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Meditation on relationships

Revisado: 04-04-19

Came into this with zero expectation having read 100 años a bit before, captures a range of life and some particular to the Caribbean. Exceptional.

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Deeply bro-y

Revisado: 02-06-18

Proust continues tripping over himself and his varied loves as dumb young man. As a recently less young, dumb man I enjoyed his recounting his lit summers in Balbec and identified with his teen age problems. I had a harder time following along with his commentary on aesthetics which seemed more prominent than in ACDCSwan. Proust paints himself as a jumpy, emo, dweeb /hipster. I lightly regretted his lack of socio political commentary at the level of ACDCSwan, but Balbec seems like a deep dive into a slice of the hawt bourgeoise not unlike some of the lake / shoreside communities in the US. Keep reading, may the french comp be with you.

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Lit AF

Revisado: 08-30-17

Totally lit literature straight from our favorite author. Enjoy the OG'est Spanish story as intended. All the stars

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Yep, stay on the boat

Revisado: 01-26-17

Very cool story which gave me some faith back in the old stories. (see my shoot me now review of Ovid's metamorphoses)

Odysseus is a sh*tty guy only insofar as he's sort of super-man like in his favor with the gods. He's punished probably because he's such a bawse. I like my characters a little more flawed than that.

Very enjoyable, makes sense that this story has been around for as long as it has.

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Quality but quantity?

Revisado: 01-13-17

Very nice production of a voluminous work. Tolstoy charms with his wry critical analysis of the Napoleonic wars, and his satirical treatment of Russian society.

A portion of the philosophical commentary on war and history is of interest too, but I found that eventually Leo ran out of my patience without making profound observations. His take on free will was particularly uninspiring, and my attention wandered as he went on.

his characters are interesting, but I cannot say I was especially taken with any of them.

should you read this? I doubt it. there is some good color about the nature of war but ultimately 60hrs is not the kind of time to spend on this work. not horrible, but as the Wendy's lady says, where's the beef?

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Strong! Unsurprisingly included in HS lit

Revisado: 12-09-16

Not really sure how I missed out on this story til my early thirties, but damn it's a good one. I'm sure I'll re listen to this one a few more times. Thought provoking on the score of western morality, intent, and travel.

Bonus points if Kurtz strikes you as a more sophisticated version of Trump.

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Great rendition of questionable content

Revisado: 11-21-16

With no prior experience with classics, I sat down to hear this recasting of the Greek myths with Ovid's late Roman sensibilities. I found the telling of these mostly painful, and wondered that so many stories involve someone turning into a bird. (put a bird on it? ancients must have been totally mind blown that some animals fly)

I was particularly irked by the "Greek myth avengers" stories where Ovid just name drops a bunch of heros into one scene (fighting a pig) and then goes on and on about what each one did. proves that Hollywood is not the only character recycling wasteland.

Really, all of the fighting described in here is a bit over detailed in ways that made it sound pulpy (his brains came out like cheese through cheese cloth) and I didn't come away understanding the gods attitudes any better at all. they are all extremely petty.

More engaging than the Bible, for sure, but I medium regret having given 17 hours to this work. Maybe I don't have the right attitude to appreciate the classics; I was expecting more story power than what is here. Which is described well but gives no strong sense of the morality behind the stories. Even despite the heavy focus on the surface the stories are Ok.

Imagine my horror to have wasted several years learning ancient Greek to get this content. On that score, 17hrs is a bargain.

Dare I continue this foolish line of inquiry with the Iliad next? probably but I'm pretty stubborn and masochistic with the western intellectual tradition.

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