y empresarios鈥︹€�Desde su primer trabajo supo Jan de su importancia, quiso poseerlo, dese贸 el placer de contarlo, de extenderlo en el suelo y pasear sobre 茅l como sobre una bella alfombra. Atendi贸 servilmente a los ricos, a los pol铆ticos, a los generales, y lo hizo bien, tanto que lleg贸 a ser aquel que hab铆a servido al emperador de Abisinia. Atendi贸 a los nazis, se cas贸 con una y se aprovech贸 de la expoliaci贸n a los jud铆os para conseguir su sue帽o, o la mitad de 茅l, pues a pesar de llegar a poseer el m谩s maravilloso hotel de Praga nunca fue aceptado por sus iguales.
"Se me ocurri贸 mirarme al espejo y, seg煤n me miraba, de pronto me vi a m铆 mismo como una persona extra帽a鈥omo no me hab铆a visto nunca, como un Sokol que, cuando ejecutaban a los patriotas checos, se dejaba examinar por los m茅dicos nazis para ver si era apto para tener trato carnal con una profesora alemana de gimnasia, y mientras que los alemanes iniciaron la guerra con Rusia, yo hab铆a celebrado ni boda y hab铆a cantado Die Reihen dicht geschlossen, y mientras nuestras gentes en casa sufren, yo lo sigo pasando bien en los hoteles y hotelitos, donde sirvo al ej茅rcito alem谩n y a las SS鈥� me veo a m铆 mismo y me pongo malo de lo que veo, sobre todo aquel sue帽o de ser millonario y demostrar a Praga y a esos propietarios de hoteles de que yo era uno de ellos鈥︹€�Aqu铆, desde lo m谩s alto de su profesi贸n y desde lo m谩s bajo como hombre, empez贸 su ca铆da social y su crecimiento como persona. Ese camino, y desde su final, es el que se cuenta en el libro mediante un discurso repleto de largu铆simas frases que brotan de un alma que apenas empieza a salir del tormento de una vida desperdiciada persiguiendo un fin absurdo en el que cualquier medio era v谩lido. Un discurso verbal escrito con urgencia, incluso de forma atropellada, con im谩genes de gran belleza, impactantes y m谩gicas, en el que a toda costa Jan D铆t臎 quer铆a dar fe 鈥漝e c贸mo lo incre铆ble se hac铆a realidad鈥�.
鈥淟legar a trav茅s del discurso con uno mismo hacia el sentido de la vida鈥� cual era el significado de ese camino que ya hab铆a hecho y el que le quedaba por desandar y si aun queda tiempo de alcanzar a trav茅s del pensamiento una calma tal que le proteja a uno contra el deseo de escapar a la soledad, de escapar a las preguntas fundamentales, para las que un hombre debe tener fuerza y valor suficiente鈥︹€�
鈥溌縊s dais por satisfechos? Pues con esto termino por hoy.鈥�
February 26, 2025
Forget serving the King of England, that's nothing compared to serving the Emperor of Ethiopia鈥攁 whole spit-roasted camel stuffed full of all sorts!
You've got to hand it to some of those central european writers, writing under censorship and oppression, as nine times out of ten they seemed to bang out some great work, and this for me is yet another absolute classic! Must be something in the water. Although, it's more likely that fantastic Pilsner beer!
At times hilarious, lascivious, startling, deeply moving, and somewhat strange, I Served the King of England is a beguiling and picaresque allegory depicting Czechoslovak history pre and post WW2 through the eyes of a hotel waiter, Ditie, who moves and rises up in stature from one hotel to another. His journey begins at the Golden Prague Hotel where he is clearly seen as having a crude ambition to make it big, and where Hrabal's narrative starts off bawdy and zany before鈥攄ue to the German Reich imposing themselves鈥攖urns that little bit darker and more satirical. Ditie falls for a Nazi, Lise, during the war, marries under the ominous presence of a swastika flag, and ends up having a disturbed child who can't stop banging nails with hammer鈥攍ong before he can even talk. Some of the scenes once the novel really gets going you start to realise that certain behavior is so unreservedly at odds with anything we would experience in reality, and that Hrabal is stamping down his own authority and forcing the reader into suspending his disbelief. Simpy put, this is a novel where the unbelievable comes true, but the troubles and looming threats of the real world; the believable world around Ditie, are still never far away. Ditie would go on to become a millionaire鈥攂efore losing his wealth under Communism rule鈥攖hanks to a pre-war stamp collection, and open a rather bizarre hotel situated at a quarry, where a certain writer, Steinbeck, would become a guest, fall in love with the place, and offer to buy it. No doubt for me the highlight was earlier on in the novel when a banquet is held for the Emperor of Ethiopia. Won't be forgetting that feast in a hurry. Despite forming an allegiance with the Nazis鈥攐f which he does shift away from eventually鈥攊t was always such a pleasure to be at the side of Ditie and his journey. From the inquisitive and excited youngster learning the tricks of the trade, to the person of wisdom who turns to solitude. Doesn't surprise me in the slightest that Kundera loved the novel鈥攅specially when it came to the sex, and other certain situations involving women.
There was just so much to love about the whole darn thing. The bonus being that it had a sort of Calvino-esque fairytale quality to it, plus some echoes of Kundera. I thought Closely Watched Trains was brilliant enough, but this for me was even better. Best of the five I've read by him.
January 16, 2015
Czechs say Bohumil Hrabal's work is untranslatable. When I read I indeed felt something wasn't coming through. But I chalked it up to a style of Eastern European literature: dark, allegorical, an unfiltered cigarette of protest to communist grime. Glad I read it but no rush to read any more Hrabal.
And then I stopped in a used bookstore, just this week. Monday. There was . I jimmied it out and thumbed it open, expecting to read a sentence or two and slide it back. Instead I read this:
When I started to work at the Golden Prague Hotel, the boss took hold of my left ear, pulled me up, and said, You're a busboy here, so remember, you don't see anything and you don't hear anything. Repeat what I just said. So I said I wouldn't see anything and I wouldn't hear anything. Then the boss pulled my right ear and said, But remember too that you've got to see everything and hear everything. That's how I began.
I'm only human. So I took it home and rushed to finish what else I was reading. I started Tuesday. I followed Ditie, the busboy, from hotel to hotel. From busboy to waiter. I was always lucky in my bad luck, he said.
I'm trying to tell you about this in a way that will not be full of spoilers.
Well, I guess that didn't work.
Instead, let me tell you one anecdote. See, Ditie, as you can imagine, meets many different characters. One is Mr. 艩铆ba, the soccer referee. Nobody wanted to referee the Sparta-Slavia match because the crowd always insulted the referee. So Mr. 艩铆ba agreed to do it. He practiced by running through the birch trees, reprimanding and threatening Burger and Braine with expulsion, but mostly yelling at Mr. 艠铆ha, One more time and you're out of the game. A headwaiter took a bus of inmates from an asylum, along with a barrel of beer, to watch. That small story can not have anything but a happy ending.
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Eventually, Ditie realizes this: although the stars were visible at night, at noon you could see them only from the bottom of a deep well. So, like Murakami, he goes for introspection. The book did not wane here.
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____
See, I've been doing this thing with reading friends, real life reading friends. We meet sometime before Christmas, in some place that serves alcoholic beverages, and, in turn, announce our top ten books of the year list. This started with two guys on bar napkins and no preparation, to seven, down to a more manageable five, but with hand-out typed lists. Civility moderates. Tonight, Thursday, was that night. I was pretty satisfied with my list about a month ago. had been on the bubble but then I read Mo Yan's and I thought I was set. But as the weeks passed, I weighed which books resonated most, and Iceland appeared to be the final journey.
But, as I said, I started Tuesday. By the time Ditie had to masturbate for the Nazi doctors (Wednesday on my calendar), I had to see whether he passed the ethnic purity test. I wasn't howling. Just smiling on every page. Who says Hrabal can't be translated?
So I woke this morning, 120 pages to go. It could be the first book next year. But readers, you know how it is.
Iceland Sagas and Chinese one-child policy novels would have to be runners-up. This was too good not to make the list. How often do I give 5 stars?
And then I stopped in a used bookstore, just this week. Monday. There was . I jimmied it out and thumbed it open, expecting to read a sentence or two and slide it back. Instead I read this:
When I started to work at the Golden Prague Hotel, the boss took hold of my left ear, pulled me up, and said, You're a busboy here, so remember, you don't see anything and you don't hear anything. Repeat what I just said. So I said I wouldn't see anything and I wouldn't hear anything. Then the boss pulled my right ear and said, But remember too that you've got to see everything and hear everything. That's how I began.
I'm only human. So I took it home and rushed to finish what else I was reading. I started Tuesday. I followed Ditie, the busboy, from hotel to hotel. From busboy to waiter. I was always lucky in my bad luck, he said.
I'm trying to tell you about this in a way that will not be full of spoilers.
Well, I guess that didn't work.
Instead, let me tell you one anecdote. See, Ditie, as you can imagine, meets many different characters. One is Mr. 艩铆ba, the soccer referee. Nobody wanted to referee the Sparta-Slavia match because the crowd always insulted the referee. So Mr. 艩铆ba agreed to do it. He practiced by running through the birch trees, reprimanding and threatening Burger and Braine with expulsion, but mostly yelling at Mr. 艠铆ha, One more time and you're out of the game. A headwaiter took a bus of inmates from an asylum, along with a barrel of beer, to watch. That small story can not have anything but a happy ending.
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Eventually, Ditie realizes this: although the stars were visible at night, at noon you could see them only from the bottom of a deep well. So, like Murakami, he goes for introspection. The book did not wane here.
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____
See, I've been doing this thing with reading friends, real life reading friends. We meet sometime before Christmas, in some place that serves alcoholic beverages, and, in turn, announce our top ten books of the year list. This started with two guys on bar napkins and no preparation, to seven, down to a more manageable five, but with hand-out typed lists. Civility moderates. Tonight, Thursday, was that night. I was pretty satisfied with my list about a month ago. had been on the bubble but then I read Mo Yan's and I thought I was set. But as the weeks passed, I weighed which books resonated most, and Iceland appeared to be the final journey.
But, as I said, I started Tuesday. By the time Ditie had to masturbate for the Nazi doctors (Wednesday on my calendar), I had to see whether he passed the ethnic purity test. I wasn't howling. Just smiling on every page. Who says Hrabal can't be translated?
So I woke this morning, 120 pages to go. It could be the first book next year. But readers, you know how it is.
Iceland Sagas and Chinese one-child policy novels would have to be runners-up. This was too good not to make the list. How often do I give 5 stars?
April 14, 2023
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(I served the king of England 2006-7.4 & Meta, 73- Jiri Menzel)
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2. 亘丕 賲胤丕亘賯鬲 讴鬲丕亘 鬲乇噩賲賴鈥屰� 賴丕卮賲蹖丕賳 賵 賳爻禺賴鈥屰� 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 鬲乇噩賲賴鈥屰� 倬丕卅賵賱 賵蹖賱爻賵賳 賲卮丕賴丿賴 讴乇丿賲 讴賴 亘禺卮鈥屬囏й� 夭蹖丕丿蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 賲鬲丕爻賮丕賳賴 爻丕賳爻賵乇 卮丿賴 丕賳丿 賵 丨爻 讴乇丿賲 讴賴 亘賴 讴鬲丕亘 囟乇亘賴 禺賵乇丿賴 丕爻鬲. 賵丕賯毓丕 亘乇丕蹖賲 爻賵丕賱 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲鬲乇噩賲蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀� 亘禺卮鈥屬囏й� 夭蹖丕丿蹖 丕夭 蹖讴 讴鬲丕亘 亘丕賱丕噩亘丕乇 丿乇 丕蹖賳 賲賲賱讴鬲 爻丕賳爻賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 趩乇丕 丕賯丿丕賲 亘賴 鬲乇噩賲賴鈥屰� 讴鬲丕亘 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 丌賳 乇丕 丕亘鬲乇 賵 丕賮賱蹖噩 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賵 趩乇丕 爻乇丕睾 蹖讴 讴鬲丕亘 丿蹖诏乇 賳賲蹖鈥屫辟堌�
3. 亘賳丿賴 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 丕賲乇 禺胤蹖乇 鬲乇噩賲賴 亘丿賵賳 丿丕賳卮 賴爻鬲賲 賵 亘賴 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖 賴賲 鬲爻賱胤 讴丕賲賱 賵 讴丕賮蹖 賳丿丕乇賲 賵 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 鬲乇噩賲賴 亘賴丕乇賴 賴丕卮賲蹖丕賳 丕賴賱 賮賳 亘丕蹖丿 賳馗乇 亘丿賴賳丿. 賱蹖讴賳 賲賳 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 鬲乇噩賲賴鈥屰� 賴丕卮賲蹖丕賳 賳賴 禺蹖賱蹖 毓丕賱蹖 丕爻鬲 賵 賳賴 禺蹖賱蹖 亘丿 丕爻鬲. 鬲乇噩賲賴 賲蹖丕賳賴 賵 賲鬲賵爻胤蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賯丕亘賱蹖鬲 禺賵丕賳丿賳 乇丕 丿丕乇丿. 丕賱亘鬲賴 丕蹖賳 賳馗乇 卮禺氐蹖 賲賳 丕爻鬲.
4. 丿賵爻鬲丕賳蹖 讴賴 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 禺賵丕賳丿賴 丕賳丿 蹖丕 賳禺賵丕賳丿賴 丕賳丿 丿乇 氐賵乇鬲蹖 讴賴 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇 爻蹖賳賲丕 賵 丕賴賱 賮蹖賱賲 賴爻鬲賳丿 丨鬲賲丕 賮蹖賱賲 禺賵亘 丕賯鬲亘丕爻 卮丿賴 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 亘賴 讴丕乇诏乇丿丕賳蹖 蹖蹖乇跇蹖 賲賳夭賱 賴賲賵胤賳 賴乇丕亘丕賱 亘亘蹖賳賳丿.
(I served the king of England 2006-7.4 & Meta, 73- Jiri Menzel)
5. 丿賵爻鬲丕賳蹖 讴賴 胤丕賱亘 禺賵丕賳丿賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴爻鬲賳丿 丿乇 氐賵乇鬲 賳蹖丕夭 賵 毓賱丕賯賴 賲賳丿蹖 亘賴 亘賳丿賴 亘诏賵蹖賳丿 讴賴 倬蹖 丿蹖 丕賮 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖 丌賳 乇丕 丿乇 丕禺鬲蹖丕乇卮丕賳 賯乇丕乇 丿賴賲 趩乇丕 讴賴 賯爻賲鬲鈥屬囏й� 丨匕賮蹖 賵 爻丕賳爻賵乇蹖 丌賳 乇丕 賴丕蹖賱丕蹖鬲 讴乇丿賴鈥屫з�.
賵 丿乇 丌禺乇 趩賯丿乇 丕蹖賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 趩讴 禺賵亘 賴爻鬲賳丿 賵 趩賯丿乇 丌賳賴丕 乇丕 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕乇賲.
January 3, 2025
A "playful, social satire" I find quite distasteful!
On a recent vacation to Prague, I asked the proprietor of a local English language bookstore to recommend a novel that would be a good souvenir of my visit to Prague. She enthusiastically recommended I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND which she characterized as a comedic satire and added the guarantee that I would be sure to love it ... wrong!
The story takes place in Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1950 during the final days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire when Czechoslovakia tragically loses its freedom first to the armies of Nazi Germany and then to the Communist regime under Marx and Lenin.
Bohumil Hrabal's I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND is the story of a Ditie - a small man in every respect including stature - personal vision, abilities, scope of imagination, interests and even charitable inclinations to his fellow Czechs. It is the story of his rise from the bottom of the hospitality pecking order as a much maligned hotel busboy to a millionaire and the owner of his own unique hand-crafted hotel. It is the story of his fall from that pinnacle of wealth back into poverty as war takes away everything that he worked for including his wife, his son, his hotel, his wealth and the respect of his peers that he had unsuccessfully searched for all of his life.
My personal impression of Ditie as a character is that he is small-minded and selfish, focused on little else than the accumulation of wealth by any means, his social position in the eyes of his peers and the satisfaction of a powerful libido. He began his rise to power by stealing change from customers and he completed the accumulation of his first million by selling rare stamps purloined from Jewish prisoners who had been transported to concentration camps. In short, I found Ditie to be a most unlikable protagonist.
As a novel, I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND was irreverent, treating the horrific events of WW II and the Nazi and Communist occupation of Czechoslovakia with an outrageous, mocking comedic lightheartedness that was out of place and verging on the abhorrent.
The only redeeming feature of the entire novel is the heartwarming and heartbreaking story of his love for Lise, a German girl, who is despised by all of Ditie's Czech acquaintances.
Insofar as its being a souvenir of my visit to Prague goes ... suffice it to say that many Czechoslovakian place names were mentioned, but nothing about the narrative, the history, the description or the action in the novel was particularly evocative of the setting of such a magnificent city. But for the context of the war itself, the story could have happened anywhere at all!
Overall, my impression is that I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND is a self-proclaimed literary novel that attempts to turn Ditie's flaws into something charming. I'm not buying it at all.
Definitely not recommended.
Paul Weiss
On a recent vacation to Prague, I asked the proprietor of a local English language bookstore to recommend a novel that would be a good souvenir of my visit to Prague. She enthusiastically recommended I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND which she characterized as a comedic satire and added the guarantee that I would be sure to love it ... wrong!
The story takes place in Czechoslovakia from 1935 to 1950 during the final days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire when Czechoslovakia tragically loses its freedom first to the armies of Nazi Germany and then to the Communist regime under Marx and Lenin.
Bohumil Hrabal's I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND is the story of a Ditie - a small man in every respect including stature - personal vision, abilities, scope of imagination, interests and even charitable inclinations to his fellow Czechs. It is the story of his rise from the bottom of the hospitality pecking order as a much maligned hotel busboy to a millionaire and the owner of his own unique hand-crafted hotel. It is the story of his fall from that pinnacle of wealth back into poverty as war takes away everything that he worked for including his wife, his son, his hotel, his wealth and the respect of his peers that he had unsuccessfully searched for all of his life.
My personal impression of Ditie as a character is that he is small-minded and selfish, focused on little else than the accumulation of wealth by any means, his social position in the eyes of his peers and the satisfaction of a powerful libido. He began his rise to power by stealing change from customers and he completed the accumulation of his first million by selling rare stamps purloined from Jewish prisoners who had been transported to concentration camps. In short, I found Ditie to be a most unlikable protagonist.
As a novel, I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND was irreverent, treating the horrific events of WW II and the Nazi and Communist occupation of Czechoslovakia with an outrageous, mocking comedic lightheartedness that was out of place and verging on the abhorrent.
The only redeeming feature of the entire novel is the heartwarming and heartbreaking story of his love for Lise, a German girl, who is despised by all of Ditie's Czech acquaintances.
Insofar as its being a souvenir of my visit to Prague goes ... suffice it to say that many Czechoslovakian place names were mentioned, but nothing about the narrative, the history, the description or the action in the novel was particularly evocative of the setting of such a magnificent city. But for the context of the war itself, the story could have happened anywhere at all!
Overall, my impression is that I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND is a self-proclaimed literary novel that attempts to turn Ditie's flaws into something charming. I'm not buying it at all.
Definitely not recommended.
Paul Weiss
December 7, 2014
Man's body and spirit are indestructible...he is merely changed or metamorphized
- Bohumil Hrabal, I Served the King of England (1971).
Hrabal's satirically political, erotically imagined and poignant adventure story follows the rise and fall of a young busboy Ditie (Czech for 'child') who, despite his diminutive stature, possesses big dreams and the determination to become a millionaire to be the equal of everyone else: is influenced by his father's advice to have an aim in life because then he'd have a reason for living, initiates his rise at the brothel 'Paradise'- a habit-forming place that, from Ditie's innocent viewpoint, is so wonderful and forbidden that I wanted nothing more in this world,... because at last I'd found a beautiful and noble aim.
His adventures surrealistically course through farcical scenes of life in wartime Prague, though he stumbles upward without much thought to moral implications, idealizing and fervently learning from the distinguished headwaiter who knows everything about everything because, as the latter puts it: "I served the King of England." Ditie's steps to elevated stature are vividly imagined, particularly in one ironic episode where he effortlessly fumbles into serving the Emperor of Ethiopia, Hailie Selassie: the similarity in their physical sizes is not lost on the reader.
Hrabal depicts scenes of the German Occupation of Czechoslovakia through Ditie's relationship with Lise, a Nazi gym-instructor. Their marriage is expected to help perpetuate the future Aryan pure-blooded offspring of the Reich. Hrabal's highly erotic treatment depicting Germany in 'the throes of swallowing up' Czechoslovakia, of the latter forced to submission and, under pressure too, the ejaculation of its own identity proves this author's mastery of allegory. The handicapped nature of Ditie's and Lise's child is another ironic, powerfully piercing twist of the dagger in Hitler's ideology.
With Hrabal's signature taste for the absurd direction of Fate, his hero becomes the millionaire of his dreams but through the establishment of communism, loses that long sought-for stature, along with the freedom he thought it would afford him.
The final portions of Ditie's story are the most poignant, with a theme that the author often uses in his novels: memories, self reflection, and the expectations of one's life. Ditie becomes a road mender, and in his loneliness, he contemplates the direction he let his life take, coming to some profound conclusions of integrity and morality.
Hrabal's tragicomic tale of a nobody seeking to become important, and Czechoslovakia's pre-WWII to its Communism period may be one and the same. Ditie's introspective thoughts of his journey; of interrogating, accusing, and defending himself; and of finally moving forward, may be taken as reflective of Hrabal's beloved country. This highly inventive, equally erotic, funny, tragic, philosophical and inspiring work deeply touched and entertained. Just a word of caution, though..the movie was disappointing.
Read May 15th, 2014
- Bohumil Hrabal, I Served the King of England (1971).
Hrabal's satirically political, erotically imagined and poignant adventure story follows the rise and fall of a young busboy Ditie (Czech for 'child') who, despite his diminutive stature, possesses big dreams and the determination to become a millionaire to be the equal of everyone else: is influenced by his father's advice to have an aim in life because then he'd have a reason for living, initiates his rise at the brothel 'Paradise'- a habit-forming place that, from Ditie's innocent viewpoint, is so wonderful and forbidden that I wanted nothing more in this world,... because at last I'd found a beautiful and noble aim.
His adventures surrealistically course through farcical scenes of life in wartime Prague, though he stumbles upward without much thought to moral implications, idealizing and fervently learning from the distinguished headwaiter who knows everything about everything because, as the latter puts it: "I served the King of England." Ditie's steps to elevated stature are vividly imagined, particularly in one ironic episode where he effortlessly fumbles into serving the Emperor of Ethiopia, Hailie Selassie: the similarity in their physical sizes is not lost on the reader.
I learned that feeling victorious makes you victorious, and that once you lose heart or let yourself be discouraged the feeling of defeat will stay with you for the rest of your life, and you'll never get back on your feet again, especially in your own country and your own surroundings, where you're considered a runt, an eternal busboy.
Hrabal depicts scenes of the German Occupation of Czechoslovakia through Ditie's relationship with Lise, a Nazi gym-instructor. Their marriage is expected to help perpetuate the future Aryan pure-blooded offspring of the Reich. Hrabal's highly erotic treatment depicting Germany in 'the throes of swallowing up' Czechoslovakia, of the latter forced to submission and, under pressure too, the ejaculation of its own identity proves this author's mastery of allegory. The handicapped nature of Ditie's and Lise's child is another ironic, powerfully piercing twist of the dagger in Hitler's ideology.
