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4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2020
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Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence by R.F. Kuang
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I was looking forward to reading Babel because I had previously read Yellowface and enjoyed it. Since the character of Athena in Yellowface was partially based on the author, I assumed that Kuang’s most representative and accomplished work would be B ...more
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Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis
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The first 70 pages can be quite a drag, though they ultimately prove to be worth the struggle. This novel shares some characteristics with Roberto Bolaño's work: extensive name-dropping and detailed niche discussions that showcase the author's expert ...more
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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My first encounter with this poem was as a teenager, listening to Iron Maiden. Who would’ve guessed it would take me nearly 20 years to finally read the full work? Though Kubla Khan remains one of my favourite poems, one I often revisit, I must admit ...more
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One China, Many Taiwans by Ian Rowen
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Unlike the previous review, I found the author's eloquence and brilliant academic writing to be highly enjoyable and comprehensible, even as a non-native English speaker working in STEM. The author's careful walkthrough of the effects of various tour ...more
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David Foster Wallace
“Routine, repetition, tedium, monotony, ephemeracy, inconsequence, abstraction, disorder, boredom, angst, ennui â€� these are the true hero's enemies, and make no mistake, they are fearsome indeed. For they are real.”
David Foster Wallace, The Pale King

David Foster Wallace
“Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.”
David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

Confucius
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
Confucious

Byung-Chul Han
“El consumo voraz de imágenes hace imposible cerrar los ojos. El punctum presupone una ascesis del ver. Le es inherente algo musical. Esta música solo suena al cerrar los ojos, cuando uno hace «un esfuerzo de silencio». El silencio libera a la imagen del «habitual blablá» de la comunicación. Cerrar los ojos significa «hacer hablar la imagen en el silencio». Así es como Barthes cita a Kafka: «Fotografiamos cosas para ahuyentarlas del espíritu. Mis historias son una forma de cerrar los ojos.»”
Byung-Chul Han, La salvación de lo bello

Vladimir Nabokov
“Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta. She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. She was Dolly at school. She was Dolores on the dotted line. But in my arms she was always Lolita. Did she have a precursor? She did, indeed she did. In point of fact, there might have been no Lolita at all had I not loved, one summer, an initial girl-child. In a princedom by the sea. Oh when? About as many years before Lolita was born as my age was that summer. You can always count on a murderer for a fancy prose style. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, exhibit number one is what the seraphs, the misinformed, simple, noble-winged seraphs, envied. Look at this tangle of thorns.”
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita

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