"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
Tom Mountstephen was dressed in his very best—a black coat, a tie of blue satin studded with veritable planets, and in it a new zodiacal sign—a fox in full career, that formed the head of a pin. Tom’s collar was so stiffly starched and so
Linley was fond of collecting what he called “raw material” and, as a fairly successful barrister, he had good opportunity for doing so. He despised novelists and romancists, yet one day he hoped to become one of these gentry himself, hence his collection of the
Though I think I get what Lem was trying to do with this novel, I also understand the many people whose reaction has been “what the fuck did I just read?” The novel is about alienation, social estrangement, post-traumatic stress and culture shock, which are
Tom Mountstephen was dressed in his very best—a black coat, a tie of blue satin studded with veritable planets, and in it a new zodiacal sign—a fox in full career, that formed the head of a pin. Tom’s collar was so stiffly starched and so
Linley was fond of collecting what he called “raw material” and, as a fairly successful barrister, he had good opportunity for doing so. He despised novelists and romancists, yet one day he hoped to become one of these gentry himself, hence his collection of the
Though I think I get what Lem was trying to do with this novel, I also understand the many people whose reaction has been “what the fuck did I just read?” The novel is about alienation, social estrangement, post-traumatic stress and culture shock, which are
7 Comments
FiammaViola
Posted at 21:49h, 17 Aprilmanco io…! come va? io sto iniziando composizione… ma è sempre una materia così poco definita? il mio prof è pazzo XD
heraclitus
Posted at 08:56h, 18 Aprilcome ti capisco. questo aprile, vero il detto, è fatto di giorni di sonnolenza acuta e costante.
Njord
Posted at 14:34h, 18 AprilSEI UNA TENTAZIONE! …da peccato capitale…
Chiarina82
Posted at 18:20h, 18 Aprilquanto capisco….
dev’essere la primavera..o solo la pigrizia.
utente anonimo
Posted at 19:41h, 18 Aprilè così anche per me
ragno62
Posted at 19:47h, 18 Apriluffà mi ero dimenticato che ogni tanto bisogna confermare il nome è così sono apparso anonimo
Shelidon
Posted at 21:50h, 18 AprilVedo che è un problema diffuso ^__^
Fiamma, sì, in effetti è una materia un po’ astratta, ma se trovi un buon professore è utile.