With Hrabal's signature taste for the absurd direction of Fate, his hero becomes the millionaire of his dreams but through the establishment of communism, loses that long sought-for stature, along with the freedom he thought it would afford him.
The final portions of Ditie's story are the most poignant, with a theme that the author often uses in his novels: memories, self reflection, and the expectations of one's life. Ditie becomes a road mender, and in his loneliness, he contemplates the direction he let his life take, coming to some profound conclusions of integrity and morality.
..the maintenance of this road was the maintenance of my own life, which now, when I looked back on it, seemed to have happened to someone else. My life at this point seemed like a novel, a book written by a stranger even though I alone had the key to it, I alone was a witness to it, even though my life too was constantly being overgrown by grass and weeds at either end. But as I used a grub hoe and a shovel on the road, I used memory to keep the road of my life open into the past, so I could take my thoughts backward to where I wanted to begin remembering...and so arriving, in this back and forth way, at the meaning of life. Not the meaning of what used to be or what happened a long time ago, but discovering the kind of road you'd opened up and had yet to open up, and whether there was still time to attain the serenity that would secure you against the desire to escape from your own solitude, from the most important questions that you ask yourself.
Hrabal's tragicomic tale of a nobody seeking to become important, and Czechoslovakia's pre-WWII to its Communism period may be one and the same. Ditie's introspective thoughts of his journey; of interrogating, accusing, and defending himself; and of finally moving forward, may be taken as reflective of Hrabal's beloved country. This highly inventive, equally erotic, funny, tragic, philosophical and inspiring work deeply touched and entertained. Just a word of caution, though..the movie was disappointing.
Read May 15th, 2014
February 10, 2024
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丿賷 噩亘鬲賴丕 亘丕賱氐丿賮丞 賵賲賳 睾賷乇 賲丕 丕毓乇賮 丨丕噩丞 毓賳賴丕 賵賱丕 毓賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賵丿賷 丨丕噩丞 賳丕丿乇 噩丿丕 丕賲丕 亘鬲丨氐賱 賯亘賱 賲丕 丕卮鬲乇賷 賰鬲丕亘 . 賯賱鬲 丕噩乇亘 " blind date with book " 丕賲丕 噩賷鬲 丕賯乇丕賴丕 丕賰鬲卮賮鬲 丕賳賷 爻賲毓鬲 毓賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 " 毓夭賱丞 氐丕禺亘丞 噩丿丕賸" 賱賰賳 賱爻賴 賲賯乇兀鬲賴丕卮 賮亘丕賱鬲丕賱賷 賮丿賴 賱賯丕亍 亘丕賱賳爻亘丕賱賷 亘賰丕鬲亘 噩丿賷丿 賵乇賵丕賷丞 噩丿賷丿丞. 賮賳噩乇亘 " 賲賵毓丿 丕毓賲賷" . 亘丕賱賲賳丕爻亘丞 丕賱睾賱丕賮 卮賰賱賴 噩匕丕亘 .
" 卮毓乇鬲 亘乇睾亘丞 賮賷 鬲爻噩賷賱 賰賱 賲丕 丨丿孬 貙 賱丕 賱賰賷 賷賯乇兀賴 丕賱賳丕爻 貙 亘賱 賱兀乇爻賲 亘丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賰賱 鬲賱賰 丕賱氐賵乇 丕賱鬲賷 鬲卮丕亘賰鬲 賲孬賱 禺乇夭丕鬲貙 賲孬賱 丨亘丕鬲 賲爻亘丨丞 毓賱賶 禺賷胤 丨賷丕鬲賷 丕賱胤賵賷賱."
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 氐毓亘 丕賯賵賱 亘鬲鬲賰賱賲 毓賳 丕賷賴 亘爻 賲賲賰賳 丕賯賵賱 丕賳賳丕 亘賳鬲丕亘毓 亘胤賱 乇賵丕賷鬲賳丕 賵賴賵 賷鬲賳賯賱 賰賳丕丿賱 賲賳 賲賰丕賳 賱丌禺乇 賵賲丕賷丨丿孬 賲毓賴 賵賲丕 賷賮毓賱賴 賵賲賳 賷毓賲賱 賲毓賴 賵賳乇賷 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 亘毓賷賳丕賴 .
" 丕賳鬲亘賴鬲 賮噩兀丞 廿賱賶 兀賳 賲賴賳丞 丕賱賳丕丿賱 賱賷爻鬲 亘丕賱兀賲乇 丕賱賴賷賳貙 賮賴賳丕賰 賮乇賯 亘賷賳 賳丕丿賱 賵賳丕丿賱 . 兀賳丕 丕賱賳丕丿賱 丕賱匕賷 禺丿賲 丕賱乇卅賷爻貙 賵毓賱賶 兀賳 兀賯丿乇 賴匕丕."
孬賲 鬲丿丕禺賱 丕賱睾夭賵 丕賱兀賱賲丕賳賷 賱賳乇丕賴 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 毓賷賵賳 鬲卮賷賰賷 賱賳乇賷 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賲毓丕賲賱丞 丕賱鬲卮賷賰 賱賱兀賱賲丕賳 亘廿夭丿乇丕亍 孬賲 賲丕丨丿孬 亘毓丿 匕賱賰 賵賯賱亘 丕賱賲賵丕夭賷賷賳 賮兀賳賯賱亘鬲 丕賱丌賷丞 賵兀氐亘丨 丕賱鬲卮賷賰 亘賲孬丕亘丞 禺丿賲 賱賱兀賱賲丕賳.
丕賲丕 亘胤賱賳丕 爻賳毓賱賲 賲丕賷丨丿孬 賲毓賴 禺丕氐丞 賲毓 賵賯賵毓賴 賮賷 丨亘 兀賱賲丕賳賷丞 賮賲丕匕丕 丨丿孬 賲毓賴賲 賯亘賱 丕賱睾夭賵 賵亘毓丿賴 賵賰賷賮 鬲睾賷乇鬲 丕賱丕丨賵丕賱 .
"乇兀賷鬲 丕賱賲爻鬲丨賷賱 賵賯丿 氐丕乇 丨賯賷賯丞 .. "
丕賳丿賲噩鬲 賲毓 亘胤賱賳丕 賵乇賵丕賷鬲賴 亘卮賰賱 睾乇賷亘 . 亘卮賰賱 賲丕 毓賲賱 睾夭賵 賱丿賲丕睾賷 賵亘賯賷鬲 毓丕賷夭丞 丕毓乇賮 賴賷毓賲賱 丕賷賴 賵賴賷乇賵丨 賮賷賳責 賲毓 賰賱 賲乇丞 亘鬲丨氐賱 賲毓丕賴 丨丕噩丞 賴鬲鬲爻丕卅賱 賷丕鬲乇賷 賴賵 丨馗賴 爻卅 賵賱丕 亘卮賰賱 賲丕 賲丨馗賵馗 責責
賮賷 兀賵賯丕鬲 賰賳鬲 亘丨爻 賮賷賴 丕賱胤賮賱 丕賱爻丕匕噩 賵丕賱亘乇卅 賵丕賵賯丕鬲 鬲丕賳賷丞 卮禺氐 丨賰賷賲 亘爻 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賴賵 廿賳爻丕賳 夭賷 丕賷 廿賳爻丕賳 亘賷亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱賳噩丕丨 賵丕賱鬲賯丿賷乇 貙 毓賳 丕賱賵氐賵賱 賱丨賱賲賴 貙 毓賳 丕賱賲乇賰夭 賵丕賱賮賱賵爻 貙 毓賳 丕賱丨亘 貙 亘賷亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱丕賳鬲賲丕亍 貙 毓賳 丕賱廿丨爻丕爻 丕賳賴 賲乇卅賷 賵賰亘賷乇 賵賲賴賲 賵賲胤賱賵亘 .
"鬲賷賯賳鬲 賲賳 兀賳 丕賱卮毓賵乇 亘丕賱賳氐乇 賴賵 丕賱兀賴賲貙 賵兀賳 丕賱卮禺氐 丕賱禺丕囟毓 丕賱乇丕囟賷 亘丕賱丕爻鬲賰丕賳丞 爻賷亘賯賶 賴賰匕丕 胤賷賱丞 丨賷丕鬲賴貙 賵賱賳 賷賮丕乇賯賴 賴匕丕 丕賱卮毓賵乇貙 禺丕氐丞 賮賷 賵胤賳賴貙 賵賮賷 亘賷卅鬲賴貙 丨賷孬 賷乇賵賳賴 氐睾賷乇丕賸貙 賵賷馗賱 亘賷賳賴賲 賵囟賷毓丕賸 廿賱賶 丕賱兀亘丿 貙 賰賲丕 賰賳鬲 兀賳丕 賵爻胤 兀賴賱賷."
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 爻乇丿賷丞 貙 丕賱賮賯乇丕鬲 賳丕丿乇丞 噩丿丕 貙 賲賲賰賳 賰賱 賰丕賲 氐賮丨丞 賰丿賴 鬲賱丕賯孬 賳賴丕賷丞 賮賯乇丞 賵亘丿丕賷丞 賮賯乇丞 噩丿賷丿丞 貙 賮賵丕噩賴鬲賳賷 賲毓丕賴丕 賲卮賰賱丞 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 毓卮丕賳 賲卮 毓丕乇賮丞 兀賯賮 賮賷賳 . 亘爻 丕鬲毓賵丿鬲 亘毓丿 賰丿賴 . 賵賮囟賱鬲 賮鬲乇丞 亘乇囟賴 賲卮 毓丕乇賮丞 兀賰賵賳 乇兀賷 毓賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵毓賳 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱賱賶 亘賷丨賰賷賴丕 亘爻 亘毓丿 賰丿賴 丕賳丿賲噩鬲 賲毓丕賴 賵亘毓丿 丕丨丿丕孬 賲毓賷賳丞 賵賲毓 亘毓囟 兀賮賰丕乇賴 亘丿兀鬲 丕丨爻 亘賷賴 丕賰鬲乇 賵兀賮賴賲 爻乇丿賴 賱丨丕噩丕鬲 賯丿賷賲丞 賵爻亘亘賴丕 . 賵賮賷 賵賯鬲 賲丕 鬲賵丨丿鬲 賲毓丕賴 亘丕賱賰丕賲賱 賵亘賯賷鬲 賲爻鬲賳賷丞 丕毓乇賮 賴鬲禺賱氐 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賱賶 丕賷賴. 丕賱賳氐 丕賱鬲丕賳賷 賲賳 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱丕禺賷乇 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰兀賳賴 賰丕賳 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丕賳賷丞 賮賷 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 賵丕賱兀爻賱賵亘 賵丕賱廿丨爻丕爻 . 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賯丿乇 賷賵氐賱賷 賮毓賱丕 丕賱鬲睾賷乇 丕賱賱賶 亘賷丨氐賱 賱賱廿賳爻丕賳 賵丕賲丕 亘賷亘丿兀 賷卮賵賮 丨賷丕鬲賴 賵賴丿賮賴 賵賳馗乇鬲賴 賱賳賮爻賴 賲賳 賲賳馗賵乇 鬲丕賳賷 賵亘卮賰賱 賲賳胤賯賷 噩丿丕 賵胤亘賷毓賷
乇賵丕賷丞 賯丿 鬲賰賵賳 毓丕丿賷丞 賵賲禺鬲賱賮丞 賮賷 賳賮爻 丕賱賵賯鬲 賵賲丨丿卮 賷爻兀賱賳賷 廿夭丕賶 馃槀 丿賴 廿丨爻丕爻賷 鬲噩丕賴賴丕 .
乇賵丕賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷 賱賷賴丕 賲賳禺賮囟丞 賱賰賳賴丕 賮丕賯鬲 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷 賵丕毓噩亘鬲賳賷 亘賱 乇亘賲丕 賷賲賰賳 丕賱賯賵賱 丕賳賷 丕丨亘亘鬲賴丕 .
鬲賯賷賷賲賷 伽.佶
佗侃 / 佴 / 佗贍佗伲
" 卮毓乇鬲 亘乇睾亘丞 賮賷 鬲爻噩賷賱 賰賱 賲丕 丨丿孬 貙 賱丕 賱賰賷 賷賯乇兀賴 丕賱賳丕爻 貙 亘賱 賱兀乇爻賲 亘丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賰賱 鬲賱賰 丕賱氐賵乇 丕賱鬲賷 鬲卮丕亘賰鬲 賲孬賱 禺乇夭丕鬲貙 賲孬賱 丨亘丕鬲 賲爻亘丨丞 毓賱賶 禺賷胤 丨賷丕鬲賷 丕賱胤賵賷賱."
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 氐毓亘 丕賯賵賱 亘鬲鬲賰賱賲 毓賳 丕賷賴 亘爻 賲賲賰賳 丕賯賵賱 丕賳賳丕 亘賳鬲丕亘毓 亘胤賱 乇賵丕賷鬲賳丕 賵賴賵 賷鬲賳賯賱 賰賳丕丿賱 賲賳 賲賰丕賳 賱丌禺乇 賵賲丕賷丨丿孬 賲毓賴 賵賲丕 賷賮毓賱賴 賵賲賳 賷毓賲賱 賲毓賴 賵賳乇賷 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 亘毓賷賳丕賴 .
" 丕賳鬲亘賴鬲 賮噩兀丞 廿賱賶 兀賳 賲賴賳丞 丕賱賳丕丿賱 賱賷爻鬲 亘丕賱兀賲乇 丕賱賴賷賳貙 賮賴賳丕賰 賮乇賯 亘賷賳 賳丕丿賱 賵賳丕丿賱 . 兀賳丕 丕賱賳丕丿賱 丕賱匕賷 禺丿賲 丕賱乇卅賷爻貙 賵毓賱賶 兀賳 兀賯丿乇 賴匕丕."
孬賲 鬲丿丕禺賱 丕賱睾夭賵 丕賱兀賱賲丕賳賷 賱賳乇丕賴 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 毓賷賵賳 鬲卮賷賰賷 賱賳乇賷 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賲毓丕賲賱丞 丕賱鬲卮賷賰 賱賱兀賱賲丕賳 亘廿夭丿乇丕亍 孬賲 賲丕丨丿孬 亘毓丿 匕賱賰 賵賯賱亘 丕賱賲賵丕夭賷賷賳 賮兀賳賯賱亘鬲 丕賱丌賷丞 賵兀氐亘丨 丕賱鬲卮賷賰 亘賲孬丕亘丞 禺丿賲 賱賱兀賱賲丕賳.
丕賲丕 亘胤賱賳丕 爻賳毓賱賲 賲丕賷丨丿孬 賲毓賴 禺丕氐丞 賲毓 賵賯賵毓賴 賮賷 丨亘 兀賱賲丕賳賷丞 賮賲丕匕丕 丨丿孬 賲毓賴賲 賯亘賱 丕賱睾夭賵 賵亘毓丿賴 賵賰賷賮 鬲睾賷乇鬲 丕賱丕丨賵丕賱 .
"乇兀賷鬲 丕賱賲爻鬲丨賷賱 賵賯丿 氐丕乇 丨賯賷賯丞 .. "
丕賳丿賲噩鬲 賲毓 亘胤賱賳丕 賵乇賵丕賷鬲賴 亘卮賰賱 睾乇賷亘 . 亘卮賰賱 賲丕 毓賲賱 睾夭賵 賱丿賲丕睾賷 賵亘賯賷鬲 毓丕賷夭丞 丕毓乇賮 賴賷毓賲賱 丕賷賴 賵賴賷乇賵丨 賮賷賳責 賲毓 賰賱 賲乇丞 亘鬲丨氐賱 賲毓丕賴 丨丕噩丞 賴鬲鬲爻丕卅賱 賷丕鬲乇賷 賴賵 丨馗賴 爻卅 賵賱丕 亘卮賰賱 賲丕 賲丨馗賵馗 責責
賮賷 兀賵賯丕鬲 賰賳鬲 亘丨爻 賮賷賴 丕賱胤賮賱 丕賱爻丕匕噩 賵丕賱亘乇卅 賵丕賵賯丕鬲 鬲丕賳賷丞 卮禺氐 丨賰賷賲 亘爻 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賴賵 廿賳爻丕賳 夭賷 丕賷 廿賳爻丕賳 亘賷亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱賳噩丕丨 賵丕賱鬲賯丿賷乇 貙 毓賳 丕賱賵氐賵賱 賱丨賱賲賴 貙 毓賳 丕賱賲乇賰夭 賵丕賱賮賱賵爻 貙 毓賳 丕賱丨亘 貙 亘賷亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱丕賳鬲賲丕亍 貙 毓賳 丕賱廿丨爻丕爻 丕賳賴 賲乇卅賷 賵賰亘賷乇 賵賲賴賲 賵賲胤賱賵亘 .
"鬲賷賯賳鬲 賲賳 兀賳 丕賱卮毓賵乇 亘丕賱賳氐乇 賴賵 丕賱兀賴賲貙 賵兀賳 丕賱卮禺氐 丕賱禺丕囟毓 丕賱乇丕囟賷 亘丕賱丕爻鬲賰丕賳丞 爻賷亘賯賶 賴賰匕丕 胤賷賱丞 丨賷丕鬲賴貙 賵賱賳 賷賮丕乇賯賴 賴匕丕 丕賱卮毓賵乇貙 禺丕氐丞 賮賷 賵胤賳賴貙 賵賮賷 亘賷卅鬲賴貙 丨賷孬 賷乇賵賳賴 氐睾賷乇丕賸貙 賵賷馗賱 亘賷賳賴賲 賵囟賷毓丕賸 廿賱賶 丕賱兀亘丿 貙 賰賲丕 賰賳鬲 兀賳丕 賵爻胤 兀賴賱賷."
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 爻乇丿賷丞 貙 丕賱賮賯乇丕鬲 賳丕丿乇丞 噩丿丕 貙 賲賲賰賳 賰賱 賰丕賲 氐賮丨丞 賰丿賴 鬲賱丕賯孬 賳賴丕賷丞 賮賯乇丞 賵亘丿丕賷丞 賮賯乇丞 噩丿賷丿丞 貙 賮賵丕噩賴鬲賳賷 賲毓丕賴丕 賲卮賰賱丞 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 毓卮丕賳 賲卮 毓丕乇賮丞 兀賯賮 賮賷賳 . 亘爻 丕鬲毓賵丿鬲 亘毓丿 賰丿賴 . 賵賮囟賱鬲 賮鬲乇丞 亘乇囟賴 賲卮 毓丕乇賮丞 兀賰賵賳 乇兀賷 毓賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵毓賳 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱賱賶 亘賷丨賰賷賴丕 亘爻 亘毓丿 賰丿賴 丕賳丿賲噩鬲 賲毓丕賴 賵亘毓丿 丕丨丿丕孬 賲毓賷賳丞 賵賲毓 亘毓囟 兀賮賰丕乇賴 亘丿兀鬲 丕丨爻 亘賷賴 丕賰鬲乇 賵兀賮賴賲 爻乇丿賴 賱丨丕噩丕鬲 賯丿賷賲丞 賵爻亘亘賴丕 . 賵賮賷 賵賯鬲 賲丕 鬲賵丨丿鬲 賲毓丕賴 亘丕賱賰丕賲賱 賵亘賯賷鬲 賲爻鬲賳賷丞 丕毓乇賮 賴鬲禺賱氐 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賱賶 丕賷賴. 丕賱賳氐 丕賱鬲丕賳賷 賲賳 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱丕禺賷乇 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰兀賳賴 賰丕賳 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丕賳賷丞 賮賷 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 賵丕賱兀爻賱賵亘 賵丕賱廿丨爻丕爻 . 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賯丿乇 賷賵氐賱賷 賮毓賱丕 丕賱鬲睾賷乇 丕賱賱賶 亘賷丨氐賱 賱賱廿賳爻丕賳 賵丕賲丕 亘賷亘丿兀 賷卮賵賮 丨賷丕鬲賴 賵賴丿賮賴 賵賳馗乇鬲賴 賱賳賮爻賴 賲賳 賲賳馗賵乇 鬲丕賳賷 賵亘卮賰賱 賲賳胤賯賷 噩丿丕 賵胤亘賷毓賷
乇賵丕賷丞 賯丿 鬲賰賵賳 毓丕丿賷丞 賵賲禺鬲賱賮丞 賮賷 賳賮爻 丕賱賵賯鬲 賵賲丨丿卮 賷爻兀賱賳賷 廿夭丕賶 馃槀 丿賴 廿丨爻丕爻賷 鬲噩丕賴賴丕 .
乇賵丕賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷 賱賷賴丕 賲賳禺賮囟丞 賱賰賳賴丕 賮丕賯鬲 鬲賵賯毓丕鬲賷 賵丕毓噩亘鬲賳賷 亘賱 乇亘賲丕 賷賲賰賳 丕賱賯賵賱 丕賳賷 丕丨亘亘鬲賴丕 .
鬲賯賷賷賲賷 伽.佶
佗侃 / 佴 / 佗贍佗伲
August 21, 2017
Ovo je u svakom smislu brilijantna novela/roman/zbirka pripovedaka. Nisam sigurna jel' sme da se ka啪e groteskna burleska, ali je, u stvari 鈥� to.
Najpre stil: ostavlja utisak gotovo nespretne improvizacije. Ka啪u, pisac je (u stvarnosti) tvrdio da je sve napisao u cugu, za dve nedelje, a u i poslednjem poglavlju se, 拧atro, pravda za tu zbrkanost 鈥� mnogo mu je, oh, sunce i拧lo u o膷i.
Re膷 je, zapravo, o tendencioznoj stilizaciji i to izuzetno promu膰urnoj i veoma visokoj. Re膷enice su sami hiperbatoni, asi 鈥� i polisindeti, ludi vrtlozi apozicija, kola啪i metafora i digresija koji se 膷esto protegnu na nekoliko strana, pri 膷emu 膷italac, svra膰aju膰i na 膷a拧icu bizara u svaki soka膷i膰 na koji se re膷enica izra膷vala, bistre glave isprati svaki detalj i nikad ne izgubi iz vida celi 拧izofreni mozaik.
Ovim je Hrabal postigao dve stvari: najpre, potpunu distancu i jo拧 potpuniju uverljivost prvog lica: sve je u intonaciji glupkastog i neobrazovanog, ali drsko ambicioznog pra拧kog pomo膰nog kelnera isfrustriranog svojim niskim rastom i dru拧tvenim statusom, sasvim rastere膰enog svake moralnosti. Da je Hrabal manje autenti膷no isklesao ovog lika i da Gintera Grasa manje volim, sigurno bih izme膽u svaka dva reda pro膷itala: 鈥濷skar, ka啪e拧, ro拧avi? Ma, poljubi拧 me u lakat! I ti i ceo Nobelov komitet!鈥�. Pod ovim okolnostima sam prinu膽ena da priznam izvesne sli膷nosti, mirnim tonom, bez aludiranja na plagijat. U stvari - briga me.
