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賷賰乇乇 丕賱乇噩賱 匕賵 丕賱禺賵匕丞 賵丕賱賱賴噩丞 丕賱賲囟丨賰丞: "賱賯丿 毓卮鬲 賱賱鬲賵 賱賷賱丞 乇丕卅毓丞 噩丿丕".
賷賴夭 丕賱賮丕乇爻 乇兀爻賴 賵賰兀賳賴 賷賯賵賱 "賳毓賲"貙 廿賳賷 兀賮賴賲賰 兀賷賴丕 丕賱氐丿賷賯 賵賲賳 爻賷賯丿乇 毓賱賶 賮賴賲賰 兀賰孬乇 賲賳賷責 孬賲 賷賮賰乇 賯丕卅賱丕賸 賮賷 賳賮爻賴: 賱賯丿 賵毓丿賴丕 亘賰鬲賲丕賳 丕賱爻乇 賵賱賳 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 賷丨賰賷 卮賷卅丕賸 毓賲丕 毓丕卮賴. 賱賰賳 賴賱 賷毓鬲亘乇 丕賱鬲丨丿孬 亘賴匕丕 亘毓丿 賲卅鬲賷 毓丕賲 廿賮卮丕亍 賱賱爻乇責 賷亘丿賵 賱賴 兀賳 廿賱賴 丕賱賲噩賵賳 賯丿 兀乇爻賱 賱賴 賴匕丕 丕賱乇噩賱 賰賷 賷賯氐 毓賱賷賴 賲丕 噩乇賶貙 賵賰賷 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賱鬲丨丿孬貙 丿賵賳 廿孬丕乇丞 丕賱賮囟賷丨丞貙 賵賮賷丕賸 賱賵毓丿 賯胤毓賴貙 賰賷 賷丿賮毓 亘賱丨馗丞 孬賯賷賱丞 賲賳 丨賷丕鬲賴 賮賷 賲賰丕賳 賲丕 賮賷 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 賵賷乇賲賷賴丕 賮賷 賲丿丕乇 丕賱禺賱賵丿 賵賷丨賵賱賴丕 丕賱賶 賲噩丿.
- 兀兀賳鬲 丨賯丕賸 賲賳 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱毓卮乇賷賳責
- 賳毓賲 兀賷賴丕 丕賱毓噩賵夭貙 賵賯丿 丨丿孬鬲 兀賲賵乇 睾賷乇 毓丕丿賷丞 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓氐乇貙 鬲丨乇乇 兀禺賱丕賯賷貙 賱賯丿 毓卮鬲 賵兀賰乇乇貙 賱賷賱丞 乇丕卅毓丞 賵丕爻鬲孬賳丕卅賷丞.
賵兀賳丕 兀賷囟丕賸. 賰乇乇 丕賱賮丕乇爻 賵丕爻鬲毓丿 賱賯氐 丨賰丕賷鬲賴.
賷賴夭 丕賱賮丕乇爻 乇兀爻賴 賵賰兀賳賴 賷賯賵賱 "賳毓賲"貙 廿賳賷 兀賮賴賲賰 兀賷賴丕 丕賱氐丿賷賯 賵賲賳 爻賷賯丿乇 毓賱賶 賮賴賲賰 兀賰孬乇 賲賳賷責 孬賲 賷賮賰乇 賯丕卅賱丕賸 賮賷 賳賮爻賴: 賱賯丿 賵毓丿賴丕 亘賰鬲賲丕賳 丕賱爻乇 賵賱賳 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 賷丨賰賷 卮賷卅丕賸 毓賲丕 毓丕卮賴. 賱賰賳 賴賱 賷毓鬲亘乇 丕賱鬲丨丿孬 亘賴匕丕 亘毓丿 賲卅鬲賷 毓丕賲 廿賮卮丕亍 賱賱爻乇責 賷亘丿賵 賱賴 兀賳 廿賱賴 丕賱賲噩賵賳 賯丿 兀乇爻賱 賱賴 賴匕丕 丕賱乇噩賱 賰賷 賷賯氐 毓賱賷賴 賲丕 噩乇賶貙 賵賰賷 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賱鬲丨丿孬貙 丿賵賳 廿孬丕乇丞 丕賱賮囟賷丨丞貙 賵賮賷丕賸 賱賵毓丿 賯胤毓賴貙 賰賷 賷丿賮毓 亘賱丨馗丞 孬賯賷賱丞 賲賳 丨賷丕鬲賴 賮賷 賲賰丕賳 賲丕 賮賷 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 賵賷乇賲賷賴丕 賮賷 賲丿丕乇 丕賱禺賱賵丿 賵賷丨賵賱賴丕 丕賱賶 賲噩丿.
- 兀兀賳鬲 丨賯丕賸 賲賳 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱毓卮乇賷賳責
- 賳毓賲 兀賷賴丕 丕賱毓噩賵夭貙 賵賯丿 丨丿孬鬲 兀賲賵乇 睾賷乇 毓丕丿賷丞 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱毓氐乇貙 鬲丨乇乇 兀禺賱丕賯賷貙 賱賯丿 毓卮鬲 賵兀賰乇乇貙 賱賷賱丞 乇丕卅毓丞 賵丕爻鬲孬賳丕卅賷丞.
賵兀賳丕 兀賷囟丕賸. 賰乇乇 丕賱賮丕乇爻 賵丕爻鬲毓丿 賱賯氐 丨賰丕賷鬲賴.
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Milan Kundera
239听books18.5k听followersMilan Kundera (1 April 1929 鈥� 11 July 2023) was a Czech and French novelist. He went into exile in France in 1975, acquiring citizenship in 1981. His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, but he was granted Czech citizenship in 2019.
Kundera wrote in Czech and French. He revises the French translations of all his books; people therefore consider these original works as not translations. He is best known for his novels, including The Joke (1967), The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), all of which exhibit his extreme though often comical skepticism.
Kundera wrote in Czech and French. He revises the French translations of all his books; people therefore consider these original works as not translations. He is best known for his novels, including The Joke (1967), The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979), and The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), all of which exhibit his extreme though often comical skepticism.
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La lenteur = Slowness, Milan Kundera
Slowness, published in 1995 in France, is a novel written in French by Milan Kundera.
In the book, Kundera manages to weave together a number of plot lines, characters and themes in just over 150 pages. While the book has a narrative, it mainly serves as a way for Kundera to describe a philosophy about modernity, technology, memory and sensuality.
The novel is a meditation on the effects of modernity upon the individual's perception of the world. It is told through a number of plot lines that slowly weave together until they are all united at the end of the book.
Kundera, as narrator, visits a chateau on vacation and tells a story that seems to be a combination of fiction and fact.
A Chevalier from eighteenth-century France visits the chateau and experiences a night of carefully orchestrated sensual pleasure with its owner, Madame de T.
Vincent, Kundera's friend, visits the hotel and pursues a romance with a girl met in a bar.
Berck, a "dancer", meets a woman who once scorned him at the same conference and shows his emptiness to her.
Immaculata, the woman who scorned Berck, must deal with her disappointment at learning Berck's apparent perfection is actually a facade.
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毓賳賵丕賳: 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲蹖賳丕 爻乇讴蹖爻蹖丕賳貨 賲卮禺氐丕鬲 賳卮乇 丌賱賲丕賳貙 賳卮乇 丌蹖丿丕貙 2003貙 丿乇 131氐貙 卮丕亘讴: 責貨
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爻乇趩卮賲賴 蹖 鬲乇爻 丿乇 丌蹖賳丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 讴爻蹖 讴賴 丌蹖賳丿賴 丕蹖 賳丿丕乇丿貙 丕夭 趩蹖夭蹖 賳賲蹖賴乇丕爻丿貨 丕賳丿蹖卮蹖丿賲: 賴乇丕爻 賵 鬲乇爻 亘丕蹖丿 丿乇蹖丕趩賴 丕蹖 亘丕卮丿貙 讴賴 爻乇趩卮賲賴 丕蹖 丿丕乇丿貨 爻乇毓鬲 丕賲丕 鬲噩爻賲 賱匕鬲蹖 丕爻鬲貙 讴賴 丕賳賯賱丕亘 鬲讴賳賵賱賵跇蹖 亘賴 賲乇丿賲丕賳 亘禺卮蹖丿貨 丕賳爻丕賳 亘丿賵賳 鬲讴賳賵賱賵跇蹖貙 鬲賳賴丕 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 亘乇 鬲賵丕賳丕蹖蹖 噩爻賲 禺賵丿貙 鬲讴蹖賴 讴賳丿貨 蹖讴 丿賵賳丿賴貙 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 亘賴 爻乇毓鬲 丿爻鬲 蹖丕亘丿貙 丕賲丕 亘丕蹖丿 亘賴 鬲丕賵賱賴丕 賵 禺爻鬲诏蹖 禺賵蹖卮 賳蹖夭 亘蹖賳丿蹖卮丿貙 賵夭賳 禺賵丿 賵 爻賳 賵 爻丕賱 禺賵蹖卮 乇丕貙 賴賳诏丕賲 丿賵蹖丿賳 丕丨爻丕爻 賲蹖讴賳丿貨 丕賲丕 丕诏乇 亘乇丕蹖 丿爻鬲蹖丕亘蹖 亘賴 爻乇毓鬲貙 亘賴 丕賵 賲丕卮蹖賳蹖 賵丕诏匕丕乇 卮賵丿貙 丿蹖诏乇 丌賳 丕丨爻丕爻 賴賳诏丕賲 丿賵蹖丿賳 乇丕貙 丿爻鬲 賳丕蹖丕賮鬲賳蹖 禺賵丕賴丿 倬賳丿丕卮鬲貨 亘乇丕蹖 賴賲蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲蹖诏賵蹖賳丿: 賱匕鬲 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 賳丕倬丿蹖丿 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 丌賴貙 讴噩丕 乇賮鬲賳丿 丿賱 丌爻賵丿诏丕賳 乇賵夭诏丕乇丕賳 亘诏匕卮鬲賴貙 讴賴 亘賴 賳乇賲蹖 诏丕賲 亘乇賲蹖丿丕卮鬲賳丿貨 讴噩丕 乇賮鬲賳丿 賵賱诏乇丿丕賳 賵 亘蹖讴丕乇诏丕賳蹖 讴賴 賯賴乇賲丕賳丕賳 鬲乇丕賳賴 賴丕蹖 毓丕賲蹖丕賳賴 亘賵丿賳丿責 禺丕賳賴 亘丿賵卮丕賳蹖 讴賴 丕夭 丌爻蹖丕亘蹖 鬲丕 丌爻蹖丕亘 丿蹖诏乇 倬乇爻賴 賲蹖夭丿賳丿貙 賵 卮亘 乇丕 夭蹖乇 爻鬲丕乇诏丕賳 亘賴 氐亘丨 爻倬蹖丿蹖 賲蹖乇爻丕賳丿賳丿貨 丌蹖丕 丕蹖賳 賲乇丿賲丕賳 賳蹖夭 亘賴 賴賲乇丕賴 讴賵乇賴 乇丕賴賴丕貙 賲乇睾夭丕乇賴丕 賵 噩賳诏賱賴丕貙 賳丕倬丿蹖丿貙 賵 亘賴 賴賲乇丕賴 丌賳 胤亘蹖毓鬲 夭蹖亘丕貙 蹖讴爻乇賴 賳丕亘賵丿 卮丿賳丿責 亘賴 丕毓鬲乇丕賮 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 讴丕乇蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 賵 蹖讴 乇賲丕賳 - 卮賵禺蹖 丕爻鬲貨
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Slowness, published in 1995 in France, is a novel written in French by Milan Kundera.
In the book, Kundera manages to weave together a number of plot lines, characters and themes in just over 150 pages. While the book has a narrative, it mainly serves as a way for Kundera to describe a philosophy about modernity, technology, memory and sensuality.
The novel is a meditation on the effects of modernity upon the individual's perception of the world. It is told through a number of plot lines that slowly weave together until they are all united at the end of the book.
Kundera, as narrator, visits a chateau on vacation and tells a story that seems to be a combination of fiction and fact.
A Chevalier from eighteenth-century France visits the chateau and experiences a night of carefully orchestrated sensual pleasure with its owner, Madame de T.
Vincent, Kundera's friend, visits the hotel and pursues a romance with a girl met in a bar.
Berck, a "dancer", meets a woman who once scorned him at the same conference and shows his emptiness to her.
Immaculata, the woman who scorned Berck, must deal with her disappointment at learning Berck's apparent perfection is actually a facade.
毓賳賵丕賳賴丕蹖 趩丕倬 卮丿賴 丿乇 丕蹖乇丕賳: 芦讴購賳丿蹖禄貨 芦丌赖爻鬲诏蹖禄貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕貨 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 爻丕賱 2002賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 讴賳丿蹖貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 乇賵蹖丕 賲賳噩賲貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳诏丕賴 爻亘夭貙 1380貨 丿乇 128氐貙 卮丕亘讴 9645639980貨 丕夭 賴賲蹖賳 賲鬲乇噩賲 亘丕 賲卮禺氐丕鬲 賳卮乇: 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 毓賱賲貙 1383貙 丿乇 170氐貙 卮丕亘讴 9644054164貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 趩讴 - 爻丿賴 20賲
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毓賳賵丕賳: 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲蹖賳丕 爻乇讴蹖爻蹖丕賳貨 賲卮禺氐丕鬲 賳卮乇 丌賱賲丕賳貙 賳卮乇 丌蹖丿丕貙 2003貙 丿乇 131氐貙 卮丕亘讴: 責貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 丿乇蹖丕 賳蹖丕賲蹖貨 丿乇 160氐貨
爻乇趩卮賲賴 蹖 鬲乇爻 丿乇 丌蹖賳丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 讴爻蹖 讴賴 丌蹖賳丿賴 丕蹖 賳丿丕乇丿貙 丕夭 趩蹖夭蹖 賳賲蹖賴乇丕爻丿貨 丕賳丿蹖卮蹖丿賲: 賴乇丕爻 賵 鬲乇爻 亘丕蹖丿 丿乇蹖丕趩賴 丕蹖 亘丕卮丿貙 讴賴 爻乇趩卮賲賴 丕蹖 丿丕乇丿貨 爻乇毓鬲 丕賲丕 鬲噩爻賲 賱匕鬲蹖 丕爻鬲貙 讴賴 丕賳賯賱丕亘 鬲讴賳賵賱賵跇蹖 亘賴 賲乇丿賲丕賳 亘禺卮蹖丿貨 丕賳爻丕賳 亘丿賵賳 鬲讴賳賵賱賵跇蹖貙 鬲賳賴丕 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 亘乇 鬲賵丕賳丕蹖蹖 噩爻賲 禺賵丿貙 鬲讴蹖賴 讴賳丿貨 蹖讴 丿賵賳丿賴貙 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 亘賴 爻乇毓鬲 丿爻鬲 蹖丕亘丿貙 丕賲丕 亘丕蹖丿 亘賴 鬲丕賵賱賴丕 賵 禺爻鬲诏蹖 禺賵蹖卮 賳蹖夭 亘蹖賳丿蹖卮丿貙 賵夭賳 禺賵丿 賵 爻賳 賵 爻丕賱 禺賵蹖卮 乇丕貙 賴賳诏丕賲 丿賵蹖丿賳 丕丨爻丕爻 賲蹖讴賳丿貨 丕賲丕 丕诏乇 亘乇丕蹖 丿爻鬲蹖丕亘蹖 亘賴 爻乇毓鬲貙 亘賴 丕賵 賲丕卮蹖賳蹖 賵丕诏匕丕乇 卮賵丿貙 丿蹖诏乇 丌賳 丕丨爻丕爻 賴賳诏丕賲 丿賵蹖丿賳 乇丕貙 丿爻鬲 賳丕蹖丕賮鬲賳蹖 禺賵丕賴丿 倬賳丿丕卮鬲貨 亘乇丕蹖 賴賲蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲蹖诏賵蹖賳丿: 賱匕鬲 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 賳丕倬丿蹖丿 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 丌賴貙 讴噩丕 乇賮鬲賳丿 丿賱 丌爻賵丿诏丕賳 乇賵夭诏丕乇丕賳 亘诏匕卮鬲賴貙 讴賴 亘賴 賳乇賲蹖 诏丕賲 亘乇賲蹖丿丕卮鬲賳丿貨 讴噩丕 乇賮鬲賳丿 賵賱诏乇丿丕賳 賵 亘蹖讴丕乇诏丕賳蹖 讴賴 賯賴乇賲丕賳丕賳 鬲乇丕賳賴 賴丕蹖 毓丕賲蹖丕賳賴 亘賵丿賳丿責 禺丕賳賴 亘丿賵卮丕賳蹖 讴賴 丕夭 丌爻蹖丕亘蹖 鬲丕 丌爻蹖丕亘 丿蹖诏乇 倬乇爻賴 賲蹖夭丿賳丿貙 賵 卮亘 乇丕 夭蹖乇 爻鬲丕乇诏丕賳 亘賴 氐亘丨 爻倬蹖丿蹖 賲蹖乇爻丕賳丿賳丿貨 丌蹖丕 丕蹖賳 賲乇丿賲丕賳 賳蹖夭 亘賴 賴賲乇丕賴 讴賵乇賴 乇丕賴賴丕貙 賲乇睾夭丕乇賴丕 賵 噩賳诏賱賴丕貙 賳丕倬丿蹖丿貙 賵 亘賴 賴賲乇丕賴 丌賳 胤亘蹖毓鬲 夭蹖亘丕貙 蹖讴爻乇賴 賳丕亘賵丿 卮丿賳丿責 亘賴 丕毓鬲乇丕賮 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 讴丕乇蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 賵 蹖讴 乇賲丕賳 - 卮賵禺蹖 丕爻鬲貨
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 10/06/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 18/05/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
April 14, 2016
鬲丕 賵賯鬲蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 賳禺賵賳丿賲 賳賲蹖丿賵賳爻鬲賲 讴賵賳丿乇丕 賵丕賯毓蹖 亘丕 讴賵賳丿乇丕蹖 丕蹖乇丕賳蹖 趩賴 鬲賮丕賵鬲 賴丕蹖蹖 丿丕乇賴
丕夭 禺丕賳賵賲 丿乇蹖丕 賳蹖丕賲蹖 亘禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳 鬲乇噩賲賴 亘丿賵賳 爻丕賳爻賵乇 爻倬丕爻诏匕丕乇賲
賲賳 賳爻禺賴 丕賱讴鬲乇賵賳蹖讴蹖 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 禺賵賳丿賲 賵 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵卮丨丕賱賲 讴賴 亘丿賵賳 爻丕賳爻賵乇 亘賵丿
丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 噩賴丕賱鬲 丌賳賯丿乇 爻丕賳爻賵乇 賵噩賵丿 丿丕卮鬲 讴賴 賵丕賯毓丕 丿乇讴 禺蹖賱蹖 賳丕賯氐蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕卮鬲賲
丕賱亘鬲賴 賲鬲乇噩賲 丌賳賯丿乇 賮乇賴蹖禺鬲賴 亘賵丿 讴賴 丕夭 賳丕趩丕乇蹖 賲鬲乇噩賲 賴丕 丿乇 爻丕賳爻賵乇 讴鬲丕亘賴丕蹖 讴賵賳丿乇丕 亘诏賵蹖丿
賵 賴賲蹖賳 氐丿丕賯鬲 丕乇夭卮賲賳丿 丕爻鬲
:丿乇 賲賵乇丿 讴鬲丕亘
讴鬲丕亘蹖 賮賵賯 丕賱毓丕丿賴 夭蹖亘丕 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 鬲賮丕賵鬲 亘蹖賳 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 賵 爻乇毓鬲
爻乇毓鬲 乇丕 鬲讴賳賵賱賵跇蹖 賵 倬蹖卮乇賮鬲 亘賵噩賵丿 丌賵乇丿 賵 丕蹖賳 爻乇毓鬲 丿乇 賴賲賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕 賳賮賵匕 讴乇丿賴貙 丨鬲蹖 丿乇 禺氐賵氐蹖 鬲乇蹖賳 乇賵丕亘胤 賲孬賱 乇賵丕亘胤 噩賳爻蹖
讴賵賳丿乇丕 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕夭 亘蹖丕賳 丨賯丕蹖賯 賳賲蹖 鬲乇爻丿 賵 丿賳蹖丕蹖 賲丿乇賳 乇丕 丕夭 胤乇蹖賯 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 亘賴 趩丕賱卮 賲蹖 讴卮丿
丿乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖 賲丿乇賳 丕賳爻丕賳 丕乇囟丕 賳賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 胤賵乇蹖 亘丕 爻乇毓鬲 噩賴丕賳 倬蹖卮 賲蹖 乇賵丿 讴賴 賯丕丿乇 賳蹖爻鬲 亘丕 丌乇丕賲卮 丨鬲蹖 丕夭 乇丕亘胤賴 噩賳爻蹖 賱匕鬲 亘亘乇丿
賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕 毓卮賯亘丕夭蹖 蹖讴 卮賵丕賱蹖賴 賯乇賳 18 乇丕 亘丕 毓卮賯亘丕夭蹖 賵賳爻丕賳 賲乇丿蹖 丕夭 賯乇賳 21 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 賲蹖 讴賳丿 賵 丕蹖賳讴賴 賴乇丿賵 亘毓丿 丕夭 丕賳噩丕賲 丕蹖賳 毓賲賱 趩賴 丨爻蹖 丿丕乇賳丿
蹖讴蹖 賲胤丕亘賯 亘丕 爻乇毓鬲 賲賵鬲賵乇爻蹖讴賱鬲卮 亘賴 丌蹖賳丿賴 賮讴 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 丿蹖诏乇蹖 亘賴 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 丨乇讴鬲 趩乇禺 讴丕賱爻讴賴貙 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮 卮亘 诏匕卮鬲賴 丿乇 匕賴賳卮 賲乇賵乇 賵 賲乇賵乇 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿
賲蹖丕賳 讴賳丿賷 賵 丨丕賮馗賴 賵 賳蹖夭 賲蹖丕賳 卮鬲丕亘 賵 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖 倬蹖賵賳丿 賲乇賲賵夭賷 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇丿 . 亘賴 毓賳賵丕賳 賲孬丕賱 亘賴 蹖讴 賲賵乇丿 亘爻蹖丕乇 爻丕丿賴 賵 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 鬲賵噩賴 賲蹖 讴賳蹖賲
賲乇丿賷 丿乇 禺蹖丕亘丕賳 賲蹖 乇賵丿 . 賳丕诏賴丕賳 賲蹖 禺賵丕賴丿 趩蹖夭賷 乇丕 亘賴 蹖丕丿 亘蹖丕賵乇丿 貙 丕賲丕 丨丕賮馗賴 丕卮 蹖丕乇賷 賳賲蹖 讴賳丿 . 丕賵 亘蹖 丌賳 讴賴 禺賵丿 亘丿丕賳丿 賯丿賲 賴丕蹖卮 乇丕 讴賳丿 賲蹖 讴賳丿 . 蹖讴 賳賮乇 讴賴 賲蹖 禺賵丕賴丿 丕鬲賮丕賯 賳丕诏賵丕乇賷 乇丕 讴賴 鬲丕夭賴 亘乇丕蹖卮 倬蹖卮 丌賲丿賴 賮乇丕賲賵卮 讴賳丿 貙 亘乇毓讴爻 貙 亘蹖 丌賳 讴賴 禺賵丿 賲鬲賵噩賴 亘丕卮丿 貙 爻乇毓鬲卮 乇丕 夭蹖丕丿 賲蹖 讴賳丿 鬲丕 卮丕蹖丿 丕夭 趩蹖夭賷 讴賴 丕夭 賳馗乇 夭賲丕賳蹖 亘賴 丕賵 賴賳賵夭 賳夭丿蹖讴 丕爻鬲 貙 丿賵乇賷 噩賵蹖丿
: 丿乇 乇蹖丕囟蹖丕鬲賽 賴爻鬲蹖 貙 趩賳蹖賳 鬲噩乇亘賴 丕賷 亘賴 卮讴賱 丿賵 賲毓丕丿賱賴 賷 爻丕丿賴 丿乇 賲蹖 丌蹖丿
丿乇噩賴 讴賳丿蹖 鬲賳丕爻亘 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 亘丕 丨囟賵乇 匕賴賳 丿丕乇丿 賵 丿乇噩賴 卮鬲丕亘 鬲賳丕爻亘 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 亘丕 卮丿鬲 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖
讴鬲丕亘 氐丨賳賴 賴丕 賵 丨乇賮賴丕蹖蹖 丿丕乇丿 讴賴 卮丕蹖丿 亘乇丕蹖 賴乇 乇丿賴 爻賳蹖 賲賳丕爻亘 賳蹖爻鬲
诏丕賴蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 鬲賱禺 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵丨蹖賴 卮丕丿 賳賵噩賵丕賳蹖 乇賵 倬跇賲乇丿賴 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 鬲丕 亘賴 爻賳 賲卮禺氐蹖 賳乇爻丿 賳亘丕蹖丿 亘毓囟蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖丕鬲 乇丕 亘亘蹖賳丿
賴賲丕賳胤賵乇 讴賴 賮蹖賱賲 芦噩丿丕蹖蹖 賳丕丿乇 丕夭 爻蹖賲蹖賳禄 丿乇 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 賮賯胤 亘乇丕蹖 丕賮乇丕丿 亘丕賱丕蹖 18 爻丕賱 賯丕亘賱 丿蹖丿賳 丕爻鬲
讴賵賳丿乇丕 丕夭 乇賯丕氐 賴丕 丨乇賮 賲蹖 夭賳丿
乇賯丕氐 讴爻蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 噩賴丕賳 賳賲丕蹖卮 賲蹖丿賴丿
賳賲丕蹖卮蹖 丿乇賵睾蹖 亘乇丕蹖 亘乇鬲乇 賳卮丕賳 丿丕丿賳 禺賵丿
賲孬賱 亘乇讴 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 丨賲丕蹖鬲 丕夭 讴賵丿讴丕賳 诏乇爻賳賴 爻賵賲丕賱蹖貙 亘丕 賴夭丕乇丕賳 丿賵乇亘蹖賳 丌賳噩丕 乇賮鬲
蹖丕 卮禺氐蹖鬲蹖 丿蹖诏乇 讴賴 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賴賲噩賳爻 亘丕夭賴丕蹖蹖 乇賵 亘賵爻蹖丿 讴賴 亘蹖賲丕乇蹖 丕蹖丿夭 丿乇 亘蹖賳卮丕賳 卮蹖賵毓 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿
丿賳蹖丕 賲丿乇賳 氐丨賳賴 賳賲丕蹖卮 卮丿賴 賵 賴乇讴爻蹖 賲蹖丕丿 禺賵丿 乇丕 丕禺賱丕賯蹖 鬲乇蹖賳 賮乇丿 噩賴丕賳 賳卮丕賳 丿賴丿
