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¡Hola, Gonzalo! 😃 Me encantan tus ideas sobre esta novela. Es cierto que pierde un poco la fuerza a medida que uno lee. Me pregunto si esto será algo común en las novelas que tratan de este tipo de violencia. Pienso, por ejemplo, en aquella parte de 2666 en la que las descripciones de los crímenes se repiten y se repiten. También concuerdo con vos en lo que respecta a la ausencia del punto de vista de los soldados. Ya que se trataba de una novela de perspectiva múltiple... Al final, La clase de griego me gustó hasta ahí nomás, no lo suficiente como para hacer un video. Estoy esperando una copia de The White Book de mi biblioteca. Veremos qué tal. ¡Mil gracias nuevamente por la visita, amigo, y un abrazo grande!

Thank you so much, my friend! 😃 Have an amazing day!

¡Bastante! 😃 ¡Mil gracias por la visita, Julieta, y muchos saludos!

¡Me alegro de que le hayas dado otra oportunidad, José! 😃 Definitivamente es algo diferente. A ver cuándo vuelvo a leer a Faulkner. ¡Mil gracias por la visita, amigo, y muchos saludos!

I need to read Yashar Kemal! 😃 I was planning to reread The Magic Mountain this month, since it's turning 100, but I didn't get the chance. Soon, hopefully. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend, and have a wonderful day!

😃 Thank you so much for watching, my friend! Have an amazing day!

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Hope you enjoyed it, my friend! 😃 Thank you so much for watching, and have an excellent day!

So happy to hear you enjoyed it, Malena! 😃 Sobre héroes y tumbas is awesome. I'm sure you'll have a good experience with it. Thank you so much for watching, my friend, and have an amazing day!

¡Hola, querido amigo! 😃 The doughnuts were pretty good, yes, haha. So was the Vietnamese food. I want to read more by Forster. Howards End, A Room with a View... ¡Muchos saludos, Gonzalo, y mil gracias por la visita!

I'm so happy to hear the video has helped, Lily! 😃 This is a challenging read, even a (purposely) frustrating read, but I got much out of it. I hope you enjoy the rest of the novel. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend, and have an excellent day!

Thank you so much for watching, my friend, and for pointing out these amazing connections! 😃 I'll confess I have not read The Lord of the Rings yet, but I plan to do something about that soon. "Sylvie," "Aurélia," and "Voyage to the Orient" are beautiful texts. I need to revisit other texts by Nerval, as it's been ages since I first read them. Have a wonderful day, and happy reading!

Omg, The Maias is on my reading list! 😃 So happy to hear there are connections with Buddenbrooks. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend, and have an amazing day!

It is an amazing novel, and I agree with you when it comes to solitude. It's such a prominent theme in Latin American literature, and one of my favorites to explore. I keep thinking of García Márquez's words, that solitude was the only theme that he developed in his writings. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, James, and have an excellent day! 😃

@JorgesCorner You too, Jorge!

Thank you so much for watching and for sharing your perspective, my friend! 😃 You're absolutely right about the connections, which in this case hit very close to home. I can only imagine how difficult a read this must be for your dad. My father has a similar connection to the Argentine book I show in the video (Nunca más), as he was young during those difficult years. It really is a tremendous achievement to approach and to tell this story the way Han Kang did. I'm waiting for a copy of The White Book, which I have just requested from my library. I look forward to reading this great author again. Thanks again, and have an amazing day!

Thank you so much for watching and commenting, Jeanne! 😃 I hope you enjoy the film and the discussion. It's a mark of great texts (both written and visual) that they remain relevant. Have a fantastic day, my friend!

Yes, my friend, what an excellent novel! 😃 I plan to reread it soon to do a video on it. I've done one on A Brief Life, which I also love. Actually, I love everything this guy wrote, haha. Have a wonderful day, Brian, and thank you for watching and commenting!

A pleasure to meet you, my friend! 😃 Thank you so much for watching and commenting. I hope to visit your country someday. 🇲🇲 Have an amazing day!

Brilliant comment, my friend! 😃 Thank you so much for sharing. Kléber Haedens' comment seemed a bit extreme to me, but all of these points are valid. Now I want to reread "Angélique"! I can totally see the Proust connection here too. Memory played a very important role for Nerval, and in my edition of his works the back cover description mentions that Proust considered "Sylvie" to be a masterpiece. "Involuntary memory," and all that. Nerval definitely deserves more attention, for so many reasons. Thanks again, and happy reading!

@@JorgesCornerI side with you against Proust, lol, I favour “Aurélia” over “Sylvie”, there’s too much of literal Rousseau romanticism in “Sylvie”. But the atmosphere of a delicate by-gone era…no wonder Proust loved it. Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s been translated into Spanish or English, but Laure Murat’s “La Maison du Dr Blanche”, the asylum where Nerval was admitted when in crisis, is a fascinating read, especially the chapter about Nerval.