Drugi efekat postignut stilom je atmosfera freak saloon 鈥� a, ali obavezno i jedino 膷e拧kog, u godinama pre Drugog svetskog rata. Nije mi ba拧 duga膷ak spisak mesta gde je ona ovako ukomponovana u sadr啪aj i skrojena po meri situacije, ra膷unaju膰i i filmove sa talentovanim kostimografima i jo拧 talentovanijim kompozitorima. Tu atmosferu nekako i smatram najva啪nijom, jer se uvek ispostavi da sve drugo sem nje zaboravim nakon izvesnog vremena. Zato je progla拧avam najja膷im utiskom, uprkos 膷injenici da su bizarni likovi i epizode, 啪ive slike i lucidne pri膷ice ono 拧to ovu knjigu 膷ini beskrajno zabavnom i izuzetno upe膷atlljivom. Jer, 膷ak i da zaboravim Haila Selasija koji, sve zlatnim escajgom, jede kamile koje su punjene antilopama koje su punjene 膰urkama koje su punjene ribom koje su punjene stotinama kuvanih jaja, zapamti膰u aran啪erke izloga koje se cepaju od smeha, usta punih 拧penadli, a kad, najzad, od smeha i padnu u taj isti izlog, 膷itava ulica posmatra膷a lepo bude uslikana njihovim 膷ipkastim ga膰icama. Ili bazen u kome plivaju trudne 艩vabice, eksperimentalno izolovane u idili planinskog seoceta gde 膰e izroditi Rajhu 膷istokrvni arijevski podmladak. Ili spermografija metodom "evo, u ovu salvetu" zarad utvr膽ivanje podobnosti Slovenskog semena za esesovski ovum. Ili rehabilitaciono plivanje bez ruku, nogu ili 膷itavih trupova - 拧ta se ve膰 kome odlomilo na frontu...
E, toga ima na tone! Sve vrca od 啪ivota, vrvi od erotike koja je na jednakoj udaljenosti od romanti膷nog pro.eravanja i lascivnosti naturalizma, svet je lep i sentimentalan uprkos o膷iglednom sadizmu i sveprisutnoj ogavnosti, svi mogu da prostanu dobri i plemeniti, ali ne 鈥� tu sad ja potpuno padnem u trans 鈥� (hri拧膰anskom) bo啪jom promisli, ve膰 sasvim paganski, apolonskom katarzom 鈥� 鈥濻poznaj samog sebe鈥�. Na kraju metafizi膷ki metamorfoziraju... Dunav, Vltava, palidrvce... ma, vrlo va啪no.
翱膷补谤补苍补!
Najpre stil: ostavlja utisak gotovo nespretne improvizacije. Ka啪u, pisac je (u stvarnosti) tvrdio da je sve napisao u cugu, za dve nedelje, a u i poslednjem poglavlju se, 拧atro, pravda za tu zbrkanost 鈥� mnogo mu je, oh, sunce i拧lo u o膷i.
Re膷 je, zapravo, o tendencioznoj stilizaciji i to izuzetno promu膰urnoj i veoma visokoj. Re膷enice su sami hiperbatoni, asi 鈥� i polisindeti, ludi vrtlozi apozicija, kola啪i metafora i digresija koji se 膷esto protegnu na nekoliko strana, pri 膷emu 膷italac, svra膰aju膰i na 膷a拧icu bizara u svaki soka膷i膰 na koji se re膷enica izra膷vala, bistre glave isprati svaki detalj i nikad ne izgubi iz vida celi 拧izofreni mozaik.
Ovim je Hrabal postigao dve stvari: najpre, potpunu distancu i jo拧 potpuniju uverljivost prvog lica: sve je u intonaciji glupkastog i neobrazovanog, ali drsko ambicioznog pra拧kog pomo膰nog kelnera isfrustriranog svojim niskim rastom i dru拧tvenim statusom, sasvim rastere膰enog svake moralnosti. Da je Hrabal manje autenti膷no isklesao ovog lika i da Gintera Grasa manje volim, sigurno bih izme膽u svaka dva reda pro膷itala: 鈥濷skar, ka啪e拧, ro拧avi? Ma, poljubi拧 me u lakat! I ti i ceo Nobelov komitet!鈥�. Pod ovim okolnostima sam prinu膽ena da priznam izvesne sli膷nosti, mirnim tonom, bez aludiranja na plagijat. U stvari - briga me.
Drugi efekat postignut stilom je atmosfera freak saloon 鈥� a, ali obavezno i jedino 膷e拧kog, u godinama pre Drugog svetskog rata. Nije mi ba拧 duga膷ak spisak mesta gde je ona ovako ukomponovana u sadr啪aj i skrojena po meri situacije, ra膷unaju膰i i filmove sa talentovanim kostimografima i jo拧 talentovanijim kompozitorima. Tu atmosferu nekako i smatram najva啪nijom, jer se uvek ispostavi da sve drugo sem nje zaboravim nakon izvesnog vremena. Zato je progla拧avam najja膷im utiskom, uprkos 膷injenici da su bizarni likovi i epizode, 啪ive slike i lucidne pri膷ice ono 拧to ovu knjigu 膷ini beskrajno zabavnom i izuzetno upe膷atlljivom. Jer, 膷ak i da zaboravim Haila Selasija koji, sve zlatnim escajgom, jede kamile koje su punjene antilopama koje su punjene 膰urkama koje su punjene ribom koje su punjene stotinama kuvanih jaja, zapamti膰u aran啪erke izloga koje se cepaju od smeha, usta punih 拧penadli, a kad, najzad, od smeha i padnu u taj isti izlog, 膷itava ulica posmatra膷a lepo bude uslikana njihovim 膷ipkastim ga膰icama. Ili bazen u kome plivaju trudne 艩vabice, eksperimentalno izolovane u idili planinskog seoceta gde 膰e izroditi Rajhu 膷istokrvni arijevski podmladak. Ili spermografija metodom "evo, u ovu salvetu" zarad utvr膽ivanje podobnosti Slovenskog semena za esesovski ovum. Ili rehabilitaciono plivanje bez ruku, nogu ili 膷itavih trupova - 拧ta se ve膰 kome odlomilo na frontu...
E, toga ima na tone! Sve vrca od 啪ivota, vrvi od erotike koja je na jednakoj udaljenosti od romanti膷nog pro.eravanja i lascivnosti naturalizma, svet je lep i sentimentalan uprkos o膷iglednom sadizmu i sveprisutnoj ogavnosti, svi mogu da prostanu dobri i plemeniti, ali ne 鈥� tu sad ja potpuno padnem u trans 鈥� (hri拧膰anskom) bo啪jom promisli, ve膰 sasvim paganski, apolonskom katarzom 鈥� 鈥濻poznaj samog sebe鈥�. Na kraju metafizi膷ki metamorfoziraju... Dunav, Vltava, palidrvce... ma, vrlo va啪no.
翱膷补谤补苍补!
March 5, 2013
I was actually trying to find another book by Hrabal : Closely Watched Trains , but the library only had this. I'm glad I picked it up, as it was a joy to read from start to finish, and much more serious and thought provoking than the comedy of the first pages let me believe. Probably, the book would not qualify as a 'hidden gem' with a 4+ rating from 4000 votes and an inclusion into one of those '1001 books to read before you die' lists, but I still think it is underappreciated and worthy of more praises and recognition than it has already received.
Briefly, this is a picaresque adventure, following the tribulations of the busboy (waiter) Ditie in Bohemia, starting in the 1930's through the World War and into the communist upheaval in the aftermath of the war. First glimpsed as a crafty 14 y.o. selling hamburgers to time-pressed train travelers and conning them out of their money, we follow him through a series of jobs in luxurious hotels, culminating with a sumptuous soiree serving not the King of England, but Hailee Selassie - the Emperor of Ethiopia.
A classic case of Napoleonic complex, Ditie's very short stature is constantly pushing him forward to prove himself and to demonstrate that he belongs, that he is as good, if not better than any of his colleagues and patrons. His ultimate ambition is to become a hotel owner himself, serving the rich and famous and basking in the recognition of his peers. Ditie's lack of scruples, amoral atitudes and self absorbtion might have turned me off towards him if it weren't for his exuberant zest for life, manifest in his early discovery and veneration of a woman's body ( breasts swinging like bells in a church tower ), in the carefree throwing away of money on rich food, drinks and wild parties. For me the book is a happy marriage between the rigorous Germanic pride in a job well done and impecable service with the wilder Slav streak that lives for the moment and swings often between extremes of joy and depression. The closest analogy to the irreverent and whimsical style of Hrabal narration is coming from the movies : think of an amalgam of Federico Fellini's wild carnivals, the early biting satire of Milos Forman, Emir Kusturica dancing to gypsy music on the edge of the abyss, the melancholy and the lust in Francois Truffaut or Giuseppe Tornatore mannish boys. The inclusion of Bohumil Hrabal among these 'sacred monsters' doesn't seem forced to me, as I consider his work every bit as accomplished and relevant of human dreams and desires.
The title of the novel is both misleading and difficult to pin down. As I already mentioned, Ditie doesn't actually service the King of England, yet the phrase comes to define his life, the turning point of his career, the eye opener and later the acceptance of his failures together with his successes. The first to use the phrase is one of Ditie's mentors, Mr. Skriv谩nek - who considers waiting an art which, he says, involves a deep knowledge of human nature. The payoff from these lessons and observations will come only when Ditie learns about pain and loss and the imminence of death, watching young men departing for the war, leaving their loved one behind ( I learned to see the countryside, the flowers on the tables, the children at play, and to see that every hour is a sacrament )
Other mentors in Ditie's waiting career will urge him to to keep his ears open without hearing, keep his eyes open without seeing. He will be ready to recognize and profit from every opportunity, while maintaining a facade of discretion and detachment from his client's debauchery. From a travelling salesman he learns about the true value of money, not in themselves but in the liberty of choices and in the hedonist delights they buy. 'Easy come, easy go' is another of those Balkanic angles that are familiar territory for me. Losing everything can be a liberating step, or as we say around here, a kick in the behind is a step forward:
Tommorrow I would live for somewhere far away, far from people, though of course I knew there'd be people there too, and I'd always believed, like everyone else who works in artificial light, that one day I would get out of the city and into nature, that when I retired I would see what a forest really looked like, what the sun really looked like, the sun that has shoned into my face every day of my life, making me shield my eyes with a hat or a shadow. When I was a waiter I used to love it when at least once a day all those doormen and superintendents and stokers would come out of their buildings, turn their faces upward, and from the abyss of the Prague streets gaze at the strip of sky overhead, at the clouds, to see what time really was, according to nature and not by the clock.
The politics don't play a very big role in the beginning of the novel, but as Ditie grows up he can no longer ignore the events that will directly affect his life : the invasion of his native land while the woman he falls in love with is a Nazi activist, the atrocities against Jews in Poland that will provide him with the means to buy his dream hotel; Lidice - the village razed to the ground in revenge for partizan activity, the proud Aryan supermen returning crippled and empty-eyed from the Russian front, the communist regime upsetting the social ladder that Ditie had tried so hard to climb. The humorous overtones and the epicurean exploits never fully disappear from the landscape (see a memorable late scene in an improvised prison), but the pain, the injustice and the futility of existence would mark the later journey of our picaresque hero. I have chosen to interpret Ditie's final reiteration of the boast from the title, as him looking back at his life not in anger but with a clear eye, no regrets or excuses or moral lessons, not even any grandiose revelation about the meaning of life, just a bit of justifiable pride and a half smile at the folly and beauty of it all.
The only right things were the things I enjoyed - not the way children and drunks enjoy things, but the way the professor of French literature taught me, enjoyment that was metaphysical. When you enjoy something, then you've got it, you idiots, you evil, stupid, criminal sons of men, he would say, and he'd browbeat us until he got us where he wanted us, open to poetry, to objects, to wonder, and able to see that beauty always points to infinity and eternity.
February 10, 2014
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袧械 械 泻薪懈谐邪, 胁 泻芯褟褌芯 褔械褌褟褏 胁褋械泻懈 褉械写, 蟹邪 写邪 薪械 锌褉芯锌褍褋薪邪 薪械褖芯 芯褌 褋褞卸械褌邪 (胁 薪邪褔邪谢芯褌芯 褋懈 屑懈褋谢械褏, 褔械 屑芯卸械 写邪 屑懈 写芯褌械谐薪械 芯褌 褔懈褋褌芯 褉械褋褌芯褉邪薪褌褜芯褉褋泻懈 懈褋褌芯褉懈懈 懈 屑邪泄褌邪锌懈), 邪 蟹邪褉邪写懈 锌谢芯写芯胁懈褌芯褋褌褌邪 薪邪 械蟹懈泻邪 (泻褗屑 泻褉邪褟 芯斜邪褔械 褋械 芯泻邪蟹邪, 褔械 懈屑械薪薪芯 褉邪蟹胁懈褌懈械褌芯 薪邪 谐械褉芯褟 械 薪邪泄-胁邪卸薪芯褌芯). 孝褍泻 胁懈写褟褏 懈 鈥炐叫靶�-邪褉褌懈褋褌懈褔薪懈褌械鈥� 械褉芯褌懈褔薪懈 褋褑械薪懈; 鈥炑€褟锌邪 写邪 褟写邪褌鈥� 褉邪蟹薪懈褌械 锌芯锌褍谢褟褉薪懈 械褉芯褌懈褔薪懈 锌芯褉械写懈褑懈. ;) 袨锌懈褋邪薪懈械褌芯 薪邪 褍谐芯褖械薪懈械褌芯 薪邪 邪斜懈褋懈薪褋泻懈褟 泻褉邪谢 屑械 胁锌械褔邪褌谢懈 泻邪泻褌芯 锌褉懈屑械褉薪芯 褏懈锌械褉斜芯谢懈褌械 薪邪 袪褍褕写懈 懈 袦邪褉泻械褋.
孝褉褍写薪芯 褋械 褋屑械褟 薪邪 泻薪懈谐懈 懈 褎懈谢屑懈, 薪芯 褌褍泻 鈥� 屑薪芯谐芯 (写芯 械写薪芯 胁褉械屑械 芯斜邪褔械鈥�). 袙 薪邪褔邪谢芯褌芯 褟 胁褗蟹锌褉懈械褏 锌褉械写懈屑薪芯 泻邪褌芯 褏褍屑芯褉懈褋褌懈褔薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪, 泻褗屑 褋褉械写邪褌邪 鈥� 泻邪褌芯 褋邪褌懈褉邪, 芯褋屑懈胁邪褖邪 薪褟泻芯懈 薪械写芯褋褌邪褌褗褑懈 薪邪 谢懈褔薪芯褋褌褌邪 懈 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯褌芯. 袩芯-泻褗褋薪芯 - 褌褉褟斜胁邪褕械 屑懈 褌邪蟹懈 鈥炑佇夹笛埿叫扳€� 泻薪懈卸泻邪, 蟹邪 写邪 褋懈 写芯锌褗谢薪褟 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁懈褌械 芯褌 鈥炐斝拘毖€芯卸械谢邪褌械谢薪懈褌械鈥� 蟹邪 薪邪褑懈蟹屑邪 (鈥炐盒靶� 褋械 褋褌邪胁邪 褉械写芯胁懈 薪邪褑懈芯薪邪谢褋芯褑懈邪谢懈褋褌鈥�/邪 蟹邪褖芯 薪械 懈 泻芯屑褍薪懈褋褌 鈥� 胁褋械 褌邪褟鈥�), 屑邪泻邪褉 褔械 薪邪 锌褉褗胁 锌芯谐谢械写 薪褟屑邪褌 薪懈褖芯 芯斜褖芯. 袗 泻褉邪褟褌 鈥� 褉邪蟹褌褗褉褋胁邪褖芯 蟹邪 屑械薪 锌褉械卸懈胁褟胁邪薪械, 褋胁褗褉蟹邪薪芯 褋褗褋 褋懈谢薪邪褌邪 写褍屑邪 鈥炐盒把傂把€蟹懈褋鈥�. 孝邪蟹懈 谐芯写懈薪邪 褋褗屑 懈屑邪谢邪 褋邪屑芯 芯褖械 械写薪芯 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 褋懈谢薪芯 泻薪懈卸薪芯 锌褉械卸懈胁褟胁邪薪械 (褋 鈥炐斝� 写芯泄写械褕 薪邪 褋胁械褌邪鈥�).
袨褌 泻褗写械 褋械 褌褉褗谐薪邪 鈥� 褋邪屑芯褌薪芯褌芯 泻械谢薪械褉褔械, 褌褗褉褋械褖芯 锌褉懈蟹薪邪薪懈械, 锌褉懈芯斜褖邪胁邪薪械 (懈 谢邪屑褌械卸褗褌 蟹邪 锌邪褉懈 斜械褕械 褋褗褋 褋褗褖邪褌邪 褑械谢). 袥械褋薪芯 褋械 锌褉懈褋谢邪屑褔懈 泻褗屑 锌褗褉胁芯褌芯 薪械褖芯, 胁 泻芯械褌芯 胁懈写褟 锌芯褌械薪褑懈邪谢 蟹邪 褌邪泻芯胁邪 芯写芯斜褉械薪懈械. 袠 褋懈 锌芯屑懈褋谢懈, 褔械 胁械褔械 械 鈥炐叫笛壭锯€�. 袝写懈薪 褎褉邪泻, 械写薪邪 谢械薪褌邪 鈥� 懈 褋械 懈蟹写懈谐薪邪 褋邪屑 胁 芯褔懈褌械 褋懈; 薪芯 鈥炐叫拘残秆徰傗€� 啸械褉 袛懈褌懈 薪邪胁褉械屑械 褋械 褍褋械褌懈, 褔械 锌邪泻 械 鈥炐叫秆壭锯€� (褋锌芯褉械写 褌芯谐邪胁邪褕薪懈褌械 褋懈 泻褉懈褌械褉懈懈). 袙褋械 锌邪泻 褍褋锌褟 写邪 褋械 薪邪谐芯写懈 芯褌薪芯胁芯 懈 写邪 锌褉芯写褗谢卸懈 写邪 写褉邪锌邪 鈥炐叫靶承狙€械鈥�. "鈥π狙傂叫拘残� 懈 蟹邪 褌褟褏 斜褟褏 褋邪屑芯 械写薪芯 褉械褋褌芯褉邪薪褌褋泻芯 锌懈泻芯谢芯, 写褉械斜芯褋褗泻 薪褟泻邪泻褗胁, 褔械褕泻芯 薪懈褖芯卸械褋褌胁芯鈥︹€�
袨泻芯谢芯 胁芯泄薪邪褌邪 薪褟屑邪褕械 泻邪泻 褏褍屑芯褉褗褌 写邪 薪械 褋褌邪薪械 鈥炐啃�-薪邪锌械褔械薪鈥溾€� 袩芯褟胁懈褏邪 褋械 懈蟹褉邪蟹懈 泻邪褌芯 鈥炩€π拘啃感啃� 褑械谢懈褟 褋懈 褉芯写械薪 写芯屑鈥︹€� (褉邪蟹褉褍褕械薪 写芯屑/褑褟谢芯 褋械谢芯 芯褌 薪邪褑懈褋褌懈褌械 胁 效械褏懈褟). 袠 褋谢械写 褌械蟹懈 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑懈, 褋谢械写 泻褉邪褟 薪邪 胁芯泄薪邪褌邪, 胁械褔械 薪械 屑懈 懈写胁邪褕械 芯褌胁褗褌褉械 写邪 薪邪褉懈褔邪屑 携薪 鈥炐夹恍靶葱敌堆娧傗€�, 褋褌芯锌懈 褋械 薪械胁懈薪薪芯褋褌褌邪 懈 褔懈褋褌芯褌邪褌邪鈥�. 袪邪蟹谐褍谢械薪 褋械泻褋, 邪谢褔薪芯褋褌, 褎邪谢褕, 锌褉懈褌胁芯褉褋褌胁芯 胁 写芯胁芯械薪薪芯褌芯 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯 械 械写薪芯, 薪芯 泻褉褗胁, 褉邪蟹褉褍褏邪, 褉邪蟹褋械谢胁邪薪械 鈥� 褋褗胁褋械屑 写褉褍谐芯鈥� 袙褋懈褔泻懈 锌褉械写胁芯械薪薪懈 锌褉械谐褉械褕械薪懈褟 屑懈 懈蟹谐谢械卸写邪褏邪 薪褟泻邪泻 鈥炐啃�-胁械写褉懈鈥�. 小邪屑懈褟褌 褌芯泄 泻邪蟹胁邪 褋谢械写 胁芯泄薪邪褌邪: 鈥濃€π叫笛壭� 懈 胁 屑械薪 褋械 斜械 褋谢芯屑懈谢芯 懈 屑械 斜械 薪邪锌褍褋薪邪谢芯.鈥�
袥械泻芯 泻芯谢械斜邪薪懈械 懈屑邪褕械 写邪谢懈 写邪 褋邪 4 蟹胁械蟹写懈 薪邪 褌芯蟹懈 械褌邪锌 蟹邪褉邪写懈 写胁械 薪械褖邪: 褔械 袥懈蟹邪 (懈 写械褌械褌芯 鈥� 屑薪芯谐芯 写芯斜褉械 械 懈蟹屑懈褋谢懈谢 啸褉邪斜邪谢 鈥炐葱笛傂笛傂�-褉械蟹褍谢褌邪褌鈥�) 薪械 褋械 褋锌芯屑械薪邪 胁械褔械; 褔械 泻芯薪褑谢邪谐械褉褗褌 斜械褕械 褌邪泻邪 锌邪褉芯写懈褉邪薪 (屑懈薪邪谢懈褌械 芯褌 褌邪屑 屑芯卸械 写邪 薪械 褏邪褉械褋邪褌 褌芯蟹懈 锌芯写褏芯写). 袧芯 褋懈 泻邪蟹邪褏 鈥� 褍屑械褋褌薪芯 械 胁褋懈褔泻芯 写邪 锌褉芯写褗谢卸懈 写邪 斜褗写械 薪械谢芯谐懈褔薪芯, 邪斜褋褍褉写薪芯, 鈥炑呅把€写鈥�. 袟邪 薪械褋锌芯屑械薪邪胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 袥懈蟹邪 锌褉懈械褏, 褔械 械 写芯褋褌邪褌褗褔薪芯 薪邪懈屑械薪褍胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 谐谢邪胁邪褌邪 蟹邪 泻褉邪褟 薪邪 胁芯泄薪邪褌邪鈥� (鈥� 袗 谐谢邪胁邪褌邪 褌邪泻邪 懈 薪械 薪邪屑械褉懈褏), 邪 蟹邪 泻芯薪褑谢邪谐械褉邪 鈥� 懈屑邪 泻褍锌 泻薪懈谐懈 褋 斜褍泻胁邪谢薪芯 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈械 薪邪 谢邪谐械褉懈, 褌褍泻 锌邪褉芯写懈褟褌邪 薪邪懈褋褌懈薪邪 械 锌芯-褍屑械褋褌薪邪 褋锌芯褉械写 屑械薪 (芯谢懈褑械褌胁芯褉械薪懈械 懈蟹芯斜褖芯 薪邪 褑械谢懈褟 鈥炑佇狙�-褋褌褉芯泄鈥� 屑芯卸械 斜懈鈥�)
袧邪 褋褌褉. 188 (芯褌 234) 胁械褔械 薪褟屑邪褏 褋褗屑薪械薪懈械 蟹邪 5 蟹胁械蟹写懈, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 邪斜褋褍褉写褗褌 薪邪写屑懈薪邪 胁褋褟泻邪泻胁懈 谐褉邪薪懈褑懈 (屑懈谢懈芯薪械褉懈褌械 薪械 懈褋泻邪褌 写邪 懈蟹谢褟蟹邪褌 芯褌 谢邪谐械褉邪?! 袦芯卸械 斜懈 鈥炐叫� 褋胁芯斜芯写邪鈥� 薪懈泻邪泻 薪械 械 锌芯-写芯斜褉械 锌褉懈 泻芯屑褍薪懈蟹屑邪..?). 袠 褌邪泻邪 写芯 泻褉邪褟 邪胁褌芯褉褗褌 薪械 屑懈 写邪写械 锌芯胁械褔械 锌芯褔懈胁泻邪 芯褌 械屑芯褑懈懈 - 薪邪 192, 薪邪 200, 薪邪 212 - 胁褋械 锌芯胁械褔械 芯褌斜械谢褟蟹邪薪懈 屑械褋褌邪 蟹邪 锌褉械锌懈褋胁邪薪械 薪邪 芯褌泻褗褋懈鈥� 袗 泻邪泻 褍屑械褋褌薪芯 械 鈥炐啃狙佈傂靶残感烩€� 啸褉邪斜邪谢 锌褉芯褎械褋芯褉邪 锌芯 褎褉械薪褋泻邪 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉邪 懈 写械胁芯泄泻邪褌邪 袦邪褉褑械谢邪!