诏丕賴蹖 丌丿賲 亘賴 禺賵丿卮 卮讴 賲蹖讴賳丿 讴賴 賳讴賳丿 禺賵丿卮 乇賯丕氐 亘丕卮丿責責
丕夭 禺丕賳賵賲 丿乇蹖丕 賳蹖丕賲蹖 亘禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳 鬲乇噩賲賴 亘丿賵賳 爻丕賳爻賵乇 爻倬丕爻诏匕丕乇賲
賲賳 賳爻禺賴 丕賱讴鬲乇賵賳蹖讴蹖 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 禺賵賳丿賲 賵 禺蹖賱蹖 禺賵卮丨丕賱賲 讴賴 亘丿賵賳 爻丕賳爻賵乇 亘賵丿
丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 噩賴丕賱鬲 丌賳賯丿乇 爻丕賳爻賵乇 賵噩賵丿 丿丕卮鬲 讴賴 賵丕賯毓丕 丿乇讴 禺蹖賱蹖 賳丕賯氐蹖 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕卮鬲賲
丕賱亘鬲賴 賲鬲乇噩賲 丌賳賯丿乇 賮乇賴蹖禺鬲賴 亘賵丿 讴賴 丕夭 賳丕趩丕乇蹖 賲鬲乇噩賲 賴丕 丿乇 爻丕賳爻賵乇 讴鬲丕亘賴丕蹖 讴賵賳丿乇丕 亘诏賵蹖丿
賵 賴賲蹖賳 氐丿丕賯鬲 丕乇夭卮賲賳丿 丕爻鬲
:丿乇 賲賵乇丿 讴鬲丕亘
讴鬲丕亘蹖 賮賵賯 丕賱毓丕丿賴 夭蹖亘丕 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 鬲賮丕賵鬲 亘蹖賳 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 賵 爻乇毓鬲
爻乇毓鬲 乇丕 鬲讴賳賵賱賵跇蹖 賵 倬蹖卮乇賮鬲 亘賵噩賵丿 丌賵乇丿 賵 丕蹖賳 爻乇毓鬲 丿乇 賴賲賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕 賳賮賵匕 讴乇丿賴貙 丨鬲蹖 丿乇 禺氐賵氐蹖 鬲乇蹖賳 乇賵丕亘胤 賲孬賱 乇賵丕亘胤 噩賳爻蹖
讴賵賳丿乇丕 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丕夭 亘蹖丕賳 丨賯丕蹖賯 賳賲蹖 鬲乇爻丿 賵 丿賳蹖丕蹖 賲丿乇賳 乇丕 丕夭 胤乇蹖賯 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 亘賴 趩丕賱卮 賲蹖 讴卮丿
丿乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖 賲丿乇賳 丕賳爻丕賳 丕乇囟丕 賳賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 胤賵乇蹖 亘丕 爻乇毓鬲 噩賴丕賳 倬蹖卮 賲蹖 乇賵丿 讴賴 賯丕丿乇 賳蹖爻鬲 亘丕 丌乇丕賲卮 丨鬲蹖 丕夭 乇丕亘胤賴 噩賳爻蹖 賱匕鬲 亘亘乇丿
賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕 毓卮賯亘丕夭蹖 蹖讴 卮賵丕賱蹖賴 賯乇賳 18 乇丕 亘丕 毓卮賯亘丕夭蹖 賵賳爻丕賳 賲乇丿蹖 丕夭 賯乇賳 21 賲賯丕蹖爻賴 賲蹖 讴賳丿 賵 丕蹖賳讴賴 賴乇丿賵 亘毓丿 丕夭 丕賳噩丕賲 丕蹖賳 毓賲賱 趩賴 丨爻蹖 丿丕乇賳丿
蹖讴蹖 賲胤丕亘賯 亘丕 爻乇毓鬲 賲賵鬲賵乇爻蹖讴賱鬲卮 亘賴 丌蹖賳丿賴 賮讴 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 丿蹖诏乇蹖 亘賴 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 丨乇讴鬲 趩乇禺 讴丕賱爻讴賴貙 禺丕胤乇丕鬲 賱匕鬲 亘禺卮 卮亘 诏匕卮鬲賴 丿乇 匕賴賳卮 賲乇賵乇 賵 賲乇賵乇 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿
賲蹖丕賳 讴賳丿賷 賵 丨丕賮馗賴 賵 賳蹖夭 賲蹖丕賳 卮鬲丕亘 賵 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖 倬蹖賵賳丿 賲乇賲賵夭賷 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇丿 . 亘賴 毓賳賵丕賳 賲孬丕賱 亘賴 蹖讴 賲賵乇丿 亘爻蹖丕乇 爻丕丿賴 賵 賲毓賲賵賱蹖 鬲賵噩賴 賲蹖 讴賳蹖賲
賲乇丿賷 丿乇 禺蹖丕亘丕賳 賲蹖 乇賵丿 . 賳丕诏賴丕賳 賲蹖 禺賵丕賴丿 趩蹖夭賷 乇丕 亘賴 蹖丕丿 亘蹖丕賵乇丿 貙 丕賲丕 丨丕賮馗賴 丕卮 蹖丕乇賷 賳賲蹖 讴賳丿 . 丕賵 亘蹖 丌賳 讴賴 禺賵丿 亘丿丕賳丿 賯丿賲 賴丕蹖卮 乇丕 讴賳丿 賲蹖 讴賳丿 . 蹖讴 賳賮乇 讴賴 賲蹖 禺賵丕賴丿 丕鬲賮丕賯 賳丕诏賵丕乇賷 乇丕 讴賴 鬲丕夭賴 亘乇丕蹖卮 倬蹖卮 丌賲丿賴 賮乇丕賲賵卮 讴賳丿 貙 亘乇毓讴爻 貙 亘蹖 丌賳 讴賴 禺賵丿 賲鬲賵噩賴 亘丕卮丿 貙 爻乇毓鬲卮 乇丕 夭蹖丕丿 賲蹖 讴賳丿 鬲丕 卮丕蹖丿 丕夭 趩蹖夭賷 讴賴 丕夭 賳馗乇 夭賲丕賳蹖 亘賴 丕賵 賴賳賵夭 賳夭丿蹖讴 丕爻鬲 貙 丿賵乇賷 噩賵蹖丿
: 丿乇 乇蹖丕囟蹖丕鬲賽 賴爻鬲蹖 貙 趩賳蹖賳 鬲噩乇亘賴 丕賷 亘賴 卮讴賱 丿賵 賲毓丕丿賱賴 賷 爻丕丿賴 丿乇 賲蹖 丌蹖丿
丿乇噩賴 讴賳丿蹖 鬲賳丕爻亘 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 亘丕 丨囟賵乇 匕賴賳 丿丕乇丿 賵 丿乇噩賴 卮鬲丕亘 鬲賳丕爻亘 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 亘丕 卮丿鬲 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖
讴鬲丕亘 氐丨賳賴 賴丕 賵 丨乇賮賴丕蹖蹖 丿丕乇丿 讴賴 卮丕蹖丿 亘乇丕蹖 賴乇 乇丿賴 爻賳蹖 賲賳丕爻亘 賳蹖爻鬲
诏丕賴蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 鬲賱禺 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵丨蹖賴 卮丕丿 賳賵噩賵丕賳蹖 乇賵 倬跇賲乇丿賴 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 鬲丕 亘賴 爻賳 賲卮禺氐蹖 賳乇爻丿 賳亘丕蹖丿 亘毓囟蹖 賵丕賯毓蹖丕鬲 乇丕 亘亘蹖賳丿
賴賲丕賳胤賵乇 讴賴 賮蹖賱賲 芦噩丿丕蹖蹖 賳丕丿乇 丕夭 爻蹖賲蹖賳禄 丿乇 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 賮賯胤 亘乇丕蹖 丕賮乇丕丿 亘丕賱丕蹖 18 爻丕賱 賯丕亘賱 丿蹖丿賳 丕爻鬲
讴賵賳丿乇丕 丕夭 乇賯丕氐 賴丕 丨乇賮 賲蹖 夭賳丿
乇賯丕氐 讴爻蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 噩賴丕賳 賳賲丕蹖卮 賲蹖丿賴丿
賳賲丕蹖卮蹖 丿乇賵睾蹖 亘乇丕蹖 亘乇鬲乇 賳卮丕賳 丿丕丿賳 禺賵丿
賲孬賱 亘乇讴 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 丨賲丕蹖鬲 丕夭 讴賵丿讴丕賳 诏乇爻賳賴 爻賵賲丕賱蹖貙 亘丕 賴夭丕乇丕賳 丿賵乇亘蹖賳 丌賳噩丕 乇賮鬲
蹖丕 卮禺氐蹖鬲蹖 丿蹖诏乇 讴賴 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賴賲噩賳爻 亘丕夭賴丕蹖蹖 乇賵 亘賵爻蹖丿 讴賴 亘蹖賲丕乇蹖 丕蹖丿夭 丿乇 亘蹖賳卮丕賳 卮蹖賵毓 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿
丿賳蹖丕 賲丿乇賳 氐丨賳賴 賳賲丕蹖卮 卮丿賴 賵 賴乇讴爻蹖 賲蹖丕丿 禺賵丿 乇丕 丕禺賱丕賯蹖 鬲乇蹖賳 賮乇丿 噩賴丕賳 賳卮丕賳 丿賴丿
诏丕賴蹖 丌丿賲 亘賴 禺賵丿卮 卮讴 賲蹖讴賳丿 讴賴 賳讴賳丿 禺賵丿卮 乇賯丕氐 亘丕卮丿責責
March 17, 2022
[Edited 3/16/22]
I was expecting a novel but this book is more an extended essay or a work of philosophy given a bit of plot to move it along. It blends two stories of seduction in totally different time frames, one modern, one historic, with twists of irony and comedy. (The blurbs say two 鈥榣ove stories' but I don鈥檛 agree that a male professor struggling to pick up a female grad student at an academic conference is a love story. lol)
The historic romance is that told in Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos, which the author tells us he considers to be one of the greatest novels of all time.
The main theme, reflected in the title and illustrated by the story in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, is this: 鈥淭here is a secret bond between slowness and memory, between speed and forgetting鈥he degree of slowness is directly proportional to the intensity of memory; the degree of speed is directly proportional to the intensity of forgetting.鈥� The pure pursuit of pleasure, hedonism, lacks slowness.
Another theme is 鈥渨ho is the audience?鈥� For the dancer: 鈥淗e鈥檚 showing off not for you or for me but for the whole world鈥n infinity with no faces! An abstraction.鈥�
The infinity with no faces has also been generated by photography. Kundera states that the nature of fame became a different thing before and after photography. He wrote this book in 1995 so I think we can expand 鈥榩hotography鈥� to mean mass media. Photography and, by extension, mass media, create a 鈥渨orshipful fixation on famous people鈥� and a famous person comes to 鈥溾€ee himself as elect [which] serves public notice on both his membership in the extraordinary and his distance from the ordinary, which is to say 鈥rom the neighbors, the colleagues, the partners, with whom he (or she) is obliged to live.鈥�
To illustrate this theme of fame, part of the story focuses on an academic Superstar in the tiny, creepy-crawly world of entomology. He undercuts and denigrates his academic rivals.
These themes of hedonism and speed come to a head in a culminating scene where the professor and the grad student attempt to have sex by the hotel pool. The audience becomes not each other but the abstraction of the audience with no faces. The actual act is a disaster. 鈥溾€ur period is obsessed by the desire to forget, and it is to fulfill that desire that it gives over to the demon of speed,..." After the poolside debacle, the professor symbolically illustrates this by strapping on his helmet and speeding away on his motorcycle.
A couple of other passages I liked:
鈥淭he way contemporary history is told is like a huge concert where they present all of Beethoven鈥檚 one hundred thirty-eight opuses one after the other, but actually play just the first eight bars of each.鈥�
鈥淗e understands that that impatience to speak is also an implacable uninterest in listening.鈥�
I鈥檒l give it a 3.5 and since it鈥檚 Milan Kundera, and only for that reason, I鈥檒l round up to a 4. This is the Czeck author's first book written in French.
Book cover from amazon.com.uk
Photo of the author from theguardian.com
I was expecting a novel but this book is more an extended essay or a work of philosophy given a bit of plot to move it along. It blends two stories of seduction in totally different time frames, one modern, one historic, with twists of irony and comedy. (The blurbs say two 鈥榣ove stories' but I don鈥檛 agree that a male professor struggling to pick up a female grad student at an academic conference is a love story. lol)
The historic romance is that told in Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos, which the author tells us he considers to be one of the greatest novels of all time.
The main theme, reflected in the title and illustrated by the story in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, is this: 鈥淭here is a secret bond between slowness and memory, between speed and forgetting鈥he degree of slowness is directly proportional to the intensity of memory; the degree of speed is directly proportional to the intensity of forgetting.鈥� The pure pursuit of pleasure, hedonism, lacks slowness.
Another theme is 鈥渨ho is the audience?鈥� For the dancer: 鈥淗e鈥檚 showing off not for you or for me but for the whole world鈥n infinity with no faces! An abstraction.鈥�
The infinity with no faces has also been generated by photography. Kundera states that the nature of fame became a different thing before and after photography. He wrote this book in 1995 so I think we can expand 鈥榩hotography鈥� to mean mass media. Photography and, by extension, mass media, create a 鈥渨orshipful fixation on famous people鈥� and a famous person comes to 鈥溾€ee himself as elect [which] serves public notice on both his membership in the extraordinary and his distance from the ordinary, which is to say 鈥rom the neighbors, the colleagues, the partners, with whom he (or she) is obliged to live.鈥�
To illustrate this theme of fame, part of the story focuses on an academic Superstar in the tiny, creepy-crawly world of entomology. He undercuts and denigrates his academic rivals.
These themes of hedonism and speed come to a head in a culminating scene where the professor and the grad student attempt to have sex by the hotel pool. The audience becomes not each other but the abstraction of the audience with no faces. The actual act is a disaster. 鈥溾€ur period is obsessed by the desire to forget, and it is to fulfill that desire that it gives over to the demon of speed,..." After the poolside debacle, the professor symbolically illustrates this by strapping on his helmet and speeding away on his motorcycle.
A couple of other passages I liked:
鈥淭he way contemporary history is told is like a huge concert where they present all of Beethoven鈥檚 one hundred thirty-eight opuses one after the other, but actually play just the first eight bars of each.鈥�
鈥淗e understands that that impatience to speak is also an implacable uninterest in listening.鈥�
I鈥檒l give it a 3.5 and since it鈥檚 Milan Kundera, and only for that reason, I鈥檒l round up to a 4. This is the Czeck author's first book written in French.
Book cover from amazon.com.uk
Photo of the author from theguardian.com
May 19, 2018
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丿乇 賲蹖丕賳 爻蹖丕乇丕鬲 賴賮鬲诏丕賳賴 讴賴 賲毓亘賵丿 蹖賵賳丕賳蹖丕賳 賵 乇賵賲蹖丕賳 亘賵丿賳丿貙 丿賵 爻蹖丕乇賴 乇丕亘胤踿 噩丕賱亘蹖 亘丕 賴賲 丿丕乇賳丿: 毓胤丕乇丿貙 賳夭丿蹖讴 鬲乇蹖賳 爻蹖丕乇賴 亘賴 夭賲蹖賳 亘毓丿 丕夭 賲丕賴貙 賵 賲卮鬲乇蹖貙 丿賵乇鬲乇蹖賳 爻蹖丕乇賴 亘賴 夭賲蹖賳 亘毓丿 丕夭 夭丨賱. 毓胤丕乇丿 亘賴 毓賱鬲 賲丿丕乇 讴賵鬲丕賴卮 倬爻 丕夭 賲丕賴 爻乇蹖毓 鬲乇蹖賳 趩乇禺賴 乇丕 丿乇 丌爻賲丕賳 丿丕乇丿貙 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 倬蹖讴 亘丕丿倬丕蹖 禺丿丕蹖丕賳 賳蹖夭 賴爻鬲. 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 賲卮鬲乇蹖 亘賴 毓賱鬲 賲丿丕乇 亘賱賳丿卮 倬爻 丕夭 夭丨賱 讴賳丿鬲乇蹖賳 趩乇禺賴 乇丕 丿乇 丌爻賲丕賳 丿丕乇丿 賵 丿賵丕夭丿賴 爻丕賱 胤賵賱 賲蹖 讴卮丿 鬲丕 蹖讴 丿賵乇 讴丕賲賱 亘趩乇禺丿貙 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 賳蹖夭 倬蹖乇爻丕賱 賵 倬丿乇 禺丿丕蹖丕賳 鬲氐賵乇 賲蹖 卮賵丿.
丕賲丕 卮诏賮鬲 丌賳 讴賴 賴乇 丿賵蹖 丕蹖賳 爻蹖丕乇賴 賴丕貙 蹖讴蹖 噩賵丕賳 賵 亘丕丿倬丕 賵 丿蹖诏乇蹖 讴賴賳爻丕賱 賵 讴購賳丿 爻蹖乇貙 賳賲丕蹖賳丿踿 趩蹖夭蹖 賴爻鬲賳丿 讴賴 賲丕 丕賲乇賵夭賴 讴賲 賵 亘蹖卮 蹖讴蹖 賲蹖 丿丕賳蹖賲: 毓胤丕乇丿 蹖丕 賲乇讴賵乇蹖 禺丿丕蹖 賴賵卮賲賳丿蹖 丕爻鬲貙 賵 賲卮鬲乇蹖 蹖丕 跇賵倬蹖鬲乇 禺丿丕蹖 禺乇丿賲賳丿蹖.
丕蹖賳 丕鬲賮丕賯蹖 賳蹖爻鬲貙 賵 禺亘乇 丕夭 丌賳 賲蹖 丿賴丿 讴賴 賴賵卮賲賳丿蹖 賵 禺乇丿賲賳丿蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丕賳爻丕賳 亘丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 丿賵 賲毓賳丕蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 丿丕卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲: 賴賵卮賲賳丿蹖貙 鬲蹖夭賴賵卮蹖 賵 丨丿賾鬲 匕賴賳 丕爻鬲貙 丿丕賳爻鬲賳 丕胤賱丕毓丕鬲 亘爻蹖丕乇貙 丨賱 讴乇丿賳 賲爻丕卅賱 丿乇 賲丿鬲蹖 讴賲貙 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 賴賲蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 毓胤丕乇丿 蹖丕 賲乇讴賵乇蹖 乇丕 賵丕囟毓 毓賱賵賲 亘卮乇蹖 賲蹖 丿丕賳爻鬲賳丿. 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 禺乇丿賲賳丿蹖 丿乇讴 毓賲蹖賯 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕爻鬲. 賮賴賲 賲毓賳丕蹖 丨蹖丕鬲. 噩賲毓 丌賵乇丿賳 毓賱賵賲 亘蹖 卮賲丕乇貙 鬲丨鬲 丨讴賲鬲蹖 賵丕丨丿.
丕賲丕 趩乇丕 爻蹖丕乇踿 毓胤丕乇丿 丕蹖夭丿 丿丕賳卮 賴丕爻鬲 賵 賲卮鬲乇蹖 丕蹖夭丿 禺乇丿 賵 丨讴賲鬲責 卮丕蹖丿 趩賵賳 賳夭丿 丕賳爻丕賳 亘丕爻鬲丕賳蹖貙 鬲賳丿蹖 亘丕 丨丿賾鬲 賴賵卮 賴賲 乇丿蹖賮 亘賵丿貙 賵 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 亘丕 毓賲賯 禺乇丿.
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賲丕讴爻 賵亘乇 丿乇 賲賯丕賱踿 賲毓乇賵賮 芦毓賱賲 亘賴 賲孬丕亘賴 丨乇賮賴禄 亘锟斤拷 賳賯賱 丕夭 鬲賵賱爻鬲賵蹖 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿 讴賴 丕诏乇 賲乇诏 丿乇 丿賵乇丕賳 噩丿蹖丿 丕賲乇蹖 亘蹖 賲毓賳丕爻鬲貙 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 丌賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賴賲踿 賲丕 丿乇 噩乇蹖丕賳 爻蹖賱丕亘 賵丕乇 鬲賲丿賳 賯乇丕乇 诏乇賮鬲賴 丕蹖賲貙 噩乇蹖丕賳蹖 讴賴 丿賲 亘賴 丿賲 乇賳诏 賴丕蹖 噩丿蹖丿蹖 亘賴 賲丕 毓乇囟賴 賲蹖 讴賳丿貙 乇賳诏 賴丕蹖蹖 賴乇 趩賳丿 禺蹖乇賴 讴賳賳丿賴貙 丕賲丕 賲賵賯鬲蹖. 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 賴乇 讴爻 丿乇 賴乇 讴噩丕蹖 丕蹖賳 丨乇讴鬲 倬乇爻乇毓鬲 賵 亘蹖 倬丕蹖丕賳 賯乇丕乇 诏乇賮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿貙 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 倬丕蹖丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖 乇爻丿貙 丕丨爻丕爻 賲蹖 讴賳丿 趩蹖夭蹖 丿乇 丿爻鬲 賳丿丕乇丿. 夭賳丿诏蹖 趩蹖夭蹖 亘賴 丕賵 賳丿丕丿賴 讴賴 丿賲蹖 亘毓丿 丕夭 丕賵 賳诏乇賮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿. 賴蹖趩 賲毓賳丕蹖蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 胤賵賱 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賵 蹖丕 亘毓丿 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕卮貙 乇賳诏 毓賵囟 賳讴賳丿. 賴賲蹖卮賴 诏丕賲蹖 丿蹖诏乇 丿乇 倬蹖卮 乇賵 賴爻鬲貙 賴乇 趩賯丿乇 賴賲 讴賴 賮乇丿 倬丕 亘賴 倬丕蹖 丨乇讴鬲 鬲賲丿賳 倬蹖卮 乇賮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿.
亘乇 禺賱丕賮 丕亘乇丕賴蹖賲 蹖丕 賮賱丕賳 丿賴賯丕賳 丿乇 夭賲丕賳 賴丕蹖 賯丿蹖賲貙 讴賴 亘賴 賴賳诏丕賲 賲乇诏 芦倬蹖乇 賵 賱亘乇蹖夭 賵 丕卮亘丕毓 卮丿賴 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖禄 噩丕賳 賲蹖 爻倬乇丿賳丿. 夭蹖乇丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 胤蹖 爻丕賱蹖丕賳 丿乇丕夭貙 賴乇 丌賳 趩賴 丿乇 趩賳鬲賴 丿丕卮鬲 乇丕 亘賴 丌賳丕賳 毓乇囟賴 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿貙 賵 丿蹖诏乇 趩蹖夭蹖 丿乇 噩賴丕賳 賳亘賵丿 讴賴 亘禺賵丕賴賳丿 亘賴 丌賳 亘乇爻賳丿.
