I dolori del giovane Werther

This is a dangerous book. For anyone who has suffered from that unrequited love that burns like a fever will be able to relate uncannily well with this book. Unfortunately the ending is such that it inspired many people to use it like a template for their own lives when faced with a similar situatio Leggi tutto

I couldn't help but imagine young Werther as a high school, tweeting about all his troubles to the ether. So, without further ado, I present to you: The Tweets of Young Werther. This is the kind of book that high school teachers should be making self-absorbed teenagers read. They can totally relate, Leggi tutto

“I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.” A lot of classic novels contain certain things that make us cringe a little today but The Sorrows of Young Werther is one that, more than most, really hasn't aged well. I do no Leggi tutto

#روز_ولنتاین هزار و نود و پنج روز_شبم را صرف دوست‌داشتن دختری کردم که با یک ساعت نشستن با دیگری رفت... چند روز قبل در اینستاگرام خبر چاپ کتاب شعری از بختیار علی را دیدم ،قلکم را شکستم و رفتم تا کتاب را بخرم.در تمام مسیر بابک جهانبخش گوش دادم.هی زمزمه میکردم “رو عشق من حساب کن همیشه آدم از عشقش که خسته Leggi tutto

“I have so much in me, and the feeling for her absorbs it all; I have so much, and without her it all comes to nothing.” No doubt there were shimmers of brilliance in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774); however, for such a short book, it took me a long time to complete Leggi tutto

Este aproape imposibil de priceput ecoul imens pe care l-a avut în 1774 această povestire / nuvelă de 100 de pagini. O recitesc acum cu maximă înduioșare, am citit-o prima dată în liceu. Unii au vorbit de o adevărată epidemie de sinucideri declanșată de lectura cărții, dar asta este o informație de Leggi tutto

"Α,εσείς οι λογικοί άνθρωποι! Πάθος! Μέθη! Παραφροσύνη! Κάθεστε εκεί ήρεμοι και απαθείς, εσείς οι ενάρετοι, κατακρίνετε τον πότη, απεχθάνεστε τον τρελό, προσπερνάτε σαν τους ιερείς, και, σαν τους Φαρισαίους, ευχαριστείτε το Θεό που δεν σας έκανε όμοιους μ' εκείνους. Έχω μεθύσει πολλές φορές, τα πάθη Leggi tutto