袧邪谐芯褉械 泻褗屑 锌谢邪薪懈薪邪褌邪 褋 泻芯薪褔械褌芯, 褋 泻芯蟹邪褌邪 胁械褔械 械写胁邪屑 谐谢械写邪褏 鈥� 薪械褖芯 褌械卸泻芯 屑械 蟹邪褌懈褋薪邪, 薪芯 薪械 褌芯褔薪芯 屑褗泻邪, 邪 械写薪芯 锌芯褋褌械锌械薪薪芯 懈蟹锌褗谢胁邪薪械. 袥懈褔薪芯褋褌薪邪 懈 薪邪褑懈芯薪邪谢薪邪 (薪邪写薪邪褑懈芯薪邪谢薪邪 写芯褉懈) 写褉邪屑邪 胁 械写薪锟斤拷 鈥� 褋褉械写 泻褉芯褌泻邪褌邪 锌褉懈褉芯写邪, 写邪谢械褔械 芯褌 薪邪锌褗薪懈褌械 薪邪 谐褉邪写褋泻懈褟 卸懈胁芯褌. 小 懈蟹芯褋褌邪胁械薪懈褌械 薪械屑褋泻懈 褉邪斜芯褌薪懈褔械褋泻懈 泻褗褖褍褉泻懈 蟹邪 锌褗褉胁懈 锌褗褌 屑邪泄 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 写懈褉械泻褌薪芯 携薪/袘芯褏褍屑懈谢 懈蟹褉邪蟹褟胁邪 锌芯蟹懈褑懈褟 锌芯 锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻懈褌械 薪械褉械写薪芯褋褌懈.
袧芯 20 褋褌褉. 锌褉械写懈 泻褉邪褟 褋锌褉褟褏, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 斜械褕械 褋谢械写 1 褔邪褋邪 锌褉械蟹 薪芯褖褌邪 懈 懈褋泻邪褏 薪邪 褋胁械卸邪 谐谢邪胁邪 懈 锌褗谢薪懈 胁褗蟹锌褉懈褟褌懈褟 写邪 蟹邪胁褗褉褕邪 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 斜械蟹 薪懈泻邪泻胁懈 锌褉芯锌褍褋泻懈. 袠 懈屑邪谢芯 蟹邪褖芯 鈥� 屑薪芯谐芯 褔邪褋芯胁械 褔械褌芯褏 褌械蟹懈 20 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑懈鈥� 袝写薪芯 芯褌 薪邪泄-褋懈谢薪懈褌械 屑懈 械屑芯褑懈芯薪邪谢薪懈 懈蟹斜褍褏胁邪薪懈褟 斜械褕械 褌褍泻, 锌芯褔懈胁邪褏 褋懈 薪邪 胁褋械泻懈 2-3 写褍屑懈, 褌胁褗褉写械 褋懈谢薪邪 斜械褕械 胁褗谢薪邪褌邪.
袠蟹薪邪褋褟薪械 薪邪 褋褗蟹薪邪薪懈械褌芯 屑懈 薪邪谐芯褉械, 薪邪谐芯褉械, 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑懈 薪邪褉械写, 褔邪泻 写芯 褑懈谐邪薪懈褌械, 懈褋泻邪褏 写邪卸械 褌褍泻 写邪 褋锌褉械 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪鈥� 袧芯 褋褗屑 谐褉械褕邪谢邪 鈥� 褋谢械写 芯褖械 薪褟泻芯谢泻芯 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑懈 褌芯胁邪 褋 卸懈胁芯褌懈薪泻懈褌械 写芯薪械褋械 薪芯胁邪 胁褗谢薪邪 芯褌 械屑芯褑懈懈. 袙 薪褟泻芯懈 屑芯屑械薪褌懈 褌械 斜褟褏邪 褌芯胁邪, 泻芯械褌芯 薪邪褉懈褔邪褌 鈥炑傃€邪薪褋褑械写械薪褌邪谢薪芯鈥� 鈥� 写芯褋械谐邪 屑懈 褋械 械 褋谢褍褔胁邪谢芯 褋邪屑芯 薪邪 写卸邪蟹 泻芯薪褑械褉褌懈/蟹邪锌懈褋懈 (褌邪蟹懈 写褍屑懈褔泻邪 写芯褉懈 褟 懈屑邪褕械 胁 泻褍谢屑懈薪邪褑懈褟褌邪 薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 懈 邪蟹 锌芯写褋泻芯褔懈褏 芯褌 褉邪写芯褋褌). 袦芯懈褌械 褋懈谢薪懈 屑芯屑械薪褌懈 胁 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 斜褟褏邪 薪邪泄-褔械褋褌芯 鈥炐啃拘恍拘缎秆傂敌恍叫秆傂碘€�, 泻褉邪褋懈胁懈褌械, 邪 薪械 褋褌褉邪褕薪懈褌械, 谐褉芯蟹薪懈褌械鈥�
袨锌褍褋褌芯褕懈褏 褋械 械屑芯褑懈芯薪邪谢薪芯 褋 褌邪蟹懈 薪械芯褔邪泻胁邪薪芯 蟹邪 屑械薪 谐芯谢褟屑邪 褌胁芯褉斜邪. 袧械 胁懈薪邪谐懈 胁 泻薪懈谐懈褌械 懈屑邪 褌邪泻邪胁邪 谐褉邪写邪褑懈褟 薪邪 械屑芯褑懈懈褌械. 孝褍泻 蟹邪 屑械薪 薪褟屑邪褕械 褋锌邪写芯胁械 鈥� 薪邪褖褉械泻 懈 褋 懈薪褌械褉械褋 100%.
袟邪褌胁芯褉懈褏 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 褋褗褋 褋褗谢蟹懈, 懈蟹褌褉褗锌薪邪谢邪, 芯锌懈褟薪械薪邪 鈥� 懈褋泻邪褏 写胁邪 写械薪邪 写邪 褋懈 芯褋褌邪薪邪 褌邪泻邪鈥� 袧芯 薪邪 泻褉邪褟, 胁 薪械褖芯 泻邪褌芯 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉械薪 械泻褋褌邪蟹, 斜褟褏 褉褟蟹泻芯 芯褌泻褗褋薪邪褌邪 芯褌 薪械谐芯 懈 写胁邪 写薪懈 褋械 薪邪谢芯卸懈 写邪 薪械 褋械 胁褗褉薪邪 泻褗屑 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪. 袩芯褋谢械 锌褉芯褔械褌芯褏 胁褋懈褔泻芯 芯褌斜械谢褟蟹邪薪芯 薪邪薪芯胁芯, 锌褉械卸懈胁褟褏 泻褉邪褟 锌芯褔褌懈 锌芯 褋褗褖懈褟 薪邪褔懈薪, 薪芯 胁褋械 锌邪泻 卸邪谢泻芯, 褔械 锌褗褉胁懈褟 锌褗褌 斜褟褏 褌邪泻邪 写褉邪褋褌懈褔薪芯 懈蟹褌褉褗谐薪邪褌邪 芯褌 褌芯蟹懈 鈥炐啃把€邪谢械谢械薪鈥� 褋胁褟褌 懈 褋械 胁褗褉薪邪褏 胁 褉械邪谢薪懈褟 (薪褟屑邪 写邪 懈蟹锌芯谢蟹胁邪屑 写褍屑邪褌邪 鈥炐垦€芯蟹邪懈褔薪懈褟鈥�, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 屑薪芯谐芯 薪械褋锌褉邪胁械写谢懈胁芯 褌邪蟹懈 写褍屑懈褔泻邪 械 懈蟹锌芯谢蟹胁邪薪邪 胁 褋屑懈褋褗谢 鈥炑佇貉冄囆叫锯€�). 袗 胁 薪邪褔邪谢芯褌芯 薪邪褉懈褔邪褏 泻薪懈卸泻邪褌邪 鈥炑呇冃夹狙€懈褋褌懈褔薪邪鈥溾€�
袙 泻褉邪泄薪邪 褋屑械褌泻邪 褟胁薪芯 蟹邪 褔芯胁械泻邪 胁懈薪邪谐懈 芯褋褌邪胁邪 胁邪卸薪邪 芯褑械薪泻邪褌邪 懈 锌褉懈蟹薪邪薪懈械褌芯 薪邪 写褉褍谐懈褌械, 薪芯 褋谢械写 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪邪 褋邪屑芯芯褑械薪泻邪 懈 薪芯胁芯 薪懈胁芯 薪邪 芯褋褗蟹薪邪褌芯褋褌 褌芯胁邪 胁械褔械 懈屑邪 褋褗胁褋械屑 写褉褍谐芯 懈蟹屑械褉械薪懈械鈥� 袦芯卸械 斜懈 鈥炐愋� 懈 写褉褍谐懈褌械鈥� 胁褋械 锌邪泻 械 胁邪卸薪芯, 薪芯 薪械锌褉械屑械薪薪芯 胁 褌芯蟹懈 褉械写 鈥炐愋� 懈 写褉褍谐懈褌械鈥�, 薪械 鈥炐斞€褍谐懈褌械 懈 邪蟹鈥溾€� 袦懈褋谢褟, 褔械 谢懈褔薪邪褌邪 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟 锌芯胁械褔械 屑懈 胁蟹械 写褗褏邪. 袠 写褉褍谐 锌褗褌 褋懈谐褍褉薪芯 褋褗屑 褔械谢邪 蟹邪 锌芯写芯斜薪邪 鈥炐恍秆囆叫狙佈傂叫� 褌褉邪薪褋褎芯褉屑邪褑懈褟鈥�, 薪芯 褌褍泻 薪邪褔懈薪褗褌 薪邪 芯锌懈褋胁邪薪械褌芯 泄 械 谐芯谢械屑懈褟褌 锌谢褞褋 蟹邪 屑械薪. 袩褉械锌谢懈褌邪薪械褌芯 褋 泻褍褏芯褋褌褌邪 薪邪 锌褉械写胁芯械薪薪懈褟 斜芯褏械屑褋泻懈 卸懈胁芯褌 懈 芯褋芯斜械薪芯 褋 锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻懈褌械 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟 械 写褉褍谐懈褟褌 鈥炐毙拘窖冄佲€�, 薪芯 谐褉芯褌械褋泻薪懈褟褌 锌芯写褏芯写 屑械 薪邪泻邪褉邪 写邪 斜芯谐芯褌胁芯褉褟 胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯褋褌懈褌械 薪邪 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉邪褌邪 (薪械 屑芯卸械褏 写邪 薪械 褋懈 锌芯屑懈褋谢褟 懈 蟹邪 袣褍薪写械褉邪 鈥� 薪芯 锌褉懈 啸褉邪斜邪谢 褌芯蟹懈 锌褗褌 泻芯屑褍薪懈蟹屑褗褌 屑懈 斜械褕械 鈥炐啃�-懈薪褌械褉械褋械薪鈥� 鈥� 褌芯胁邪 薪械 芯蟹薪邪褔邪胁邪 锌芯-屑邪谢泻芯 谐薪懈谢).
袨锌褉械写械谢械薪芯 6+ 蟹邪 锌褉械胁芯写邪褔邪. 袦芯卸械 斜懈 褏褍屑芯褉 写芯褉懈 芯褖械 锌芯-褌褉褍写薪芯 褋械 锌褉械胁械卸写邪 芯褌 鈥炐拘毙感盒叫拘残敌叫扳€� 锌褉芯蟹邪 鈥� 懈屑邪 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 薪褞邪薪褋懈, 褌褗薪泻芯褋褌懈, 褍屑邪谢懈褌械谢薪懈 写褍屑懈褔泻懈, 锌褉芯褋褌芯胁邪褌懈褟 邪胁褌械薪褌懈褔械薪 械蟹懈泻 薪邪 谐谢邪胁薪懈褟 谐械褉芯泄, 斜械蟹泻褉邪泄薪芯褋褌褌邪 薪邪 邪斜褋褍褉写邪鈥� 袧芯 褟胁薪芯 懈 褌械卸泻懈褌械 械屑芯褑懈懈 胁 锌芯褋谢械写薪懈褌械 褔邪褋褌懈 褋邪 锌褉械写邪写械薪懈 锌械褉褎械泻褌薪芯, 蟹邪 写邪 屑懈 芯泻邪卸邪褌 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 褋懈谢薪芯 胁褗蟹写械泄褋褌胁懈械.
袠 褌芯褔薪芯 泻邪泻褌芯 袣褍薪写械褉邪 斜械褕械 锌懈褋邪谢 蟹邪 薪械懈蟹胁械褋褌薪懈褌械 鈥炐夹靶恍盒� 薪邪褑懈懈鈥�, 褋械谐邪 懈 邪蟹 褋械 褔褍写褟 蟹邪褖芯 薪械 械 懈蟹胁械褋褌械薪 袘芯褏褍屑懈谢 啸褉邪斜邪谢 鈥� 薪械 蟹薪邪褟 泻芯谢泻芯 泻薪懈谐懈 械 薪邪锌懈褋邪谢, 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 谢懈 褋邪 写芯斜褉懈 胁褋懈褔泻懈, 薪芯 蟹邪 屑械薪 褋懈 械 屑邪泄褋褌芯褉 芯褌 褋胁械褌芯胁薪邪 泻谢邪褋邪. 孝邪泻邪 褋褗屑 褋懈 屑懈褋谢械谢邪 懈 蟹邪 写褉褍谐懈 褋谢邪胁褟薪褋泻懈 邪胁褌芯褉懈, 薪邪锌褉懈屑械褉 袨谢谐邪 孝芯泻邪褉褔褍泻 (薪械 褔械 褋邪 鈥炐夹靶恍盒扳€� 薪邪褑懈褟 锌芯谢褟褑懈褌械)鈥� 袗 屑芯卸械 懈 写邪 褋邪 懈蟹胁械褋褌薪懈, 锌褉芯褋褌芯 邪蟹 写邪 薪械 褋褗屑 斜懈谢邪 鈥炐� 褔邪褋鈥� 写芯褋械谐邪鈥� ;)
袗泻芯 屑芯卸械褕械 写邪 褋械 褋薪懈屑邪 谢懈褑械褌芯 屑懈 芯褌 薪邪褔邪谢芯褌芯 写芯 泻褉邪褟鈥� 袨褌 褋锌芯薪褌邪薪薪芯 褏懈谢械薪械, 锌褉械蟹 谢械泻芯 锌芯屑褉褗泻胁邪薪械, 写芯 谐芯褉械褖懈, 鈥炐囱娦恍毙拘盒糕€� 褋褗谢蟹懈.
袧械 械 泻薪懈谐邪, 胁 泻芯褟褌芯 褔械褌褟褏 胁褋械泻懈 褉械写, 蟹邪 写邪 薪械 锌褉芯锌褍褋薪邪 薪械褖芯 芯褌 褋褞卸械褌邪 (胁 薪邪褔邪谢芯褌芯 褋懈 屑懈褋谢械褏, 褔械 屑芯卸械 写邪 屑懈 写芯褌械谐薪械 芯褌 褔懈褋褌芯 褉械褋褌芯褉邪薪褌褜芯褉褋泻懈 懈褋褌芯褉懈懈 懈 屑邪泄褌邪锌懈), 邪 蟹邪褉邪写懈 锌谢芯写芯胁懈褌芯褋褌褌邪 薪邪 械蟹懈泻邪 (泻褗屑 泻褉邪褟 芯斜邪褔械 褋械 芯泻邪蟹邪, 褔械 懈屑械薪薪芯 褉邪蟹胁懈褌懈械褌芯 薪邪 谐械褉芯褟 械 薪邪泄-胁邪卸薪芯褌芯). 孝褍泻 胁懈写褟褏 懈 鈥炐叫靶�-邪褉褌懈褋褌懈褔薪懈褌械鈥� 械褉芯褌懈褔薪懈 褋褑械薪懈; 鈥炑€褟锌邪 写邪 褟写邪褌鈥� 褉邪蟹薪懈褌械 锌芯锌褍谢褟褉薪懈 械褉芯褌懈褔薪懈 锌芯褉械写懈褑懈. ;) 袨锌懈褋邪薪懈械褌芯 薪邪 褍谐芯褖械薪懈械褌芯 薪邪 邪斜懈褋懈薪褋泻懈褟 泻褉邪谢 屑械 胁锌械褔邪褌谢懈 泻邪泻褌芯 锌褉懈屑械褉薪芯 褏懈锌械褉斜芯谢懈褌械 薪邪 袪褍褕写懈 懈 袦邪褉泻械褋.
孝褉褍写薪芯 褋械 褋屑械褟 薪邪 泻薪懈谐懈 懈 褎懈谢屑懈, 薪芯 褌褍泻 鈥� 屑薪芯谐芯 (写芯 械写薪芯 胁褉械屑械 芯斜邪褔械鈥�). 袙 薪邪褔邪谢芯褌芯 褟 胁褗蟹锌褉懈械褏 锌褉械写懈屑薪芯 泻邪褌芯 褏褍屑芯褉懈褋褌懈褔薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪, 泻褗屑 褋褉械写邪褌邪 鈥� 泻邪褌芯 褋邪褌懈褉邪, 芯褋屑懈胁邪褖邪 薪褟泻芯懈 薪械写芯褋褌邪褌褗褑懈 薪邪 谢懈褔薪芯褋褌褌邪 懈 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯褌芯. 袩芯-泻褗褋薪芯 - 褌褉褟斜胁邪褕械 屑懈 褌邪蟹懈 鈥炑佇夹笛埿叫扳€� 泻薪懈卸泻邪, 蟹邪 写邪 褋懈 写芯锌褗谢薪褟 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁懈褌械 芯褌 鈥炐斝拘毖€芯卸械谢邪褌械谢薪懈褌械鈥� 蟹邪 薪邪褑懈蟹屑邪 (鈥炐盒靶� 褋械 褋褌邪胁邪 褉械写芯胁懈 薪邪褑懈芯薪邪谢褋芯褑懈邪谢懈褋褌鈥�/邪 蟹邪褖芯 薪械 懈 泻芯屑褍薪懈褋褌 鈥� 胁褋械 褌邪褟鈥�), 屑邪泻邪褉 褔械 薪邪 锌褉褗胁 锌芯谐谢械写 薪褟屑邪褌 薪懈褖芯 芯斜褖芯. 袗 泻褉邪褟褌 鈥� 褉邪蟹褌褗褉褋胁邪褖芯 蟹邪 屑械薪 锌褉械卸懈胁褟胁邪薪械, 褋胁褗褉蟹邪薪芯 褋褗褋 褋懈谢薪邪褌邪 写褍屑邪 鈥炐盒把傂把€蟹懈褋鈥�. 孝邪蟹懈 谐芯写懈薪邪 褋褗屑 懈屑邪谢邪 褋邪屑芯 芯褖械 械写薪芯 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 褋懈谢薪芯 泻薪懈卸薪芯 锌褉械卸懈胁褟胁邪薪械 (褋 鈥炐斝� 写芯泄写械褕 薪邪 褋胁械褌邪鈥�).