丕诏乇 鬲賵賱爻鬲賵蹖 丿乇 丌睾丕夭 賯乇賳 亘蹖爻鬲賲 趩賳蹖賳 賲蹖 诏賮鬲貙 賲丕 丕賲乇賵夭貙 丿乇 毓氐乇 丕賳賮噩丕乇 丕胤賱丕毓丕鬲貙 趩賴 亘丕蹖丿 亘诏賵蹖蹖賲責 丿乇 乇賵夭诏丕乇蹖 讴賴 爻丕賱丕賳賴 丿賵 賲蹖賱蹖賵賳 賵 丿賵蹖爻鬲 賴夭丕乇 毓賳賵丕賳 噩丿蹖丿 讴鬲丕亘 趩丕倬 賲蹖 卮賵丿貙 賵 鬲丕夭賴 讴鬲丕亘 丌賴爻鬲賴 鬲乇蹖賳 乇爻丕賳踿 噩賴丕賳 丕賲乇賵夭蹖 丕爻鬲. 毓氐乇蹖 讴賴 亘毓囟蹖 賲鬲禺氐氐丕賳 丌賳 乇丕 倬蹖卮诏丕賲 丿賵乇踿 乇讴賵丿 丕胤賱丕毓丕鬲 賲蹖 丿丕賳賳丿貙 丿賵乇賴 丕賶 賰賴 爻賰賵鬲 丌乇夭賵賶 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕 賲賶 卮賵丿貙 丿乇 賲賷丕賳 賴賷丕賴賵賶 爻乇诏賷噩賴 丌賵乇賶 賰賴 丿賷诏乇 賲毓賳丕賷賶 賳丿丕乇丿.
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芦丿乇噩踿 爻乇毓鬲貙 鬲賳丕爻亘 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 亘丕 卮丿賾鬲 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖 丿丕乇丿. 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賲毓丕丿賱賴 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 亘賴 賳鬲丕蹖噩 賲卮禺賾氐蹖 乇爻蹖丿貙 賲孬賱丕賸 丕蹖賳 讴賴 丿賵乇丕賳 賲丕 丿乇 丕爻丕乇鬲 丿蹖賵 爻乇毓鬲 丕爻鬲 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 丕蹖賳 賯丿乇 丌爻丕賳 禺賵丿 乇丕 賮乇丕賲賵卮 賲蹖 讴賳丿. 蹖丕 亘乇毓讴爻: 丿賵乇丕賳 賲丕 诏乇丕蹖卮 噩賳賵賳 丌賲蹖夭蹖 亘賴 賮乇丕賲賵卮 讴乇丿賳 禺賵丿 丿丕乇丿貙 賵 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 讴賴 丕蹖賳 賲蹖賱 乇丕 毓賲賱蹖 爻丕夭丿貙 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘賴 丿爻鬲 丿蹖賵 爻乇毓鬲 賲蹖 爻倬丕乇丿. 夭賲丕賳賴 亘乇 卮鬲丕亘 禺賵丿 賲蹖 丕賮夭丕蹖丿貙 鬲丕 亘賴 賲丕 亘賮賴賲丕賳丿 讴賴 賲蹖賱 賳丿丕乇丿 賲丕 亘賴 蹖丕丿卮 亘蹖丕賵乇蹖賲貙 夭蹖乇丕 丕夭 禺賵丿 禺爻鬲賴 丕爻鬲貙 亘蹖夭丕乇 丕爻鬲貙 賵 賲蹖 禺賵丕賴丿 卮毓賱踿 讴賵趩讴 賵 賱乇夭丕賳 禺丕胤乇賴 乇丕 禺丕賲賵卮 讴賳丿.禄
丌赖爻鬲诏蹖
賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕
倬 賳:
胤賳夭卮 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 賲賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 丿賯蹖賯丕賸 賴賲賵賳 胤賵乇 禺賵賳丿賲 讴賴 讴賵賳丿乇丕 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 丕夭卮 亘丿 賲蹖 诏賴: 亘賴 爻乇毓鬲. 賮賯胤 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 讴賴 丌禺乇 卮亘 賴丕 禺賵丕亘賲 賳賲蹖 亘乇丿 賵 賲蹖 禺賵丕爻鬲賲 亘賴 噩丕蹖 倬乇爻賴 夭丿賳 鬲賵蹖 卮亘讴賴 賴丕蹖 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖貙 蹖賴 讴鬲丕亘 讴賵鬲丕賴 賵 賳爻亘鬲丕賸 爻亘讴 亘禺賵賳賲. 賴賲蹖賳 賳卮賵賳 賳賲蹖 丿賴 讴賴 丿賵乇丕賳 賲丕 爻乇蹖毓 鬲乇 丕夭 丕賵賳蹖 讴賴 鬲賱丕卮 賴丕蹖 鬲賵賱爻鬲賵蹖 賵 賵亘乇 賵 讴賵賳丿乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 賳噩丕鬲卮 孬賲乇蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴貙 丿丕乇賴 亘賴 爻賲鬲 爻乇毓鬲 賵 禺賵丿賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖 賲蹖乇賴責
丿乇 賲蹖丕賳 爻蹖丕乇丕鬲 賴賮鬲诏丕賳賴 讴賴 賲毓亘賵丿 蹖賵賳丕賳蹖丕賳 賵 乇賵賲蹖丕賳 亘賵丿賳丿貙 丿賵 爻蹖丕乇賴 乇丕亘胤踿 噩丕賱亘蹖 亘丕 賴賲 丿丕乇賳丿: 毓胤丕乇丿貙 賳夭丿蹖讴 鬲乇蹖賳 爻蹖丕乇賴 亘賴 夭賲蹖賳 亘毓丿 丕夭 賲丕賴貙 賵 賲卮鬲乇蹖貙 丿賵乇鬲乇蹖賳 爻蹖丕乇賴 亘賴 夭賲蹖賳 亘毓丿 丕夭 夭丨賱. 毓胤丕乇丿 亘賴 毓賱鬲 賲丿丕乇 讴賵鬲丕賴卮 倬爻 丕夭 賲丕賴 爻乇蹖毓 鬲乇蹖賳 趩乇禺賴 乇丕 丿乇 丌爻賲丕賳 丿丕乇丿貙 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 倬蹖讴 亘丕丿倬丕蹖 禺丿丕蹖丕賳 賳蹖夭 賴爻鬲. 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 賲卮鬲乇蹖 亘賴 毓賱鬲 賲丿丕乇 亘賱賳丿卮 倬爻 丕夭 夭丨賱 讴賳丿鬲乇蹖賳 趩乇禺賴 乇丕 丿乇 丌爻賲丕賳 丿丕乇丿 賵 丿賵丕夭丿賴 爻丕賱 胤賵賱 賲蹖 讴卮丿 鬲丕 蹖讴 丿賵乇 讴丕賲賱 亘趩乇禺丿貙 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 賳蹖夭 倬蹖乇爻丕賱 賵 倬丿乇 禺丿丕蹖丕賳 鬲氐賵乇 賲蹖 卮賵丿.
丕賲丕 卮诏賮鬲 丌賳 讴賴 賴乇 丿賵蹖 丕蹖賳 爻蹖丕乇賴 賴丕貙 蹖讴蹖 噩賵丕賳 賵 亘丕丿倬丕 賵 丿蹖诏乇蹖 讴賴賳爻丕賱 賵 讴購賳丿 爻蹖乇貙 賳賲丕蹖賳丿踿 趩蹖夭蹖 賴爻鬲賳丿 讴賴 賲丕 丕賲乇賵夭賴 讴賲 賵 亘蹖卮 蹖讴蹖 賲蹖 丿丕賳蹖賲: 毓胤丕乇丿 蹖丕 賲乇讴賵乇蹖 禺丿丕蹖 賴賵卮賲賳丿蹖 丕爻鬲貙 賵 賲卮鬲乇蹖 蹖丕 跇賵倬蹖鬲乇 禺丿丕蹖 禺乇丿賲賳丿蹖.
丕蹖賳 丕鬲賮丕賯蹖 賳蹖爻鬲貙 賵 禺亘乇 丕夭 丌賳 賲蹖 丿賴丿 讴賴 賴賵卮賲賳丿蹖 賵 禺乇丿賲賳丿蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丕賳爻丕賳 亘丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 丿賵 賲毓賳丕蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 丿丕卮鬲賴 丕爻鬲: 賴賵卮賲賳丿蹖貙 鬲蹖夭賴賵卮蹖 賵 丨丿賾鬲 匕賴賳 丕爻鬲貙 丿丕賳爻鬲賳 丕胤賱丕毓丕鬲 亘爻蹖丕乇貙 丨賱 讴乇丿賳 賲爻丕卅賱 丿乇 賲丿鬲蹖 讴賲貙 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 賴賲蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 毓胤丕乇丿 蹖丕 賲乇讴賵乇蹖 乇丕 賵丕囟毓 毓賱賵賲 亘卮乇蹖 賲蹖 丿丕賳爻鬲賳丿. 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 禺乇丿賲賳丿蹖 丿乇讴 毓賲蹖賯 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕爻鬲. 賮賴賲 賲毓賳丕蹖 丨蹖丕鬲. 噩賲毓 丌賵乇丿賳 毓賱賵賲 亘蹖 卮賲丕乇貙 鬲丨鬲 丨讴賲鬲蹖 賵丕丨丿.
丕賲丕 趩乇丕 爻蹖丕乇踿 毓胤丕乇丿 丕蹖夭丿 丿丕賳卮 賴丕爻鬲 賵 賲卮鬲乇蹖 丕蹖夭丿 禺乇丿 賵 丨讴賲鬲責 卮丕蹖丿 趩賵賳 賳夭丿 丕賳爻丕賳 亘丕爻鬲丕賳蹖貙 鬲賳丿蹖 亘丕 丨丿賾鬲 賴賵卮 賴賲 乇丿蹖賮 亘賵丿貙 賵 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 亘丕 毓賲賯 禺乇丿.
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賲丕讴爻 賵亘乇 丿乇 賲賯丕賱踿 賲毓乇賵賮 芦毓賱賲 亘賴 賲孬丕亘賴 丨乇賮賴禄 亘锟斤拷 賳賯賱 丕夭 鬲賵賱爻鬲賵蹖 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿 讴賴 丕诏乇 賲乇诏 丿乇 丿賵乇丕賳 噩丿蹖丿 丕賲乇蹖 亘蹖 賲毓賳丕爻鬲貙 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 丌賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賴賲踿 賲丕 丿乇 噩乇蹖丕賳 爻蹖賱丕亘 賵丕乇 鬲賲丿賳 賯乇丕乇 诏乇賮鬲賴 丕蹖賲貙 噩乇蹖丕賳蹖 讴賴 丿賲 亘賴 丿賲 乇賳诏 賴丕蹖 噩丿蹖丿蹖 亘賴 賲丕 毓乇囟賴 賲蹖 讴賳丿貙 乇賳诏 賴丕蹖蹖 賴乇 趩賳丿 禺蹖乇賴 讴賳賳丿賴貙 丕賲丕 賲賵賯鬲蹖. 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 賴乇 讴爻 丿乇 賴乇 讴噩丕蹖 丕蹖賳 丨乇讴鬲 倬乇爻乇毓鬲 賵 亘蹖 倬丕蹖丕賳 賯乇丕乇 诏乇賮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿貙 賵賯鬲蹖 亘賴 倬丕蹖丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖 乇爻丿貙 丕丨爻丕爻 賲蹖 讴賳丿 趩蹖夭蹖 丿乇 丿爻鬲 賳丿丕乇丿. 夭賳丿诏蹖 趩蹖夭蹖 亘賴 丕賵 賳丿丕丿賴 讴賴 丿賲蹖 亘毓丿 丕夭 丕賵 賳诏乇賮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿. 賴蹖趩 賲毓賳丕蹖蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 胤賵賱 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賵 蹖丕 亘毓丿 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕卮貙 乇賳诏 毓賵囟 賳讴賳丿. 賴賲蹖卮賴 诏丕賲蹖 丿蹖诏乇 丿乇 倬蹖卮 乇賵 賴爻鬲貙 賴乇 趩賯丿乇 賴賲 讴賴 賮乇丿 倬丕 亘賴 倬丕蹖 丨乇讴鬲 鬲賲丿賳 倬蹖卮 乇賮鬲賴 亘丕卮丿.
亘乇 禺賱丕賮 丕亘乇丕賴蹖賲 蹖丕 賮賱丕賳 丿賴賯丕賳 丿乇 夭賲丕賳 賴丕蹖 賯丿蹖賲貙 讴賴 亘賴 賴賳诏丕賲 賲乇诏 芦倬蹖乇 賵 賱亘乇蹖夭 賵 丕卮亘丕毓 卮丿賴 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖禄 噩丕賳 賲蹖 爻倬乇丿賳丿. 夭蹖乇丕 夭賳丿诏蹖 丿乇 胤蹖 爻丕賱蹖丕賳 丿乇丕夭貙 賴乇 丌賳 趩賴 丿乇 趩賳鬲賴 丿丕卮鬲 乇丕 亘賴 丌賳丕賳 毓乇囟賴 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿貙 賵 丿蹖诏乇 趩蹖夭蹖 丿乇 噩賴丕賳 賳亘賵丿 讴賴 亘禺賵丕賴賳丿 亘賴 丌賳 亘乇爻賳丿.
丕诏乇 鬲賵賱爻鬲賵蹖 丿乇 丌睾丕夭 賯乇賳 亘蹖爻鬲賲 趩賳蹖賳 賲蹖 诏賮鬲貙 賲丕 丕賲乇賵夭貙 丿乇 毓氐乇 丕賳賮噩丕乇 丕胤賱丕毓丕鬲貙 趩賴 亘丕蹖丿 亘诏賵蹖蹖賲責 丿乇 乇賵夭诏丕乇蹖 讴賴 爻丕賱丕賳賴 丿賵 賲蹖賱蹖賵賳 賵 丿賵蹖爻鬲 賴夭丕乇 毓賳賵丕賳 噩丿蹖丿 讴鬲丕亘 趩丕倬 賲蹖 卮賵丿貙 賵 鬲丕夭賴 讴鬲丕亘 丌賴爻鬲賴 鬲乇蹖賳 乇爻丕賳踿 噩賴丕賳 丕賲乇賵夭蹖 丕爻鬲. 毓氐乇蹖 讴賴 亘毓囟蹖 賲鬲禺氐氐丕賳 丌賳 乇丕 倬蹖卮诏丕賲 丿賵乇踿 乇讴賵丿 丕胤賱丕毓丕鬲 賲蹖 丿丕賳賳丿貙 丿賵乇賴 丕賶 賰賴 爻賰賵鬲 丌乇夭賵賶 丕賳爻丕賳 賴丕 賲賶 卮賵丿貙 丿乇 賲賷丕賳 賴賷丕賴賵賶 爻乇诏賷噩賴 丌賵乇賶 賰賴 丿賷诏乇 賲毓賳丕賷賶 賳丿丕乇丿.
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芦丿乇噩踿 爻乇毓鬲貙 鬲賳丕爻亘 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 亘丕 卮丿賾鬲 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖 丿丕乇丿. 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賲毓丕丿賱賴 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳 亘賴 賳鬲丕蹖噩 賲卮禺賾氐蹖 乇爻蹖丿貙 賲孬賱丕賸 丕蹖賳 讴賴 丿賵乇丕賳 賲丕 丿乇 丕爻丕乇鬲 丿蹖賵 爻乇毓鬲 丕爻鬲 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 丕蹖賳 賯丿乇 丌爻丕賳 禺賵丿 乇丕 賮乇丕賲賵卮 賲蹖 讴賳丿. 蹖丕 亘乇毓讴爻: 丿賵乇丕賳 賲丕 诏乇丕蹖卮 噩賳賵賳 丌賲蹖夭蹖 亘賴 賮乇丕賲賵卮 讴乇丿賳 禺賵丿 丿丕乇丿貙 賵 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 讴賴 丕蹖賳 賲蹖賱 乇丕 毓賲賱蹖 爻丕夭丿貙 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘賴 丿爻鬲 丿蹖賵 爻乇毓鬲 賲蹖 爻倬丕乇丿. 夭賲丕賳賴 亘乇 卮鬲丕亘 禺賵丿 賲蹖 丕賮夭丕蹖丿貙 鬲丕 亘賴 賲丕 亘賮賴賲丕賳丿 讴賴 賲蹖賱 賳丿丕乇丿 賲丕 亘賴 蹖丕丿卮 亘蹖丕賵乇蹖賲貙 夭蹖乇丕 丕夭 禺賵丿 禺爻鬲賴 丕爻鬲貙 亘蹖夭丕乇 丕爻鬲貙 賵 賲蹖 禺賵丕賴丿 卮毓賱踿 讴賵趩讴 賵 賱乇夭丕賳 禺丕胤乇賴 乇丕 禺丕賲賵卮 讴賳丿.禄
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賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕
倬 賳:
胤賳夭卮 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 賲賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 丿賯蹖賯丕賸 賴賲賵賳 胤賵乇 禺賵賳丿賲 讴賴 讴賵賳丿乇丕 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 丕夭卮 亘丿 賲蹖 诏賴: 亘賴 爻乇毓鬲. 賮賯胤 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 讴賴 丌禺乇 卮亘 賴丕 禺賵丕亘賲 賳賲蹖 亘乇丿 賵 賲蹖 禺賵丕爻鬲賲 亘賴 噩丕蹖 倬乇爻賴 夭丿賳 鬲賵蹖 卮亘讴賴 賴丕蹖 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖貙 蹖賴 讴鬲丕亘 讴賵鬲丕賴 賵 賳爻亘鬲丕賸 爻亘讴 亘禺賵賳賲. 賴賲蹖賳 賳卮賵賳 賳賲蹖 丿賴 讴賴 丿賵乇丕賳 賲丕 爻乇蹖毓 鬲乇 丕夭 丕賵賳蹖 讴賴 鬲賱丕卮 賴丕蹖 鬲賵賱爻鬲賵蹖 賵 賵亘乇 賵 讴賵賳丿乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 賳噩丕鬲卮 孬賲乇蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴貙 丿丕乇賴 亘賴 爻賲鬲 爻乇毓鬲 賵 禺賵丿賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖 賲蹖乇賴責
June 22, 2020
"The degree of slowness is directionally proportional to the intensity of memory. The degree of speed is directionally proportional to the intensity of forgetting."
Slowness is a tale of modernity and sensuality. In this book, Kundera brings about a theory of the dancer, an idea where the dancer, his movements, his gestures and his interactions with the audience are susceptible to change in different perceptive environments. The book makes a nod towards Vivant Denon's No Tomorrow by borrowing certain themes from the novella to make this point. Throughout the story, there are multiple linear plots that commence in different degrees of sensuality, seduction and scorn while there is an internal strife among the themes and characters concerning the old and the new. In the end, the modern and the vintage are shown in one same frame to showcase the comical absurdity of their arguments.
January 17, 2023
卮匕乇丕鬲 賲亘毓孬乇丞 賰兀賳賴丕 禺賵丕胤乇 賲鬲賮乇賯丞 兀賵 鬲噩乇亘丞 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賵 丕賱爻乇丿
賮卮賱鬲 賲乇鬲賷賳 賮賷 賯乇丕卅鬲賴丕 賵 賯乇乇鬲 兀賱丕 兀賰賲賱賴丕 賱賱賳賴丕賷丞 毓賱賶 睾賷乇 毓丕丿鬲賶 賵 乇睾賲 鬲賯賷賷賲丕鬲 丕賱兀氐丿賯丕亍 丕賱毓丕賱賷丞 賱賴丕.
乇亘賲丕 鬲丨鬲丕噩 賱賲賵丿 禺丕氐 賮賷 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賱賲 賷賵噩丿 賱丿賶 賵賯鬲賴丕.
November 13, 2021
IL NOCCIOLO DELLA FUGA
Perch茅 猫 scomparso il piacere della lentezza?
Si chiede il protagonista guidando sulle strade francesi insieme a sua moglie Vera diretti allo ch芒teau-relais nel quale trascorreranno il weekend.
Perch茅 il guidatore dietro di loro freme cos矛 tanto per superarli? E il pensiero dell鈥檃utore/guidatore si sposta a quell鈥檃mericana incontrata qualche decennio prima che teorizzava la velocit脿 nel raggiungere l鈥檕rgasmo.
E di collegamento in collegamento le riflessioni aumentano e sembrano indirizzare al concetto che velocit脿 猫 sinonimo di dimenticare, al suo opposto la lentezza assume il connotato del ricordo e della memoria.
Riflessioni e collegamenti aumentano: c鈥櫭� molta musica, che con i suoi tempi e forme, dall鈥檃dagio alla fuga, stimola il pensiero dell鈥檃utore/guidatore che abbraccia anche il romanzo Senza domani di Vivant Denon (1777) che racconta un lento viaggio in carrozza per la campagna francese. Viaggio in carrozza lento e anche a suo modo erotico (le riflessioni sull鈥檈rotismo non mancano, cos矛 pure sull鈥檈donismo, ed Epicuro, e鈥�) perch茅 i sobbalzi del mezzo spingevano i corpi a sfiorarsi, toccarsi.
Allo ch芒teau-relais si svolge un incontro convegno di entomologia, il che consente di allargare il numero dei personaggi e di meditazioni sulle loro vicende, tutte sempre improntate alla riflessione su lentezza e velocit脿.
La velocit脿 猫 la forma di estasi che la rivoluzione tecnologica ha regalato all鈥檜omo.
I miei incontri con Kundera non sono mai stati pienamente soddisfacenti, mi ha sempre lasciato 鈥榝reddo鈥�, forse perch茅 trovo la sua narrativa 鈥榝redda鈥�. Entomologica. Eccessivamente filosofica. A tesi.
Ma credo che ritenter貌.
Perch茅 猫 scomparso il piacere della lentezza?
Si chiede il protagonista guidando sulle strade francesi insieme a sua moglie Vera diretti allo ch芒teau-relais nel quale trascorreranno il weekend.
Perch茅 il guidatore dietro di loro freme cos矛 tanto per superarli? E il pensiero dell鈥檃utore/guidatore si sposta a quell鈥檃mericana incontrata qualche decennio prima che teorizzava la velocit脿 nel raggiungere l鈥檕rgasmo.
E di collegamento in collegamento le riflessioni aumentano e sembrano indirizzare al concetto che velocit脿 猫 sinonimo di dimenticare, al suo opposto la lentezza assume il connotato del ricordo e della memoria.
Riflessioni e collegamenti aumentano: c鈥櫭� molta musica, che con i suoi tempi e forme, dall鈥檃dagio alla fuga, stimola il pensiero dell鈥檃utore/guidatore che abbraccia anche il romanzo Senza domani di Vivant Denon (1777) che racconta un lento viaggio in carrozza per la campagna francese. Viaggio in carrozza lento e anche a suo modo erotico (le riflessioni sull鈥檈rotismo non mancano, cos矛 pure sull鈥檈donismo, ed Epicuro, e鈥�) perch茅 i sobbalzi del mezzo spingevano i corpi a sfiorarsi, toccarsi.
Allo ch芒teau-relais si svolge un incontro convegno di entomologia, il che consente di allargare il numero dei personaggi e di meditazioni sulle loro vicende, tutte sempre improntate alla riflessione su lentezza e velocit脿.
La velocit脿 猫 la forma di estasi che la rivoluzione tecnologica ha regalato all鈥檜omo.
I miei incontri con Kundera non sono mai stati pienamente soddisfacenti, mi ha sempre lasciato 鈥榝reddo鈥�, forse perch茅 trovo la sua narrativa 鈥榝redda鈥�. Entomologica. Eccessivamente filosofica. A tesi.
Ma credo che ritenter貌.
January 5, 2025
Slowness opens with the driving of a car, whilst a motorcyclist is trying to overtake that car, but immediately my thoughts were honing in on just how long its going to take before Kundera introduces lovemaking into the narrative, or if not that, then a reference to lovemaking, or at least a reference to a woman's body, from the male perspective of course. It didn't take long - page two in fact. One minute we're taking a nice jolly ride to a Ch芒teau, and then before you know it the driver of the vehicle (presumably its Kundera as his wife next to him is Vera) recalls a lecture given to to him on sexual liberation in which the word orgasm was mentioned forty-three times. Isn't that just typical of him.
In a lyrical meditation on speed and time, technology and the body, escape and engagement, memory and forgetting, he follows very early on with the core question he is asking - Why has the pleasure of slowness disappeared?
I have to say, before anything else, that I loved the ending of this book, where two characters - one from the eighteenth century, the other from the end of the twentieth, bump into one another. It was quite genius really. Wish I could say the same for the rest of it. It was a mixture of moments that bordered on classic Kundera, while other heavy-handed scenes aren't going to earn him many new female admirers. There is a part later on where a man (who suddenly develops an obsession with a woman's buthole) unleashes a torrent of abuse on her, including the threat of rape in a rather vile way. This I really didn't like, even though it's done in a manner that could be seen as comical: but then what's comical about rape? Kundera, to soften up the mood, does kind of humiliate the guy not long after by describing his member as small, like a wilted wild strawberry, a great- grandmother's thimble.
