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A teacher of dead languages (Latin, Greek) at a Swiss prep school has no real friends or even much of a life. One day he stops a despondent young woman from jumping off a bridge. She is Portuguese and he then begins reading a fictitious philosophy book by a Portuguese author. He becomes obsessed wit Leggi tutto

Apparently, Page des Libraires calls this 'One of the great European novels of the past few years'- compared to what? The SNCF Railway Timetable. This book makes me incredibly angry. And after some thought I can honestly award it the 'worst book I have ever read' award. I could forgive it for being s Leggi tutto

He is a teacher… He is a man whose habits are his roots… …he, Mundus, the most reliable and predictable person in this building and probably in the whole history of the school, having worked here for more than thirty years, impeccable in his profession, a pillar of the institution, a little dull perh Leggi tutto

نحزن على ما نفقد، فأمِتْ حُزنكَ بالزّهدِ في كلّ شيء رغي عميق؛رغي تافه؛رغي بناء؛رغي قاتل؛رغي ابدي؛ رغي جنوني؛رغي سرمدي؛رغي منوم؛ رغي مرعب؛رغي خبيث؛رغي دنيوي؛رغي محرض؛رغي السنين؛ رغي التنينهذا ما لا يسعني ان اصمت عنه بخصوص ثرثرة كاهن اللغة غريغوريس و صائغ الكلمات اماديو ثرثرة اسطورية لا تُصدق غرقنا في Leggi tutto

Сигурно е вярно това, което хората често казват - за всяка книга си има време и място. Имам тази от над седем години, пренесох я с мен в друга страна и посегнах към нея едва преди броени дни, сам не знам по каква причина, за да пропадна тотално в историята ѝ. Тя би имала два вида читатели - такива, Leggi tutto

I LOVED this book. I've been running around quoting "Given that we can live only a small part of what there is in us - what happens to the rest?" Part of me wants to say that that line, and the subject of this book, the exploration of alternate lives than the one you've chosen, resonated with me bec Leggi tutto