La morte di Virgilio

“Then are they happy, when by length of time The scurf is worn away of each committed crime; No speck is left of their habitual stains, But the pure ether of the soul remains.” Virgil – The Aeneid Book VI: The Underworld The Death of Virgil consists of four books and four books are four elements: wat Leggi tutto

I was immediately captivated by the first section ( Water - The Arrival ) of The Death of Virgil , with its masterful, lyrical prose: even in translation it flows naturally, the writing cascading like a poem (bravo, by the way, to the translator of this novel - I cannot image a more difficult work to r Leggi tutto

This is probably the slowest book I’ve ever read. And I’ve read Musil, Joyce and Wallace. Some sentences run 5 pages. It is a very hard work. And yet it is worth reading. It is poetic, it is about overcoming limits and seeing beyond them. Not sure when I will have a chance, but there is a lot to say Leggi tutto

Όταν η ποίηση παντρεύεται το πεζό κείμενο με τόσο αριστουργηματικό τρόπο, είναι να απορεί κανείς ΠΏΣ ένα τέτοιο έργο δεν είναι πιο γνωστό! Αν το βρείτε σε κάποιο βιβλιοπωλείο, ανοίξτε το και διαβάστε μια τυχαία σελίδα. Αν σας αρέσει αυτό που διαβάσατε τότε αγοράστε το χωρίς δεύτερη σκέψη. Όλο το βιβ Leggi tutto

her şeyden önce dil. anlatının özgün biçimini kurması dışında içerik olarak da dil tüm işlevleri ve sınırlarıyla anlatının asıl meselesinin, bilgiyi aramanın, anlayabilmenin, anlamlandırabilmenin ve anlatabilmenin belirleyicisi. bu zor, ağır romanı hakkıyla okuyabilmek için öncelikle bu dil bağını a Leggi tutto

This novel reads more like an epic poem than a novel, which is only right as the novel deals with the demise of the Aeneid's brilliant author. A sensitive and patient reader will be generously rewarded by the sheer poetry of the rich and meaningful language written by a first-rate, unheralded genius Leggi tutto

“The philosophical content (of The Death of Virgil) itself resembles a Spinozistic Cosmos- and Logos-speculation in which all things we know to be separate and particular appear as the ever changing aspects of an eternal One, so that the manifold is understood as the merely temporary individualizati Leggi tutto