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401 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1967
鈥濵onologul lui Ludv铆k ocup膬 2/3 din carte, monologurile celorlal牛i 卯mpreun膬, ocup膬 1/3 din carte (Jaroslav 1/6, Kostka 1/9, Helena 1/18). Prin aceast膬 structur膬 matematic膬 este determinat膬 ceea ce a艧 numi punerea 卯n lumin膬 a personajelor. Ludv铆k se afl膬 卯n plin膬 lumin膬, luminat 艧i din interior (prin propriul lui monolog) 艧i din exterior (toate celelalte personaje 卯i traseaz膬 portretul), Jaroslav ocup膬 prin monologul lui o 艧esime a c膬r牛ii, iar autoportretul lui e modelat din exterior de monologul lui Ludv铆k. Et caetera. Fiecare personaj e luminat cu o alt膬 intensitate 艧i 卯ntr-un mod diferit. Lucia, unul dintre personajele cele mai importante, nu are un monolog al ei 艧i e luminat膬 doar din exterior de monologurile lui Ludv铆k 艧i Kostka. Absen牛a lumin膬rii interioare 卯i d膬 un caracter misterios 艧i insesizabil. Ea se g膬se艧te, ca s膬 spun a艧a, de cealalt膬 parte a geamului, nu poate fi atins膬鈥�.
"she had been caught stealing flowers in a cemetery."
"Now I understood why the king's face must be veiled! Not that he should not be seen, but that he should not see!"
"All I'm trying to say is that no great movement designed to change the world can bear sarcasm or mockery, because they are a rust that corrodes all it touches."
"And I was horrified at the thought that things conceived in error are just as real as things conceived with good reason and of necessity."
"They stood between life and death. They weren't petty. If they had read my postcard, they might have laughed."
"I could see nothing but actors, their faces covered by masks of cretinous virility and arrogant brutishness; I found no extenuation in the thought that the masks hid another (more human) face, since the real horror seemed to lie in the fact that the faces beneath the masks were fiercely devoted to the inhumanity and coarseness of the masks."
"we kissed through a gap in the barbed wire."