Using the telescoping of time, Slowness takes place over a single night, and after the opening section, a parallel journey begins, one that is recounted in a novella Kundera has been reading - Point de Lendemain by Vivant Denon, who was an 18th-century libertine that remained anonymous. In it, a young chevalier travels by coach to the same chateau 200 years before to keep an assignation with the chatelaine. Their lovemaking, drawn out over a whole passionate night, is informed by the elaborate rules of conduct their century affected. Denon's work, known only to a small circle in its own time and republished in 1992, has come to represent, the narrator tells us - the art and the spirit of the 18th century. The man on the motorcycle from the start, Vincent, the chevalier's late 20th century counterpart, is the protagonist of the third part of the book. He has arrived at the chateau for a conference on entomology, also attended by a pretty typist, a Czech scientist, a famous leftist intellectual named Berck, a would-be camp follower who is gainfully employed as a television producer, and her devoted slave of a cameraman. Complications entangle them, which multiply rapidly over the course of the evening with increased frenzy, until what looks like comedy turns into farce, ending in a miserable failed orgy. Taking everything into account, Kundera takes the metaphysical intensity of today, and of the pre-revolutionary 18th century, and finds that the speed we love has simply beggared us of prolonged pleasure.
At times I found it messy, especially in the second half of the book, and it's certainly not near his best work, but then I'd rather read something not so good by one of my favourite writers than read the best of somebody that I've got zero interest in. Three stars for me is about right.
I was going to read The Joke next, but realise there isn't much more of his fiction left for me to read, so will hold back on that for now and go with essays next, of which I haven't yet read any.
July 4, 2022
賮賷 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賱賲賷賱丕賳 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 亘丕賴鬲賲 亘丕賱賲毓賳賶 兀賵 丕賱賮賰乇丞 丕賱賲亘賳賷丞 毓賱賷賴丕 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 兀賰鬲乇 賲賳 賱睾鬲賴 丕賱爻乇丿賷丞
賴賳丕 賲毓丕賳賷 賰孬賷乇丞 丨賯賷賯賷丞 賲亘毓孬乇丞 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞.. 賲賳賴丕 丕賱亘胤亍 毓賲賵賲丕 賵兀孬乇賴 丕賱噩賲賷賱 賮賷 丕賱丕爻鬲賲鬲丕毓 賵丕賱鬲匕賰購乇 賵鬲兀賲賱 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 毓賱賶 禺賱丕賮 丕賱爻乇毓丞 賵乇亘胤賴丕 亘丕賱乇睾亘丞 賮賷 丕賱賴乇賵亘 賵丕賱賳爻賷丕賳
賱賰賳 丕賱賲賲賷夭 賮毓賱丕 賴賷 賮賰乇丞 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱乇丕賯氐丞 賵丕賱賲賯氐賵丿 亘丕賱乇賯氐 賴賵 丕賱丕爻鬲毓乇丕囟 丕賱兀禺賱丕賯賷 兀賵 丕賱賱丕兀禺賱丕賯賷 亘丨爻亘 胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱丨囟賵乇 丕賱賲購卮丕賴賽丿.. 鬲氐乇賮丕鬲 賵兀賯賵丕賱 賲賯氐賵丿丞 賮賷 丨囟賵乇 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳 亘睾乇囟 賲氐賱丨丞 賲丕
賲賳 兀噩賱 丕賱賵氐賵賱 賱睾丕賷丕鬲 賲禺鬲賱賮丞.. 丕賱爻賱胤丞, 丕賱卮賴乇丞, 丕賱鬲毓丕胤賮, 兀賵 丨鬲賶 賱丕噩鬲匕丕亘 丕賱噩賳爻 丕賱丌禺乇.
賮賴賱 丕賱乇丕賯氐 賲賵噩賵丿 丿丕禺賱 賰賱 賮乇丿 賲賳丕 賰賲丕 賷鬲爻丕亍賱 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕責
賴賳丕 賲毓丕賳賷 賰孬賷乇丞 丨賯賷賯賷丞 賲亘毓孬乇丞 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞.. 賲賳賴丕 丕賱亘胤亍 毓賲賵賲丕 賵兀孬乇賴 丕賱噩賲賷賱 賮賷 丕賱丕爻鬲賲鬲丕毓 賵丕賱鬲匕賰購乇 賵鬲兀賲賱 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 毓賱賶 禺賱丕賮 丕賱爻乇毓丞 賵乇亘胤賴丕 亘丕賱乇睾亘丞 賮賷 丕賱賴乇賵亘 賵丕賱賳爻賷丕賳
賱賰賳 丕賱賲賲賷夭 賮毓賱丕 賴賷 賮賰乇丞 丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱乇丕賯氐丞 賵丕賱賲賯氐賵丿 亘丕賱乇賯氐 賴賵 丕賱丕爻鬲毓乇丕囟 丕賱兀禺賱丕賯賷 兀賵 丕賱賱丕兀禺賱丕賯賷 亘丨爻亘 胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱丨囟賵乇 丕賱賲購卮丕賴賽丿.. 鬲氐乇賮丕鬲 賵兀賯賵丕賱 賲賯氐賵丿丞 賮賷 丨囟賵乇 丕賱丌禺乇賷賳 亘睾乇囟 賲氐賱丨丞 賲丕
賲賳 兀噩賱 丕賱賵氐賵賱 賱睾丕賷丕鬲 賲禺鬲賱賮丞.. 丕賱爻賱胤丞, 丕賱卮賴乇丞, 丕賱鬲毓丕胤賮, 兀賵 丨鬲賶 賱丕噩鬲匕丕亘 丕賱噩賳爻 丕賱丌禺乇.
賮賴賱 丕賱乇丕賯氐 賲賵噩賵丿 丿丕禺賱 賰賱 賮乇丿 賲賳丕 賰賲丕 賷鬲爻丕亍賱 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕責
April 6, 2023
Warning! Contains an academic conference and swimming pool.
If you've ever heard Bolero, you know Ravel starts slow then speeds up. Kundera does, too, in Slowness. But the result isn't seductive, it's madcap.
Is it philosophical? The answer is yes, in the way that real life is. One thing makes you think of another and for Kundera that usually leads to sex. It's easy to dismiss him as too playful, self indulgent, and coarse. He is that to be sure, but also something else. Never navel gazing (though other orifices are here), he observes the world in ways I like. Honest. Straight. He nails riding, for one. I can vouch for that. On the back of a Harley, time does seem to stop. He also tackles relationships, the silliness of squabbles, and ignorance of some people with degrees.
And academic conferences? I'm no scientist. But I'd have joined that ornithologist for a swim. As for the couple on the side of the pool, I'd have let them get on with it. Unlike so much else that passes for life, love making, thankfully, requires no audience.
If you've ever heard Bolero, you know Ravel starts slow then speeds up. Kundera does, too, in Slowness. But the result isn't seductive, it's madcap.
Is it philosophical? The answer is yes, in the way that real life is. One thing makes you think of another and for Kundera that usually leads to sex. It's easy to dismiss him as too playful, self indulgent, and coarse. He is that to be sure, but also something else. Never navel gazing (though other orifices are here), he observes the world in ways I like. Honest. Straight. He nails riding, for one. I can vouch for that. On the back of a Harley, time does seem to stop. He also tackles relationships, the silliness of squabbles, and ignorance of some people with degrees.
And academic conferences? I'm no scientist. But I'd have joined that ornithologist for a swim. As for the couple on the side of the pool, I'd have let them get on with it. Unlike so much else that passes for life, love making, thankfully, requires no audience.
November 4, 2018
賵兀賳丕 兀賯乇兀 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丨囟乇 賮賷 匕賴賳賷 噩賲賱丞 鬲賯賵賱: 丕賱爻乇毓丞 賲乇囟 賴匕丕 丕賱毓氐乇. 賱丕 兀鬲匕賰乇 兀賷賳 賯乇兀鬲 兀賵 爻賲毓鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱噩賲賱丞貙 乇亘賲丕 賴賷 鬲賳鬲爻亘 廿賱賷賾 賵兀賰賵賳 兀賳丕 賯丕卅賱賴丕 丕賱丌賳貙 丕賱賲賴賲 兀賳 賲賳噩夭丕鬲 賴匕丕 丕賱毓氐乇 噩毓賱鬲 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賮賷 爻亘丕賯 賴丕卅賱 賲毓 丕賱夭賲賳貙 賵丕賱爻乇毓丞 賷鬲亘毓賴丕 丕賱賳爻賷丕賳貙 亘毓賰爻 丕賱亘胤亍 丕賱匕賷 賷丨賮夭 丕賱匕丕賰乇丞貙 丕賱亘胤亍 丕賱匕賷 賷毓胤賷 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱兀賮毓丕賱 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賲賳馗賵乇 賲禺鬲賱賱賮. 賮賷 毓氐乇 丕賱爻乇毓丞 賷丨丿孬 賰賱 卮賷亍 賵賷賳鬲賴賷 丿賵賳 兀賳 賷鬲乇賰 兀孬乇貙 丕賱丨亘貙 丕賱噩賳爻貙 丕賱賲丌爻賷 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞.. 賱賲 賷毓丿 賱賱兀卮賷丕亍 賲毓賳賶.
亘丨爻賴 丕賱賴夭賱賷 賵亘亘爻丕胤丞 賰亘賷乇丞 賷鬲賳丕賵賱 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賵丕丨丿丞 賲賳 兀賰亘乇 賲卮丕賰賱 賴匕丕 丕賱毓氐乇.
亘丨爻賴 丕賱賴夭賱賷 賵亘亘爻丕胤丞 賰亘賷乇丞 賷鬲賳丕賵賱 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賵丕丨丿丞 賲賳 兀賰亘乇 賲卮丕賰賱 賴匕丕 丕賱毓氐乇.
October 19, 2023
The narrative hook of this book had little effect on me. This fact is neither an essay nor a novel. The three nested stories got me a bit lost. The only exciting thing I will take away from this book is the proposed link between slowness and memory, speed, and forgetting. The conclusion of this philosophical reflection takes the form of the following hypothesis: the degree of slowness is directly proportional to the intensity of memory; the degree of speed is now proportional to the power of forgetting. To meditate!
November 12, 2017
Leisure for Sale; Pleasure for Sale
or
The Non-Existent Choice
There is a secret bond between slowness and memory, between speed and forgetting.
Spoiler Alert:
An author is reading an old book, while on vacation to the very spot in which that old book is set. He gets an idea of a modern version of the book (or is it merely a review of the book that he is writing? One that morphs into a fan-fiction duplicate of the original?) set in the same quaint chateau, tracing the same enchanted geography of love.
He uses the night to write the initial sketches of his modern version of the old novella of cuckoldery. But the chateau they are spending the vacation in has its own magic. Somehow the loudest events in his nascent novel slips into his wife鈥檚 dreams as she lies next to him, as he writes them down, slipping easily from his paper into the void of her sleep, filling it up.
What will happen next?
Of course, the fictional-hero created by the author should know about the source of the inspiration for his comic tale. He should know why he had such a fantastic night of revelry. The two contrasting seekers of pleasure from these vastly different eras have to confront each other. From that confrontation might emerge a truth valuable for the 21st century too.
How to effect that?
Then, just like that, the three realities merge: the historical-fiction, the fiction of the author-reader, and the imitation-fiction 鈥� they all blend together, seeping out of the dreams and into the present, with a astonishment so authentic that no fiction would ever have been capable of it. This is a true merging. The 20th century has sped up enough that the concept of memory is gone. Time went with it. No time for dreaming.
In other words: is it possible to live in pleasure and for pleasure and be happy? Can the ideal of hedonism he realized? Does that hope exist? Or at least some feeble gleam of that hope?
The two parallel-lovers have met. One hides his story of a heavenly night of seduction, allowing himself to become the butt of a genial joke but allowing his story to be heroic thus. He savors his life, ambling along. A pedestrian who can reflect on his own life. The other exaggerates the non-night into an orgy, making his story itself a joke. Then he corrects his won story and gets on his fast motorbike to forget himself in a blur of haste. A motorist who has to leave everything behind.
On cue, a song, a poem plays for us:
The poem ends; the novella ends. Now consider:
Who is the happier of the two? It should be obvious. The author is pretty sure of the conclusion.
But, wait a minute.
Let us not forget our author-observer himself, rollicking along in his own car? Able to slow down to super-sub-human speeds even as that monster-engine starts. Able to imagine his own version of reality, to create stories worth our time and attention. Surely He is the happy one, our dear Epicurean enthusiast. He thinks he detect happiness in the 18th century chevalier, but we can see a glimpse of happiness in him too, in our observer, who had the capacity to 鈥渟tand and stare鈥�.
I beg you, friend, be happy. I have the vague sense that on your capacity to be happy hangs our only hope.
or
The Non-Existent Choice
There is a secret bond between slowness and memory, between speed and forgetting.
Spoiler Alert:
An author is reading an old book, while on vacation to the very spot in which that old book is set. He gets an idea of a modern version of the book (or is it merely a review of the book that he is writing? One that morphs into a fan-fiction duplicate of the original?) set in the same quaint chateau, tracing the same enchanted geography of love.
He uses the night to write the initial sketches of his modern version of the old novella of cuckoldery. But the chateau they are spending the vacation in has its own magic. Somehow the loudest events in his nascent novel slips into his wife鈥檚 dreams as she lies next to him, as he writes them down, slipping easily from his paper into the void of her sleep, filling it up.
What will happen next?
Of course, the fictional-hero created by the author should know about the source of the inspiration for his comic tale. He should know why he had such a fantastic night of revelry. The two contrasting seekers of pleasure from these vastly different eras have to confront each other. From that confrontation might emerge a truth valuable for the 21st century too.
How to effect that?
Then, just like that, the three realities merge: the historical-fiction, the fiction of the author-reader, and the imitation-fiction 鈥� they all blend together, seeping out of the dreams and into the present, with a astonishment so authentic that no fiction would ever have been capable of it. This is a true merging. The 20th century has sped up enough that the concept of memory is gone. Time went with it. No time for dreaming.
In other words: is it possible to live in pleasure and for pleasure and be happy? Can the ideal of hedonism he realized? Does that hope exist? Or at least some feeble gleam of that hope?
The two parallel-lovers have met. One hides his story of a heavenly night of seduction, allowing himself to become the butt of a genial joke but allowing his story to be heroic thus. He savors his life, ambling along. A pedestrian who can reflect on his own life. The other exaggerates the non-night into an orgy, making his story itself a joke. Then he corrects his won story and gets on his fast motorbike to forget himself in a blur of haste. A motorist who has to leave everything behind.
On cue, a song, a poem plays for us:
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
The poem ends; the novella ends. Now consider:
Who is the happier of the two? It should be obvious. The author is pretty sure of the conclusion.
But, wait a minute.
Let us not forget our author-observer himself, rollicking along in his own car? Able to slow down to super-sub-human speeds even as that monster-engine starts. Able to imagine his own version of reality, to create stories worth our time and attention. Surely He is the happy one, our dear Epicurean enthusiast. He thinks he detect happiness in the 18th century chevalier, but we can see a glimpse of happiness in him too, in our observer, who had the capacity to 鈥渟tand and stare鈥�.
I beg you, friend, be happy. I have the vague sense that on your capacity to be happy hangs our only hope.
December 11, 2019
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亘賴 賳馗乇 賲賳 丿賵 賳賵毓 卮賴乇鬲 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇丿: 卮賴乇鬲蹖 讴賴 亘賴 丿賵乇丕賳 倬蹖卮 丕夭 丕禺鬲乇丕毓 毓讴丕爻蹖 鬲毓賱賯 丿丕乇丿 賵 賳賵毓蹖 丿蹖诏乇 讴賴 亘賴 丿賵乇丕賳 倬爻 丕夭 丌賳 賲鬲毓賱賯 丕爻鬲. 氐 38 讴鬲丕亘
丕賲乇賵夭 賮賯胤 蹖讴 賮乇丿 丕亘賱賴 丨丕囟乇 禺賵丕賴丿 亘賵丿 丿丕賵胤賱亘丕賳賴 蹖讴 卮賴乇鬲 丿爻鬲 賵 倬丕 诏蹖乇 乇丕 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 禺賵丿 蹖丿讴 亘讴卮丿. 氐 39 讴鬲丕亘
丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賴 卮丿賳 亘丿賵賳 丿賱蹖賱貙 丨鬲蹖 禺賵丿 丿賱蹖賱蹖 鬲賱賯蹖 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 亘乇 禺丕賱氐 亘賵丿賳 毓卮賯. 丕诏乇 夭賳蹖 亘賴 賲賳 亘诏賵蹖丿 丿賵爻鬲鬲 丿丕乇賲 趩賵賳 亘丕賴賵卮 賴爻鬲蹖貙 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 賴丿蹖賴 賲蹖鈥屫臂屫� 亘賴 夭賳鈥屬囏й� 丿蹖诏乇 賳馗乇 賳丿丕乇蹖貙 馗乇賮 賲蹖鈥屫促堐屰屫� 丌賳 賵賯鬲 賲賳 賲兀蹖賵爻 賲蹖鈥屫促堎�. 趩賳蹖賳 毓卮賯蹖 丕賳诏丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囏� 趩蹖夭蹖 乇丕 亘賴 趩賳诏 亘蹖丕賵乇丿. 趩賯丿乇 夭蹖亘丕鬲乇 丕爻鬲 丕诏乇 丕賳爻丕賳 丿乇 毓賵囟 亘卮賳賵丿: 賲賳 丿蹖賵丕賳賴 鬲賵兀賲貙 賴乇 趩賳丿 讴賴 鬲賵 賳賴 賮賯胤 亘丕賴賵卮 賵 丿乇爻鬲讴丕乇 賳蹖爻鬲蹖貙 亘賱讴賴 蹖讴 丿乇賵睾鈥屭堐� 禺賵丿禺賵丕賴 賵 毓賵囟蹖 賴賲 賴爻鬲蹖. 氐 47 讴鬲丕亘
賲賳 丕夭 讴卮賵乇蹖 賲蹖鈥屫③屬� 讴賴 丿乇 丌賳 丕賳爻丕賳 氐乇賮丕賸 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 亘蹖丕賳 毓賯蹖丿賴 禺賵丿 亘賴 氐丿丕蹖 亘賱賳丿貙 賲賲讴賳 亘賵丿 丕夭 丌賳 趩賴 賲賮賴賵賲 賵 賲毓賳丕蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖卮 亘賵丿貙 賲丨乇賵賲 卮賵丿. 賲诏乇 亘乇丕蹖 蹖讴 賲丨賯賯 賲賮賴賵賲 夭賳丿诏蹖 趩蹖夭蹖 亘賴 噩夭 讴丕乇 鬲丨賯蹖賯蹖 丕賵爻鬲責 氐 61 讴鬲丕亘
丿乇 丕蹖賳 噩賴丕賳 倬賵趩 賵 亘蹖鈥屬呚官嗃屫� 丌賳 趩賴 亘賴 卮賵禺蹖 賲胤乇丨 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 亘蹖卮鈥屫臂屬� 丕乇夭卮 乇丕 亘乇丕蹖 賮毓賱蹖鬲 蹖丕賮鬲賳 丿丕乇丿. 氐 67 讴鬲丕亘
丿乇噩賴 爻乇毓鬲 鬲賳丕爻亘 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 亘丕 卮丿鬲 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖 丿丕乇丿. 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賲毓丕丿賱賴 賲蹖鈥屫堌з� 亘賴 賳鬲丕蹖噩 賲卮禺氐蹖 乇爻蹖丿貙 賲孬賱丕賸 丕蹖賳 讴賴 丿賵乇丕賳 賲丕 丿乇 丕爻丕乇鬲 丿蹖賵 爻乇毓鬲 丕爻鬲 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 丕蹖賳 賯丿乇 丌爻丕賳 禺賵丿 乇丕 賮乇丕賲賵卮 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 丨丕賱丕 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囐� 毓讴爻 丕蹖賳 诏賮鬲賴 乇丕 亘蹖丕賳 讴賳賲: 丿賵乇丕賳 賲丕 诏乇丕蹖卮 卮蹖賮鬲賴鈥屬堌ж臂� 亘賴 賮乇丕賲賵卮 讴乇丿賳 禺賵丿 丿丕乇丿 賵 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳讴賴 丕蹖賳 賲蹖賱 乇丕 毓賲賱蹖 爻丕夭丿貙 禺賵丿 乇丕 亘賴 丿爻鬲 丿蹖賵 爻乇毓鬲 賲蹖鈥屫迟矩ж必�. 夭賲丕賳 亘乇 卮鬲丕亘 禺賵丿 賲蹖鈥屫з佖藏й屫� 鬲丕 亘賴 賲丕 亘賮賴賲丕賳丿 讴賴 賲蹖賱 賳丿丕乇丿 賲丕 亘賴 蹖丕丿卮 亘蹖丕賵乇蹖賲貙 夭蹖乇丕 丕夭 禺賵丿 禺爻鬲賴 丕爻鬲貙 亘蹖夭丕乇 丕爻鬲 賵 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囏� 卮毓賱賴 讴賵趩讴 賵 賱乇夭丕賳 禺丕胤乇賴 乇丕 禺丕賲賵卮 讴賳丿.氐 132 讴鬲丕亘
May 28, 2010
I probably shouldn't have read a book titled Slowness so quickly.
August 17, 2011
丕賱亘胤亍
賴賳丕賰 卮毓賵乇 兀馗賳 兀賳 賰賱 賲賳 賯乇亍賵丕 賱賲賷賱丕賳 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賲乇賵丕 亘賴貙 丨丕賱賲丕 鬲賳鬲賴賷 賲賳 兀賷 乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 鬲卮毓乇 亘兀賳賴丕 乇丕卅毓丞貙 賵兀賳賰 丕爻鬲賲鬲毓鬲 亘賴丕貙 賵賱賰賳賰 乇睾賲 賴匕丕 賰賱賴貙 賱丕 鬲噩丿 賲丕 鬲賯賵賱賴 毓賳賴丕貙 賰賱 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 亘賱丕 賲亘丕賱睾丞 鬲丨鬲丕噩 廿賱賶 賯乇丕亍丞 孬丕賳賷丞 賲亘丕卮乇丞貙 鬲賱賷 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶貙 賵鬲丨丕賵賱 賱氐賯 丕賱賮賰乇丞 丕賱賲鬲卮馗賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 禺乇噩賳丕 亘賴丕 賲賳賴丕.
乇賵丕賷丞 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賴匕賴 賲孬丕賱 噩賷丿 毓賱賶 賴匕丕貙 賮乇睾賲 賯氐乇 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鈥� 118 氐賮丨丞 鈥� 廿賱丕 兀賳賴丕 丕丨鬲賵鬲 毓丿丞 賲爻丕乇丕鬲 亘卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲禺鬲賱賮丞貙 亘丨賷孬 鬲賳鬲賴賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賵賳丨賳 賲丕 夭賱賳丕 賳賮賰乇貙 賲丕 丕賱匕賷 兀乇丕丿 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賯賵賱賴責
丕賱賮賰乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 賵氐賱鬲 廿賱賷賴丕 賷賲孬賱賴丕 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳貙 (丕賱亘胤亍) 賮賷 賲賵丕噩賴丞 丕賱爻乇毓丞貙 賰賷賮 兀孬乇鬲 丕賱爻乇毓丞 毓賱賶 丨賷丕鬲賳丕貙 賮賲丨鬲 賲賳賴丕 匕賱賰賲 丕賱亘胤亍 丕賱噩賲賷賱 賵丕賱賯丿賷賲 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賷毓胤賷賳丕 丕賱賮乇氐丞 賱賳丨賷丕貙 賱賳毓賷卮 丕賱鬲噩丕乇亘 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賳丕貙 亘丿賱丕 賸 賲賳 兀賳 賳賲乇賯 亘賴丕 賲爻乇毓賷賳貙 賱賯丿 氐丕乇 鬲毓噩賷賱 丕賱賱匕丞 賵噩毓賱賴丕 賱丨馗賷丞 乇賵丨 丕賱毓氐乇貙 賵兀爻丕爻 賮賰乇鬲賴貙 賷毓亘乇 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 毓賳 賴匕丕 賮賷 卮賰賱 乇賷丕囟賷丕鬲 賵噩賵丿賷丞 賮賷賯賵賱: 鬲鬲賳丕爻亘 丿乇噩丞 丕賱亘胤亍 胤乇丿丕 賸 賲毓 賯賵丞 丕賱匕丕賰乇丞貙 賵鬲鬲賳丕爻亘 丿乇噩丞 丕賱爻乇毓丞 胤乇丿丕 賸 賲毓 賯賵丞 丕賱賳爻賷丕賳.