I should reread "Sylvie," but I remember I was not as enthusiastic about it as Proust right after I read it. The Laure Murat book sounds very interesting indeed! I can read French (not as well as Spanish or English), so maybe I should give it a try. Thank you so much for the recommendation!

It really is amazing, my friend, and I'm so thankful that someone decided to translate him. 😃 The volume Selected Writings includes his poems and some short stories ("Sylvie" is there, of course), letters and travel writings. I read him years ago, and his work was a revelation to me. I regard Aurélia as his masterpiece. That's so interesting to know, about the lobster! I should have thought it might have been made up. About the pseudonym, I've read so many interpretations of it, it's incredible. The one you mention is part of it too. He just packed a lot of stuff into that apparently simple name. Thank you so much for watching, and for your amazing comments, my friend! Have a fantastic day!

And he experienced both. Hope all is going great for you, Leandro! 😃 Thank you for watching and commenting, and have an excellent day!

Thank you so much, Paromita! 😃 I enjoyed the GGM text too, but I still need to read Mutis. I will watch these Netflix adaptations as soon as I can. You're right about the unadaptable nature of these texts, so I'm curious to see what they do with them. I keep thinking of that awful adaptation of No One Writes to the Colonel... 😬 But I'm sure it won't be like that! The novella as a genre is kind of my thing, haha. More to come about that. Thank you so much for the recommendations once again! I requested The Empusium from my library the other day. Have an amazing day, my friend, and happy reading!

@JorgesCorner Thank you. 🙏🏽 I read Adventures of Maqroll by Mutis totally on a whim, must say it lost momentum for me as it progressed so I don't quite get the reviews that said "better than One Hundred Years Of Solitude" but each to their own. Interestingly I was reading a book called "Spanish American Boom: A Personal History" by Jose Donoso which had mentions of all the principal architects like GGM, Cortazar, Fuentes, Llosa but also the lesser discussed ones, many of which you have mentioned as favourites like Onetti and Sabato. From that book, I found a mention of this work called Bomarzo by Manuel Mujica Lainez. It sounded really interesting and was translated into English by Gregory Rabassa of 100 Years and Hopscotch fame (among others). It seemed out of print until I learned NYRB Classics is reprinting it next year June/July! Something to look forward to maybe because the premise sounds interesting! The other one I noted down from Donoso's book is Paradiso by Jose Jezama Lima. Donoso's work was a nice little book, around 120ish pages, and as Donoso emphasised, entirely his personal views and experience, not academic critique. Happy reading!

How wonderful that you got the chance to read Donoso's book on the Boom! 😃 Bomarzo, yes, an Argentine classic. Maybe I should take this opportunity, since it will be re-released in English next year, to finally read it, haha. I showed it briefly in my Argentine Literature video. I loved Mujica Láinez's novel The Idols. Borges included it in his "biblioteca personal." And Paradiso... I've been meaning to read that novel for years. I have a copy and everything. So many books... Have an amazing day, my friend!

Thank you so much, Lizzie, for watching, commenting, and subscribing! 😃 I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed the novel. Sometimes the absence of a wow factor is refreshing, for sure, and Saramago can pull it off because he is such a masterful narrator. I recommend Blindness and The Double. I think you will truly enjoy them. Have an amazing day, my friend, and happy reading!

😉 Thank you so much for stopping by, my friend! Have an amazing day!

😄 So glad you enjoyed it, my friend! Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Have an excellent day!

That is wonderful news, my friend! 😃 I'm happy to help, especially if you're enjoying these great books. Carpentier was great at historical fiction. El siglo de las luces and El arpa y la sombra are other excellent examples. And you're absolutely right about the imagery: truly memorable! I need to reread El reino de este mundo soon. That famous scene with Mackandal... amazing. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with this monumental author. Have a fantastic day, my friend!

¡Mil gracias a vos, Julio, por la visita y el comentario! 😃 Me alegro mucho de que te haya gustado el video. ¡Muchos saludos, y viva España! 🇪🇸

¡Hola, Manuel! Tendría que releerla. Fue hace muchos años, y recuerdo que me gustó, pero eso es todo lo que puedo decir. Me gustaría leerla en español uno de estos días. ¡Mil gracias por la visita, amigo, y muchos saludos! 😃

​@@JorgesCornerEstaría genial que la leas nuevamente y subas un análisis, porque me gustó mucho este sobre el cual comento.

¡Mil gracias, Liliana! 😃 Voy a ver si consigo una copia en español. ¡Muchos saludos, amiga!

I wanted it to be the official font for the channel, but maybe I should go for more variation. 😃 Thank you for watching, my friend, and have a fantastic day!

You're right, my friend! I should have commented on that dimension of the novel. I'd love to reread it with these aspects in mind. One of these days. Thank you for watching and commenting, and have an excellent day! 😃

Thank you so much, Dave! 😃 Yes, the language dimension definitely needs to be explored in depth. In another video (the "year in review" for 2022, I think) I mention I eventually "read" Finnegans Wake, whatever that means, haha. I definitely need to revisit that one. Have an amazing day, my friend, and happy reading!