袨褌 泻褗写械 褋械 褌褉褗谐薪邪 鈥� 褋邪屑芯褌薪芯褌芯 泻械谢薪械褉褔械, 褌褗褉褋械褖芯 锌褉懈蟹薪邪薪懈械, 锌褉懈芯斜褖邪胁邪薪械 (懈 谢邪屑褌械卸褗褌 蟹邪 锌邪褉懈 斜械褕械 褋褗褋 褋褗褖邪褌邪 褑械谢). 袥械褋薪芯 褋械 锌褉懈褋谢邪屑褔懈 泻褗屑 锌褗褉胁芯褌芯 薪械褖芯, 胁 泻芯械褌芯 胁懈写褟 锌芯褌械薪褑懈邪谢 蟹邪 褌邪泻芯胁邪 芯写芯斜褉械薪懈械. 袠 褋懈 锌芯屑懈褋谢懈, 褔械 胁械褔械 械 鈥炐叫笛壭锯€�. 袝写懈薪 褎褉邪泻, 械写薪邪 谢械薪褌邪 鈥� 懈 褋械 懈蟹写懈谐薪邪 褋邪屑 胁 芯褔懈褌械 褋懈; 薪芯 鈥炐叫拘残秆徰傗€� 啸械褉 袛懈褌懈 薪邪胁褉械屑械 褋械 褍褋械褌懈, 褔械 锌邪泻 械 鈥炐叫秆壭锯€� (褋锌芯褉械写 褌芯谐邪胁邪褕薪懈褌械 褋懈 泻褉懈褌械褉懈懈). 袙褋械 锌邪泻 褍褋锌褟 写邪 褋械 薪邪谐芯写懈 芯褌薪芯胁芯 懈 写邪 锌褉芯写褗谢卸懈 写邪 写褉邪锌邪 鈥炐叫靶承狙€械鈥�. "鈥π狙傂叫拘残� 懈 蟹邪 褌褟褏 斜褟褏 褋邪屑芯 械写薪芯 褉械褋褌芯褉邪薪褌褋泻芯 锌懈泻芯谢芯, 写褉械斜芯褋褗泻 薪褟泻邪泻褗胁, 褔械褕泻芯 薪懈褖芯卸械褋褌胁芯鈥︹€�
袨泻芯谢芯 胁芯泄薪邪褌邪 薪褟屑邪褕械 泻邪泻 褏褍屑芯褉褗褌 写邪 薪械 褋褌邪薪械 鈥炐啃�-薪邪锌械褔械薪鈥溾€� 袩芯褟胁懈褏邪 褋械 懈蟹褉邪蟹懈 泻邪褌芯 鈥炩€π拘啃感啃� 褑械谢懈褟 褋懈 褉芯写械薪 写芯屑鈥︹€� (褉邪蟹褉褍褕械薪 写芯屑/褑褟谢芯 褋械谢芯 芯褌 薪邪褑懈褋褌懈褌械 胁 效械褏懈褟). 袠 褋谢械写 褌械蟹懈 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑懈, 褋谢械写 泻褉邪褟 薪邪 胁芯泄薪邪褌邪, 胁械褔械 薪械 屑懈 懈写胁邪褕械 芯褌胁褗褌褉械 写邪 薪邪褉懈褔邪屑 携薪 鈥炐夹恍靶葱敌堆娧傗€�, 褋褌芯锌懈 褋械 薪械胁懈薪薪芯褋褌褌邪 懈 褔懈褋褌芯褌邪褌邪鈥�. 袪邪蟹谐褍谢械薪 褋械泻褋, 邪谢褔薪芯褋褌, 褎邪谢褕, 锌褉懈褌胁芯褉褋褌胁芯 胁 写芯胁芯械薪薪芯褌芯 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯 械 械写薪芯, 薪芯 泻褉褗胁, 褉邪蟹褉褍褏邪, 褉邪蟹褋械谢胁邪薪械 鈥� 褋褗胁褋械屑 写褉褍谐芯鈥� 袙褋懈褔泻懈 锌褉械写胁芯械薪薪懈 锌褉械谐褉械褕械薪懈褟 屑懈 懈蟹谐谢械卸写邪褏邪 薪褟泻邪泻 鈥炐啃�-胁械写褉懈鈥�. 小邪屑懈褟褌 褌芯泄 泻邪蟹胁邪 褋谢械写 胁芯泄薪邪褌邪: 鈥濃€π叫笛壭� 懈 胁 屑械薪 褋械 斜械 褋谢芯屑懈谢芯 懈 屑械 斜械 薪邪锌褍褋薪邪谢芯.鈥�
袥械泻芯 泻芯谢械斜邪薪懈械 懈屑邪褕械 写邪谢懈 写邪 褋邪 4 蟹胁械蟹写懈 薪邪 褌芯蟹懈 械褌邪锌 蟹邪褉邪写懈 写胁械 薪械褖邪: 褔械 袥懈蟹邪 (懈 写械褌械褌芯 鈥� 屑薪芯谐芯 写芯斜褉械 械 懈蟹屑懈褋谢懈谢 啸褉邪斜邪谢 鈥炐葱笛傂笛傂�-褉械蟹褍谢褌邪褌鈥�) 薪械 褋械 褋锌芯屑械薪邪 胁械褔械; 褔械 泻芯薪褑谢邪谐械褉褗褌 斜械褕械 褌邪泻邪 锌邪褉芯写懈褉邪薪 (屑懈薪邪谢懈褌械 芯褌 褌邪屑 屑芯卸械 写邪 薪械 褏邪褉械褋邪褌 褌芯蟹懈 锌芯写褏芯写). 袧芯 褋懈 泻邪蟹邪褏 鈥� 褍屑械褋褌薪芯 械 胁褋懈褔泻芯 写邪 锌褉芯写褗谢卸懈 写邪 斜褗写械 薪械谢芯谐懈褔薪芯, 邪斜褋褍褉写薪芯, 鈥炑呅把€写鈥�. 袟邪 薪械褋锌芯屑械薪邪胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 袥懈蟹邪 锌褉懈械褏, 褔械 械 写芯褋褌邪褌褗褔薪芯 薪邪懈屑械薪褍胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 谐谢邪胁邪褌邪 蟹邪 泻褉邪褟 薪邪 胁芯泄薪邪褌邪鈥� (鈥� 袗 谐谢邪胁邪褌邪 褌邪泻邪 懈 薪械 薪邪屑械褉懈褏), 邪 蟹邪 泻芯薪褑谢邪谐械褉邪 鈥� 懈屑邪 泻褍锌 泻薪懈谐懈 褋 斜褍泻胁邪谢薪芯 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈械 薪邪 谢邪谐械褉懈, 褌褍泻 锌邪褉芯写懈褟褌邪 薪邪懈褋褌懈薪邪 械 锌芯-褍屑械褋褌薪邪 褋锌芯褉械写 屑械薪 (芯谢懈褑械褌胁芯褉械薪懈械 懈蟹芯斜褖芯 薪邪 褑械谢懈褟 鈥炑佇狙�-褋褌褉芯泄鈥� 屑芯卸械 斜懈鈥�)
袧邪 褋褌褉. 188 (芯褌 234) 胁械褔械 薪褟屑邪褏 褋褗屑薪械薪懈械 蟹邪 5 蟹胁械蟹写懈, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 邪斜褋褍褉写褗褌 薪邪写屑懈薪邪 胁褋褟泻邪泻胁懈 谐褉邪薪懈褑懈 (屑懈谢懈芯薪械褉懈褌械 薪械 懈褋泻邪褌 写邪 懈蟹谢褟蟹邪褌 芯褌 谢邪谐械褉邪?! 袦芯卸械 斜懈 鈥炐叫� 褋胁芯斜芯写邪鈥� 薪懈泻邪泻 薪械 械 锌芯-写芯斜褉械 锌褉懈 泻芯屑褍薪懈蟹屑邪..?). 袠 褌邪泻邪 写芯 泻褉邪褟 邪胁褌芯褉褗褌 薪械 屑懈 写邪写械 锌芯胁械褔械 锌芯褔懈胁泻邪 芯褌 械屑芯褑懈懈 - 薪邪 192, 薪邪 200, 薪邪 212 - 胁褋械 锌芯胁械褔械 芯褌斜械谢褟蟹邪薪懈 屑械褋褌邪 蟹邪 锌褉械锌懈褋胁邪薪械 薪邪 芯褌泻褗褋懈鈥� 袗 泻邪泻 褍屑械褋褌薪芯 械 鈥炐啃狙佈傂靶残感烩€� 啸褉邪斜邪谢 锌褉芯褎械褋芯褉邪 锌芯 褎褉械薪褋泻邪 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉邪 懈 写械胁芯泄泻邪褌邪 袦邪褉褑械谢邪!
袧邪谐芯褉械 泻褗屑 锌谢邪薪懈薪邪褌邪 褋 泻芯薪褔械褌芯, 褋 泻芯蟹邪褌邪 胁械褔械 械写胁邪屑 谐谢械写邪褏 鈥� 薪械褖芯 褌械卸泻芯 屑械 蟹邪褌懈褋薪邪, 薪芯 薪械 褌芯褔薪芯 屑褗泻邪, 邪 械写薪芯 锌芯褋褌械锌械薪薪芯 懈蟹锌褗谢胁邪薪械. 袥懈褔薪芯褋褌薪邪 懈 薪邪褑懈芯薪邪谢薪邪 (薪邪写薪邪褑懈芯薪邪谢薪邪 写芯褉懈) 写褉邪屑邪 胁 械写薪锟斤拷 鈥� 褋褉械写 泻褉芯褌泻邪褌邪 锌褉懈褉芯写邪, 写邪谢械褔械 芯褌 薪邪锌褗薪懈褌械 薪邪 谐褉邪写褋泻懈褟 卸懈胁芯褌. 小 懈蟹芯褋褌邪胁械薪懈褌械 薪械屑褋泻懈 褉邪斜芯褌薪懈褔械褋泻懈 泻褗褖褍褉泻懈 蟹邪 锌褗褉胁懈 锌褗褌 屑邪泄 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 写懈褉械泻褌薪芯 携薪/袘芯褏褍屑懈谢 懈蟹褉邪蟹褟胁邪 锌芯蟹懈褑懈褟 锌芯 锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻懈褌械 薪械褉械写薪芯褋褌懈.
袧芯 20 褋褌褉. 锌褉械写懈 泻褉邪褟 褋锌褉褟褏, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 斜械褕械 褋谢械写 1 褔邪褋邪 锌褉械蟹 薪芯褖褌邪 懈 懈褋泻邪褏 薪邪 褋胁械卸邪 谐谢邪胁邪 懈 锌褗谢薪懈 胁褗蟹锌褉懈褟褌懈褟 写邪 蟹邪胁褗褉褕邪 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 斜械蟹 薪懈泻邪泻胁懈 锌褉芯锌褍褋泻懈. 袠 懈屑邪谢芯 蟹邪褖芯 鈥� 屑薪芯谐芯 褔邪褋芯胁械 褔械褌芯褏 褌械蟹懈 20 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑懈鈥� 袝写薪芯 芯褌 薪邪泄-褋懈谢薪懈褌械 屑懈 械屑芯褑懈芯薪邪谢薪懈 懈蟹斜褍褏胁邪薪懈褟 斜械褕械 褌褍泻, 锌芯褔懈胁邪褏 褋懈 薪邪 胁褋械泻懈 2-3 写褍屑懈, 褌胁褗褉写械 褋懈谢薪邪 斜械褕械 胁褗谢薪邪褌邪.
袠蟹薪邪褋褟薪械 薪邪 褋褗蟹薪邪薪懈械褌芯 屑懈 薪邪谐芯褉械, 薪邪谐芯褉械, 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑懈 薪邪褉械写, 褔邪泻 写芯 褑懈谐邪薪懈褌械, 懈褋泻邪褏 写邪卸械 褌褍泻 写邪 褋锌褉械 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪鈥� 袧芯 褋褗屑 谐褉械褕邪谢邪 鈥� 褋谢械写 芯褖械 薪褟泻芯谢泻芯 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑懈 褌芯胁邪 褋 卸懈胁芯褌懈薪泻懈褌械 写芯薪械褋械 薪芯胁邪 胁褗谢薪邪 芯褌 械屑芯褑懈懈. 袙 薪褟泻芯懈 屑芯屑械薪褌懈 褌械 斜褟褏邪 褌芯胁邪, 泻芯械褌芯 薪邪褉懈褔邪褌 鈥炑傃€邪薪褋褑械写械薪褌邪谢薪芯鈥� 鈥� 写芯褋械谐邪 屑懈 褋械 械 褋谢褍褔胁邪谢芯 褋邪屑芯 薪邪 写卸邪蟹 泻芯薪褑械褉褌懈/蟹邪锌懈褋懈 (褌邪蟹懈 写褍屑懈褔泻邪 写芯褉懈 褟 懈屑邪褕械 胁 泻褍谢屑懈薪邪褑懈褟褌邪 薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 懈 邪蟹 锌芯写褋泻芯褔懈褏 芯褌 褉邪写芯褋褌). 袦芯懈褌械 褋懈谢薪懈 屑芯屑械薪褌懈 胁 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 斜褟褏邪 薪邪泄-褔械褋褌芯 鈥炐啃拘恍拘缎秆傂敌恍叫秆傂碘€�, 泻褉邪褋懈胁懈褌械, 邪 薪械 褋褌褉邪褕薪懈褌械, 谐褉芯蟹薪懈褌械鈥�
袨锌褍褋褌芯褕懈褏 褋械 械屑芯褑懈芯薪邪谢薪芯 褋 褌邪蟹懈 薪械芯褔邪泻胁邪薪芯 蟹邪 屑械薪 谐芯谢褟屑邪 褌胁芯褉斜邪. 袧械 胁懈薪邪谐懈 胁 泻薪懈谐懈褌械 懈屑邪 褌邪泻邪胁邪 谐褉邪写邪褑懈褟 薪邪 械屑芯褑懈懈褌械. 孝褍泻 蟹邪 屑械薪 薪褟屑邪褕械 褋锌邪写芯胁械 鈥� 薪邪褖褉械泻 懈 褋 懈薪褌械褉械褋 100%.
袟邪褌胁芯褉懈褏 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 褋褗褋 褋褗谢蟹懈, 懈蟹褌褉褗锌薪邪谢邪, 芯锌懈褟薪械薪邪 鈥� 懈褋泻邪褏 写胁邪 写械薪邪 写邪 褋懈 芯褋褌邪薪邪 褌邪泻邪鈥� 袧芯 薪邪 泻褉邪褟, 胁 薪械褖芯 泻邪褌芯 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉械薪 械泻褋褌邪蟹, 斜褟褏 褉褟蟹泻芯 芯褌泻褗褋薪邪褌邪 芯褌 薪械谐芯 懈 写胁邪 写薪懈 褋械 薪邪谢芯卸懈 写邪 薪械 褋械 胁褗褉薪邪 泻褗屑 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪. 袩芯褋谢械 锌褉芯褔械褌芯褏 胁褋懈褔泻芯 芯褌斜械谢褟蟹邪薪芯 薪邪薪芯胁芯, 锌褉械卸懈胁褟褏 泻褉邪褟 锌芯褔褌懈 锌芯 褋褗褖懈褟 薪邪褔懈薪, 薪芯 胁褋械 锌邪泻 卸邪谢泻芯, 褔械 锌褗褉胁懈褟 锌褗褌 斜褟褏 褌邪泻邪 写褉邪褋褌懈褔薪芯 懈蟹褌褉褗谐薪邪褌邪 芯褌 褌芯蟹懈 鈥炐啃把€邪谢械谢械薪鈥� 褋胁褟褌 懈 褋械 胁褗褉薪邪褏 胁 褉械邪谢薪懈褟 (薪褟屑邪 写邪 懈蟹锌芯谢蟹胁邪屑 写褍屑邪褌邪 鈥炐垦€芯蟹邪懈褔薪懈褟鈥�, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 屑薪芯谐芯 薪械褋锌褉邪胁械写谢懈胁芯 褌邪蟹懈 写褍屑懈褔泻邪 械 懈蟹锌芯谢蟹胁邪薪邪 胁 褋屑懈褋褗谢 鈥炑佇貉冄囆叫锯€�). 袗 胁 薪邪褔邪谢芯褌芯 薪邪褉懈褔邪褏 泻薪懈卸泻邪褌邪 鈥炑呇冃夹狙€懈褋褌懈褔薪邪鈥溾€�
袙 泻褉邪泄薪邪 褋屑械褌泻邪 褟胁薪芯 蟹邪 褔芯胁械泻邪 胁懈薪邪谐懈 芯褋褌邪胁邪 胁邪卸薪邪 芯褑械薪泻邪褌邪 懈 锌褉懈蟹薪邪薪懈械褌芯 薪邪 写褉褍谐懈褌械, 薪芯 褋谢械写 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪邪 褋邪屑芯芯褑械薪泻邪 懈 薪芯胁芯 薪懈胁芯 薪邪 芯褋褗蟹薪邪褌芯褋褌 褌芯胁邪 胁械褔械 懈屑邪 褋褗胁褋械屑 写褉褍谐芯 懈蟹屑械褉械薪懈械鈥� 袦芯卸械 斜懈 鈥炐愋� 懈 写褉褍谐懈褌械鈥� 胁褋械 锌邪泻 械 胁邪卸薪芯, 薪芯 薪械锌褉械屑械薪薪芯 胁 褌芯蟹懈 褉械写 鈥炐愋� 懈 写褉褍谐懈褌械鈥�, 薪械 鈥炐斞€褍谐懈褌械 懈 邪蟹鈥溾€� 袦懈褋谢褟, 褔械 谢懈褔薪邪褌邪 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟 锌芯胁械褔械 屑懈 胁蟹械 写褗褏邪. 袠 写褉褍谐 锌褗褌 褋懈谐褍褉薪芯 褋褗屑 褔械谢邪 蟹邪 锌芯写芯斜薪邪 鈥炐恍秆囆叫狙佈傂叫� 褌褉邪薪褋褎芯褉屑邪褑懈褟鈥�, 薪芯 褌褍泻 薪邪褔懈薪褗褌 薪邪 芯锌懈褋胁邪薪械褌芯 泄 械 谐芯谢械屑懈褟褌 锌谢褞褋 蟹邪 屑械薪. 袩褉械锌谢懈褌邪薪械褌芯 褋 泻褍褏芯褋褌褌邪 薪邪 锌褉械写胁芯械薪薪懈褟 斜芯褏械屑褋泻懈 卸懈胁芯褌 懈 芯褋芯斜械薪芯 褋 锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻懈褌械 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟 械 写褉褍谐懈褟褌 鈥炐毙拘窖冄佲€�, 薪芯 谐褉芯褌械褋泻薪懈褟褌 锌芯写褏芯写 屑械 薪邪泻邪褉邪 写邪 斜芯谐芯褌胁芯褉褟 胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯褋褌懈褌械 薪邪 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉邪褌邪 (薪械 屑芯卸械褏 写邪 薪械 褋懈 锌芯屑懈褋谢褟 懈 蟹邪 袣褍薪写械褉邪 鈥� 薪芯 锌褉懈 啸褉邪斜邪谢 褌芯蟹懈 锌褗褌 泻芯屑褍薪懈蟹屑褗褌 屑懈 斜械褕械 鈥炐啃�-懈薪褌械褉械褋械薪鈥� 鈥� 褌芯胁邪 薪械 芯蟹薪邪褔邪胁邪 锌芯-屑邪谢泻芯 谐薪懈谢).
袨锌褉械写械谢械薪芯 6+ 蟹邪 锌褉械胁芯写邪褔邪. 袦芯卸械 斜懈 褏褍屑芯褉 写芯褉懈 芯褖械 锌芯-褌褉褍写薪芯 褋械 锌褉械胁械卸写邪 芯褌 鈥炐拘毙感盒叫拘残敌叫扳€� 锌褉芯蟹邪 鈥� 懈屑邪 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 薪褞邪薪褋懈, 褌褗薪泻芯褋褌懈, 褍屑邪谢懈褌械谢薪懈 写褍屑懈褔泻懈, 锌褉芯褋褌芯胁邪褌懈褟 邪胁褌械薪褌懈褔械薪 械蟹懈泻 薪邪 谐谢邪胁薪懈褟 谐械褉芯泄, 斜械蟹泻褉邪泄薪芯褋褌褌邪 薪邪 邪斜褋褍褉写邪鈥� 袧芯 褟胁薪芯 懈 褌械卸泻懈褌械 械屑芯褑懈懈 胁 锌芯褋谢械写薪懈褌械 褔邪褋褌懈 褋邪 锌褉械写邪写械薪懈 锌械褉褎械泻褌薪芯, 蟹邪 写邪 屑懈 芯泻邪卸邪褌 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 褋懈谢薪芯 胁褗蟹写械泄褋褌胁懈械.
袠 褌芯褔薪芯 泻邪泻褌芯 袣褍薪写械褉邪 斜械褕械 锌懈褋邪谢 蟹邪 薪械懈蟹胁械褋褌薪懈褌械 鈥炐夹靶恍盒� 薪邪褑懈懈鈥�, 褋械谐邪 懈 邪蟹 褋械 褔褍写褟 蟹邪褖芯 薪械 械 懈蟹胁械褋褌械薪 袘芯褏褍屑懈谢 啸褉邪斜邪谢 鈥� 薪械 蟹薪邪褟 泻芯谢泻芯 泻薪懈谐懈 械 薪邪锌懈褋邪谢, 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 谢懈 褋邪 写芯斜褉懈 胁褋懈褔泻懈, 薪芯 蟹邪 屑械薪 褋懈 械 屑邪泄褋褌芯褉 芯褌 褋胁械褌芯胁薪邪 泻谢邪褋邪. 孝邪泻邪 褋褗屑 褋懈 屑懈褋谢械谢邪 懈 蟹邪 写褉褍谐懈 褋谢邪胁褟薪褋泻懈 邪胁褌芯褉懈, 薪邪锌褉懈屑械褉 袨谢谐邪 孝芯泻邪褉褔褍泻 (薪械 褔械 褋邪 鈥炐夹靶恍盒扳€� 薪邪褑懈褟 锌芯谢褟褑懈褌械)鈥� 袗 屑芯卸械 懈 写邪 褋邪 懈蟹胁械褋褌薪懈, 锌褉芯褋褌芯 邪蟹 写邪 薪械 褋褗屑 斜懈谢邪 鈥炐� 褔邪褋鈥� 写芯褋械谐邪鈥� ;)
June 16, 2023
The seventh Hrabal book I've read and I'll go ahead and call it my favorite so far among his books (even added it to my "favorites" shelf on here). The prose seems like it's always existed, like it's just been sitting there waiting for me to activate it with my eyes. It all proceeds so wonderfully, perfectly, consistently surprising and smooth, maybe slipping a little toward the end, could've been forty pages shorter and I wouldn't have minded, but otherwise the straightforward temporal progression of the narrator's life, his maturation through eras leading up to WWII and Nazi occupation and Communism, there's a sort of holy foolishness to him that works for Hrabal, innocent youth learning the ways of the world, jibes with other novels with garrulous old good-natured narrators, all of it sort of cartoonish (seems like another obvious inspiration for Wes Anderson's "Grand Budapest Hotel," not just Zweig) and fun, exaggerated, the huge salesman with his scales and salami, laying out bills on the floor and then opening the window so they whoosh around and then gather in a corner, the descriptions activating all or at least multiple senses, the tailor with balloon body doubles floating along the ceiling, the garlands of holly and flowers he lays on the stomachs of the sex workers he visits, the general joy so much of it evokes in a reader, rooting for the little fellow even if he isn't always making the best decisions or even behaves in questionably moral ways, for example profiteering on those stamps. But the perspective is so embedded in the little guy we can't help but see it how he sees it, a minor player awarded a medal for serving the Emperor of Ethiopia, as though that experience or the experience related to the title is a life-justifying achievement. There's something beautiful serious and silly about the refrain of the title or his own similar related one. Loved the Steinbeck cameo too. Need to read a few more to unlock Hrabal completist status.
December 21, 2016
Czech writer, Bohumil Hrabal, is a raconteur par excellence. 鈥淚 Served the King of England鈥� is a highly entertaining story about how the unbelievable comes true many times over for Dit臎. When we first make his acquaintance, he is only age 15 and a busboy at the Grand Prague Hotel. The story follows Dit臎鈥檚 colorful career in the hotel industry from busboy to waiter, to lead waiter and to hotel owner; his sexual exploits; his self-awakening. In essence, it is the story of Dit臎, a pint-size man trying to find his way in the world and to gain respect. The novel also offers glimpses of life in Czechslovakia before and after the German occupation in World War II. I derived much pleasure from Hrabal鈥檚 vivid depiction of the otherwise invisible operations behind buzzling hotels and the unimaginable cuisine (lung in sour sauce, anyone?) served in their fancy restaurants. The novel is uproariously funny (for a good stretch) and yet it is unsuspectingly profound in its observation of our human aspirations and needs.
Hrabal鈥檚 character caricatures are memorable and a joy to read. I grew to love a few of the key waiters who are influential in mentoring Dit臎 and honing his skills of observation.
An intoxicating quality permeates Hrabal鈥檚 prose and the settings that he paints. There is a sense of wild abandon ("free-spending gaiety and debauchery鈥�), a celebration of wealth and the frivolity of literally throwing money to the four winds. The writing is cheeky, saucy, ribald. Then the narrative takes on a sober and darker tone as it segues into the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. Unpleasant events happen to Dit臎 but the unbelievable also keeps coming true for him.
The novel is graced with many pleasing and touching episodes that merit re-reading.
Read 鈥淚 Served the King of England鈥�. It exceeds expectations on many counts. Five brilliant stars.
Hrabal鈥檚 character caricatures are memorable and a joy to read. I grew to love a few of the key waiters who are influential in mentoring Dit臎 and honing his skills of observation.
An intoxicating quality permeates Hrabal鈥檚 prose and the settings that he paints. There is a sense of wild abandon ("free-spending gaiety and debauchery鈥�), a celebration of wealth and the frivolity of literally throwing money to the four winds. The writing is cheeky, saucy, ribald. Then the narrative takes on a sober and darker tone as it segues into the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. Unpleasant events happen to Dit臎 but the unbelievable also keeps coming true for him.
The novel is graced with many pleasing and touching episodes that merit re-reading.
Read 鈥淚 Served the King of England鈥�. It exceeds expectations on many counts. Five brilliant stars.
July 8, 2011
This is a highly regarded mid-century novel by an acclaimed Czech writer that wasn't translated into English until late last century. It tells the story of Ditie, an impoverished youth who starts work selling hot dogs in a train station and works his way up through the service industry as life around him is torn asunder by the second World War.
I wasn't quite sure what to make of this novel at first, with its page-long sentences, dearth of female characters and absurdist, fairy-tale undertones. But as I got deeper into the book, the innocent voice of the determined Ditie began to grow on me. As he moved through the ranks of restaurant service, I also got caught up in the story of the German invasion as seen through the eyes of a Czech who had the luck/misfortune to fall in love with a German nurse.
Though buffeted on the winds of fate both good and bad, Ditie comes through it all with a remarkably clear-eyed understanding of his place in history. I closed the book with a great deal of affection for this wise fool of a character and the insights he shared about his unusual life.
I wasn't quite sure what to make of this novel at first, with its page-long sentences, dearth of female characters and absurdist, fairy-tale undertones. But as I got deeper into the book, the innocent voice of the determined Ditie began to grow on me. As he moved through the ranks of restaurant service, I also got caught up in the story of the German invasion as seen through the eyes of a Czech who had the luck/misfortune to fall in love with a German nurse.
Though buffeted on the winds of fate both good and bad, Ditie comes through it all with a remarkably clear-eyed understanding of his place in history. I closed the book with a great deal of affection for this wise fool of a character and the insights he shared about his unusual life.
February 7, 2017
(review in English below)
Muito bom!