亘丕賱胤亘毓 賱賷爻鬲 賴匕賴 賴賷 丕賱賮賰乇丞 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賷賰鬲亘 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 亘丕賱胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱鬲賷 賵氐賮賴丕 匕丕鬲 賲乇丞 丕賱賳丕賯丿 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷 (賮乇丕賳爻賵丕 乇賷賰丕乇) 亘兀賳賴丕 鬲卮亘賴 胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱賲卮賷丞 丕賱賲鬲賲賴賱丞 賮賷 丿乇亘貙 賮賷 賲賯丕亘賱 胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱丕賳鬲賯丕賱 賮賷 賲爻丕乇 賲爻鬲賯賷賲 賲賳 賳賯胤丞 廿賱賶 賳賯胤丞貙 亘賲丕 賮賷 胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱鬲賲賴賱 賵丕賱丕賱鬲賮丕賮 賲毓 丕賱丿乇亘 賲賳 賮乇氐 賱賱鬲兀賲賱 賵丕賰鬲卮丕賮 丕賱匕丕鬲 賵丕賱賲賰丕賳貙 賮賷賲丕 賱丕 鬲毓亘兀 胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱丕賳鬲賯丕賱 賲賳 賳賯胤丞 廿賱賶 賳賯胤丞 廿賱丕 亘賴丕鬲賷賳 丕賱賳賯胤鬲賷賳貙 賵兀賴賲賷丞 丕賱賵氐賵賱 賵丕禺鬲氐丕乇 丕賱賲爻丕賮丞 亘兀爻乇毓 賵賯鬲 賲賲賰賳.
鬲賳亘賷賴: 賲丕 爻賷兀鬲賷 賯丿 賷賰卮賮 卮賷卅丕 賸 賲賳 兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞.
賷囟毓 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賳賮爻賴 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 丿丕卅賲丕 賸貙 賮賱匕丕 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲賮鬲鬲丨 亘賴 賵賴賵 賷賯賵丿 爻賷丕乇鬲賴 賵賲毓賴 賮賷乇丕 夭賵噩鬲賴貙 賯丕氐丿賷賳 兀丨丿 丕賱賯氐賵乇 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞 賮賷 賮乇賳爻丕 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨賵賱鬲 廿賱賶 賮賳丿賯貙 賲爻鬲匕賰乇丕 賸 賯氐丞 (賱賷賱丞 亘賱丕 睾丿) 賱賮賷賮丕賳 丿賵賳賵賳貙 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨賰賷 賯氐丞 卮丕亘 賷乇丕賮賯 爻賷丿丞 鬲丿毓賶 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 (鬲)貙 賵賴賷 氐丿賷賯丞 賱毓卮賷賯鬲賴 廿賱賶 賯氐乇賴丕貙 丨賷孬 賷鬲賳丕賵賱 毓卮丕亍 賸 孬賱丕孬賷丕 賸 賲毓 夭賵噩賴丕貙 賷賱賷 匕賱賰 賳夭賴丞 賲毓賴丕貙 孬賲 毓賱丕賯丞 噩爻丿賷丞 賱賲乇鬲賷賳 賵賮賷 賲賰丕賳賷賳 賲禺鬲賱賮賷賳貙 賮賷 丕賱氐亘丕丨 賷賱鬲賯賷 賮賷 丕賱丨丿賷賯丞 亘丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 毓卮賷賯 丕賱爻賷丿丞 (鬲) 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷貙 賮賷禺亘乇賴 亘兀賳 丕賱爻賷丿丞 (鬲) 丕爻鬲禺丿賲鬲賴 鈥� 兀賷 丕賱卮丕亘 -貙 賰爻鬲丕乇 賷丨噩亘 毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 亘丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭貙 兀賷 賱賷馗賴乇 丕賱卮丕亘 毓賱賶 兀賳賴 毓卮賷賯賴丕貙 賷毓賵丿 丕賱卮丕亘 亘毓丿 賴匕丕 廿賱賶 亘丕乇賷爻 賮賷 毓乇亘丞 賷賯丿賲賴丕 賱賴 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭.
賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐丞 賷爻鬲賮賷丿 賲賳賴丕 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 噩賷丿丕 賸貙 賱賷亘乇夭 賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴丕 廿丨丿賶 賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 毓賱丕賯丞 鬲賳賲賵 賵鬲賳胤賱賯 亘爻乇毓丞 亘賷賳 卮丕亘 賵賮鬲丕丞 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 匕丕鬲 丕賱賯氐乇 丕賱匕賷 賷賯賷賲 賮賷賴 丕賱乇丕賵賷 / 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕貙 賵賴賷 毓賱丕賯丞 賷賯賮夭 賮賷賴丕 丕賱卮丕亘 賵賷丨乇賯 賰賱 丕賱賲乇丕丨賱貙 丨鬲賶 廿匕丕 賵氐賱 廿賱賶 匕乇賵丞 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞貙 賷氐丕亘 亘毓賳丞 賲賮丕噩卅丞貙 賵鬲禺鬲賮賷 丕賱賮鬲丕丞貙 賵賷鬲丿丕禺賱 賴匕丕 丕賱賲爻丕乇 賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲毓 賯氐丞 (賱賷賱丞 亘賱丕 睾丿)貙 毓賳丿賲丕 賷噩乇賷 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賱賯丕亍 賸 亘賷賳 丕賱卮丕亘 丕賱丨丿賷孬貙 賵卮丕亘 丕賱爻賷丿丞 (鬲)貙 賵賴賵 賱賯丕亍 禺賷丕賱賷 亘賰賱 鬲兀賰賷丿貙 賵賱賰賳 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賷毓乇囟賴 賱賳丕貙 賱賳乇賶 丕賱賮丕乇賯 賲丕 亘賷賳 丕賱卮丕亘 丕賱匕賷 賷賲鬲胤賷 丿乇丕噩鬲賴 丕賱賳丕乇賷丞 賵賷賳胤賱賯 亘爻乇毓丞貙 賱丕 鬲賲賳丨賴 兀賷 賮乇氐丞 賱賱鬲賮賰賷乇 亘賲丕 賲乇 亘賴 禺賱丕賱 賱賷賱鬲賴 丕賱賲丕囟賷丞貙 賲賯丕乇賳丞 亘卮丕亘 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱鬲丕爻毓 毓卮乇 丕賱匕賷 賷乇賰亘 毓乇亘丞 鬲爻賷乇 亘亘胤亍貙 賷賲賳丨賴 丕賱賵賯鬲 賱賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賵丕爻鬲毓丕丿鬲賴 賱賷賱鬲賴 亘兀丨丿丕孬賴丕.
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賴丕 賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲 兀禺乇賶貙 賲孬賱 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷 丕賱毓丕卮賯 賱賱馗賴賵乇貙 賵賲孬賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱鬲卮賷賰賷 丕賱匕賷 兀亘毓丿 毓賳 鬲禺氐氐賴 賱爻賳賵丕鬲 胤賵賷賱丞.
賷毓賷亘賴丕 亘匕丕亍鬲賴丕 賮賷 毓丿丿 賲賳 丕賱賲賵丕囟毓.
賴賳丕賰 卮毓賵乇 兀馗賳 兀賳 賰賱 賲賳 賯乇亍賵丕 賱賲賷賱丕賳 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賲乇賵丕 亘賴貙 丨丕賱賲丕 鬲賳鬲賴賷 賲賳 兀賷 乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 鬲卮毓乇 亘兀賳賴丕 乇丕卅毓丞貙 賵兀賳賰 丕爻鬲賲鬲毓鬲 亘賴丕貙 賵賱賰賳賰 乇睾賲 賴匕丕 賰賱賴貙 賱丕 鬲噩丿 賲丕 鬲賯賵賱賴 毓賳賴丕貙 賰賱 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 亘賱丕 賲亘丕賱睾丞 鬲丨鬲丕噩 廿賱賶 賯乇丕亍丞 孬丕賳賷丞 賲亘丕卮乇丞貙 鬲賱賷 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶貙 賵鬲丨丕賵賱 賱氐賯 丕賱賮賰乇丞 丕賱賲鬲卮馗賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 禺乇噩賳丕 亘賴丕 賲賳賴丕.
乇賵丕賷丞 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賴匕賴 賲孬丕賱 噩賷丿 毓賱賶 賴匕丕貙 賮乇睾賲 賯氐乇 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鈥� 118 氐賮丨丞 鈥� 廿賱丕 兀賳賴丕 丕丨鬲賵鬲 毓丿丞 賲爻丕乇丕鬲 亘卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲禺鬲賱賮丞貙 亘丨賷孬 鬲賳鬲賴賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賵賳丨賳 賲丕 夭賱賳丕 賳賮賰乇貙 賲丕 丕賱匕賷 兀乇丕丿 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賯賵賱賴責
丕賱賮賰乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 賵氐賱鬲 廿賱賷賴丕 賷賲孬賱賴丕 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳貙 (丕賱亘胤亍) 賮賷 賲賵丕噩賴丞 丕賱爻乇毓丞貙 賰賷賮 兀孬乇鬲 丕賱爻乇毓丞 毓賱賶 丨賷丕鬲賳丕貙 賮賲丨鬲 賲賳賴丕 匕賱賰賲 丕賱亘胤亍 丕賱噩賲賷賱 賵丕賱賯丿賷賲 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賷毓胤賷賳丕 丕賱賮乇氐丞 賱賳丨賷丕貙 賱賳毓賷卮 丕賱鬲噩丕乇亘 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賳丕貙 亘丿賱丕 賸 賲賳 兀賳 賳賲乇賯 亘賴丕 賲爻乇毓賷賳貙 賱賯丿 氐丕乇 鬲毓噩賷賱 丕賱賱匕丞 賵噩毓賱賴丕 賱丨馗賷丞 乇賵丨 丕賱毓氐乇貙 賵兀爻丕爻 賮賰乇鬲賴貙 賷毓亘乇 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 毓賳 賴匕丕 賮賷 卮賰賱 乇賷丕囟賷丕鬲 賵噩賵丿賷丞 賮賷賯賵賱: 鬲鬲賳丕爻亘 丿乇噩丞 丕賱亘胤亍 胤乇丿丕 賸 賲毓 賯賵丞 丕賱匕丕賰乇丞貙 賵鬲鬲賳丕爻亘 丿乇噩丞 丕賱爻乇毓丞 胤乇丿丕 賸 賲毓 賯賵丞 丕賱賳爻賷丕賳.
亘丕賱胤亘毓 賱賷爻鬲 賴匕賴 賴賷 丕賱賮賰乇丞 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賷賰鬲亘 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 亘丕賱胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱鬲賷 賵氐賮賴丕 匕丕鬲 賲乇丞 丕賱賳丕賯丿 丕賱賮乇賳爻賷 (賮乇丕賳爻賵丕 乇賷賰丕乇) 亘兀賳賴丕 鬲卮亘賴 胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱賲卮賷丞 丕賱賲鬲賲賴賱丞 賮賷 丿乇亘貙 賮賷 賲賯丕亘賱 胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱丕賳鬲賯丕賱 賮賷 賲爻丕乇 賲爻鬲賯賷賲 賲賳 賳賯胤丞 廿賱賶 賳賯胤丞貙 亘賲丕 賮賷 胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱鬲賲賴賱 賵丕賱丕賱鬲賮丕賮 賲毓 丕賱丿乇亘 賲賳 賮乇氐 賱賱鬲兀賲賱 賵丕賰鬲卮丕賮 丕賱匕丕鬲 賵丕賱賲賰丕賳貙 賮賷賲丕 賱丕 鬲毓亘兀 胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱丕賳鬲賯丕賱 賲賳 賳賯胤丞 廿賱賶 賳賯胤丞 廿賱丕 亘賴丕鬲賷賳 丕賱賳賯胤鬲賷賳貙 賵兀賴賲賷丞 丕賱賵氐賵賱 賵丕禺鬲氐丕乇 丕賱賲爻丕賮丞 亘兀爻乇毓 賵賯鬲 賲賲賰賳.
鬲賳亘賷賴: 賲丕 爻賷兀鬲賷 賯丿 賷賰卮賮 卮賷卅丕 賸 賲賳 兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞.
賷囟毓 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賳賮爻賴 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 丿丕卅賲丕 賸貙 賮賱匕丕 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲賮鬲鬲丨 亘賴 賵賴賵 賷賯賵丿 爻賷丕乇鬲賴 賵賲毓賴 賮賷乇丕 夭賵噩鬲賴貙 賯丕氐丿賷賳 兀丨丿 丕賱賯氐賵乇 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞 賮賷 賮乇賳爻丕 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨賵賱鬲 廿賱賶 賮賳丿賯貙 賲爻鬲匕賰乇丕 賸 賯氐丞 (賱賷賱丞 亘賱丕 睾丿) 賱賮賷賮丕賳 丿賵賳賵賳貙 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨賰賷 賯氐丞 卮丕亘 賷乇丕賮賯 爻賷丿丞 鬲丿毓賶 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 (鬲)貙 賵賴賷 氐丿賷賯丞 賱毓卮賷賯鬲賴 廿賱賶 賯氐乇賴丕貙 丨賷孬 賷鬲賳丕賵賱 毓卮丕亍 賸 孬賱丕孬賷丕 賸 賲毓 夭賵噩賴丕貙 賷賱賷 匕賱賰 賳夭賴丞 賲毓賴丕貙 孬賲 毓賱丕賯丞 噩爻丿賷丞 賱賲乇鬲賷賳 賵賮賷 賲賰丕賳賷賳 賲禺鬲賱賮賷賳貙 賮賷 丕賱氐亘丕丨 賷賱鬲賯賷 賮賷 丕賱丨丿賷賯丞 亘丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 毓卮賷賯 丕賱爻賷丿丞 (鬲) 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷貙 賮賷禺亘乇賴 亘兀賳 丕賱爻賷丿丞 (鬲) 丕爻鬲禺丿賲鬲賴 鈥� 兀賷 丕賱卮丕亘 -貙 賰爻鬲丕乇 賷丨噩亘 毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 亘丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭貙 兀賷 賱賷馗賴乇 丕賱卮丕亘 毓賱賶 兀賳賴 毓卮賷賯賴丕貙 賷毓賵丿 丕賱卮丕亘 亘毓丿 賴匕丕 廿賱賶 亘丕乇賷爻 賮賷 毓乇亘丞 賷賯丿賲賴丕 賱賴 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭.
賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐丞 賷爻鬲賮賷丿 賲賳賴丕 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 噩賷丿丕 賸貙 賱賷亘乇夭 賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴丕 廿丨丿賶 賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 毓賱丕賯丞 鬲賳賲賵 賵鬲賳胤賱賯 亘爻乇毓丞 亘賷賳 卮丕亘 賵賮鬲丕丞 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 匕丕鬲 丕賱賯氐乇 丕賱匕賷 賷賯賷賲 賮賷賴 丕賱乇丕賵賷 / 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕貙 賵賴賷 毓賱丕賯丞 賷賯賮夭 賮賷賴丕 丕賱卮丕亘 賵賷丨乇賯 賰賱 丕賱賲乇丕丨賱貙 丨鬲賶 廿匕丕 賵氐賱 廿賱賶 匕乇賵丞 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞貙 賷氐丕亘 亘毓賳丞 賲賮丕噩卅丞貙 賵鬲禺鬲賮賷 丕賱賮鬲丕丞貙 賵賷鬲丿丕禺賱 賴匕丕 丕賱賲爻丕乇 賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲毓 賯氐丞 (賱賷賱丞 亘賱丕 睾丿)貙 毓賳丿賲丕 賷噩乇賷 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賱賯丕亍 賸 亘賷賳 丕賱卮丕亘 丕賱丨丿賷孬貙 賵卮丕亘 丕賱爻賷丿丞 (鬲)貙 賵賴賵 賱賯丕亍 禺賷丕賱賷 亘賰賱 鬲兀賰賷丿貙 賵賱賰賳 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賷毓乇囟賴 賱賳丕貙 賱賳乇賶 丕賱賮丕乇賯 賲丕 亘賷賳 丕賱卮丕亘 丕賱匕賷 賷賲鬲胤賷 丿乇丕噩鬲賴 丕賱賳丕乇賷丞 賵賷賳胤賱賯 亘爻乇毓丞貙 賱丕 鬲賲賳丨賴 兀賷 賮乇氐丞 賱賱鬲賮賰賷乇 亘賲丕 賲乇 亘賴 禺賱丕賱 賱賷賱鬲賴 丕賱賲丕囟賷丞貙 賲賯丕乇賳丞 亘卮丕亘 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱鬲丕爻毓 毓卮乇 丕賱匕賷 賷乇賰亘 毓乇亘丞 鬲爻賷乇 亘亘胤亍貙 賷賲賳丨賴 丕賱賵賯鬲 賱賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賵丕爻鬲毓丕丿鬲賴 賱賷賱鬲賴 亘兀丨丿丕孬賴丕.
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賴丕 賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲 兀禺乇賶貙 賲孬賱 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷 丕賱毓丕卮賯 賱賱馗賴賵乇貙 賵賲孬賱 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱鬲卮賷賰賷 丕賱匕賷 兀亘毓丿 毓賳 鬲禺氐氐賴 賱爻賳賵丕鬲 胤賵賷賱丞.
賷毓賷亘賴丕 亘匕丕亍鬲賴丕 賮賷 毓丿丿 賲賳 丕賱賲賵丕囟毓.
November 12, 2020
倬乇 丕夭 丿蹖丕賱賵诏诰丕蹖 亘蹖 賳馗蹖乇
噩賲賱蹠诰丕蹖 夭蹖亘丕
賵 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲诰丕蹖 丿乇賲賵乇丿 夭賳丿诏蹖
亘乇丕蹖 賰爻蹖 賰蹠 賳賲蹖 禺賵丕賴丿 乇賯丕氐 亘卮賵丿 趩丕乇蹠蹖 噩夭 鬲賳賴丕賲丕賳丿賳 賵噩賵丿 賳丿丕乇丿 賵 鬲賳诰丕 趩蹖夭蹖 賰蹠 賱丕夭賲 丿丕乇丿 丌诰爻鬲诏蹖 丕爻鬲.
丕夭 禺丕賳賵賲 丿乇蹖丕 賳蹖丕賲蹖 亘禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳 鬲乇噩賲賴 亘丿賵賳 爻丕賳爻賵乇 爻倬丕爻诏匕丕乇賲
噩賲賱蹠诰丕蹖 夭蹖亘丕
賵 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲诰丕蹖 丿乇賲賵乇丿 夭賳丿诏蹖
亘乇丕蹖 賰爻蹖 賰蹠 賳賲蹖 禺賵丕賴丿 乇賯丕氐 亘卮賵丿 趩丕乇蹠蹖 噩夭 鬲賳賴丕賲丕賳丿賳 賵噩賵丿 賳丿丕乇丿 賵 鬲賳诰丕 趩蹖夭蹖 賰蹠 賱丕夭賲 丿丕乇丿 丌诰爻鬲诏蹖 丕爻鬲.
丕夭 禺丕賳賵賲 丿乇蹖丕 賳蹖丕賲蹖 亘禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳 鬲乇噩賲賴 亘丿賵賳 爻丕賳爻賵乇 爻倬丕爻诏匕丕乇賲
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丿賵 爻賴 乇賵夭賴 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 鬲賲賵賲 讴乇丿賲 丕賲丕 丿乇诏蹖乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴乇丿賳 亘賵丿賲 賵 賳鬲賵賳爻鬲賲 趩蹖夭蹖 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賳賵蹖爻賲. 鬲賵蹖 丕蹖賳 趩賳丿 乇賵夭 賴賲 诏賴 诏丿丕乇蹖 亘賴 賳賵卮鬲賳 乇丕噩毓 亘賴 丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 賮讴乇 讴乇丿賲貙 丕賲丕 趩蹖夭蹖 亘賴 匕賴賳賲 賳乇爻蹖丿. 丨鬲蹖 丕賱丕賳賲 趩蹖夭 禺丕氐蹖 亘乇丕蹖 賳賵卮鬲賳 賳丿丕乇賲 丕賲丕 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 亘诏賲 蹖讴賲 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 禺賵賳丿賳 賮丕氐賱賴鈥屰� 鬲毓丕丿賱蹖 诏乇賮鬲賲 賵 賳丕乇丕囟蹖 賳蹖爻鬲賲.
丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 賳賵卮鬲賴鈥屫й� 丿乇 爻鬲丕蹖卮 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 賵 丿乇 賲匕賲鬲 爻乇毓鬲 賵 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖 賵 賮乇丕乇 丿乇 夭賳丿诏蹖賴貨 丕賵賳賲 亘丕 鬲毓乇蹖賮 讴賵賳丿乇丕蹖蹖 丕夭 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 賵 爻乇毓鬲. 噩丕賱亘賴 讴賴 噩丿蹖丿丕 爻乇毓鬲 賮毓賱 賵 丕賳賮毓丕賱丕鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖賲 亘蹖卮鬲乇 卮丿賴 丕賲丕 丨爻 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 丿丕乇賲 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 丌賴爻鬲賴鈥屫� 鬲噩乇亘賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁�. 丿蹖诏賴 讴賲鬲乇 丨爻 讴賱丕賮诏蹖賽 賳丕卮蹖 丕夭 賳诏賴鈥屫ж簇� 賴賲賴鈥屭嗃屫� 賵 噩賱賵 亘乇丿賳 賴賲賴鈥屭嗃屫� 亘丕 賴賲 乇賵 丿丕乇賲. 丕乇鬲亘丕胤鈥屬囏� 賵 丕丿賲丕蹖 噩丿蹖丿 亘丕 爻乇毓鬲 丿丕乇賳 賲蹖丕賳 丕賲丕 賲賳 亘丕 賯丿賲鈥屬囏й� 丌賴爻鬲賴 丿丕乇賲 讴賳丕乇卮賵賳 乇丕賴 賲蹖乇賲. 丕賱丕賳丕 讴賲鬲乇 賳蹖丕夭 亘賴 爻乇毓鬲 賵 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖 丿丕乇賲. 丕賱丕賳丕 丿丕乇賲 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁�. 賴賲蹖賳.
* 倬.賳1: 亘毓丿 丕夭 賲丿鬲蹖 丕蹖賳 乇蹖賵蹖賵 亘賴 趩卮賲賲 丕賮鬲丕丿 賵 丿乇丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 丕賲卮亘 禺賵丕亘賲 賳賲蹖亘乇賴 賵 丨丕賱 毓噩蹖亘蹖 (賳賴 趩賳丿丕賳 禺賵亘蹖) 丿丕乇賲貙 丕蹖賳 賲鬲賳 乇賵 丕賵賲丿賲 亘賳賵蹖爻賲 讴賴 禺賵丕賳卮 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 亘乇丕賲 蹖丕丿丌賵乇 丕亘鬲匕丕賱 丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 丿乇 賴乇 爻胤丨貙 亘乇賴賴 賵 賲爻蹖乇蹖 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖賴. 賵 丕蹖賳 蹖丕丿丕賵乇蹖 夭蹖丕丿 亘賴 賲丨鬲賵丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賲乇亘賵胤 賳蹖爻鬲 賵 亘賴 丿賳蹖丕蹖 亘蹖乇賵賳蹖 乇亘胤 丿丕乇賴貨 亘賴 鬲噩乇亘賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 賵 亘毓丿 丕夭 禺賵丕賳卮 丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 丿丕卮鬲賲.
丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 賳賵卮鬲賴鈥屫й� 丿乇 爻鬲丕蹖卮 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 賵 丿乇 賲匕賲鬲 爻乇毓鬲 賵 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖 賵 賮乇丕乇 丿乇 夭賳丿诏蹖賴貨 丕賵賳賲 亘丕 鬲毓乇蹖賮 讴賵賳丿乇丕蹖蹖 丕夭 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 賵 爻乇毓鬲. 噩丕賱亘賴 讴賴 噩丿蹖丿丕 爻乇毓鬲 賮毓賱 賵 丕賳賮毓丕賱丕鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖賲 亘蹖卮鬲乇 卮丿賴 丕賲丕 丨爻 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 丿丕乇賲 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 丌賴爻鬲賴鈥屫� 鬲噩乇亘賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁�. 丿蹖诏賴 讴賲鬲乇 丨爻 讴賱丕賮诏蹖賽 賳丕卮蹖 丕夭 賳诏賴鈥屫ж簇� 賴賲賴鈥屭嗃屫� 賵 噩賱賵 亘乇丿賳 賴賲賴鈥屭嗃屫� 亘丕 賴賲 乇賵 丿丕乇賲. 丕乇鬲亘丕胤鈥屬囏� 賵 丕丿賲丕蹖 噩丿蹖丿 亘丕 爻乇毓鬲 丿丕乇賳 賲蹖丕賳 丕賲丕 賲賳 亘丕 賯丿賲鈥屬囏й� 丌賴爻鬲賴 丿丕乇賲 讴賳丕乇卮賵賳 乇丕賴 賲蹖乇賲. 丕賱丕賳丕 讴賲鬲乇 賳蹖丕夭 亘賴 爻乇毓鬲 賵 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖 丿丕乇賲. 丕賱丕賳丕 丿丕乇賲 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁�. 賴賲蹖賳.
