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Grooks #3
Grooks 3
Witty rhyming aphorisms by Danish writer - kept up spirits of Danes during Hitler's invasion. Translated into English.
61 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1970
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Piet Hein
60Ìýbooks52Ìýfollowers Danish mathematician, inventor, designer, author, and poet, often writing under the Old Norse pseudonym "Kumbel" meaning "tombstone". He has been called an universalist. In that way a spiritual affinity existed between him and the Renaissance ideal - a modern variant of Leonardo da Vinci. However, contrary to the historical ideals, in Piet Hein's works is found an easily recognizable element whether it is a matter of scientific publications, essays, poetry or architecture. The special Piet Hein touch is the supe-riority of the form in relation to the objectives, the medium and - for that matter - the contents.
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June 18, 2024
What a pleasant surprise, stumbled on Piet Hein (yes, a distant relative of the 17th Dutch admiral and privateer for the Dutch Republic) via a quote by in his ;
"“Nature, it seems, is the popular name
for milliards and milliards and milliards
of particles playing their infinite game
of billiards and billiards and billiards.�
"“Nature, it seems, is the popular name
for milliards and milliards and milliards
of particles playing their infinite game
of billiards and billiards and billiards.�
February 7, 2018
Worse than Grooks 1, better than Grooks 2, but still a 5/5 in my eyes. These are clever, heartfelt, brief, and meaningful poems that are easy to pick up and will prompt a lot of measured thought for the rest of the day.
August 31, 2010
Few writers can convey the amount of significance Piet Hein does in his "grooks". Wry and wise, sly and scathing; For you see, they would have to be in the environment these were written in. After the Danes fell to Nazi Germany in 1940, Hein's words struck back against the oppression and dreary reality under their iron presence.
As times' rhyme, as they are want to do for they never repeat, the unique grook writing style still is a source of light in the written format. Characterized by irony, paradox, brevity, precise use of language, sophisticated rhythms and rhymes which are often satiric in nature - they are a pleasure to read and a pleasure to share.
As times' rhyme, as they are want to do for they never repeat, the unique grook writing style still is a source of light in the written format. Characterized by irony, paradox, brevity, precise use of language, sophisticated rhythms and rhymes which are often satiric in nature - they are a pleasure to read and a pleasure to share.
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