Gostei imenso desta hist贸ria e sobretudo da maneira como est谩 contada, praticamente sem pausas, que se l锚 quase sem respirar e que se torna viciante. Ficava mesmo chateada quando era obrigada a interromper a leitura!
O narrador conta-nos a hist贸ria da sua vida, recheada de epis贸dios fant谩sticos/fantasiosos/fantasiados, que nos envolvem numa esp茅cie de magia 脿 qual somos de vez em quando arrancados e devolvidos 脿 realidade de forma brutal.
Gostei da escrita, ao mesmo tempo despretensiosa e quase po茅tica, e da forma como senti que se ia subtilmente alterando para reflectir a evolu莽茫o do protagonista - mas pode ter sido s贸 impress茫o minha...
E gostei da "explica莽茫o necess谩ria" do final, embora tenha de ler outras obras do autor para perceber se a forma como esta foi escrita se deveu realmente ao que ele refere ou se traduz um estilo pr贸prio.
Altamente recomendado!
So good!
I really enjoyed this story, especially the way it's told, virtually with no pauses, making you read it almost without breathing. It becomes addictive, I was truly upset when I was forced to interrupt!
The narrator tells us the story of his life, filled with fantastic/fanciful/whimsy episodes, enwrapping us in a kind of magic from which we're sometimes ripped out and returned to reality in a brutal way.
I liked the writing, unpretentious and almost poetic at the same time, and the way it subtly changes along the book to reflect the evolution of the protagonist - but maybe it was just a feeling of mine...
And I liked the "necessary explanation" in the end, although I'll have to read other works by this author to understand if the way this one is written was in fact due to what he says or if it's just his own style.
Highly recommended!
Muito bom!
Gostei imenso desta hist贸ria e sobretudo da maneira como est谩 contada, praticamente sem pausas, que se l锚 quase sem respirar e que se torna viciante. Ficava mesmo chateada quando era obrigada a interromper a leitura!
O narrador conta-nos a hist贸ria da sua vida, recheada de epis贸dios fant谩sticos/fantasiosos/fantasiados, que nos envolvem numa esp茅cie de magia 脿 qual somos de vez em quando arrancados e devolvidos 脿 realidade de forma brutal.
Gostei da escrita, ao mesmo tempo despretensiosa e quase po茅tica, e da forma como senti que se ia subtilmente alterando para reflectir a evolu莽茫o do protagonista - mas pode ter sido s贸 impress茫o minha...
E gostei da "explica莽茫o necess谩ria" do final, embora tenha de ler outras obras do autor para perceber se a forma como esta foi escrita se deveu realmente ao que ele refere ou se traduz um estilo pr贸prio.
Altamente recomendado!
So good!
I really enjoyed this story, especially the way it's told, virtually with no pauses, making you read it almost without breathing. It becomes addictive, I was truly upset when I was forced to interrupt!
The narrator tells us the story of his life, filled with fantastic/fanciful/whimsy episodes, enwrapping us in a kind of magic from which we're sometimes ripped out and returned to reality in a brutal way.
I liked the writing, unpretentious and almost poetic at the same time, and the way it subtly changes along the book to reflect the evolution of the protagonist - but maybe it was just a feeling of mine...
And I liked the "necessary explanation" in the end, although I'll have to read other works by this author to understand if the way this one is written was in fact due to what he says or if it's just his own style.
Highly recommended!
August 8, 2021
孝芯胁邪 械 斜懈谢 锌褗褉胁懈褟褌 屑懈 啸褉邪斜邪谢 懈 褋械谐邪 胁懈卸写邪屑, 褔械 褋褗胁褋械屑 斜邪胁薪芯 褋褗屑 芯褌胁邪褉褟谢 芯褔懈褌械 褋懈 蟹邪 褌邪蟹懈 锌褉械谢械褋褌. 袣薪懈谐邪褌邪 械 褋 胁械谢懈泻 褎懈薪邪谢, 薪芯 薪械 褋械 "褋谢褍褔胁邪 胁 锌芯褋谢械写薪懈褌械 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑懈" - 褌邪屑 褋褗屑 芯褌胁芯褉懈谢 芯褔懈褌械 褋懈, 胁械谢懈泻邪 械 芯褌 褋邪屑芯褌芯 薪邪褔邪谢芯. 袠 胁懈卸褌械, 泻褗写械 褖械 褋褉械褖薪械褌械 褌邪泻芯胁邪 胁锌褉懈屑褔胁邪褖芯 懈 薪邪褏邪泻邪薪芯 薪邪褔邪谢芯, 泻芯械褌芯 蟹邪 褋械泻褍薪写邪 褖械 芯褌屑懈械 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褋褌褉褍锌邪谢懈 褋械 屑懈褋谢懈 胁 谐谢邪胁邪褌邪 褌懈 - 褋泻褍锌褔械薪懈 薪邪 "胁懈褌褉懈薪邪褌邪" 懈 胁懈薪邪谐懈 谐芯褌芯胁懈 写邪 锌芯褋褉械褖薪邪褌 褋 屑褗褉屑芯褉械薪械 胁褋褟泻邪 薪芯胁邪 泻薪懈谐邪. 小谢械写 褌芯胁邪 邪泻褌褍邪谢懈蟹懈褉邪薪芯 锌褉械写懈褋谢芯胁懈械 褖械 芯褋褌邪胁褟 懈 褋褌邪褉懈褌械 褋懈 斜褉褗褖芯谢械胁懈褑懈.
啸屑. 小褌褉邪薪薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪. 袟邪锌芯褔胁邪 褋 褌褉褍写薪懈褟 卸懈胁芯褌 薪邪 褏谢邪锌邪泻 斜芯谢械蟹薪械薪芯 薪褍卸写邪械褕 褋械 芯褌 胁薪懈屑邪薪懈械, 写芯泻邪蟹胁邪薪械, 褍胁邪卸械薪懈械. 携褉泻懈 芯斜褉邪蟹懈 懈 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈褟 褋 懈蟹褉械褔械薪懈褟 芯褌 锌芯 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑邪 懈 锌芯谢芯胁懈薪邪..., 芯褌 褋褉械写邪褌邪 褉褟蟹泻芯 褋械 蟹邪胁褗褉褌邪褌 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟... 懈 懈蟹胁械写薪褗卸 - 袘袗袗袗袦!, 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 褋械 褋谢褍褔胁邪 胁 锌芯褋谢械写薪懈褌械 21 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑懈...
啸屑. 小褌褉邪薪薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪. 袟邪锌芯褔胁邪 褋 褌褉褍写薪懈褟 卸懈胁芯褌 薪邪 褏谢邪锌邪泻 斜芯谢械蟹薪械薪芯 薪褍卸写邪械褕 褋械 芯褌 胁薪懈屑邪薪懈械, 写芯泻邪蟹胁邪薪械, 褍胁邪卸械薪懈械. 携褉泻懈 芯斜褉邪蟹懈 懈 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈褟 褋 懈蟹褉械褔械薪懈褟 芯褌 锌芯 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑邪 懈 锌芯谢芯胁懈薪邪..., 芯褌 褋褉械写邪褌邪 褉褟蟹泻芯 褋械 蟹邪胁褗褉褌邪褌 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟... 懈 懈蟹胁械写薪褗卸 - 袘袗袗袗袦!, 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 褋械 褋谢褍褔胁邪 胁 锌芯褋谢械写薪懈褌械 21 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑懈...
February 11, 2012
Great characters don't die: take Svejk for example. Last seen hunting mongrels to smuggle into the purebred boudoirs of gullible dowagers , he emerges, after a Van Winklian absence, in the novels and persona of Bohumil Hrabal, arguably central Europe's greatest pure novelist of the post WWII era (by "pure novelist" here I mean something like what sportswriters mean when they describe a basketball player as a "pure shooter" or "pure point guard": nobility, heredity, mystical powers). I Served the King of England is one of my favorite chapters in the Hrabalian human comedy: a deeply loveable masterpiece. It affirms without being coy and bubbles without being annoying, in part because B.H is never afraid of reminding us (as Hasek liked to) that his hero is an idiot. Not someone masquerading as an idiot, but an actual idiot. Does the trick sound familiar (Quixote, Mishkin, Homer Simpson)? Well then number Hrabal where he belongs, among Davenport's "secret Christians". Kind of like Friar Tuck.
February 24, 2019
Geras ironijos ir absurdo realyb臈je 拧maik拧tus pli奴psnis.
Lyg prie vieno stalo sus臈d臋 Orvelas, Grasas, Steinbekas ir Ha拧ekas, i拧g臈r臋 gerokai 膷eki拧ko alaus ir dar paskui brend啪io, b奴t懦 bendr膮 knyg膮 para拧臋.
Lyg prie vieno stalo sus臈d臋 Orvelas, Grasas, Steinbekas ir Ha拧ekas, i拧g臈r臋 gerokai 膷eki拧ko alaus ir dar paskui brend啪io, b奴t懦 bendr膮 knyg膮 para拧臋.
November 21, 2016
Benditas as almas que conseguem trazer-nos tantas emo莽玫es, estejam elas mascaradas com a ideia da alegria, da festa, do riso ou camufladas com o disfarce do choro e da tristeza, benditos aqueles que, atrav茅s das suas paix玫es, das suas hist贸rias, das suas fantasias nos elevam a um estado de beleza, de autenticidade, de excecionalidade 煤nicos! 脡 assim que me ocorre resumir este, embora n茫o surpreendente mas magn铆fico 鈥淓u que Servi o Rei de Inglaterra鈥�. 脡 Bohumil Hrabal no seu melhor, quem Milan Kundera acredita ser uma das encarna莽玫es mais aut锚nticas da Praga m谩gica e, por conseguinte, um dos autores checos mais respeitados em todo o mundo liter谩rio. Felizmente, temos assistido em Portugal 脿 reedi莽茫o de alguns dos seus t铆tulos, como por exemplo 鈥淯ma Solid茫o Demasiado Ruidosa鈥� e o 鈥淭erno B谩rbaro鈥� (ambos de leitura obrigat贸ria!).
脡 puramente fascinante a forma como Hrabal aborda a 鈥渞ealidade incr铆vel鈥�, ou seja, quando o "inacredit谩vel torna-se realidade", a partir da mente do narrador, que de groom sobe na hierarquia como empregado de mesa e, mais tarde, propriet谩rio do seu pr贸prio hotel, n茫o ele que serviu o rei da Inglaterra, mas sim o Imperador da Abiss铆nia, num banquete algo macabro, a meu ver, ao colocar na mesa, um camelo recheado por ant铆lopes, por sua vez, providos de perus, peixes e ovos cozidos, uma vitualha pr贸pria da fantasia, espero, do seu autor.
Ri muito!! Sim, 茅 imposs铆vel ficarmos indiferentes ao humor por vezes subtil, perspicaz, acutilante mas tamb茅m por vezes l铆rico (茅 extraordin谩rio o tempo em que o narrador passa num campo de concentra莽茫o para milion谩rios) que Hrabal, e acho que s贸 ele, no universo dos autores checos, 茅 capaz de concretizar atrav茅s da sua escrita.
Mas tamb茅m chorei 鈥� comovi-me com a sua solid茫o, com a narrativa do cavalinho, do pastor alem茫o, da cabra e da gata, principalmente, quando descreve a morte do c茫o, assassinado pelos alde玫es que, pura e simplesmente, sentiam a falta do seu dono 鈥� o narrador 鈥� que deixou de ir 脿 aldeia porque o can铆deo, de inteligente, fazia ele pr贸prio as compras, cuja lista levava acoplada 鈥�
A distin莽茫o que o personagem principal recebera do rei da Abiss铆nia, transfigurou-lhe ou talvez permitiu-lhe almejar um estado cujo objetivo seria a riqueza material, tornar-se multimilion谩rio, na perspetiva em que todos entendessem que um groom de hotel de prov铆ncia tamb茅m poderia sonhar e conquistar os seus objetivos. A a莽茫o, que se desenvolve anos antes da 2.陋 Grande Guerra e termina com a ocupa莽茫o sovi茅tica da ent茫o Checoslov谩quia, est谩 repleta de momentos fascinantes, que alternam entre a alegria e a tristeza, mas que nos remetem para um mundo de fantasia, de alguma irrealidade mas fundamentada, concreta, como se aquilo que o autor nos conta, pudesse realmente ter acontecido. Ainda por cima, as cenas er贸ticas s茫o de uma sensualidade avassaladora, que amante ficaria indiferente 脿s ideias sensuais de um jovem que, pelos vistos, n茫o teria grandes atrativos f铆sicos, mas que soube, desde o primeiro dia, converter as suas fantasias em algo definido entre a lux煤ria, o prazer e o sentido est茅tico.
Muita criatividade, muita imagina莽茫o, muito sentido de humor mas tamb茅m muita tristeza, muita solid茫o (茅 incr铆vel a cena dos espelhos j谩 quase no fim do livro), muita adapta莽茫o a realidades diferentes, muitos confrontos com as v谩rias tonalidades que a vida encerra. O que s贸 me leva a perguntar 鈥� N茫o 茅 de tudo isso que a vida, sem fantasias, 茅 feita?
脡 puramente fascinante a forma como Hrabal aborda a 鈥渞ealidade incr铆vel鈥�, ou seja, quando o "inacredit谩vel torna-se realidade", a partir da mente do narrador, que de groom sobe na hierarquia como empregado de mesa e, mais tarde, propriet谩rio do seu pr贸prio hotel, n茫o ele que serviu o rei da Inglaterra, mas sim o Imperador da Abiss铆nia, num banquete algo macabro, a meu ver, ao colocar na mesa, um camelo recheado por ant铆lopes, por sua vez, providos de perus, peixes e ovos cozidos, uma vitualha pr贸pria da fantasia, espero, do seu autor.
Ri muito!! Sim, 茅 imposs铆vel ficarmos indiferentes ao humor por vezes subtil, perspicaz, acutilante mas tamb茅m por vezes l铆rico (茅 extraordin谩rio o tempo em que o narrador passa num campo de concentra莽茫o para milion谩rios) que Hrabal, e acho que s贸 ele, no universo dos autores checos, 茅 capaz de concretizar atrav茅s da sua escrita.
Mas tamb茅m chorei 鈥� comovi-me com a sua solid茫o, com a narrativa do cavalinho, do pastor alem茫o, da cabra e da gata, principalmente, quando descreve a morte do c茫o, assassinado pelos alde玫es que, pura e simplesmente, sentiam a falta do seu dono 鈥� o narrador 鈥� que deixou de ir 脿 aldeia porque o can铆deo, de inteligente, fazia ele pr贸prio as compras, cuja lista levava acoplada 鈥�
A distin莽茫o que o personagem principal recebera do rei da Abiss铆nia, transfigurou-lhe ou talvez permitiu-lhe almejar um estado cujo objetivo seria a riqueza material, tornar-se multimilion谩rio, na perspetiva em que todos entendessem que um groom de hotel de prov铆ncia tamb茅m poderia sonhar e conquistar os seus objetivos. A a莽茫o, que se desenvolve anos antes da 2.陋 Grande Guerra e termina com a ocupa莽茫o sovi茅tica da ent茫o Checoslov谩quia, est谩 repleta de momentos fascinantes, que alternam entre a alegria e a tristeza, mas que nos remetem para um mundo de fantasia, de alguma irrealidade mas fundamentada, concreta, como se aquilo que o autor nos conta, pudesse realmente ter acontecido. Ainda por cima, as cenas er贸ticas s茫o de uma sensualidade avassaladora, que amante ficaria indiferente 脿s ideias sensuais de um jovem que, pelos vistos, n茫o teria grandes atrativos f铆sicos, mas que soube, desde o primeiro dia, converter as suas fantasias em algo definido entre a lux煤ria, o prazer e o sentido est茅tico.
Muita criatividade, muita imagina莽茫o, muito sentido de humor mas tamb茅m muita tristeza, muita solid茫o (茅 incr铆vel a cena dos espelhos j谩 quase no fim do livro), muita adapta莽茫o a realidades diferentes, muitos confrontos com as v谩rias tonalidades que a vida encerra. O que s贸 me leva a perguntar 鈥� N茫o 茅 de tudo isso que a vida, sem fantasias, 茅 feita?
October 4, 2016
Eu tinha apenas acabado de chegar ao Hotel Na Cidade Dourada de Praga quando o patr茫o me pegou pela orelha esquerda e, puxando-a disse: 芦A partir de agora 茅s o groom aqui, e n茫o te esque莽as: tu n茫o viste nada, n茫o ouviste nada! Repete!禄. Respondi ent茫o que n茫o tinha visto nada nem ouvido nada, no hotel. A seguir o patr茫o puxou-me pela orelha direita e disse: 芦Mas n茫o te esque莽as tamb茅m que tens que ver tudo e ouvir tudo! Repete!禄 Ent茫o repeti, admirado que veria tudo e ouviria tudo. E assim comecei.
鈥� e assim come莽ou a ascens茫o do pequeno Ditie (Pikkolo), de ajudante de empregado de mesa e vendedor de salsichas quentes na esta莽茫o de comboios, a hoteleiro milion谩rio. Aprendeu com quem serviu o rei de Inglaterra e ele pr贸prio serviu o imperador da Abiss铆nia. Assistiu 脿 ocupa莽茫o da Checoslov谩quia pela Alemanha, cumpre o sonho de se tornar um propriet谩rio de hotel milion谩rio, mas perde tudo com a instaura莽茫o do comunismo. Mas o que perde em bens materiais ganha em percep莽茫o e sabedoria; o decl铆nio material 茅 acompanhado pela eleva莽茫o do n铆vel da consci锚ncia e do auto-conhecimento.
A hist贸ria oscila entre a par谩bola pol铆tica e a reflex茫o introspectiva, e a escrita, caracterizada por frases muito longas, com muitas e diferentes ideias encadeadas, praticamente sem par谩grafos, e por um simbolismo marcado, consegue ser simultaneamente po茅tica, na茂f, divertida e melanc贸lica. Para mim n茫o foi uma leitura ligeira (bem pelo contr谩rio) e tamb茅m n茫o me deslumbrou como , mas ainda assim gostei bastante.
No pref谩cio, intitulado 鈥淎lgumas regras inacredit谩veis que se tornaram realidade para ler o livro鈥�, diz a primeira dessas regras:
Leiam pois, Eu que servi o Rei de Inglaterra quando chove, e a saberem que chove l谩 fora; leiam quando o sol brilha e a saberem que as plantas se orientam nessa direc莽茫o; leiam quando faz frio e o fogo abre a madeira. Em resumo leiam-no sem se esquecerem de traduzir o mundo em volta.
E 茅 isso.
December 13, 2013
袩芯屑懈褌邪褖 褌械泻褋褌! 袧械 蟹薪邪屑 写邪谢懈 褌邪蟹懈 泻薪懈谐邪 褋械 褔械褌械 薪邪 械写懈薪 写褗褏, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 泻芯谢泻芯褌芯 锌芯胁械褔械 薪邪锌褉械写胁邪 褌械泻褋褌褗褌, 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 锌芯胁械褔械 褌懈 褋锌懈褉邪 写褗褏褗褌 懈 褍褋械褖邪褕, 褔械 褔械褋褌懈褔泻芯 锌褉械谐谢褗褖邪褕 斜褍褑邪褌邪, 泻芯褟褌芯 褌懈 蟹邪褋褟写邪 胁 谐褗褉谢芯褌芯. 袧芯 褋械 褔械褌械 蟹邪 械写懈薪 写械薪. 袨褋芯斜械薪芯 褋谢械写 锌褗褉胁邪褌邪 谐谢邪胁邪. 袩懈褋邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 啸褉邪斜褗谢 屑懈 薪邪锌芯屑薪懈 蟹邪 袘邪谢蟹邪泻 - 锌懈褋邪谢 械 褋褟泻邪褕 斜械蟹 写邪 褋锌褉械, 斜械蟹 写邪 褋械 芯褌泻褗褋薪械, 邪 褌芯褔泻懈褌械 懈 蟹邪锌械褌邪懈褌械 褋邪 褋谢芯卸械薪懈 褋邪屑芯 芯褌 褍胁邪卸械薪懈械 泻褗屑 谐褉邪屑邪褌懈泻邪褌邪. 袗 懈 蟹邪 写邪 褋懈 懈蟹斜褗褉褕械褕 薪褟泻芯褟 懈 写褉褍谐邪 褋褗谢蟹邪. 笑褟谢邪褌邪 泻薪懈谐邪 械 械写懈薪 锌芯褌芯泻 芯褌 写褍屑懈, 泻芯泄褌芯 褋械 蟹邪胁懈褏褉褟 泻邪褌芯 胁芯写芯胁褗褉褌械卸 懈谢懈 褌芯褉薪邪写芯 懈 褌械 胁褋屑褍泻胁邪, 邪 褌懈 懈 薪械 懈褋泻邪褕 写邪 褋械 写褗褉锌邪褕. 袩褉邪胁 械 袪芯屑械薪 袚邪褉懈 泻邪褌芯 泻邪蟹胁邪, 褔械 懈屑邪 褏芯褉邪 懈 薪械褖邪, 芯褌 泻芯懈褌芯 褋褌褉褍懈 谢褗褔械蟹邪褉薪邪 褌褗谐邪.
袗 胁褋褗褖薪芯褋褌, 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 械 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟 蟹邪 褌芯胁邪 泻邪泻 薪械胁械褉芯褟褌薪芯褌芯 褋褌邪胁邪 褉械邪谢薪芯褋褌. 袝写懈薪 褔芯胁械泻, 械写懈薪 卸懈胁芯褌 懈 屑薪芯谐芯 褔褍胁褋褌胁械薪芯褋褌. 袣褗屑 卸懈胁芯褌邪 懈 泻褗屑 褏芯褉邪褌邪. 袟邪 褋邪屑芯褌邪褌邪 懈蟹锌褗谢薪械薪邪 褋 芯斜褉邪蟹懈, 屑械褔褌懈 懈 褋锌芯屑械薪懈 懈 蟹邪 褌芯胁邪, 褔械 胁懈薪邪谐懈 屑芯卸械 懈 懈屑邪 芯褖械. 袠 芯褖械.
袗 胁褋褗褖薪芯褋褌, 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪 械 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟 蟹邪 褌芯胁邪 泻邪泻 薪械胁械褉芯褟褌薪芯褌芯 褋褌邪胁邪 褉械邪谢薪芯褋褌. 袝写懈薪 褔芯胁械泻, 械写懈薪 卸懈胁芯褌 懈 屑薪芯谐芯 褔褍胁褋褌胁械薪芯褋褌. 袣褗屑 卸懈胁芯褌邪 懈 泻褗屑 褏芯褉邪褌邪. 袟邪 褋邪屑芯褌邪褌邪 懈蟹锌褗谢薪械薪邪 褋 芯斜褉邪蟹懈, 屑械褔褌懈 懈 褋锌芯屑械薪懈 懈 蟹邪 褌芯胁邪, 褔械 胁懈薪邪谐懈 屑芯卸械 懈 懈屑邪 芯褖械. 袠 芯褖械.