* 倬.賳1: 亘毓丿 丕夭 賲丿鬲蹖 丕蹖賳 乇蹖賵蹖賵 亘賴 趩卮賲賲 丕賮鬲丕丿 賵 丿乇丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 丕賲卮亘 禺賵丕亘賲 賳賲蹖亘乇賴 賵 丨丕賱 毓噩蹖亘蹖 (賳賴 趩賳丿丕賳 禺賵亘蹖) 丿丕乇賲貙 丕蹖賳 賲鬲賳 乇賵 丕賵賲丿賲 亘賳賵蹖爻賲 讴賴 禺賵丕賳卮 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 亘乇丕賲 蹖丕丿丌賵乇 丕亘鬲匕丕賱 丌丿賲鈥屬囏� 丿乇 賴乇 爻胤丨貙 亘乇賴賴 賵 賲爻蹖乇蹖 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖賴. 賵 丕蹖賳 蹖丕丿丕賵乇蹖 夭蹖丕丿 亘賴 賲丨鬲賵丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賲乇亘賵胤 賳蹖爻鬲 賵 亘賴 丿賳蹖丕蹖 亘蹖乇賵賳蹖 乇亘胤 丿丕乇賴貨 亘賴 鬲噩乇亘賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 丿乇 讴賳丕乇 賵 亘毓丿 丕夭 禺賵丕賳卮 丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 丿丕卮鬲賲.
November 24, 2020
讴賵賳丿乇丕 禺賵賳丿賳 賵丕賯毓丕 丨丕賱 賲蹖鈥屫�!
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘賵 趩賴丕乇 爻丕賱 倬蹖卮 禺賵賳丿賴 亘賵丿賲 賵 丕賱丕賳 丿賵亘丕乇賴 丕賵賲丿賲 爻乇丕睾卮.
讴賵賳丿乇丕 丕賳賯丿乇 賵丕乇丿 噩夭卅蹖丕鬲 丕賳爻丕賳鈥屬囏� 賲蹖鈥屫促� 賵 賲賵卮讴丕賮蹖 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 讴賴 丕诏乇 丌丿賲 賴乇 趩賳丿 爻丕賱 亘蹖丕丿 爻乇丕睾卮 亘丕夭 丿爻鬲 倬乇 亘乇 賲蹖鈥屭必囏� 趩賵賳 亘丕 鬲噩乇亘蹖丕鬲 亘蹖卮鬲乇蹖 乇賮鬲賴 倬蹖卮卮 賵 丿乇 賳鬲蹖噩賴 亘丕 鬲噩乇亘賴鈥屬囏й� 賲卮鬲乇讴 亘蹖卮鬲乇蹖 丕夭 倬蹖卮卮 亘乇賲蹖鈥屭必�.
趩賳丿氐丿丕蹖蹖 亘賵丿賳 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏ж� 賵 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 禺蹖賱蹖 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賲. 丕夭 胤乇賮蹖 卮蹖賵賴 乇賵丕蹖鬲卮 讴賴 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 丕賳诏丕乇 丿乇 匕賴賳 蹖讴 夭賳 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘賵丿 讴賴 賱亘 倬賳噩乇賴 賳卮爻鬲賴 亘賵丿 賵 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必�.
賲賵囟賵毓 讴賱蹖 讴鬲丕亘貙 賲爻卅賱賴鈥屰� 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 賵 爻乇毓鬲 亘賵丿. 丕诏乇 丿賵诏丕賳賴鈥屰� 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 賵 爻乇毓鬲 乇賵 鬲毓乇蹖賮 讴賳蹖賲貙 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗃屬� 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱卮 丿賵诏丕賳賴鈥屬囏й� 丿蹖诏乇蹖 乇賵 丿乇 夭蹖乇卮丕禺賴鈥屫ж� 賯乇丕乇 亘丿蹖賲. 賲孬賱 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖 賵 丨丕賮馗賴貙 賲孬賱 賱匕鬲 賵 乇賳噩 賵 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 賯亘蹖賱.
丿賵鬲丕 讴丕乇丕讴鬲乇 噩丕賱亘 丿丕卮鬲 丕蹖賳 乇賲丕賳 讴賴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏й� 噩丕賱亘 賵 賴蹖噩丕賳鈥屫з嗂屫槽� 賴賲 亘乇丕卮賵賳 乇禺 丿丕丿 賵 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 丿乇 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖 乇賲丕賳 亘賴 賴賲丿蹖诏賴 乇爻蹖丿賳 賵 鬲噩賱蹖 丿賵 賳賵毓 鬲賮讴乇 亘賵丿賳.
蹖讴蹖 鬲賮讴乇 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖貙 讴賴 賱匕鬲 乇賵 亘賴 丕乇賲睾丕賳 賲蹖丕乇賴 賵賱蹖 賲賲讴賳賴 亘賴 乇賳噩 禺鬲賲 亘卮賴貙 賲孬賱 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 丕倬蹖讴賵乇蹖鈥屬囏� 賲蹖鈥屭佖� 賵 鬲賵蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕夭卮賵賳 賳賯賱 賯賵賱 卮丿賴 亘賵丿貙 賱匕鬲 丿乇賵丕賯毓 丿賵乇蹖 丕夭 乇賳噩賴. 賵 丕夭 丕賵賳噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賱匕鬲 诏丕賴蹖 亘丕 乇賳噩 賴賲乇丕賴 賲蹖鈥屫促囏� 亘丕蹖丿 丿乇 賱匕鬲鈥屫ㄘ必� 賴賲 賲丨鬲丕胤 亘賵丿貨 丕诏乇 賲蹖鈥屫堌й屬� 賱匕鬲鈥屫堐� 賵丕賯毓蹖 亘丕卮蹖賲. 亘丨孬 賵 讴卮賮 丿乇亘丕乇賴鈥屰� 賲賮賴賵賲 賱匕鬲 賵 丕賳賵丕毓 賲禺鬲賱賮卮 鬲賵蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 丕賳噩丕賲 卮丿賴.
賲乇丿 丿蹖诏賴 丕賲丕 鬲噩賱蹖 爻乇毓鬲 賵 賳賲丕蹖卮 亘賵丿. 讴爻蹖 讴賴 賱匕鬲 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賳蹖賵乇丿貙 丕賲丕 亘賴 噩丕蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 亘賴 丿爻鬲 丕賵乇丿 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗀池� 亘賴 賵爻蹖賱賴 丕賵賳 禺賵丿賳賲丕蹖蹖 讴賳賴. 蹖賴 賯氐賴鈥屰� 倬乇賲丕噩乇丕 丿丕卮鬲貙 賵賱蹖 趩蹖夭蹖 丕夭 丕賵賳 賯氐賴 诏蹖乇卮 賳蹖賵賲丿賴 亘賵丿貨 亘乇毓讴爻 賲乇丿 丿蹖诏賴 讴賴 賯氐賴鈥屰� 亘丿賳丕賲蹖 丿丕卮鬲貙 丕賲丕 賱匕鬲蹖 鬲讴乇丕乇 賳卮丿賳蹖 賳氐蹖亘卮 卮丿賴 亘賵丿. 賱匕鬲蹖 讴賴 亘賴 卮讴賱 毓噩蹖亘 賵 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 鬲賵爻胤 讴賵賳丿乇丕 亘賴 蹖賴 賲賵爻蹖賯蹖 鬲卮亘蹖賴 卮丿賴貨 亘丕蹖丿 亘诏賲 讴賴 鬲賲孬蹖賱丕鬲 讴賵賳丿乇丕 賵丕賯毓丕 卮丕賴讴丕乇賳貨 賵賯鬲蹖 賲蹖丕丿 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 亘丕 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 賯蹖丕爻 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁囏� 賵 趩賴 賯蹖丕爻鈥屬囏й� 蹖讴鬲丕蹖蹖.
賲賮賴賵賲 芦乇賯氐賳丿賴禄 賴賲 鬲賲孬蹖賱 噩匕丕亘蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗀池屬� 鬲噩賱蹖鈥屫� 乇賵 丿乇 丕賵賳 賲乇丿蹖 亘亘蹖賳蹖賲 讴賴 丕夭 乇賯氐賳丿賴鈥屬囏� 亘丿卮 賲蹖賵賲丿 丕賲丕 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 禺賵丿卮 亘賴 蹖讴 乇賯氐賳丿賴 鬲亘丿蹖賱 卮丿貙 蹖讴 乇賯氐賳丿賴 亘賴 鬲賲丕賲 賲毓賳丕.
亘丕夭賲 賲蹖丕賲 爻乇丕睾鬲 丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘賽 夭蹖亘丕貨 賮毓賱丕 禺丿丕賳诏賴丿丕乇.
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘賵 趩賴丕乇 爻丕賱 倬蹖卮 禺賵賳丿賴 亘賵丿賲 賵 丕賱丕賳 丿賵亘丕乇賴 丕賵賲丿賲 爻乇丕睾卮.
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賲乇丿 丿蹖诏賴 丕賲丕 鬲噩賱蹖 爻乇毓鬲 賵 賳賲丕蹖卮 亘賵丿. 讴爻蹖 讴賴 賱匕鬲 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賳蹖賵乇丿貙 丕賲丕 亘賴 噩丕蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 亘賴 丿爻鬲 丕賵乇丿 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗀池� 亘賴 賵爻蹖賱賴 丕賵賳 禺賵丿賳賲丕蹖蹖 讴賳賴. 蹖賴 賯氐賴鈥屰� 倬乇賲丕噩乇丕 丿丕卮鬲貙 賵賱蹖 趩蹖夭蹖 丕夭 丕賵賳 賯氐賴 诏蹖乇卮 賳蹖賵賲丿賴 亘賵丿貨 亘乇毓讴爻 賲乇丿 丿蹖诏賴 讴賴 賯氐賴鈥屰� 亘丿賳丕賲蹖 丿丕卮鬲貙 丕賲丕 賱匕鬲蹖 鬲讴乇丕乇 賳卮丿賳蹖 賳氐蹖亘卮 卮丿賴 亘賵丿. 賱匕鬲蹖 讴賴 亘賴 卮讴賱 毓噩蹖亘 賵 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 鬲賵爻胤 讴賵賳丿乇丕 亘賴 蹖賴 賲賵爻蹖賯蹖 鬲卮亘蹖賴 卮丿賴貨 亘丕蹖丿 亘诏賲 讴賴 鬲賲孬蹖賱丕鬲 讴賵賳丿乇丕 賵丕賯毓丕 卮丕賴讴丕乇賳貨 賵賯鬲蹖 賲蹖丕丿 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 亘丕 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖 丿蹖诏賴 賯蹖丕爻 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁囏� 賵 趩賴 賯蹖丕爻鈥屬囏й� 蹖讴鬲丕蹖蹖.
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亘丕夭賲 賲蹖丕賲 爻乇丕睾鬲 丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘賽 夭蹖亘丕貨 賮毓賱丕 禺丿丕賳诏賴丿丕乇.
September 5, 2013
There is a secret bond between slowness and memory, between speed and forgetting. Consider this utterly commonplace situation: a man is walking down the street. At a certain moment, he tries to recall something, but the recollection escapes him. Automatically, he slows down. Meanwhile, a person who wants to forget a disagreeable incident he has just lived through starts unconsciously to speed up his space, as if he were trying to distance himself from a thing still too close to him in time.
In existential mathematics, that experience takes the form of two basic equations: the degree of slowness is directly proportional to the intensity of memory; the degree of speed is directly proportional to the intensity of forgetting.
As the first novel written in French by Milan Kundera, La Lenteur is proof that he immersed himself wholeheartedly into the Parisian lifestyle, that he embraced unreservedly his adopted country cultural heritage (see the references to eighteen century society) and its present sensibilities. The novel is only about 150 pages long and it is an exploration of pleasure (hedonism, epicurianism) and how modernity is limiting our capacity to relax and enjoy the finer things in life. Sounds serious, but the novel is anything but : frivolous, self-indulgent, ironic, irreverent, rambling and, despite the numerous aphorisms and existential equations proposed, generally lacking in seriosity. Seriosity is overrated anyway. Since the inception of the book appears to be in friendly conversations and alcoholic debates in the literary cafes of Paris, I see the best way to enjoy this novel would be to read it out loud and then dissect all its nuances and theories in the company of friends, sitting at a sidewalk table, preferably chez Les Deus Magots or Cafe Flores in St. Germain, or in the shade of Jardin de Luxembourg, idly passing the time and checking out 'les jeunes filles en fleur' passing by.
To illustrate his thesis about memory and speed, Kundera introduces two storylines, meeting across a two hundred years gap at a chateau on the Seine. The first story is a retelling of a one night stand beween the Chevalier and Madame de T., a couple of eighteen century libertines, each involved in a different relationship (Madame de T. with her husband and with her 'amant' the Marquis, the Chevalier with another woman of society), who tranform the trivial into a work of art and thus unforgettable:
By slowing the course of their night, by dividing it into different stages, each separate from the next, Madame de T. has succeeded in giving the small span of time accorded them the semblance of a marvelous little arhitecture, of a form. Imposing form on a period of time is what beauty demands, but so does memory. For what is formless cannot be grasped, or committed to memory. Conceiving their encounter as a form was especially precious for them, since their night was to have no tomorrow and could be repeated only through recollection.
The story feels familiar, and pretty soon I got confirmation, when Kundera starts to praise a book that has begun to haunt me over the past couple of months - I see references to it everywhere:
The true greatness of eighteen century art consists not in some propaganda or other for hedonism but in its analysis. That is the reason I consider Les Liaisons Dangereuses, by Choderlos de Laclos, to be one of the greatest novels of all time. Its characters are concerned only with the conquest of pleasure. Nonetheless, little by little the reader comes to see that it is less the pleasure than the conquest that attracts them. That it is not the desire for pleasure but the desire for victory that is calling the tune. That what first appears to be a merely obscene game shifts imperceptibly and ineluctably into a life-and-death struggle.
To contrast the langurous pacing of the illicit lovers thryst, the second storyline describes a present day shindig at the same chateau, witnessing a congress of entomologists and introducing the concept of 'dancer' or attention-whore. Berck is the ultimate 'dancer' embracing any cause that helps him hog the spotlight of public attention, loudly declaiming his moral integrity and his devotion to the downtrodden. Vincent professes his despise for Berck and his ilk, only to become himself a dancer as he tries to shine in the company of his friends with borrowed ideas and later strutting around in order to impress a woman he picks up at the convention. Immaculata is a reporter who tries to bask in the light of popularity emited by Berck only to be confronted with the emptiness behind his shiny facade. As a bemused and anachronic oberver of this modern fandango, Kundera introduces one of his co-nationals : a Czech academician with an unpronounceable name and a history of persecution under the Communist regime. Hilarity ensues as misunderstandings and obtuseness break down the channels of communication and love devolves into a grotesque mimicry of passion.
As morning comes, the Chevalier strolls contendenly through the gardens, all his senses atuned to the memory of passion, while Vincent jumps on his motorcycle and flies away as fast as possible from the embarassment of the night. Quod erat demonstrandum!
Both approaches are artificial / coreographed but one serves to reveal and explain, to preserve and to cherish, while the other to hide and to fake our emotions.
Why has the pleasure for slowness disappeared? Ah, where have they gone, the amblers of yesteryear? Where have they gone, those loafing heroes of folk song, those vagabonds who roam from one mill to another and bed down under the stars? Have they vanished along with footpaths, with grasslands and clearings, with nature? There is a Czech proverb that describes their easy indolence by a metaphor: "they are gazing at God's windows." A person gazing at God's windows is not bored; he is happy. In our world, indolence has turned into having nothing to do, which is a completely different thing: a person with nothing to do is frustrated, bored, is constantly searching for the activity he lacks.
Kundera has found an explanation in the discovery of photography, and consequently cinema and television, and the rise of the cult of popularity that it engendered. Our obession with actors and pop stars is explained as our need to identify with the 'elect', with the 'dancers', with the succesful and the beautiful, living life vicariously through their exploits.
When a person sees himself as elect, what can he do to prove his election, to make himself and others believe that he does not belong to the common herd? That is where the era founded on the invention of photography comes to the rescue, with its stars, its dancers, its celebrities, whose images, projected onto an enormous screen, are visible from afar by all, are admired by all, and are all beyond reach.
Proposed as the antithesis of the fake gurus of the modern media frenzy (Berck and his companions), is Denon - the author of the novella recounted here, returning me to the earlier image of the circle of friends debating everything under the sun at that sidewalk cafe:
Fame meant something different in the eighteenth century: the audience that he cared about, that he hoped to beguile, was not the mass of strangers today's writer covets but the little company of people he might know personally and respect. The pleasure he derived from success among his readers was not very different from the sort he might experience among the few listeners gathered around him in a salon where he was scintillating.
This makes the author ultimately a 'dancer' in his turn, and this novel his way of trying to impress us with his erudition, his sense of humour and his subtle observations on human nature. The result may not be as impressive as his more famous novels, being in the way of an extended essay uninterested in plot or character development, but it was enjoyable in its appeal to relax, and smell the roses. I'll let Madame de T. have the last words:
The art of conversation, the art of making love - they demand slowness, not speed. When we are too ardent, we are less subtle. When we rush to sensual pleasure, we blur all the delights along the way.
January 19, 2016
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亘丕 倬賵夭卮 丕夭 丿賵爻鬲丕賳 賽 诏乇丕賲蹖貙 賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕 丿乇 亘禺卮賽 丿蹖诏乇蹖 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 亘賴 丿乇賵賳賽 鬲禺蹖賱丕鬲賽 卮賴賵丕賳蹖賽 芦 丌倬賵賱蹖賳乇禄 賲蹖乇賴 賵 亘乇丕蹖賽 亘蹖丕賳賽 爻禺賳丕賳卮 丕夭 賴賲蹖賳 乇丕賴 賵丕乇丿 賲蹖卮賴 賵 芦 爻賵乇丕禺賽 讴賵賳 禄 乇賵 卮诏賮鬲 丕賳诏蹖夭 毓賳賵丕賳 賲蹖讴賳賴 賵 賲蹖诏賴: 賲爻賱賲 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲賴亘賱 賵 丌賱鬲 鬲賳丕爻賱蹖 夭賳貙 丕賴賲賷鬲 丿丕乇丿 鈥屫� 丕賲丕 丕賴賲賷鬲 丌賳 亘賷卮鈥屫� 噩賳亘賴 乇爻賲蹖 丿丕乇丿鈥�. 賳賯胤賴鈥屫й� 丕爻鬲 孬亘鬲鈥屫簇団€屫� 胤亘賯賴鈥屫ㄙ嗀屸€屫簇団€屫� 讴賳鬲乇賱 卮丿賴鈥屫� 鬲賮爻賷乇 卮丿賴鈥屫� 鬲卮乇賷丨 卮丿賴鈥屫� 丌夭賲丕賷卮 卮丿賴鈥屫� 亘丕夭乇爻蹖 卮丿賴鈥屫� 鬲噩賱賷賱 卮丿賴 賵 爻鬲賵丿賴鈥屫� 賳丕夭賽 夭賳丕賳賴 貙貙 鬲賯丕胤毓 卮賱賵睾蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲丨賱 亘乇禺賵乇丿 亘卮乇賷鬲 倬乇 賯賷賱鈥屬堚€屬傌з� 丕爻鬲鈥�. 鬲賵賳賱蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賳爻賱鈥屬囏� 賷讴蹖 倬爻鈥屫ж� 丿賷诏乇蹖 丕夭 丌賳 賲蹖诏匕乇賳丿鈥�. 賮賯胤 丕丨賲賯鈥屬囏� 賲賲讴賳 丕爻鬲 亘丕賵乇 讴賳賳丿 讴賴 趩賳賷賳 噩丕賷蹖鈥屫� 讴賴 丿乇鈥屬堌з傌� 芦鈥屫官呝堎呟屸€屫辟娰嗏€屄� 噩丕 丕爻鬲鈥屫� 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 賲丨乇賲丕賳賴 亘丕卮丿鈥屫� 鬲賳賴丕 噩丕蹖 賵丕賯毓丕賸 賲丨乇賲丕賳賴鈥屫� 讴賴 丌賳鈥屬傌� 賲賲賳賵毓 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丨鬲蹖 賮賷賱賲鈥屬囏й� 倬賵乇賳賵 賴賲 丕夭 丌賳 乇賵 亘乇 賲蹖鈥屭必з嗁嗀€屫� 芦 爻賵乇丕禺 讴賵賳禄 丕爻鬲鈥�... 丿乇賷趩賴 亘乇賷賳鈥屫� 亘乇賷賳 丕夭 丌賳 乇賵 讴賴 丕夭 賴賲賴 丕爻乇丕乇鈥屫①呝娯测€屫� 賵 賳賴丕賳蹖鈥屫� 丕爻鬲
丿賵爻鬲丕賳賽 诏乇丕賲蹖貙 趩賳丕賳趩賴 毓賱丕賯賴 丿丕乇蹖丿 亘丕 賳賵毓賽 賳賵卮鬲賳 賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕貙 丌卮賳丕 亘卮蹖丿 賲賳 賴賲蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賽 芦 亘丕乇 賴爻鬲蹖禄 乇賵 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 賲蹖讴賳賲
倬蹖乇賵夭 亘丕卮蹖丿 賵 丕蹖乇丕賳蹖
丿乇 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘丕乇賴丕 丕夭 丕氐胤賱丕丨賽 芦 乇賯丕氐禄 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 卮丿賴 讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丕氐賵賱賽 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴爻鬲卮
丿乇 亘禺卮蹖 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲蹖賳賵蹖爻丿: 亘賳丕鈥屫ㄙ� 诏賮鬲賴 芦倬賵賳鬲賵賻賳禄 丕夭 賷讴 爻賵 賴賲賴 爻賷丕爻鬲賲丿丕乇丕賳 丕賲乇賵夭讴賲蹖 乇賯丕氐 賴爻鬲賳丿 賵 丕夭 爻賵蹖 丿賷诏乇鈥屫� 賴賲賴 乇賯丕氐鈥屬囏� 賴賲 丿乇 丕賲賵乇 爻賷丕爻蹖 丿禺丕賱鬲 賲蹖讴賳賳丿貙 丕賲丕 丕賷賳 丕賲乇 賳亘丕賷丿 亘丕毓孬 卮賵丿 讴賴 賲丕 丕賷賳 丿賵 诏乇賵賴 乇丕 亘丕 賴賲 毓賵囟蹖 亘诏賷乇賷賲鈥�... 乇賯丕氐 丕夭 丕賷賳 賳馗乇 丕夭 爻賷丕爻鬲賲丿丕乇 賲鬲賲丕賷夭 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賴丿賮 賵蹖 賳賴 讴爻亘 賯丿乇鬲鈥屸€屫� 亘賱讴賴 讴爻亘 丕賮鬲禺丕乇 丕爻鬲鈥�. 丕賵 爻毓蹖 賳賲蹖讴賳丿 讴賴 賷讴 賳馗賲 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 乇丕 亘賴 噩賴丕賳 鬲丨賲賷賱 讴賳丿鈥屸€屫� 亘賱讴賴 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 丌賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 鬲賲丕賲 氐丨賳賴 乇丕 亘丕 芦鈥屬呝嗁愨€屄� 禺賵丿 乇賵卮賳 爻丕夭丿鈥�
亘丕 倬賵夭卮 丕夭 丿賵爻鬲丕賳 賽 诏乇丕賲蹖貙 賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕 丿乇 亘禺卮賽 丿蹖诏乇蹖 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 亘賴 丿乇賵賳賽 鬲禺蹖賱丕鬲賽 卮賴賵丕賳蹖賽 芦 丌倬賵賱蹖賳乇禄 賲蹖乇賴 賵 亘乇丕蹖賽 亘蹖丕賳賽 爻禺賳丕賳卮 丕夭 賴賲蹖賳 乇丕賴 賵丕乇丿 賲蹖卮賴 賵 芦 爻賵乇丕禺賽 讴賵賳 禄 乇賵 卮诏賮鬲 丕賳诏蹖夭 毓賳賵丕賳 賲蹖讴賳賴 賵 賲蹖诏賴: 賲爻賱賲 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲賴亘賱 賵 丌賱鬲 鬲賳丕爻賱蹖 夭賳貙 丕賴賲賷鬲 丿丕乇丿 鈥屫� 丕賲丕 丕賴賲賷鬲 丌賳 亘賷卮鈥屫� 噩賳亘賴 乇爻賲蹖 丿丕乇丿鈥�. 賳賯胤賴鈥屫й� 丕爻鬲 孬亘鬲鈥屫簇団€屫� 胤亘賯賴鈥屫ㄙ嗀屸€屫簇団€屫� 讴賳鬲乇賱 卮丿賴鈥屫� 鬲賮爻賷乇 卮丿賴鈥屫� 鬲卮乇賷丨 卮丿賴鈥屫� 丌夭賲丕賷卮 卮丿賴鈥屫� 亘丕夭乇爻蹖 卮丿賴鈥屫� 鬲噩賱賷賱 卮丿賴 賵 爻鬲賵丿賴鈥屫� 賳丕夭賽 夭賳丕賳賴 貙貙 鬲賯丕胤毓 卮賱賵睾蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲丨賱 亘乇禺賵乇丿 亘卮乇賷鬲 倬乇 賯賷賱鈥屬堚€屬傌з� 丕爻鬲鈥�. 鬲賵賳賱蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賳爻賱鈥屬囏� 賷讴蹖 倬爻鈥屫ж� 丿賷诏乇蹖 丕夭 丌賳 賲蹖诏匕乇賳丿鈥�. 賮賯胤 丕丨賲賯鈥屬囏� 賲賲讴賳 丕爻鬲 亘丕賵乇 讴賳賳丿 讴賴 趩賳賷賳 噩丕賷蹖鈥屫� 讴賴 丿乇鈥屬堌з傌� 芦鈥屫官呝堎呟屸€屫辟娰嗏€屄� 噩丕 丕爻鬲鈥屫� 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳丿 賲丨乇賲丕賳賴 亘丕卮丿鈥屫� 鬲賳賴丕 噩丕蹖 賵丕賯毓丕賸 賲丨乇賲丕賳賴鈥屫� 讴賴 丌賳鈥屬傌� 賲賲賳賵毓 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丨鬲蹖 賮賷賱賲鈥屬囏й� 倬賵乇賳賵 賴賲 丕夭 丌賳 乇賵 亘乇 賲蹖鈥屭必з嗁嗀€屫� 芦 爻賵乇丕禺 讴賵賳禄 丕爻鬲鈥�... 丿乇賷趩賴 亘乇賷賳鈥屫� 亘乇賷賳 丕夭 丌賳 乇賵 讴賴 丕夭 賴賲賴 丕爻乇丕乇鈥屫①呝娯测€屫� 賵 賳賴丕賳蹖鈥屫� 丕爻鬲
丿賵爻鬲丕賳賽 诏乇丕賲蹖貙 趩賳丕賳趩賴 毓賱丕賯賴 丿丕乇蹖丿 亘丕 賳賵毓賽 賳賵卮鬲賳 賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕貙 丌卮賳丕 亘卮蹖丿 賲賳 賴賲蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 蹖丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賽 芦 亘丕乇 賴爻鬲蹖禄 乇賵 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 賲蹖讴賳賲
倬蹖乇賵夭 亘丕卮蹖丿 賵 丕蹖乇丕賳蹖
January 27, 2023
賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 趩胤賵乇蹖 丿乇 丕蹖乇丕賳 趩丕倬 卮丿賴貙 趩賵賳 賳爻禺賴鈥屰� 趩丕倬蹖 乇賵 賳禺賵賳丿賲 丕賲丕 賲胤賲卅賳賲 讴賴 禺賵賳丿賳 賳爻禺賴鈥屰� 趩丕倬 卮丿賴 丿乇 丕蹖乇丕賳 蹖讴 讴鬲丕亘 噩丿蹖丿 賴爻鬲 亘丕 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏蹖 賲鬲乇噩賲 賵 爻丕賳爻賵乇趩蹖 賵 賯胤毓丕 讴賵賳丿乇丕 丕賵賳 乇賵 诏乇丿賳 賳賲蹖诏蹖乇賴貙 丕蹖賳 丕夭 賲胤賱亘 丕賵賱. 丕诏賴 亘禺賵丕賲 賮賱爻賮賴鈥屰� 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 丕夭 丿蹖丿 禺賵丿賲 丿乇 趩賳丿 讴賱賲賴 禺賱丕氐賴 讴賳賲貙 丕蹖賳 讴賱賲丕鬲 乇賵 賲蹖鬲賵賳賲 亘诏賲: 賱匕鬲貙 爻乇毓鬲貙 鬲乇爻 賵 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖. 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕夭 趩賳丿 乇賵丕蹖鬲 噩丿丕诏丕賳賴 鬲卮讴蹖賱 卮丿賴 讴賴 丿乇 賳賴丕蹖鬲 亘賴 賴賲 倬蹖賵賳丿 賲蹖禺賵乇賳丿 賵 讴賵賳丿乇丕 爻毓蹖 賲蹖讴賳賴 賳馗乇丕鬲 禺賵丿卮 乇賵 亘丕 鬲讴蹖賴 亘乇 丕倬蹖讴賵乇蹖爻賲 賴賲乇丕賴 亘丕 倬蹖卮亘乇丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘蹖丕賳 讴賳賴. 賵賱蹖 丕賳鬲馗丕乇 賲賳 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘賵丿.賴
丕夭 賲鬲賳 讴鬲丕亘:
丿乇噩賴 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 鬲賳丕爻亘 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 亘丕 丨囟賵乇 匕賴賳 丿丕乇丿 賵 丿乇噩賴 卮鬲丕亘 鬲賳丕爻亘 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 亘丕 卮丿鬲 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖
丕夭 賲鬲賳 讴鬲丕亘:
丿乇噩賴 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 鬲賳丕爻亘 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 亘丕 丨囟賵乇 匕賴賳 丿丕乇丿 賵 丿乇噩賴 卮鬲丕亘 鬲賳丕爻亘 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 亘丕 卮丿鬲 賮乇丕賲賵卮蹖
December 8, 2022
So many things about this book didn't make any sense to me, I suppose that's one of Kundera's trademarks but it just annoyed me this time. It was like a badly made soup, some of the components were beautiful but absolutely didn't fit well with the overall structure. Early in the book there's a beautiful metaphor about a resonating seashell, but the book itself was like that seashell in reverse, you hold the seashell to your ear hoping to hear something beautiful, but then unbeknownst to you, a cephalopod crawls out and squirts dark ink, possibly even damaging your ear.