Such a beautiful quote, Dave! 😃 Thank you so much for sharing. I love the Borgesian idea of paradise as an immense library. I need to read more by Bachelard. I have a copy of The Psychoanalysis of Fire. One time I almost bought a copy of The Poetics of Reverie, and now I wish I had gotten it. Thank you for watching and commenting, my friend!

I need to get a copy, my friend! 😃 You know, I'm ashamed to admit I haven't even read the speech. I'll do something about that soon. Thank you so much for the reminder!

And I agree with you, my friend! 😃 I want to revisit Asturias one of these days. Such a brilliant author. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, and have an excellent day!

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Thank you so much, my friend! 😃 So happy to hear you enjoyed the video. Have a fantastic day!

¡Mil gracias a vos por la visita! 😃 Tengo unas ganas de ver la película, y por supuesto me encantaría hacer un video al repecto. ¡Muchos saludos!

I totally agree: El túnel is an absolute masterpiece, and so much more complex than it seems! I treasure that letter I got from Sabato. I wish I had had the chance to meet him in person, but by the time I read him, I didn't live in Argentina anymore. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend! 😃 Have an amazing day!

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Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend! I could relate to the novel from an Argentine perspective, thinking about the late 70s. Such a devastating read... Have an excellent day! 😃

Thank you so much for watching and for your amazing comments, Paromita, which are always a pleasure to read! 😃 I had a similar experience with Greek Lessons, which I read in Spanish. Very good, but Human Acts spoke to me more. I've ordered The White Book from my library, so we'll see. You won't believe this, but today, before I read your comment, I randomly picked up my copy of Ogawa's Revenge! She's an excellent writer, and I enjoyed that book very much. I remember buying it and reading it when it came out. I still need to read Sayaka Murata and Mieko Kawakami. I'm interested in the Tokarczuk books you mention too. (I'm a huge fan of Flights.) About The Magic Mountain... hm... more to come about that, haha. It's turning 100 years old right now, btw. The Paz-Fuentes connection is complex and fascinating, though I can't claim to know much about it. I need to revisit Paz soon. Thank you once again, my friend, and happy reading!

@JorgesCorner Lot's of books to read! If I had to pick one, I would recommend All The Lovers In The Night by Mieko Kawakami, yes even over Revenge by Yoko Ogawa though she is a favourite writer and Revenge has its own magic! I wanted to share some thoughts and suggestions with you regarding Bengali literature which I have slowly been getting back into (very slowly...😁). 1. The first, for Tagore: Farewell Song (Bengali: Shesher Kabita), translated by Radha Chakravarty. Finally I found a lyrical prose translation and this work is one of his best in my opinion. I think you might like it, specially the poem...well I won't say more. Think it is published by Penguin Random House India. 2. A poet with whom I connected anew and who made me wonder - what was I doing all this time without this voice? My mother who is an avid reader and a student of literature felt the same. This is Jibanananda Das, extraordinary poet (some say he is at par with or even beyond Tagore, he certainly was essential in the post-Tagore era) who sadly did not receive his due recognition in his lifetime and left us too early. His Selected Poems is published by Penguin India, there is also a book called The Scent of Sunlight where the translation is done by Clinton Ceely. 3. One Hundred Years Of Solitude is essential to the conversation about magical realism in literature. Plus it is a seminal work about the history of a nation ensconced in the microcosm of a village. As you know, Rushdie was inspired by this work to write Midnight's Children - a work about the history and myth of a different nation (mine!) with elements of magical realism. But what if I told you that there has been a work which incorporated magical realist elements and discussed the history and culture of a people who were also fragmented by Partition - Bangla? The book is Khwabnama by Akhteruzzaman Elias, translated from Bangla by Arunava Sinha and published by Penguin Random House. First time I have seen story of Partition on Bengal side in English (it also has many other elements like the peasants' movement) - most Partition novels in English and in translation into English are about the Punjab side. So it might be of interest. 4. Finally a book which is written in English but it is quintessentially about Bengal and about a part of Bengal which most of us don't "see" yet it keeps us alive (the Sundarban mangrove forest, kind of like how the Amazon rainforest are the lungs of the world). The book is The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh. Sorry for the very long comment. I don't have the flair to prepare a video or podcast so I ramble away in the comments section hehe. Hope you find some of these suggestions interesting! Please let me know if there is anything more you want to know about these titles. Happy reading!

A million thanks for these recommendations, Paromita! 😃 They all sound amazing, and I do want to read another translation of Tagore's work. It may take me a while, but I will explore these books, as this is an area I definitely need to become more familiar with. Thank you so much once again, my friend, and happy reading!

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¡Viva! 🇦🇷 ¡Muchos saludos, amigo, y mil gracias por la visita! 😃

Thank you so much, my friend! 😃 Have an amazing day, and enjoy Kawabata's brilliant novel!

I totally understand, my friend, I was there! I hope the exam went well. Thank you for watching, and have an amazing day! 😃