"袠 薪械胁械褉芯褟褌薪芯褌芯, 泻芯械褌芯 褋褌邪胁邪褕械 褉械邪谢薪芯褋褌 薪械 屑械 薪邪锌褍褋薪邪, 邪蟹 胁褟褉胁邪褏 胁 薪械胁械褉芯褟褌薪芯褌芯, 胁 懈蟹薪械薪邪写胁邪褖邪褌邪 懈蟹薪械薪邪写邪, 胁 懈蟹褍屑谢械薪懈械褌芯, 褌芯胁邪 斜械 屑芯褟褌邪 蟹胁械蟹写邪, 泻芯褟褌芯 屑械 褋褗锌褉芯胁芯卸写邪褕械 胁 卸懈胁芯褌邪 薪邪胁褟褉薪芯 褋邪屑芯 蟹邪褉邪写懈 褌芯胁邪, 写邪 写芯泻邪卸械 褋邪屑邪 薪邪 褋械斜械 褋懈, 褔械 薪褟泻褗写械 褟 褔邪泻邪 薪械褖芯 懈蟹薪械薪邪写胁邪褖芯, 邪 邪蟹, 胁懈卸写邪泄泻懈 锌芯褋褌芯褟薪薪芯 薪械泄薪懈褟 芯褌斜谢褟褋褗泻 胁 芯褔懈褌械 褋懈, 胁褋械 锌芯胁械褔械 懈 锌芯胁械褔械 胁褟褉胁邪褏 胁 薪械褟, 胁褋械 锌芯胁械褔械 懈 锌芯胁械褔械 蟹邪褉邪写懈 褌芯胁邪, 褔械 褌邪泻邪 泻邪泻褌芯 屑械 斜械 胁褗蟹泻邪褔懈谢邪 褔邪泻 写芯 屑懈谢懈芯薪械褉, 褌邪泻邪 懈 褋械谐邪, 褋谢械写 泻邪褌芯 斜褟褏 褋屑褗泻薪邪褌 芯褌 薪械斜械褋邪褌邪 写芯谢褍, 薪邪 蟹械屑褟褌邪, 薪邪 褔械褌懈褉懈 泻褉邪泻邪, 芯褌泻褉懈胁邪褏, 褔械 屑芯褟褌邪 蟹胁械蟹写邪 褋胁械褌懈 锌芯-褟褉泻芯 芯褌 胁褋械泻懈 写褉褍谐 锌褗褌, 褔械 械写胁邪 褋械谐邪 褖械 屑芯谐邪 写邪 薪邪写薪懈泻薪邪 胁 褋邪屑芯褌芯 褲 褋褗褉褑械, 胁 械锌懈褑械薪褌褗褉邪 褲, 褔械 屑芯懈褌械 芯褔懈 斜褟褏邪 褌邪泻邪 芯褌褋谢邪斜薪邪谢懈 芯褌 胁褋懈褔泻芯, 泻芯械褌芯 斜褟褏 锌褉械卸懈胁褟谢 写芯 褌芯蟹懈 屑芯屑械薪褌, 褔械 褖械 屑芯谐邪褌 锌芯胁械褔械 写邪 懈蟹卸懈胁械褟褌 懈 锌芯胁械褔械 写邪 锌芯薪械褋邪褌. 袧邪胁褟褉薪芯 蟹邪 写邪 屑芯谐邪 锌芯胁械褔械 写邪 胁懈卸写邪屑 懈 锌芯蟹薪邪褟, 斜械 褌褉褟斜胁邪谢芯 写邪 褋械 芯斜械蟹褋屑懈褋谢褟."
"..., 斜褟褏 胁懈写褟谢 褌芯胁邪 胁懈褉芯谐谢邪胁芯 懈 薪械胁褗蟹锌懈褌邪薪芯 屑芯屑懈褔械, 泻芯械褌芯 褉邪蟹谐芯胁邪褉褟褕械 褋 锌褉芯褎械褋芯褉邪 泻邪泻褌芯 褋懈 蟹薪邪械褕械 芯褌 褉芯写薪芯褌芯 褋懈 袣芯褕懈褉卸械, 懈 泻芯械褌芯 写芯斜褉芯写褍褕薪懈褟褌 锌褉芯褎械褋芯褉 斜械 薪邪褍褔懈谢 薪邪 胁褋懈褔泻芯 芯薪芯胁邪, 泻芯械褌芯 锌芯写芯斜邪胁邪 薪邪 械写薪邪 芯斜褉邪蟹芯胁邪薪邪 写邪屑邪... 褋械谐邪 屑懈薪邪 锌芯泻褉邪泄 屑械薪 懈 屑械 锌芯写屑懈薪邪, 泻邪褌芯 胁邪褉胁邪褉褋泻懈 芯褌写械谢 胁 褍薪懈胁械褉褋懈褌械褌褋泻邪 斜懈斜谢懈芯褌械泻邪, 懈 邪蟹 斜械蟹锌芯谐褉械褕薪芯 蟹薪邪械褏, 褔械 褌邪蟹懈 写械胁芯泄泻邪 薪褟屑邪 写邪 械 褖邪褋褌谢懈胁邪, 薪芯 懈 褔械 卸懈胁芯褌褗褌 褲 褖械 斜褗写械 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪芯 褌褗卸械薪, 褔械 写邪 卸懈胁械械 褋 薪械褟 蟹邪 胁褋械泻懈 屑褗卸 褖械 斜褗写械 屑褗泻邪 懈 褍写芯胁谢械褌胁芯褉械薪懈械 械写薪芯胁褉械屑械薪薪芯..."
"袩谢械褖械褏 胁 泻褉褗褔屑邪褌邪 薪械褋胁褗褉蟹邪薪芯 蟹邪 褌芯胁邪, 褔械 泻褉邪褋芯褌邪褌邪 懈屑邪 懈 写褉褍谐芯 谢懈褑械, 褔械 泻褉邪褋芯褌邪褌邪 薪邪 锌褉懈褉芯写邪褌邪 芯泻芯谢芯 薪邪褋 械 胁褗胁 胁蟹邪懈屑芯芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈褟褌邪 褲 褋 褔芯胁械泻邪, 胁 褌芯胁邪 泻邪泻 褌芯泄 械 褋锌芯褋芯斜械薪 写邪 褟 芯斜懈褔邪, 写邪 芯斜懈褔邪 懈 胁褋懈褔泻芯 芯薪芯胁邪, 泻芯械褌芯 械 薪械锌褉懈褟褌薪芯, 蟹邪薪械屑邪褉械薪芯, 写邪 芯斜懈褔邪 芯泻芯谢薪懈褟 锌械泄蟹邪卸 懈 胁 芯薪懈褟 褔邪褋芯胁械 写薪懈 懈 褋械写屑懈褑懈, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 胁邪谢懈, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 斜褗褉蟹芯 褋械 屑褉褗泻胁邪, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 褔芯胁械泻 褋械写懈 泻褉邪泄 锌械褔泻邪褌邪 懈 褋懈 屑懈褋谢懈, 褔械 械 褋褌邪薪邪谢芯 写械褋械褌, 邪 褌芯 械 械写胁邪 褕械褋褌 懈 锌芯谢芯胁懈薪邪, 写邪 芯斜懈褔邪 懈 褌芯胁邪, 褔械 褔芯胁械泻 械写懈薪 写械薪 锌芯褔胁邪 写邪 褉邪蟹谐芯胁邪褉褟 褋邪屑 褋褗褋 褋械斜械 褋懈, 褔械 褋懈 锌褉懈泻邪蟹胁邪 褋 泻芯薪褔械褌芯, 泻褍褔械褌芯, 泻芯褌泻邪褌邪 懈 泻芯蟹邪褌邪, 薪芯 胁褋械 锌邪泻 薪邪泄 屑褍 械 写褉邪谐芯, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 褋懈 谐芯胁芯褉懈 褋邪屑 薪邪 褋械斜械 褋懈, 薪邪泄-薪邪锌褉械写 褌懈褏懈褔泻芯, 胁褋械 械写薪芯, 褔械 褋懈 懈谐褉邪械 薪邪 泻懈薪芯, 芯褋褌邪胁褟 褋锌芯屑械薪懈褌械 泻邪褌芯 泻邪写褉懈 芯褌 屑懈薪邪谢芯褌芯 写邪 褌械泻邪褌 锌褉械写 芯褔懈褌械 屑褍, 锌芯-泻褗褋薪芯 芯斜邪褔械, 泻邪泻褌芯 斜褟褏 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈谢 懈 邪蟹, 锌芯褔胁邪 写邪 褋懈 芯斜褖褍胁邪 褋褗褋 褋械斜械 褋懈, 写邪 褋械 锌懈褌邪, 写邪 褋懈 芯褌锌褉邪胁褟 胁褗锌褉芯褋懈, 写邪 懈蟹褋谢褍褕胁邪 芯褌谐芯胁芯褉懈褌械 懈屑 懈 写邪 褋械 褋褌褉械屑懈 写邪 芯褌泻褉懈械 胁 褋邪屑懈褟 褋械斜械 褋懈 芯薪芯胁邪 薪邪泄-褋褗泻褉芯胁械薪芯, 泻邪褌芯 锌褉芯泻褍褉芯褉 写邪 芯褌锌褉邪胁褟 泻褗屑 褋械斜械 褋懈 芯斜胁懈薪械薪懈褟 懈 褋邪屑 写邪 褋械 蟹邪褖懈褌邪胁邪, 懈 褌邪泻邪, 褉邪写胁邪泄泻懈 褋械, 胁 褉邪蟹谐芯胁芯褉邪 褋褗褋 褋邪屑懈褟 褋械斜械 褋懈 写邪 褋褌懈谐薪械 写芯 褋屑懈褋褗谢邪 薪邪 卸懈胁芯褌邪, 薪械 写芯 芯薪芯胁邪, 泻芯械褌芯 械 斜懈谢芯 懈 褋械 械 褋谢褍褔懈谢芯 芯褌写邪胁薪邪, 邪 写芯 芯薪芯胁邪, 泻芯械褌芯 锌褉械写褋褌芯懈, 褖芯 蟹邪 锌褗褌 械 褌芯蟹懈, 泻芯泄褌芯 褋褗屑 懈蟹屑懈薪邪谢 懈 泻芯泄褌芯 芯褖械 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 懈蟹胁褗褉胁褟 懈 懈蟹芯斜褖芯 懈屑邪屑 谢懈 芯褖械 胁褉械屑械 锌褉械写 褋械斜械 褋懈, 蟹邪 写邪 褋褌懈谐薪邪 胁 屑懈褋谢懈褌械 褋懈 写芯 芯薪芯胁邪 褋锌芯泻芯泄褋褌胁懈械, 泻芯械褌芯 锌褉械写锌邪蟹胁邪 褔芯胁械泻 芯褌 泻芯锌薪械卸邪 写邪 懈蟹斜褟谐邪 芯褌 褋邪屑芯褌邪褌邪, 写邪 懈蟹斜褟谐邪 芯褌 芯薪懈褟 薪邪泄-褋褗褖械褋褌胁械薪懈 胁褗锌褉芯褋懈, 蟹邪 泻芯懈褌芯 褔芯胁械泻 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 懈屑邪 懈 褋懈谢邪 懈 泻褍褉邪卸 写邪 锌芯褋褌邪胁褟... 袠 褌邪泻邪 邪蟹, 锌褗褌薪懈褟褌 泻邪薪褌芯薪械褉, 泻芯泄褌芯 胁褋褟泻邪 褋褗斜芯褌邪 写芯 胁械褔械褉褌邪 蟹邪褋褟写邪褕械 胁 泻褉褗褔屑邪褌邪, 泻芯谢泻芯褌芯 锌芯-写褗谢谐芯 褋械写褟褏 褌邪屑, 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 锌芯胁械褔械 褋械 锌褉械写芯褋褌邪胁褟褏 薪邪 褏芯褉邪褌邪, 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 锌芯胁械褔械 屑懈褋谢械褏 懈 蟹邪 泻芯薪褔械褌芯 褋懈 芯褌胁褗薪 锌褉械写 泻褉褗褔屑邪褌邪, 蟹邪 谐薪械褌褟褖邪褌邪 屑械 褋邪屑芯褌芯 胁 屑芯褟 薪芯胁 写芯屑, 胁懈卸写邪褏 泻邪泻 胁褋懈褔泻懈 褏芯褉邪 屑懈 蟹邪褌褗屑薪褟胁邪褌 芯薪芯胁邪, 泻芯械褌芯 懈褋泻邪褏 写邪 胁懈写褟 懈 锌芯蟹薪邪褟, 褔械 胁褋懈褔泻懈 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褋懈 褋械 蟹邪斜邪胁谢褟胁邪褌, 泻邪泻褌芯 褋械 斜褟褏 蟹邪斜邪胁谢褟胁邪谢 懈 邪蟹, 胁褋懈褔泻懈 芯褌谢邪谐邪褌 蟹邪 锌芯-泻褗褋薪芯 芯薪芯胁邪, 褔懈泄褌芯 芯褌谐芯胁芯褉 械写懈薪 写械薪 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 芯褌泻褉懈褟褌, 邪泻芯 懈屑邪褌 泻褗褋屑械褌, 褉邪蟹斜懈褉邪 褋械, 写邪 懈屑邪褌 胁褉械屑械 蟹邪 褌芯胁邪 锌褉械写懈 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪... 胁锌褉芯褔械屑 胁 褌邪蟹懈 泻褉褗褔屑邪 斜褟褏 褍褋褌邪薪芯胁懈谢, 褔械 褋褗褖薪芯褋褌褌邪 薪邪 卸懈胁芯褌邪 械 胁褗胁 胁褗锌褉芯褋懈褌械 蟹邪 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪, 泻邪泻 谢懈 褖械 褋械 写褗褉卸邪, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 褋械 懈蟹锌褉邪胁褟 锌褉械写 薪械褟, 褔械 胁褋褗褖薪芯褋褌 薪械 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪, 邪 褋邪屑芯褌芯 褌褗褉褋械薪械 薪邪 芯褌谐芯胁芯褉懈褌械, 芯褌 谐谢械写薪邪 褌芯褔泻邪 薪邪 斜械蟹泻褉邪泄薪芯褋褌褌邪 懈 胁械褔薪芯褋褌褌邪, 械 胁械褔械 褉邪蟹谐芯胁芯褉, 褔械 褋邪屑芯褌芯 薪邪屑懈褉邪薪械 薪邪 芯褌谐芯胁芯褉邪 蟹邪 褋屑褗褉褌褌邪 械 胁械褔械 薪邪褔邪谢芯 薪邪 褉邪蟹屑懈褋褗谢 褋褉械写 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪芯褌芯 懈 蟹邪 锌褉械泻褉邪褋薪芯褌芯, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 写邪 褋械 薪邪褋谢邪写懈褕 薪邪 斜械蟹褋屑懈褋谢懈械褌芯 薪邪 褋胁芯褟 锌褗褌, 泻芯泄褌芯 芯斜懈泻薪芯胁械薪芯 胁懈薪邪谐懈 褋胁褗褉褕胁邪 锌褉械卸写械胁褉械屑械薪薪芯, 褌邪蟹懈 薪邪褋谢邪写邪 懈 懈蟹卸懈胁褟胁邪薪械 薪邪 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪邪褌邪 泻芯薪褔懈薪邪, 懈蟹锌褗谢胁邪褌 褔芯胁械泻邪 褋 谐芯褉褔懈胁懈薪邪, 褋懈褉械褔 褋 泻褉邪褋芯褌邪."
May 26, 2014
Really strong stream-of-consciousness novel that plays fast and loose with time and stakes. The first half is especially strong - the action in various hotels is hilarious and well-observed, and Dite is that rare mixture of likeable and abhorrent. The political intersections (both World War II and the rise of Communism) are both interesting and obligatory, but I do think they occasionally slowed down the action and contributed to the general feeling of trailing off that pervaded. The ending, though a totally bizarre decision, is one I can get behind. As a whole, this thing is exceedingly devourable. It shines in its descriptions (really good bizarre sex scenes) and its insight, and I'll be remembering the banquet with the Emperor of Ethopia for a long time.
October 11, 2023
"袨斜褋谢褍卸胁邪谢 褋褗屑 邪薪谐谢懈泄褋泻懈褟 泻褉邪谢鈥� , 袘芯褏褍屑懈谢 啸褉邪斜邪谢 袠蟹写. 鈥炐毿拘恍感毖€懈鈥�, 锌褉械胁芯写 袙邪褋懈谢 小邪屑芯泻芯胁谢懈械胁.
袟邪锌芯褔胁邪屑 褋褗褋 "褋泻邪薪写邪谢邪" 芯泻芯谢芯 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪. 袣薪懈谐邪褌邪 械 蟹邪斜褉邪薪械薪邪 胁 效械褏芯褋谢芯胁邪泻懈褟 锌芯 胁褉械屑械 薪邪 泻芯屑褍薪懈蟹屑邪 懈 屑薪芯蟹懈薪邪 芯褌懈胁邪褌 胁 蟹邪褌胁芯褉邪 蟹邪褉邪写懈 芯锌懈褌懈褌械 褋懈 写邪 褟 褉邪蟹锌褉芯褋褌褉邪薪褟胁邪褌 薪械谢械谐邪谢薪芯 胁褗胁 胁懈写 薪邪 屑邪褕懈薪芯锌懈褋械薪 褌械泻褋褌. 袘芯褏褍屑懈谢 啸褉邪斜邪谢 薪械 褋械 械 褋胁械薪懈谢 写邪 锌懈褕械 褌械泻褋褌芯胁械, 泻芯懈褌芯 褋邪 斜懈谢懈 褋泻邪薪写邪谢薪懈 懈 泻芯懈褌芯 薪械 褋邪 芯写芯斜褉械薪懈 蟹邪 锌械褔邪褌 胁 效械褏芯褋谢芯胁邪泻懈褟, 褋械 褉邪蟹锌褉芯褋褌褉邪薪褟胁邪褌 胁 薪械谢械谐邪谢薪邪褌邪 屑褉械卸邪 薪邪 褋邪屑懈蟹写邪褌邪. 袟邪写谐褉邪薪懈褔薪懈褌械 械屑懈谐褉邪薪褌褋泻懈 懈蟹写邪褌械谢褋褌胁邪, 懈蟹写邪胁邪褖懈 薪械蟹邪胁懈褋懈屑邪 褔械褕泻邪 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉邪, 锌褍斜谢懈泻褍胁邪褌 屑薪芯谐芯 芯褌 锌褉芯懈蟹胁械写械薪懈褟褌邪 屑褍 薪邪 褔械褕泻懈 械蟹懈泻 蟹邪写 谐褉邪薪懈褑邪
袣薪懈谐邪 屑薪芯谐芯 褌械屑邪褌懈褔薪邪 蟹邪 屑械褋械褑邪 薪邪 锌褉械写懈蟹斜芯褉薪邪 泻邪屑锌邪薪懈褟 胁 褋褌褉邪薪邪褌邪 薪懈, 褌褗泄 泻邪褌芯 啸褉邪斜邪谢 褋 褔褍胁褋褌胁芯 蟹邪 褏褍屑芯褉, 褋邪褌懈褉邪 懈 懈褉芯薪懈褟 芯锌懈褋胁邪 褔械褕泻芯褌芯 泻芯屑褍薪懈褋褌懈褔械褋泻芯 芯斜褖械褋褌胁芯 懈 锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻邪褌邪 锌褉芯褋谢芯泄泻邪.
袪芯屑邪薪褗褌 械 芯褌薪芯胁芯 褔褉械蟹 薪邪锌芯褋谢械写褗泻 谢褞斜懈屑懈褟 屑懈 锌芯褏胁邪褌 "锌芯褌芯泻 薪邪 褋褗蟹薪邪薪懈械褌芯", 泻邪褌芯 褋褗蟹薪邪薪懈械褌芯 褌褍泻 械 薪邪 屑谢邪写 褔芯胁械泻, 泻芯泄褌芯 械 胁锌谢械褌械薪 胁褗胁 胁褗褉褏褍褕泻邪 芯褌 褋芯褑懈邪谢薪懈 懈 锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻懈 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟 芯褌 20褌械 写芯 50褌械 谐芯写懈薪懈 薪邪 屑懈薪邪谢懈褟 胁械泻 胁 效械褏懈褟. 袪邪蟹泻邪蟹褗褌 薪邪 携薪 蟹邪 褉邪斜芯褌邪褌邪 屑褍 泻邪褌芯 褋械褉胁懈褌褜芯褉 胁 褏芯褌械谢懈 懈 褉械褋褌芯褉邪薪褌懈 懈 蟹邪斜褗褉蟹邪薪, 锌褉褟屑 懈 谢械泻芯 芯斜褗褉泻邪薪 薪邪 屑芯屑械薪褌懈. 袗胁褌芯褉邪 褋褗褋 褋胁芯褟 褋锌械褑懈褎懈褔械薪 械蟹懈泻, 谢懈锌褋邪 薪邪 锌褉械锌懈薪邪褌械谢薪懈 蟹薪邪褑懈 懈 懈谐褉邪 褋 谐褉邪屑邪褌懈泻邪褌邪 薪懈 芯褋褌邪胁褟 斜谢懈蟹泻懈 写芯 械卸械写薪邪褌邪 褉械褔, 泻邪褌芯 胁 褋褗褖芯褌芯 胁褉械屑械 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟褌邪 械 锌褉械写懈蟹胁懈泻邪褌械谢械薪邪 蟹邪 褋谢械写胁邪薪械 懈蟹 褋褌褉邪薪懈褑懈褌械薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪褌邪, 蟹邪褉邪写懈 屑薪芯谐芯褌芯 屑懈褋谢懈 懈 芯锌懈褋邪薪懈褟, 锌褉械写邪写械薪懈 鈥炐叫� 械写懈薪 写褗褏鈥�.
袪芯屑邪薪褗褌 械 械泻褉邪薪懈蟹懈褉邪薪 芯褌 懈蟹胁械褋褌薪懈褟 褔械褕泻懈 褉械卸懈褋褜芯褉 袠褉卸懈 袦械薪褑械谢 锌褉械蟹 2006 谐., 邪 褉芯谢褟褌邪 薪邪 携薪 袛懈褌械 械 锌芯胁械褉械薪邪 薪邪 斜褗谢谐邪褉褋泻懈褟 邪泻褌褜芯褉 袠胁邪薪 袘褗褉薪械胁, 褎懈谢屑, 泻芯泄褌芯 蟹邪写褗谢卸懈褌械谢薪芯 褖械 谐谢械写邪屑 褋泻芯褉芯.
July 18, 2020
鈥淚f life works out just a tiny bit in your favor it can be beautiful, just beautiful鈥�
March 29, 2018
丨蹖乇鬲鈥屫з嗂屫�
December 8, 2014
Confesso che all'inizio ho auto la tentazione di abbandonare la lettura,poi sono andata avanti e in fin dei conti non me ne sono pentita.
Il protagonista 猫 un cameriere, piccolo di statura, che vuole emergere per non sentirsi diverso. La storia va avanti tra gli avvenimenti del periodo della seconda guerra mondiale e dell'invasione nazista della Cecoslovacchia, la caduta dei tedeschi e l'avvento del comunismo. Il protagonista passa attraverso varie disavventure, si salva sempre e a me personalmente 猫 rimasto antipatico: insegue il successo ad ogni costo, vuole diventare milionario per far dimenticare la sua diversit脿 e lo fa, cambia idea adeguandosi a tutte le circostanze pur di ottenere quello che vuole, i soldi. Per貌 non riesce a trovare la felicit脿, anzi, continua a sentirsi diverso dagli altri ed emarginato. La parte finale 猫 per me la migliore: il protagonista va a vivere isolato in montagna con la compagnia di quattro bestie - la capra, il cavallo, la gatta e il cane lupo-. Qui comincia il cambiamento e la meditazione. Nelle ultime pagine del romanzo, che assumono un carattere di meditazione sul vivere e sullo scrivere, c'猫 un passo significativo in cui al protagonista viene per la prima volta nella vita voglia di cantare. Si mette a gridare una sua ipotesi di canzone ed ha la sensazione di sputare, si sente una tubatura che viene sciacquata, una stanza cui vengono strappati strati di tappezzeria, gli sembra di rovesciare fuori di s茅 con quel canto "scatole e cassetti pieni di cambiali scadute e di lettere e cartoline inutili".