The dancer theory proposed in the book completely flew over my head. If you were to ask me what Kundera meant by a 'dancer', I'd have absolutely no idea except that he performs for an invisible audience. I understood that the story took place at some weird phantasmagorical intersections of time across different centuries, but I found myself lost at these intersections, not knowing which path to take.
When things happen too fast, nobody can be certain about anything, about anything at all, not even about himself.
I'm not sure if things happened too fast or too slowly in this book, but I'm definitely uncertain about all of it. Except that Kundera seems to have been obsessed with nudity and buttholes
The dancer theory proposed in the book completely flew over my head. If you were to ask me what Kundera meant by a 'dancer', I'd have absolutely no idea except that he performs for an invisible audience. I understood that the story took place at some weird phantasmagorical intersections of time across different centuries, but I found myself lost at these intersections, not knowing which path to take.
When things happen too fast, nobody can be certain about anything, about anything at all, not even about himself.
I'm not sure if things happened too fast or too slowly in this book, but I'm definitely uncertain about all of it. Except that Kundera seems to have been obsessed with nudity and buttholes
July 18, 2023
賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 亘賮賱爻賮鬲賴 丕賱睾丕賲囟丞 賷丿毓賵 賱賱丕賳毓鬲丕賯 賲賳 毓亘丕丿丞 丕賱爻乇毓丞 賵丕賱鬲賳毓賲 亘丨賱丕賵丞 丕賱亘胤亍 毓賳 胤乇賷賯 賯氐鬲賷賷 丨亘貙
賯氐丞 丨亘 爻乇賷毓丞 丕賱丕賷賯丕毓 賮賷 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱丨丕丿賷 賵丕賱毓卮乇賷賳
賵賯氐丞 丨亘 賴丕丿卅丞 亘胤賷卅丞 鬲噩乇賴丕 毓乇亘丞 禺賷賵賱 賮賷 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱孬丕賲賳 毓卮乇
賯氐丞 丨亘 爻乇賷毓丞 丕賱丕賷賯丕毓 賮賷 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱丨丕丿賷 賵丕賱毓卮乇賷賳
賵賯氐丞 丨亘 賴丕丿卅丞 亘胤賷卅丞 鬲噩乇賴丕 毓乇亘丞 禺賷賵賱 賮賷 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱孬丕賲賳 毓卮乇
November 7, 2014
賵丿賾 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賱賵 毓丕卮 賮賶 丕賱毓氐賭賵乇 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞貙 毓賳丿賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱賮囟賷賱丞 丕賱兀賴賲 賴賶 丕賱亘胤亍 賵丕賱乇賵賷賾丞 .. 賷亘丿賵 兀賳賴 丨丕賳賯賹 毓賱賶 兀賷丕賲 丕賱爻乇毓丞 賴匕賴貙 賵賴賵 賱丕 賷禺賮賶 丨賳賯賴 賴匕丕 賮賷賰鬲亘 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 鬲賲噩賷丿賸丕 賱賱亘胤亍..
毓賱丕賯鬲丕賳 毓丕胤賮賷鬲丕賳 賲鬲賵丕夭賷鬲丕賳 : 丕賱兀賵賱賶 亘胤賷卅丞 賴丕丿卅丞貙 賵鬲丨丿孬 賮賶 丕賱賯賭乇賳 丕賱孬丕賲賳 毓卮賭乇 亘賷賳 賰賵賳鬲賷爻賾丞 賲丕 賵賮丕乇爻賺 卮噩丕毓貙 賵丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 爻乇賷毓丞 毓噩賵賱丞 賵爻丕禺乇丞貙 賵鬲丨丿孬 賮賶 賳賴丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱賲丕囟賶 ..
賷鬲賯丕亘賱 丕賱毓丕卮賯丕賳 毓賳丿 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賱賷賱丞 賱賷賯賵賱 丕賱賮丕乇爻 : "賱賯丿 賯囟賷鬲購 賱賷賱丞 乇丕卅毓丞" 賮賷噩賷亘賴 丕賱毓丕卮賯 丕賱丌禺賭乇 : "賵兀賳丕 兀賷囟賸丕 賯囟賷鬲購 賱賷賱丞 乇丕卅毓丞" .. 賵賮賶 噩賲賱鬲賴賲丕 賴匕賴 賷鬲亘丕丿賱丕賳 丕賱孬賯丕賮丞 賵丕賱夭賲賳 ..
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰賲丕 賯賱賳丕 賮賶 鬲賲噩賷丿 丕賱亘胤亍貙 兀賶 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶貙 賵賱賰賳賴丕貙 賲毓 匕賱賰貙 兀馗賴賭乇鬲 乇賵毓丞 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 丕賱爻乇賷毓丞 丕賱毓丕亘乇丞 賵鬲丨乇乇賴丕 賲賳 賰賱 卮卅 ..
賮賯乇丞 丕賱鬲賯丕亍 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳丿 丨賲丕賲 丕賱爻亘丕丨丞 賰丕賳鬲 賲賳 兀噩賲賱 賲丕 賯乇兀鬲購 賮賶 丨賷丕鬲賶貙 賵賵囟丨鬲貙 賲乇丞 兀禺賭乇賶貙 賯丿乇丞 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 丕賱賲匕賴賱丞 毓賱賶 乇爻賲 賵鬲丨乇賷賰 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴 賮賶 丨賷夭賺 囟賷賯 賱鬲氐賳毓 爻賵賳丕鬲丕 賲亘賴乇丞 ..
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴賶 賯乇丕亍鬲賶 丕賱孬丕賲賳丞 賮賶 賲卮賵丕乇 賰賵賳丿賷賭乇丕 丕賱兀丿亘賶貙 賵賲丨胤丞 賷噩亘 丕賱賲乇賵乇 亘賴賭丕 ...
毓賱丕賯鬲丕賳 毓丕胤賮賷鬲丕賳 賲鬲賵丕夭賷鬲丕賳 : 丕賱兀賵賱賶 亘胤賷卅丞 賴丕丿卅丞貙 賵鬲丨丿孬 賮賶 丕賱賯賭乇賳 丕賱孬丕賲賳 毓卮賭乇 亘賷賳 賰賵賳鬲賷爻賾丞 賲丕 賵賮丕乇爻賺 卮噩丕毓貙 賵丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 爻乇賷毓丞 毓噩賵賱丞 賵爻丕禺乇丞貙 賵鬲丨丿孬 賮賶 賳賴丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱賲丕囟賶 ..
賷鬲賯丕亘賱 丕賱毓丕卮賯丕賳 毓賳丿 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賱賷賱丞 賱賷賯賵賱 丕賱賮丕乇爻 : "賱賯丿 賯囟賷鬲購 賱賷賱丞 乇丕卅毓丞" 賮賷噩賷亘賴 丕賱毓丕卮賯 丕賱丌禺賭乇 : "賵兀賳丕 兀賷囟賸丕 賯囟賷鬲購 賱賷賱丞 乇丕卅毓丞" .. 賵賮賶 噩賲賱鬲賴賲丕 賴匕賴 賷鬲亘丕丿賱丕賳 丕賱孬賯丕賮丞 賵丕賱夭賲賳 ..
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰賲丕 賯賱賳丕 賮賶 鬲賲噩賷丿 丕賱亘胤亍貙 兀賶 丕賱毓賱丕賯丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶貙 賵賱賰賳賴丕貙 賲毓 匕賱賰貙 兀馗賴賭乇鬲 乇賵毓丞 丕賱毓賱丕賯丕鬲 丕賱爻乇賷毓丞 丕賱毓丕亘乇丞 賵鬲丨乇乇賴丕 賲賳 賰賱 卮卅 ..
賮賯乇丞 丕賱鬲賯丕亍 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳丿 丨賲丕賲 丕賱爻亘丕丨丞 賰丕賳鬲 賲賳 兀噩賲賱 賲丕 賯乇兀鬲購 賮賶 丨賷丕鬲賶貙 賵賵囟丨鬲貙 賲乇丞 兀禺賭乇賶貙 賯丿乇丞 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 丕賱賲匕賴賱丞 毓賱賶 乇爻賲 賵鬲丨乇賷賰 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴 賮賶 丨賷夭賺 囟賷賯 賱鬲氐賳毓 爻賵賳丕鬲丕 賲亘賴乇丞 ..
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴賶 賯乇丕亍鬲賶 丕賱孬丕賲賳丞 賮賶 賲卮賵丕乇 賰賵賳丿賷賭乇丕 丕賱兀丿亘賶貙 賵賲丨胤丞 賷噩亘 丕賱賲乇賵乇 亘賴賭丕 ...
November 15, 2011
兀禺卮賶 兀賳賷 鬲丨賵賾賱鬲 廿賱賶 賯丕乇卅丞 "氐賵賮賷賾丞" 賱賰賱 賲丕 賷賰鬲亘賴 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕貙 賯乇兀鬲購 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 亘賲鬲毓丞 兀孬丕乇鬲賿 丕爻鬲睾乇丕亘賷貙 丕賱賲鬲毓丞 兀賲乇賹 賳爻亘賷 賮毓賱丕貙 兀鬲爻丕亍賱 賰賲 賯丕乇卅丕 爻賷毓丕賳賷 "丕賱囟噩乇" 賵賴賵 賷賯乇兀 "丕賱亘胤亍" 責
賮鬲賳丞購 丕賱亘胤亍 貙 兀賵 丕賱丕爻鬲乇禺丕亍貙 兀賵 "鬲兀賲賱 賳賵丕賮匕 丕賱賱賴" 賰賲丕 賷賯賵賱 賲孬賱賹 鬲卮賷賰賷貙 賴賵 兀丨丿 毓賱丕卅賲 丕賱爻毓丕丿丞 ..
兀賲丕 丕賱爻乇毓丞貙 賮賴賷貙 馗賲兀 賱丕 賷乇鬲賵賷貙 馗賲兀 賱賱賲丨賵 賵丕賱賳爻賷丕賳 ..
賴匕賴 毓亘丕乇丕鬲 兀毓噩亘鬲賳賷
- 賮賷 丕賱賵丕賯毓貙 賴賳丕賰 丨丕賱丞 賷賰賵賳 賮賷賴丕 丕賱氐賵鬲 丕賱兀卮丿 囟毓賮丕 賲爻賲賵毓丕 賵匕賱賰 毓賳丿賲丕 賷賳胤賯 亘兀賮賰丕乇 鬲夭毓噩賳丕.
- 賱丕 卮賷亍 兀賰孬乇 廿賴丕賳丞 賲賳 毓丿賲 廿賷噩丕丿 廿噩丕亘丞 噩丕乇丨丞 賰乇丿 毓賱賶 賴噩賵賲 噩丕乇丨.
- 賴賱 賳丨賳 噩賲賷毓丕貙 賮賷 卮乇賰 賵丕丨丿貙 賲鬲賮丕噩卅賵賳 亘毓丕賱賲 鬲丨賵賱 鬲丨鬲 兀賯丿丕賲賳丕 毓賱賶 丨賷賳 睾乇丞 廿賱賶 賲爻乇丨 賱丕 賲禺乇噩 賱賴責
- 爻毓賷丿丞 賱兀賳賴丕 兀丨囟乇鬲 賲毓賴丕 孬賵亘丕 兀亘賷囟 丕賱賱賵賳貙 賱賵賳 丕賱夭賵丕噩貙 賮賴賷 鬲卮毓乇 兀賳賴丕 爻鬲毓賷卮 賷賵賲 丕賱夭賮丕賮貙 夭賮丕賮丕 賲賯賱賵亘丕貙 夭賮丕賮丕 鬲乇丕噩賷丿賷丕 丿賵賳 夭賵噩
- 鬲鬲賳丕爻亘 丿乇噩丞 丕賱爻乇毓丞 胤乇丿丕 賲毓 賰孬丕賮丞 丕賱賳爻賷丕賳
賮鬲賳丞購 丕賱亘胤亍 貙 兀賵 丕賱丕爻鬲乇禺丕亍貙 兀賵 "鬲兀賲賱 賳賵丕賮匕 丕賱賱賴" 賰賲丕 賷賯賵賱 賲孬賱賹 鬲卮賷賰賷貙 賴賵 兀丨丿 毓賱丕卅賲 丕賱爻毓丕丿丞 ..
兀賲丕 丕賱爻乇毓丞貙 賮賴賷貙 馗賲兀 賱丕 賷乇鬲賵賷貙 馗賲兀 賱賱賲丨賵 賵丕賱賳爻賷丕賳 ..
賴匕賴 毓亘丕乇丕鬲 兀毓噩亘鬲賳賷
- 賮賷 丕賱賵丕賯毓貙 賴賳丕賰 丨丕賱丞 賷賰賵賳 賮賷賴丕 丕賱氐賵鬲 丕賱兀卮丿 囟毓賮丕 賲爻賲賵毓丕 賵匕賱賰 毓賳丿賲丕 賷賳胤賯 亘兀賮賰丕乇 鬲夭毓噩賳丕.
- 賱丕 卮賷亍 兀賰孬乇 廿賴丕賳丞 賲賳 毓丿賲 廿賷噩丕丿 廿噩丕亘丞 噩丕乇丨丞 賰乇丿 毓賱賶 賴噩賵賲 噩丕乇丨.
