He was a philosopher. But not a conventional one. He kind of gave up on academic writing when the examiners did not understand his habilitashonsschrift (or however you write that). Instead he wrote a lot of short ... memory-images? And literary images of cities, essay-style musings and all manner of lovely things. And some academic stuff (he was a part of the Frankfurt school). I love him.
You could read his short prose. Death in Venice...
Same thing.
You should read Benjamin and Nietzsche and Mann.
And Mann... I'm discouraged even to think of starting Der Zauberberg.
You could read his short prose. Death in Venice...
They make me want to learn German. So if you already know it, you should profit.
It's more a matter of "speaking a closely related language" than of "knowing it".

Same thing.

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/Discussion: Madame Bovary
20/01/2011 06:22:50 PM
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Re: /Review: Madame Bovary
20/01/2011 07:20:36 PM
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Emma didn't try to transcend her world. She tried to escape it. And she failed. Miserably.
21/01/2011 06:25:36 AM
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I agree with much of what you say.
20/01/2011 07:57:57 PM
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I'm glad to hear that the read wasn't easy for you, either.
21/01/2011 06:30:00 AM
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Yeah, I think it's safe to say some of those words would give even native speakers pause.
21/01/2011 06:37:02 PM
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I want to read two more "serious" works before skipping over to Druon.
22/01/2011 06:03:09 PM
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Ambitious.
22/01/2011 06:26:59 PM
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Re: Ambitious.
25/01/2011 06:20:12 PM
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I don't think I've even heard of Benjamin.
25/01/2011 09:41:55 PM
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Walter Benjamin
25/01/2011 10:00:13 PM
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I'm halfway through the second part now
20/01/2011 11:58:01 PM
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My thoughts
24/01/2011 06:48:13 AM
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Never beats the reader across the head, eh?
So what do you make of the ending?
24/01/2011 10:39:06 PM
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The ending fits with the rest of the book, I believe
24/01/2011 11:04:02 PM
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Hm. I think maybe it's because you've read the book before, as Tom admitted.
25/01/2011 09:40:36 PM
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Your comments are one of the reasons I've sworn off translations.
25/01/2011 05:50:33 PM
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