L'unica possibilit脿 per ricostruirsi un'identit脿 猫 la parola: di qui l'inarrestabile monologare del protagonista, il linguaggio come unico mezzo per riflettere su di s茅, capire, sopravvivere.
E' un romanzo surreale, quasi assurdo, triste e tragico ma con spunti di comicit脿.
Il protagonista 猫 un cameriere, piccolo di statura, che vuole emergere per non sentirsi diverso. La storia va avanti tra gli avvenimenti del periodo della seconda guerra mondiale e dell'invasione nazista della Cecoslovacchia, la caduta dei tedeschi e l'avvento del comunismo. Il protagonista passa attraverso varie disavventure, si salva sempre e a me personalmente 猫 rimasto antipatico: insegue il successo ad ogni costo, vuole diventare milionario per far dimenticare la sua diversit脿 e lo fa, cambia idea adeguandosi a tutte le circostanze pur di ottenere quello che vuole, i soldi. Per貌 non riesce a trovare la felicit脿, anzi, continua a sentirsi diverso dagli altri ed emarginato. La parte finale 猫 per me la migliore: il protagonista va a vivere isolato in montagna con la compagnia di quattro bestie - la capra, il cavallo, la gatta e il cane lupo-. Qui comincia il cambiamento e la meditazione. Nelle ultime pagine del romanzo, che assumono un carattere di meditazione sul vivere e sullo scrivere, c'猫 un passo significativo in cui al protagonista viene per la prima volta nella vita voglia di cantare. Si mette a gridare una sua ipotesi di canzone ed ha la sensazione di sputare, si sente una tubatura che viene sciacquata, una stanza cui vengono strappati strati di tappezzeria, gli sembra di rovesciare fuori di s茅 con quel canto "scatole e cassetti pieni di cambiali scadute e di lettere e cartoline inutili".
L'unica possibilit脿 per ricostruirsi un'identit脿 猫 la parola: di qui l'inarrestabile monologare del protagonista, il linguaggio come unico mezzo per riflettere su di s茅, capire, sopravvivere.
E' un romanzo surreale, quasi assurdo, triste e tragico ma con spunti di comicit脿.
June 14, 2016
"But I didn't want to be seen by human eyes anymore, or praised for what I'd done鈥攁ll of that had left me." (226)I lived in Prague for almost seven years, from the age of nine to fourteen. I was too young at the time to have a sense of Czech literature, of course, but I'm trying to make up for it 鈥� retrospectively 鈥� by reading more Czech authors (aside from the more obvious choice of Kundera). This actually goes for the literatures of all the countries in which I've lived; sadly, I only started seriously reading when I came back to the Netherlands to study. Anyway, this was my first encounter with Hrabal. All in all it was a memorable novel 鈥� I especially liked how he managed to condense significant elements of modern Czech history (Sokolism, pre-war anti-German sentiments, WWII itself, post-war communism) in the life of a rather ordinary character. The beginning and ending were strong and compelling, but there was a large part in the middle that left me unaffected, though. But I'll definitely read more by Hrabal 鈥� his style was rather unique.
November 18, 2017
Este libro podr铆a llamarse tambi茅n Las aventuras del peque帽o D铆tie, o Yo serv铆 al Emperador de Etiop铆a; lo mismo da. A Hrabal le gusta contar lo que va ocurriendo a medida que va surgiendo de su imaginaci贸n; el t铆tulo o el sentido global de la historia no son tan importantes.
Arranca cada cap铆tulo solicitando: "Escuchad bien lo que voy a contaros". Y en cada cap铆tulo desarrolla las aventuras de este hombre peque帽o en el 谩mbito de los restaurantes; cada cap铆tulo una etapa, con su estilo siempre jovial y optimista.
Las vicisitudes hist贸ricas por las que pasa Chequia, sobre todo bajo el dominio nazi, son un tenue tel贸n de fondo; lo que importa, y tal vez tenga su parte de raz贸n, es el personaje, eternamente optimista, y sus aventuras. Un libro, como tal vez pretend铆a Hrabal, para atenuar el drama.
Arranca cada cap铆tulo solicitando: "Escuchad bien lo que voy a contaros". Y en cada cap铆tulo desarrolla las aventuras de este hombre peque帽o en el 谩mbito de los restaurantes; cada cap铆tulo una etapa, con su estilo siempre jovial y optimista.
Las vicisitudes hist贸ricas por las que pasa Chequia, sobre todo bajo el dominio nazi, son un tenue tel贸n de fondo; lo que importa, y tal vez tenga su parte de raz贸n, es el personaje, eternamente optimista, y sus aventuras. Un libro, como tal vez pretend铆a Hrabal, para atenuar el drama.
October 23, 2021
Really great. This book has everything I love in literature, most especially Humanity. What a massive massive heart Hrabal had.
January 3, 2018
I bought this book during my trip to Prague as part of my project to get a book or two in each new country I visit. Now, this is not my first Czech book, but I wanted to try a new Czech author nevertheless.
In my opinion, one of the best things about the book was actually the foreword. Unfortunately, I don't have the book right now, so I can't mention the author of the foreword, but they wrote a very informative, interesting and engaging analysis of both "I Served the King of England", and Hrabal's literature in general. Not knowing the author, it really helped me see some tendencies in his writing and in the themes he uses.
The book itself was not exactly to my liking. The story was rather interesting, but the atmosphere was very tight and suffocating. The main character was such a narrow-minded little man that his world was equally as small and claustrophobic. His experiences, even the ones he was most proud of and most happy about, always had a pinch of wrongness and just this general feeling about something dirty and repulsive happening. For example, as you can see in the cover of the book, he liked to put flowers in the pubic hair of the women he slept with. But those women were either prostitutes, or his Nazi-to-the-bone wife, and there was something very unpleasant and private about reading about his joy from this action.
I feel like this is something that often happens in European literature, and especially that of the ex-Communist countries. While in American literature even murder and gore are kind of shiny in description, in European literature, there is this sense of the author wanting to create shock in the reader through showing the reality in the most vulgar way possible. It is a thing I have always noticed in in every piece of art in Bulgaria - be it literature, movies, paintings, there is always sex. But it is not appealing, erotic sex. It's always the kind of description of sex which makes you feel uncomfortable and in need of a hot shower and a lot of scrubbing.
This is how I felt while reading this book. And spoiler alert for my next Czech book - The Joke, - same thing there.
One thing which was mentioned in the foreword of the book which I couldn't help but notice later on, was the fact that the character is always in need of proving himself and he is in a desperate need of attention and achieving every physical element of happiness and obtaining every material proof of success. While in character he is a spineless worm, in aspiration, he wants, and even briefly manages, to be rich and famous.
Setting everything about the story aside, Hrabal, undeniably, has a very good writing style. The descriptions he uses are very poetical and thought through. He guides the reader into his world and helps him see everything through exactly the right prism.
"I knew for certain that this girl could never be happy, but that her life would be sadly beautiful, and that life with her would be both an agony and a fulfillment for a man."
August 8, 2021
Jaren geleden las ik bijna alle vertalingen van Hrabal, steeds gretig, steeds met dank aan meestervertaler Kees Mercks. Maar "Ik heb de koning van Engeland bediend", volgens sommigen zijn meesterwerk, las ik toen niet. Geen idee waarom, dus deed ik het alsnog. En ik had weer veel plezier. Het boek schijnt ook smakelijk te zijn verfilmd door Ji艡铆 Menzel: misschien moet ik daarnaar op zoek.
De anti- held en ik- figuur van dit boek is, zoals vaker bij Hrabal, een kleine man. Vrij letterlijk zelfs: het gaat om een dwergachtig kleine piccolo, die op wil klimmen in de mondaine wereld van grote mensen, en die elite-kelner en kapitaalkrachtige hoteleigenaar wil worden. Dat leidt tot een bijna onnavolgbare stroom van bizarre en soms zelfs carnavaleske ontwikkelingen, vaak hilarisch en vaak ook vol melancholie en zwarte humor. In veel scenes wordt aanstekelijk veel gedronken of veel gegeten, wat soms bijna Rabelaisiaanse taferelen oplevert vol van overvloed. Dat leidt tot zinsneden als: "en op die reuzetafel legden ze de kameel en ze lieten messen aanrukken en daarna sneden ze met lange halen die kameel door de helft en die helft ook weer door de helft en er kringelde een enorme geur uit op en aldoor was er in iedere plak vlees een stukje kameel en antilope en in die antilope kalkoen en in die kalkoen weer vis en vulling en gebakken kransen met gekookte eieren...". De stijl van Hrabal verhevigt nog die overvloedigheid en gulzigheid: de ene ellenlange zin wordt ademloos aan de andere geregen, in alle zinnen en zinsdelen is het tempo moordend, en binnen de zinnen wordt de ene ongelofelijke anekdote op de andere gestapeld en van de ene ongerijmde associatie naar de andere bewogen. De stijl is kortom even onnavolgbaar als een met drank overgoten carnavalsfeest. En even roeswekkend bovendien.
Dankzij deze roeswekkende en carnavaleske stijl, en dankzij Hrabals barokke fantasie, krijgt zelfs het meest laag bij de grondse of banale nog extra luister. Een vrouwelijke opblaaspop wordt bijvoorbeeld als volgt smakelijk aangeprezen: "Hier schenkt een door uw eigen adem geschapen vrouw u als man opnieuw geloof in uzelf en dus een nieuwe potentie en erectie, maar ook een schitterende bevrediging". Waarbij het bijna mythische beeld van een met eigen adem geschapen vrouw zonder enig mankeren wordt gebruikt bij zoiets profaans als een sekspop. Maar bij Hrabal kan dat, omdat het profane en het verhevene bij hem altijd hecht zijn verweven: alle zo verschillende aspecten van het leven vermengen zich bij hem in 茅茅n orgiastische en carnavaleske stroom. Publieke vrouwen worden door de ik- figuur dan ook bladzijden lang met bloemblaadjes versierd en door die bloemblaadjes getransformeerd in ontroerende esthetische objecten, of in gewijde tempeldienaressen. Uit het raam gegooid vuil ondergoed van handelsreizigers wordt gebruikt als rode draad van een lang en ontroerend jeugdverhaal. En de verkoper van snijmachines waarmee je elk vlees tot onzichtbaar dunne reepjes kunt snijden vergelijkt zijn firma met de katholieke kerk, want "die handelt ergens in wat nog nooit iemand heeft gezien of aangeraakt en wat niemand zolang de wereld deze wereld is, is tegengekomen en dat is, welaan, dat wat God wordt genoemd". Wat dan weer mooi rijmt met latere passages waarin de religieuze beleving wat meer op de voorgrond staat, uiteraard in combinatie met carnavaleske elementen en profane grappen.
Door dat alles rolde ik als lezer van de ene prettige en stimulerende verbazing in de andere. En die verbazing werd nog vergroot door de soms forse contrasten in dit verhaal. Op enig moment wordt de ik- figuur helemaal verliefd op Liza, die heel mooi is maar, belangrijker nog, even groot (of liever: klein) is als hij. Een heel ontroerend moment. Alleen, dit alles speelt tijdens de Duitse bezetting van Tsjechoslowakije, Liza staat aan de kant van de Duitsers, en om Liza te krijgen geeft de ik- figuur al zijn vroegere Tsjechische trots op. Hij collaboreert zelfs met enkele zeer foute nazi- figuren en nazi- gedachten. Deels overigens ook om als "kleine man" te kunnen opklimmen door zijn grotere maar foute Duitse vrienden. Bovendien is hij na WO II een regelrechte OW-er: hij is dan uiterst kapitaalkrachtig, maar wel door verkoop van kostbare postzegels die Liza geroofd heeft van gedeporteerde Joden.... Kortom, onze fysiek zo kleine anti- held heeft ook als mens een aantal minder grootse kanten. Gek genoeg echter bleef hij mij voor mij een aanstekelijk tragi- komisch personage en een lachwekkend- ontroerende figuur. En gek genoeg ontroert die ik- figuur mij ook met zijn weemoedige blik op liefdesparen uit het Duitse leger, die weten dat hen waarschijnlijk de dood wacht aan het Russisch front: "pas nu stuitte ik op het wetmatige knelpunt, namelijk dat het goed mogelijk was dat deze mensen elkaar nooit meer zouden weerzien... en die mogelijkheid maakte die mensen mooi, dat was die nieuwe mens, niet die zegevierende, hees gebrulde en hooghartige mens, maar juist zijn tegendeel: een deemoedige, in zichzelf gekeerde mens, met de mooie ogen van een opgeschrikt diertje... en ook heb ik met die ogen van die liefdesparen, gehuwd of ongehuwd, want ook echtelieden werden hier met het front in het vizier weer echte liefdesparen, ik heb geleerd om met hun ogen naar het landschap te kijken, naar de bloemen op tafel, naar spelende kinderen, naar het feit dat ieder uur het Allerheiligste was, want de dag en nacht voor het vertrek sliep het liefdespaar niet meer, niet dat ze niet in bed zouden zijn, maar daar was iets meer dan bed, ogen waren hier en een menselijke relatie zoals ik die in haast heel mijn leven als kelner nog niet met zo'n grote kracht had gevoeld... Eigenlijk was ik, hoewel ik kelner was en soms ook ober, hier als in een groot theater om een of ander verliefd, droevig stuk of film te zien..... en ook merkte ik dat de innigste relatie van de mens tot mens stilte is, zo'n stil uurtje, daarna een kwartier en dan die laatste paar minuten wanneer het rijtuig voor kwam rijden [...]".
Die laatste passage treft mij bovendien door zijn combinatie van intensiteit en weemoed, en door de wijze waarop juist die weemoed - het besef van de nakende dood en het voorbijgaan van alles- die intensiteit voedt. De ik- figuur komt later zelfs tot de conclusie dat die weemoed heel essentieel is voor zijn eigen zo carnavaleske leven en levensverhaal: "eigenlijk heb ik daar in die herberg altijd vastgesteld dat het wezen van het leven is om vragen te stellen naar de dood, hoe zal ik me gedragen als mijn tijd gekomen is, dat eigenlijk de dood, niet het jezelf- vragen- stellen, een gesprek is onder de invalshoek van het oneindige en de eeuwigheid, dat het oplossen van de dood het begin is van denken in termen van schoonheid en inzake schoonheid, want het proeven van de onzinnigheid die je te gaan hebt en die die hoe dan ook eindigt met een voortijdig heengaan, en het genieten en beleven van je eigen ondergang, dat alles vervult je met bitterheid en dus met schoonheid". En eigenlijk expliciteert hij dan iets wat je als lezer allang had gemerkt: dat de carnavaleske jolijt over ons zo bizarre levenspad in dit boek steeds meer gepaard gaat met het melancholieke gevoel over de onzinnigheid en eindigheid van dat levenspad, en dat de uitbundige roes steeds intenser wordt juist door het besef van de nakende en veel te vroege dood.
Ik werd enorm opgevrolijkt door de bizarre fantasie en carnavaleske uitbundigheid van "Ik heb de koning van Engeland bediend". Ik was zeer gecharmeerd van de zo kleine antiheld met al zijn foute kantjes. Ik vond bovendien de melancholieke deemoedigheid heel ontroerend, net als de verrassend originele schoonheid van veel passages. En ik vond het vooral verbazend dat Hrabal die carnavaleske uitbundigheid zo mooi wist te verknopen met melancholieke deemoedigheid. Zodat ik als lezer voor even het gevoel had dat ik in staat was om het zo treurig stemmende leven in al zijn carnavaleske intensiteit te vieren.
De anti- held en ik- figuur van dit boek is, zoals vaker bij Hrabal, een kleine man. Vrij letterlijk zelfs: het gaat om een dwergachtig kleine piccolo, die op wil klimmen in de mondaine wereld van grote mensen, en die elite-kelner en kapitaalkrachtige hoteleigenaar wil worden. Dat leidt tot een bijna onnavolgbare stroom van bizarre en soms zelfs carnavaleske ontwikkelingen, vaak hilarisch en vaak ook vol melancholie en zwarte humor. In veel scenes wordt aanstekelijk veel gedronken of veel gegeten, wat soms bijna Rabelaisiaanse taferelen oplevert vol van overvloed. Dat leidt tot zinsneden als: "en op die reuzetafel legden ze de kameel en ze lieten messen aanrukken en daarna sneden ze met lange halen die kameel door de helft en die helft ook weer door de helft en er kringelde een enorme geur uit op en aldoor was er in iedere plak vlees een stukje kameel en antilope en in die antilope kalkoen en in die kalkoen weer vis en vulling en gebakken kransen met gekookte eieren...". De stijl van Hrabal verhevigt nog die overvloedigheid en gulzigheid: de ene ellenlange zin wordt ademloos aan de andere geregen, in alle zinnen en zinsdelen is het tempo moordend, en binnen de zinnen wordt de ene ongelofelijke anekdote op de andere gestapeld en van de ene ongerijmde associatie naar de andere bewogen. De stijl is kortom even onnavolgbaar als een met drank overgoten carnavalsfeest. En even roeswekkend bovendien.
Dankzij deze roeswekkende en carnavaleske stijl, en dankzij Hrabals barokke fantasie, krijgt zelfs het meest laag bij de grondse of banale nog extra luister. Een vrouwelijke opblaaspop wordt bijvoorbeeld als volgt smakelijk aangeprezen: "Hier schenkt een door uw eigen adem geschapen vrouw u als man opnieuw geloof in uzelf en dus een nieuwe potentie en erectie, maar ook een schitterende bevrediging". Waarbij het bijna mythische beeld van een met eigen adem geschapen vrouw zonder enig mankeren wordt gebruikt bij zoiets profaans als een sekspop. Maar bij Hrabal kan dat, omdat het profane en het verhevene bij hem altijd hecht zijn verweven: alle zo verschillende aspecten van het leven vermengen zich bij hem in 茅茅n orgiastische en carnavaleske stroom. Publieke vrouwen worden door de ik- figuur dan ook bladzijden lang met bloemblaadjes versierd en door die bloemblaadjes getransformeerd in ontroerende esthetische objecten, of in gewijde tempeldienaressen. Uit het raam gegooid vuil ondergoed van handelsreizigers wordt gebruikt als rode draad van een lang en ontroerend jeugdverhaal. En de verkoper van snijmachines waarmee je elk vlees tot onzichtbaar dunne reepjes kunt snijden vergelijkt zijn firma met de katholieke kerk, want "die handelt ergens in wat nog nooit iemand heeft gezien of aangeraakt en wat niemand zolang de wereld deze wereld is, is tegengekomen en dat is, welaan, dat wat God wordt genoemd". Wat dan weer mooi rijmt met latere passages waarin de religieuze beleving wat meer op de voorgrond staat, uiteraard in combinatie met carnavaleske elementen en profane grappen.
Door dat alles rolde ik als lezer van de ene prettige en stimulerende verbazing in de andere. En die verbazing werd nog vergroot door de soms forse contrasten in dit verhaal. Op enig moment wordt de ik- figuur helemaal verliefd op Liza, die heel mooi is maar, belangrijker nog, even groot (of liever: klein) is als hij. Een heel ontroerend moment. Alleen, dit alles speelt tijdens de Duitse bezetting van Tsjechoslowakije, Liza staat aan de kant van de Duitsers, en om Liza te krijgen geeft de ik- figuur al zijn vroegere Tsjechische trots op. Hij collaboreert zelfs met enkele zeer foute nazi- figuren en nazi- gedachten. Deels overigens ook om als "kleine man" te kunnen opklimmen door zijn grotere maar foute Duitse vrienden. Bovendien is hij na WO II een regelrechte OW-er: hij is dan uiterst kapitaalkrachtig, maar wel door verkoop van kostbare postzegels die Liza geroofd heeft van gedeporteerde Joden.... Kortom, onze fysiek zo kleine anti- held heeft ook als mens een aantal minder grootse kanten. Gek genoeg echter bleef hij mij voor mij een aanstekelijk tragi- komisch personage en een lachwekkend- ontroerende figuur. En gek genoeg ontroert die ik- figuur mij ook met zijn weemoedige blik op liefdesparen uit het Duitse leger, die weten dat hen waarschijnlijk de dood wacht aan het Russisch front: "pas nu stuitte ik op het wetmatige knelpunt, namelijk dat het goed mogelijk was dat deze mensen elkaar nooit meer zouden weerzien... en die mogelijkheid maakte die mensen mooi, dat was die nieuwe mens, niet die zegevierende, hees gebrulde en hooghartige mens, maar juist zijn tegendeel: een deemoedige, in zichzelf gekeerde mens, met de mooie ogen van een opgeschrikt diertje... en ook heb ik met die ogen van die liefdesparen, gehuwd of ongehuwd, want ook echtelieden werden hier met het front in het vizier weer echte liefdesparen, ik heb geleerd om met hun ogen naar het landschap te kijken, naar de bloemen op tafel, naar spelende kinderen, naar het feit dat ieder uur het Allerheiligste was, want de dag en nacht voor het vertrek sliep het liefdespaar niet meer, niet dat ze niet in bed zouden zijn, maar daar was iets meer dan bed, ogen waren hier en een menselijke relatie zoals ik die in haast heel mijn leven als kelner nog niet met zo'n grote kracht had gevoeld... Eigenlijk was ik, hoewel ik kelner was en soms ook ober, hier als in een groot theater om een of ander verliefd, droevig stuk of film te zien..... en ook merkte ik dat de innigste relatie van de mens tot mens stilte is, zo'n stil uurtje, daarna een kwartier en dan die laatste paar minuten wanneer het rijtuig voor kwam rijden [...]".
Die laatste passage treft mij bovendien door zijn combinatie van intensiteit en weemoed, en door de wijze waarop juist die weemoed - het besef van de nakende dood en het voorbijgaan van alles- die intensiteit voedt. De ik- figuur komt later zelfs tot de conclusie dat die weemoed heel essentieel is voor zijn eigen zo carnavaleske leven en levensverhaal: "eigenlijk heb ik daar in die herberg altijd vastgesteld dat het wezen van het leven is om vragen te stellen naar de dood, hoe zal ik me gedragen als mijn tijd gekomen is, dat eigenlijk de dood, niet het jezelf- vragen- stellen, een gesprek is onder de invalshoek van het oneindige en de eeuwigheid, dat het oplossen van de dood het begin is van denken in termen van schoonheid en inzake schoonheid, want het proeven van de onzinnigheid die je te gaan hebt en die die hoe dan ook eindigt met een voortijdig heengaan, en het genieten en beleven van je eigen ondergang, dat alles vervult je met bitterheid en dus met schoonheid". En eigenlijk expliciteert hij dan iets wat je als lezer allang had gemerkt: dat de carnavaleske jolijt over ons zo bizarre levenspad in dit boek steeds meer gepaard gaat met het melancholieke gevoel over de onzinnigheid en eindigheid van dat levenspad, en dat de uitbundige roes steeds intenser wordt juist door het besef van de nakende en veel te vroege dood.
Ik werd enorm opgevrolijkt door de bizarre fantasie en carnavaleske uitbundigheid van "Ik heb de koning van Engeland bediend". Ik was zeer gecharmeerd van de zo kleine antiheld met al zijn foute kantjes. Ik vond bovendien de melancholieke deemoedigheid heel ontroerend, net als de verrassend originele schoonheid van veel passages. En ik vond het vooral verbazend dat Hrabal die carnavaleske uitbundigheid zo mooi wist te verknopen met melancholieke deemoedigheid. Zodat ik als lezer voor even het gevoel had dat ik in staat was om het zo treurig stemmende leven in al zijn carnavaleske intensiteit te vieren.
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