- 賴賱 賳丨賳 噩賲賷毓丕貙 賮賷 卮乇賰 賵丕丨丿貙 賲鬲賮丕噩卅賵賳 亘毓丕賱賲 鬲丨賵賱 鬲丨鬲 兀賯丿丕賲賳丕 毓賱賶 丨賷賳 睾乇丞 廿賱賶 賲爻乇丨 賱丕 賲禺乇噩 賱賴責
- 爻毓賷丿丞 賱兀賳賴丕 兀丨囟乇鬲 賲毓賴丕 孬賵亘丕 兀亘賷囟 丕賱賱賵賳貙 賱賵賳 丕賱夭賵丕噩貙 賮賴賷 鬲卮毓乇 兀賳賴丕 爻鬲毓賷卮 賷賵賲 丕賱夭賮丕賮貙 夭賮丕賮丕 賲賯賱賵亘丕貙 夭賮丕賮丕 鬲乇丕噩賷丿賷丕 丿賵賳 夭賵噩
- 鬲鬲賳丕爻亘 丿乇噩丞 丕賱爻乇毓丞 胤乇丿丕 賲毓 賰孬丕賮丞 丕賱賳爻賷丕賳
January 18, 2015
丨賯賷賯丞 賱丕 兀毓乇賮 賲丕匕丕 賰賳鬲 兀賳鬲馗乇 賲噩丿丿賸丕 賲賳 賲孬賱 賴匕丕 丕賱賲毓鬲賵賴
兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳賴 賷爻鬲賲鬲毓 亘賲孬賱 賴匕賴 丕賱兀賮丕毓賷賱
賴賵 賲丨鬲乇賮 賱賱睾丕賷丞 丨賯賷賯丞
賱賰賳 賮賷 廿賮爻丕丿 賰賱 賲丕 賴賵 噩賲賷賱
賴賵 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 廿匕賳
丕賱乇賵丕卅賷賾 丕賱毓賲賷賯
匕賵 丕賱乇丐賷丞 丕賱賮賱爻賮賷丞 賵丕賱賳馗乇丞 丕賱鬲兀賲賱賷丞 賵亘賱丕 亘賱丕 亘賱丕.. 廿賱賶 匕賱賰 賲賳 賲孬賱 賴匕丕 丕賱禺乇丕亍
兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳 賴匕賴 賴賷 鬲噩乇亘鬲賷 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 賲毓賴
賰賮丕賳丕 禺乇丕亍
兀賳丕 毓賳 賳賮爻賷 丕賰鬲賮賷鬲 賲賳賴 賱賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賲
賰丕賱毓丕丿丞貙 賷亘鬲丿卅 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 亘賯氐丞 亘爻賷胤丞
賵賷乇亘胤賴丕 亘賮賰乇丞 賮賱爻賮賷丞貙 賱丕 賱卮卅貙 賲賳 乇兀賷賷 亘丕賱胤亘毓貙 廿賱丕 賱賷噩匕亘 亘賴丕 丕賱賯丕乇卅 丕賱賲鬲丨賲爻
賱鬲噩丿賴 賲賳 亘毓丿 匕賱賰 賷爻鬲賲乇 賮賷 毓賲賱賴 丕賱賲毓鬲丕丿 賵禺乇丕卅賴 丕賱賲毓賴賵丿 賵賴賵 : 丕賱賵氐賮 孬賲 丕賱賵氐賮 孬賲 丕賱賵氐賮
賵氐賮 兀賷 卮卅 丨賯賷賯丞貙 賱丕 賷賴購賲 賲丕匕丕 賷氐賮
丕賱賲賴賲 兀賳賴 賷賯賳毓賰 亘賯丿乇鬲賴 丕賱噩亘丕乇丞 毓賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賮毓賱
賱賷氐亘賳丕 賳丨賳 亘丕賱卮賱賱 賵丕賱賲賱賱
賴丕 賴賳丕 丕禺鬲丕乇 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賮賰乇丞 噩賲賷賱丞 賱賱睾丕賷丞 賱胤丕賱賲丕 丕賴鬲賲賲鬲 亘丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 毓賳賴丕
賵賴賷 賮賰乇丞 丕賱賱匕丞貙 丕賱鬲賲鬲毓貙 丕賯鬲賳丕氐 丕賱賱丨馗丞
賵乇丐賷鬲賴 毓賳 賰賷賮賷丞 丕賱鬲賲鬲毓 丕賱鬲丕賲 亘賴匕賴 丕賱賱匕丞
毓賳 胤乇賷賯 賮賰乇丞 : 丕賱亘胤亍
賮賷賯賵賱 賱賰 兀賳 丕賱亘胤亍 賴賵 丕賱爻亘賷賱 丕賱匕賷 賷鬲禺匕賴 賲賳 賷賴賵賶 兀賳 賷爻鬲賲鬲毓 亘賱丨馗丞 賲丕
兀賵 丕賯鬲賳丕氐 賮賰乇丞 賲丕
兀賵 鬲匕賰乇 賱丨馗丞 賲丕
賵賴賵 丨鬲賶 丕賱丌賳 賱丕 噩丿丕賱 毓賱賶 兀賳賴 兀亘丿毓
賷氐賮 亘毓丿賴丕 賮賰乇丞 丕賱賲賳賮毓丞 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞
賵賱卮丿 賲丕 兀毓噩亘賳賷 鬲賵氐賷賮賴 賱賮賱爻賮丞 兀亘賷賯賵乇 丕賱賳賮毓賷丞-毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 毓丿賲 丿賯鬲賴丕 賰匕賱賰貙 賰毓丕丿鬲賴 亘丕賱胤亘毓- 賱卮丿 賲丕 爻丕亍賳賷 賲賳 孬賲 囟賷丕毓 丕賱賮賰乇丞 賵禺賵囟賴 賮賷 爻乇丿 賯氐氐賴
賵賴賷 賱賱毓噩亘 毓賱賶 賳賮爻 丕賱賳賲胤 丕賱匕賷 賯乇兀鬲賴 賮賷 乇賵丕賷鬲賷賴 丕賱爻丕亘賯鬲賷賳
丨爻賳賸丕 賷丕 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕
賰賮丕賰 亘胤亍賸
乇賵丕賷丞 爻賷卅丞 賰丕賱毓丕丿丞
賱賰賳 兀馗賳賳賷 賯乇兀鬲 丕賱兀爻賵兀 賲賳賴丕
兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳賴 賷爻鬲賲鬲毓 亘賲孬賱 賴匕賴 丕賱兀賮丕毓賷賱
賴賵 賲丨鬲乇賮 賱賱睾丕賷丞 丨賯賷賯丞
賱賰賳 賮賷 廿賮爻丕丿 賰賱 賲丕 賴賵 噩賲賷賱
賴賵 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 廿匕賳
丕賱乇賵丕卅賷賾 丕賱毓賲賷賯
匕賵 丕賱乇丐賷丞 丕賱賮賱爻賮賷丞 賵丕賱賳馗乇丞 丕賱鬲兀賲賱賷丞 賵亘賱丕 亘賱丕 亘賱丕.. 廿賱賶 匕賱賰 賲賳 賲孬賱 賴匕丕 丕賱禺乇丕亍
兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳 賴匕賴 賴賷 鬲噩乇亘鬲賷 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 賲毓賴
賰賮丕賳丕 禺乇丕亍
兀賳丕 毓賳 賳賮爻賷 丕賰鬲賮賷鬲 賲賳賴 賱賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賲
賰丕賱毓丕丿丞貙 賷亘鬲丿卅 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 亘賯氐丞 亘爻賷胤丞
賵賷乇亘胤賴丕 亘賮賰乇丞 賮賱爻賮賷丞貙 賱丕 賱卮卅貙 賲賳 乇兀賷賷 亘丕賱胤亘毓貙 廿賱丕 賱賷噩匕亘 亘賴丕 丕賱賯丕乇卅 丕賱賲鬲丨賲爻
賱鬲噩丿賴 賲賳 亘毓丿 匕賱賰 賷爻鬲賲乇 賮賷 毓賲賱賴 丕賱賲毓鬲丕丿 賵禺乇丕卅賴 丕賱賲毓賴賵丿 賵賴賵 : 丕賱賵氐賮 孬賲 丕賱賵氐賮 孬賲 丕賱賵氐賮
賵氐賮 兀賷 卮卅 丨賯賷賯丞貙 賱丕 賷賴購賲 賲丕匕丕 賷氐賮
丕賱賲賴賲 兀賳賴 賷賯賳毓賰 亘賯丿乇鬲賴 丕賱噩亘丕乇丞 毓賱賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賮毓賱
賱賷氐亘賳丕 賳丨賳 亘丕賱卮賱賱 賵丕賱賲賱賱
賴丕 賴賳丕 丕禺鬲丕乇 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕 賮賰乇丞 噩賲賷賱丞 賱賱睾丕賷丞 賱胤丕賱賲丕 丕賴鬲賲賲鬲 亘丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 毓賳賴丕
賵賴賷 賮賰乇丞 丕賱賱匕丞貙 丕賱鬲賲鬲毓貙 丕賯鬲賳丕氐 丕賱賱丨馗丞
賵乇丐賷鬲賴 毓賳 賰賷賮賷丞 丕賱鬲賲鬲毓 丕賱鬲丕賲 亘賴匕賴 丕賱賱匕丞
毓賳 胤乇賷賯 賮賰乇丞 : 丕賱亘胤亍
賮賷賯賵賱 賱賰 兀賳 丕賱亘胤亍 賴賵 丕賱爻亘賷賱 丕賱匕賷 賷鬲禺匕賴 賲賳 賷賴賵賶 兀賳 賷爻鬲賲鬲毓 亘賱丨馗丞 賲丕
兀賵 丕賯鬲賳丕氐 賮賰乇丞 賲丕
兀賵 鬲匕賰乇 賱丨馗丞 賲丕
賵賴賵 丨鬲賶 丕賱丌賳 賱丕 噩丿丕賱 毓賱賶 兀賳賴 兀亘丿毓
賷氐賮 亘毓丿賴丕 賮賰乇丞 丕賱賲賳賮毓丞 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞
賵賱卮丿 賲丕 兀毓噩亘賳賷 鬲賵氐賷賮賴 賱賮賱爻賮丞 兀亘賷賯賵乇 丕賱賳賮毓賷丞-毓賱賶 丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 毓丿賲 丿賯鬲賴丕 賰匕賱賰貙 賰毓丕丿鬲賴 亘丕賱胤亘毓- 賱卮丿 賲丕 爻丕亍賳賷 賲賳 孬賲 囟賷丕毓 丕賱賮賰乇丞 賵禺賵囟賴 賮賷 爻乇丿 賯氐氐賴
賵賴賷 賱賱毓噩亘 毓賱賶 賳賮爻 丕賱賳賲胤 丕賱匕賷 賯乇兀鬲賴 賮賷 乇賵丕賷鬲賷賴 丕賱爻丕亘賯鬲賷賳
丨爻賳賸丕 賷丕 賰賵賳丿賷乇丕
賰賮丕賰 亘胤亍賸
乇賵丕賷丞 爻賷卅丞 賰丕賱毓丕丿丞
賱賰賳 兀馗賳賳賷 賯乇兀鬲 丕賱兀爻賵兀 賲賳賴丕
March 15, 2022
丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 丕賮讴丕乇 亘乇賴賳賴鈥屰� 賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕 乇丕 亘賴 鬲賲丕卮丕 賲蹖鈥屬嗀篡屬嗃屬�. 丕賮讴丕乇蹖 讴賴 賯氐丿 丿丕乇丿 賲乇夭賴丕 賵 鬲丕亘賵賴丕蹖 賲賵噩賵丿 乇丕 丿乇 賴賲 卮讴賳丿 賵 亘賴 丿賵乇 丕夭 賴乇 诏賵賳賴 爻丕賳爻賵乇蹖 鬲乇丕賵卮丕鬲卮 乇丕 亘乇 乇賵蹖 讴丕睾匕 亘蹖丕賵乇丿. 亘賴 讴賱賲丕鬲蹖 讴賴 讴賵賳丿乇丕 亘賴 讴丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ必� 禺乇丿賴 賳賲蹖鈥屭屫辟� 趩乇丕 讴賴 賴丿賮 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿賴 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賴乇趩賴 賲蹖鈥屫堌з囏� 亘诏賵蹖丿 賵 賲丨丿賵丿蹖鬲蹖 丕丨爻丕爻 賳讴賳丿. 賴乇趩賳丿 丕夭 丿蹖丿 賲賳 鬲丕亘賵卮讴賳蹖 亘賴 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 丕夭 讴賱賲丕鬲 噩賳爻蹖 賳蹖爻鬲.
讴賵賳丿乇丕 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 卮禺氐蹖鬲 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕爻鬲. 賳賴 賵賳爻丕賳貙 賳賴 卮賵丕賱蹖賴貙 賳賴 跇賵賱蹖貙 賳賴 ... 賴蹖趩鈥屰屭� 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 噩夭 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏й� 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳亘賵丿賳丿. 丕夭 丿蹖丿 賲賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賮賯胤 蹖讴 卮禺氐蹖鬲 丿丕卮鬲: 賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕貨 亘賯蹖賴 爻丕蹖賴鈥屬囏й屰� 丕夭 丕賮讴丕乇 讴賵賳丿乇丕貙 丌丿賲讴鈥屬囏й� 亘乇丕蹖 亘丕夭蹖 讴乇丿賳 亘丕 丌賳鈥屬囏� 亘乇丕蹖 倬蹖卮亘乇丿 丕賮讴丕乇卮 亘賵丿賳丿. 丕夭 賴賲蹖賳 噩賴鬲 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 倬蹖卮 亘乇丿賳 趩賳丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿乇 蹖讴 噩賴鬲 賳亘賵丿貙 賴賲賴 蹖讴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘賴 卮賲丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫①呚�!
丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 卮丕賴丿 亘賴 趩丕賱卮 讴卮蹖丿賴 卮丿賳 賲賮丕賴蹖賲 丕乇夭卮蹖 賴爻鬲蹖賲. 賲賮丕賴蹖賲蹖 賲孬賱 亘乇诏夭蹖丿賴 卮丿賳貙 卮賴乇鬲貙 賱匕鬲 賵 ... 卮丕蹖丿 亘賴 賳馗乇 亘蹖丕蹖丿 讴賴 讴賵賳丿乇丕 賱匕鬲鈥屭必й屰� 乇丕 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 鬲卮賵蹖賯 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 丕賲丕 丿乇 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賵賯鬲蹖 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇丕 亘丕 爻賵丕賱 芦丌蹖丕 賲蹖鈥屫堌з� 亘丕 賱匕鬲 賵 亘乇丕蹖 賱匕鬲 夭蹖爻鬲 賵 丕丨爻丕爻 爻毓丕丿鬲賲賳丿蹖 讴乇丿責禄 賲賵丕噩賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賴乇 丌賳趩賴 乇丕 亘賴 馗丕賴乇 爻丕禺鬲賴 亘賴 賴賲 賲蹖鈥屫臂屫藏�.
賱丨賳 賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘蹖賳 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 賵 睾蹖乇賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 噩丕亘噩丕 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 賵 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 賳爻亘鬲丕 禺賵亘 丕夭 倬爻 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 亘乇丌賲丿賴 丕爻鬲.
禺蹖賱蹖 爻丕賱 倬蹖卮 蹖讴 亘丕乇 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 乇丕 禺賵丕賳丿賴 賵 賳蹖賲賴 讴丕乇賴 乇賴丕蹖卮 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿賲 賵 丨丕賱丕 蹖丕丿賲 丌賲丿 趩乇丕.
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噩賲賱丕鬲 賲丕賳丿诏丕乇 讴鬲丕亘:
丕賵 丕夭 趩賳诏 丕爻鬲賲乇丕乇 夭賲丕賳 诏乇蹖禺鬲賴 丕爻鬲.
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鬲乇爻 乇蹖卮賴 丿乇 丌蹖賳丿賴 丿丕乇丿貙 賵 讴爻蹖 讴賴 丕夭 丌蹖賳丿賴 乇賴丕 丕爻鬲 賱丕夭賲 賳蹖爻鬲 丕夭 趩蹖夭蹖 亘鬲乇爻丿.
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趩乇丕 賱匕鬲 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 丕夭 賲蹖丕賳 乇賮鬲賴 丕爻鬲責
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丿乇 噩賴丕賳 賲丕 丌爻賵丿诏蹖 亘賴 亘蹖讴丕乇賴鈥屭� 鬲亘丿蹖賱 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 賵 賮乇賯 賲蹖丕賳 丕蹖賳 丿賵 亘爻蹖丕乇 丕爻鬲.
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賱匕鬲 乇丕 讴爻蹖 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 丕丨爻丕爻 讴賳丿 讴賴 乇賳噩 賳賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ必�.
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賱匕鬲鈥屫堐屰� 睾丕賱亘丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇 乇賳噩 亘賴 亘丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫①堌必� 鬲丕 賱匕鬲.
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賱匕鬲 趩賴 讴賲 賵 夭蹖丕丿貙 鬲賳賴丕 賲鬲毓賱賯 亘賴 讴爻蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 丌賳 乇丕 鬲噩乇亘賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�.
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賴乇 鬲睾蹖蹖乇蹖 亘賴 賳丕诏夭蹖乇 亘賴 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 丕爻丕爻蹖鈥屫臂� 賲賳噩乇 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�.
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丕丨爻丕爻 亘乇诏夭蹖丿賴 亘賵丿賳 噩夭卅蹖 丕夭 賴乇 乇锟斤拷亘胤賴鈥屰� 毓丕卮賯丕賳賴 丕爻鬲.
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丌賳鈥屬囏� 丕賴賱 賳賲丕蹖卮 丿丕丿賳 賳蹖爻鬲賳丿 賵 丕夭 賳诏丕賴 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 亘賴 賴蹖噩丕賳 賳賲蹖鈥屫③屬嗀� 賵 亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 噩賴鬲 賯氐丿 賳丿丕乇賳丿 賳诏丕賴鈥屬囏й� 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 乇丕 亘賴 禺賵丿 噩賱亘 讴賳賳丿 賵 禺賵丿 亘賴 鬲賲丕卮丕蹖 讴爻蹖 亘倬乇丿丕夭賳丿 讴賴 丿乇 丨丕賱 鬲賲丕卮丕 讴乇丿賳 丌賳丕賳 丕爻鬲.
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丌蹖丕 賲蹖鈥屫堌з� 亘丕 賱匕鬲 賵 亘乇丕蹖 賱匕鬲 夭蹖爻鬲 賵 丕丨爻丕爻 爻毓丕丿鬲賲賳丿蹖 讴乇丿責
讴賵賳丿乇丕 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 卮禺氐蹖鬲 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕爻鬲. 賳賴 賵賳爻丕賳貙 賳賴 卮賵丕賱蹖賴貙 賳賴 跇賵賱蹖貙 賳賴 ... 賴蹖趩鈥屰屭� 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 噩夭 卮禺氐蹖鬲鈥屬囏й� 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賳亘賵丿賳丿. 丕夭 丿蹖丿 賲賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賮賯胤 蹖讴 卮禺氐蹖鬲 丿丕卮鬲: 賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕貨 亘賯蹖賴 爻丕蹖賴鈥屬囏й屰� 丕夭 丕賮讴丕乇 讴賵賳丿乇丕貙 丌丿賲讴鈥屬囏й� 亘乇丕蹖 亘丕夭蹖 讴乇丿賳 亘丕 丌賳鈥屬囏� 亘乇丕蹖 倬蹖卮亘乇丿 丕賮讴丕乇卮 亘賵丿賳丿. 丕夭 賴賲蹖賳 噩賴鬲 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 倬蹖卮 亘乇丿賳 趩賳丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿乇 蹖讴 噩賴鬲 賳亘賵丿貙 賴賲賴 蹖讴 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘賴 卮賲丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫①呚�!
丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 卮丕賴丿 亘賴 趩丕賱卮 讴卮蹖丿賴 卮丿賳 賲賮丕賴蹖賲 丕乇夭卮蹖 賴爻鬲蹖賲. 賲賮丕賴蹖賲蹖 賲孬賱 亘乇诏夭蹖丿賴 卮丿賳貙 卮賴乇鬲貙 賱匕鬲 賵 ... 卮丕蹖丿 亘賴 賳馗乇 亘蹖丕蹖丿 讴賴 讴賵賳丿乇丕 賱匕鬲鈥屭必й屰� 乇丕 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 鬲卮賵蹖賯 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 丕賲丕 丿乇 丕賳鬲賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賵賯鬲蹖 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 乇丕 亘丕 爻賵丕賱 芦丌蹖丕 賲蹖鈥屫堌з� 亘丕 賱匕鬲 賵 亘乇丕蹖 賱匕鬲 夭蹖爻鬲 賵 丕丨爻丕爻 爻毓丕丿鬲賲賳丿蹖 讴乇丿責禄 賲賵丕噩賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 賴乇 丌賳趩賴 乇丕 亘賴 馗丕賴乇 爻丕禺鬲賴 亘賴 賴賲 賲蹖鈥屫臂屫藏�.
賱丨賳 賲蹖賱丕賳 讴賵賳丿乇丕 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘蹖賳 賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 賵 睾蹖乇賲爻鬲賯蹖賲 噩丕亘噩丕 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 賵 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 賳爻亘鬲丕 禺賵亘 丕夭 倬爻 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 亘乇丌賲丿賴 丕爻鬲.
禺蹖賱蹖 爻丕賱 倬蹖卮 蹖讴 亘丕乇 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 乇丕 禺賵丕賳丿賴 賵 賳蹖賲賴 讴丕乇賴 乇賴丕蹖卮 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿賲 賵 丨丕賱丕 蹖丕丿賲 丌賲丿 趩乇丕.
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噩賲賱丕鬲 賲丕賳丿诏丕乇 讴鬲丕亘:
丕賵 丕夭 趩賳诏 丕爻鬲賲乇丕乇 夭賲丕賳 诏乇蹖禺鬲賴 丕爻鬲.
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鬲乇爻 乇蹖卮賴 丿乇 丌蹖賳丿賴 丿丕乇丿貙 賵 讴爻蹖 讴賴 丕夭 丌蹖賳丿賴 乇賴丕 丕爻鬲 賱丕夭賲 賳蹖爻鬲 丕夭 趩蹖夭蹖 亘鬲乇爻丿.
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趩乇丕 賱匕鬲 丌赖爻鬲诏蹖 丕夭 賲蹖丕賳 乇賮鬲賴 丕爻鬲責
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丿乇 噩賴丕賳 賲丕 丌爻賵丿诏蹖 亘賴 亘蹖讴丕乇賴鈥屭� 鬲亘丿蹖賱 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲 賵 賮乇賯 賲蹖丕賳 丕蹖賳 丿賵 亘爻蹖丕乇 丕爻鬲.
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賱匕鬲 乇丕 讴爻蹖 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀� 丕丨爻丕爻 讴賳丿 讴賴 乇賳噩 賳賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ必�.
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賱匕鬲鈥屫堐屰� 睾丕賱亘丕 亘蹖卮鬲乇 乇賳噩 亘賴 亘丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫①堌必� 鬲丕 賱匕鬲.
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May 13, 2015
UNHURRIED DANCE
What fate each of the four stories achieve, hinges on one simple element: slowness.
Dance like you have just begun;
Dance like you will never fall;
Dance like there is no tomorrow;
Dance like you are the world.
What does a dancer crave to be? King/Queen of Intricate Poses? Leader of the Pack? Possessor of Grace? Master of Perfection? Owner of Adulation? According to Kundera, the greedy dancer wants all this but none of his/her cravings are as strong as the astute aspiration to impress an audience. Physical or Virtual, the audience is what dictates his/her next move, even at the cost of jeopardizing the relevance of the act.
Berck and Immaculata, the two ex-lovers are victims of this dance academy, where everything they do is for an audience, taking part in a sexual innuendo included. The camera bewitches them and they, without protest or fight, get sucked into the mouth of the shutter, whenever it opens up (which is pretty often by the way).
The concept of 鈥淢oral Judo鈥� is a fascinating one; about power struggles that each 鈥渄补苍肠别谤鈥� encounters in his/her quest to have the upper hand. And it is used delicately to express the varying human tendencies to just not surprise the audience, but also the self.
Amidst all the above floating memories and people, where does the author, Mr.Kundera, stand? Well, exactly at the window of his room, watching the action unfold.
How on a single night, all the stories converge to make a single silken thread of ecstasy and memory, is a delicious journey after all. The writing of Kundera is lyrically enigmatic and it draws us in, despite the various overlapping structures that make up this narration.
Oh! And what is his wife doing there, you ask? Go, read the novel! Don鈥檛 offend Mrs. Kundera now :)
鈥淣othing in this novel stays a secret exclusive to two persons; everyone seems to live inside an enormous resonating seashell where every whispered word reverberates, swells, into multiple and unending echoes.鈥�Holding aloft this premise, Kundera draws four parallel nights of sensuality and lust, where, four stories come together to explore (and explode) the boundaries of pleasure, fidelity, esteem and memory. The story opens with the author visiting a chateau for a vacation with his wife; the very same place where a night of heavenly, yet teasingly prolonged, copulation had breathed two centuries ago. Cut to the present time and it also turns out to be same venue for a disparaged, yet appealing young man鈥檚 tumultuous one-night stand, which after a beautiful beginning, disintegrates into an impaled story, unworthy of a mention. It also serves as the culmination point for two ex-lovers, who despite their angst and derision, fall prey to the savours of seduction.
What fate each of the four stories achieve, hinges on one simple element: slowness.
鈥淭here is a secret bond between slowness and memory, between speed and forgetting.鈥�By deliberately slowing down the marvellous consummation of a passionate night, what Madam de T and the Chevalier achieve in 18th century, is easily lost by Vincent, whose quickened advances pushes away Julie much before their adventure begins. So, you have got to slow down, if a luscious night is on your mind. Kundera says that is.
Dance like you have just begun;
Dance like you will never fall;
Dance like there is no tomorrow;
Dance like you are the world.
What does a dancer crave to be? King/Queen of Intricate Poses? Leader of the Pack? Possessor of Grace? Master of Perfection? Owner of Adulation? According to Kundera, the greedy dancer wants all this but none of his/her cravings are as strong as the astute aspiration to impress an audience. Physical or Virtual, the audience is what dictates his/her next move, even at the cost of jeopardizing the relevance of the act.
Berck and Immaculata, the two ex-lovers are victims of this dance academy, where everything they do is for an audience, taking part in a sexual innuendo included. The camera bewitches them and they, without protest or fight, get sucked into the mouth of the shutter, whenever it opens up (which is pretty often by the way).
The concept of 鈥淢oral Judo鈥� is a fascinating one; about power struggles that each 鈥渄补苍肠别谤鈥� encounters in his/her quest to have the upper hand. And it is used delicately to express the varying human tendencies to just not surprise the audience, but also the self.
Amidst all the above floating memories and people, where does the author, Mr.Kundera, stand? Well, exactly at the window of his room, watching the action unfold.
How on a single night, all the stories converge to make a single silken thread of ecstasy and memory, is a delicious journey after all. The writing of Kundera is lyrically enigmatic and it draws us in, despite the various overlapping structures that make up this narration.
Oh! And what is his wife doing there, you ask? Go, read the novel! Don鈥檛 offend Mrs. Kundera now :)
December 31, 2017
An amuse bouche of philosophy / a thought exercise on pleasure and cultural pacing all wrapped up in multi-layer, era-splitting sexual rendezvous.
Dancers take the stage wanting to be seen, to perform for the vast unseen audience, they do not experience the moment for the themselves, they are on display. Rushing ahead to perform, to play a role, to gain the moral advantage. No pause can be sacrificed, no time to ponder or think, to savor or languish, the show must go on. This moment shall lapse into the next where you provide what the unseen audience would seem to want and there will scarcely be memory left to the performer, the moment does not matter, what went before does not matter, only the continuance, the rushing ahead to the next bit, in fact it is preferred that it all be forgotten as hurriedly as possible.
Kundera provides us with a lot to think about in the span of about 160 pages - we call this punching above weight. We should allow the time it requires to take in what he is discussing and analyze the arguments. This short book was first published in 1995, but we have continued on the path that Kundera was warning of, one of speed and performance above slowness, deliberateness, and intimacy. What have we lost in our continuous, headlong plunge? What have we gained worth the loss?
The art of conversation, the art of making love - they demand slowness, not speed. When we are too ardent, we are less subtle. When we rush to sensual pleasure, we blur all the delights along the way.
I have a feeling that this book will stick with me, especially taken as I have, in light of the digital age, the time of social media (as I post this on GR). We speed along, read headlines and no more, choose sides, rate books, like posts, rant about this or that cause to the world at large, and never take the time to develop deeper connections, to explore the depths of our own thoughts, feelings, and desires. Speed on at your own risk. The style, format, and literary devices employed are also interesting and deserving of some thought, like I have said, Kundera does a lot in few pages.
There are some scenes which wholly fit into the arguments being made, but could be found strange or vulgar to the point of distraction to someone of a more Puritanical leaning - I'm thinking specifically of . Though the language may shock at times, think about why it's being used in the context of the scene and in the comparisons being drawn between the those who drew out time, savored, and those that speed along to hasty fruition.
Dancers take the stage wanting to be seen, to perform for the vast unseen audience, they do not experience the moment for the themselves, they are on display. Rushing ahead to perform, to play a role, to gain the moral advantage. No pause can be sacrificed, no time to ponder or think, to savor or languish, the show must go on. This moment shall lapse into the next where you provide what the unseen audience would seem to want and there will scarcely be memory left to the performer, the moment does not matter, what went before does not matter, only the continuance, the rushing ahead to the next bit, in fact it is preferred that it all be forgotten as hurriedly as possible.
Kundera provides us with a lot to think about in the span of about 160 pages - we call this punching above weight. We should allow the time it requires to take in what he is discussing and analyze the arguments. This short book was first published in 1995, but we have continued on the path that Kundera was warning of, one of speed and performance above slowness, deliberateness, and intimacy. What have we lost in our continuous, headlong plunge? What have we gained worth the loss?
The art of conversation, the art of making love - they demand slowness, not speed. When we are too ardent, we are less subtle. When we rush to sensual pleasure, we blur all the delights along the way.
I have a feeling that this book will stick with me, especially taken as I have, in light of the digital age, the time of social media (as I post this on GR). We speed along, read headlines and no more, choose sides, rate books, like posts, rant about this or that cause to the world at large, and never take the time to develop deeper connections, to explore the depths of our own thoughts, feelings, and desires. Speed on at your own risk. The style, format, and literary devices employed are also interesting and deserving of some thought, like I have said, Kundera does a lot in few pages.
There are some scenes which wholly fit into the arguments being made, but could be found strange or vulgar to the point of distraction to someone of a more Puritanical leaning - I'm thinking specifically of . Though the language may shock at times, think about why it's being used in the context of the scene and in the comparisons being drawn between the those who drew out time, savored, and those that speed along to hasty fruition.
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