Amazing little book! Great analysis. Love the idea that we're being chased by Homer. I completely agree about the music - I also found the physical act of taking out my phone to play the next song before each chapter jarring/interruptive. I really like the idea of it though. Great video!
My 14 year old younger brother an I were recently at Shakespeare and company in Paris and I saw this on the shelf because of your video. Well anyways because of u I was able to convince my brother to buy it and wouldn’t you know, he finished it that night at the hotel. Thanks for the recommendation, love the channel, and keep up the amazing reviews.
(I usually do not comment or subscribe on UA-cam. Yet, I did both now, so good is your channel.) I have just recently discovered Krasznahorkai and I am very lucky that I can read him in Hungarian. I am excited to read this book as well, looking forward to it.
Also, love your channel. This one and several others have given me solace during times in my life that were unimaginably painful. I'm in a new town now and there are 3 really good used bookstores here. Just yesterday I found 3 books by Michel Serres. Haven't read anything of his yet, but the rec came from a trusted source. Thanks for the recs, insight, and relief!
I feel honored. It's truly great to know that this channel has helped someone. The only thing I've read from Serres was GENESIS and it was sublime. Happy reading!
Great review as always! Currently through my first read of Krasznahorkai with Satantango and I'm absolutely impressed by his prose and how well he can work with rythm and cadence within sentences. Love to see that some of his elements there seem to reappear in Chasing Homer as well from what you've described of the structure, tension and Kafka influence. So excited to keep exploring his catalog. Thanks for the great content :)
Don't feel dull. LK's text does not offer a clear explanation of the ending; he only gives clues for us to interpret. So mine is just one interpretation. I would say to consider rereading it and pay attention to two things: (1) does the narrative ever stray from the narrator who's on the run?; and (2) the diatribe on mice.
Great video. I am about to finish the book. If you have read Horacio castellanos Moya ‘s senselessness, you could see this book almost reads like a sequel to that work.
A mixed media book? That is so cool! I assume the music was not meant to be listened to while reading the book, but instead the music was inspired by the book.
Another great video Chris, thanks! Do you think War & War or Seiobo There Below is a better place to go after having read The Melancholy of Resistance about a month ago?
You're a drummer?! So am I! I started playing again after about 10 years away (narcissistic relationship that nearly destroyed me) and I'm in 2 bands now, one of which is called BOOKS! (Community reference, but both of us love books too). When I was shopping for a new kit, I went all out and bought all the stuff I never had while touring around the first time: cases, nice hardware, extra percussion, top-notch cymbals, etc. I'm so happy to be playing again. My new kit is a jazz set by Gretsch and the tones are lovely. Perfect for what I play with the groups: slightly punky, slightly jazzy and sharp instrumental music. Do you listen to music as much as you read? What do you like to play? Why does my grammar keep getting called out by my computer with every word I'm writing here?
Hahaha--thanks for your entertaining comment. Glad you're out of that relationship. And what a great privilege to invest in quality gear! I've been playing since I was about 14 (so going on 24 years--good grief!). I still play a Pearl Export Select kits I got at Chuck Levin's outside Washington, D.C., way back. I was so proud toting them home in my dad's truck back to Virginia. I've played everything from jazz to rock to gospel to prog and so on. The kit as I bought it was massive because I was heavily under the sway of Mike Portnoy and Virgil Donati. But now I play it as a humble 4-piece jazz kit pretty much permanently. I've been obsessed with Matt Garstka for years now, but I don't really play anything like that (I'm not that good). I definitely don't listen to music at the level and frequency of reading--I much prefer reading. But I mostly listen to jazz and classical (and AAL). I've really been listening to a lot of Lili Boulanger lately, especially her cortege pieces. Wonderful music.
@@LeafbyLeaf Thanks for that rec! Classical music has always been a blind spot for me, aside from modern (or modern-sounding) work. Ligeti, Penderecki, Shostakovich, Cage, Xenakis, Stockhausen, Branca, and the like. Classical music is like poetry for me: appreciation of it eludes me so far! Lots of great jazz happening right now, adding to the million amazing records that already exist. Impulse! is back in business and a few of their latest signees are bringing jazz back to the 70s golden age of genre-bending experimentation. Thanks again! Can't wait to see the next one!
Classical music took me a while to appreciate. Because we’ve grown up in a world where our experience of classical music is limited to Saturday morning cartoons and movies, it’s hard to go back and divorce this application of classical music from its roots on its own. Appreciating it as its own art instead of a soundtrack or score. For me it was useful to simply bombard myself with all manner of classical music constantly and figure out what stood out. It turned out that Schubert was, for me, the standout and so I drilled down into his life and works. From there, Schumann. And so on. Eventually, I developed a somewhat discerning ear and thus appreciation for classical. But it took years. Jazz, on the other hand, was immediate!
"Journey in Satchadananda" by Alice Coltrane and "The Creator Has a Master Plan" by Pharoah Sanders. They are 8 and 30 minute investments, but you will be more puddle than man for the duration.
Hi! So i recently read that on hungarian the novel is written on the 3rd person. So why do you think it was the choice of the translator to translate it to a first person? I feel that it is natural it being in a 1st person. But do you think the ending, on a 3rd person narrator, would've been 'more clear'? Still i think the ending was him... *********POSSIBLE SPOILER************** being what the scuba divers found on the beach, but im still not sure. Was that your conclusion also or am i just lost? Anyone, any thoughts on this?
@@LeafbyLeaf OK, Just finished reading it, and the ending just floored me! Now I have to start reading from the beginning... That was a dirty trick that Mr. Krasznahorkai played on us, and I love it.
you really sell this book well, splendid review man! how accessible is it though, do I need to have a read alot of post-modern fiction and or - classic litterature to have some semplence of understanding what is going on?
Amazing little book! Great analysis. Love the idea that we're being chased by Homer. I completely agree about the music - I also found the physical act of taking out my phone to play the next song before each chapter jarring/interruptive. I really like the idea of it though. Great video!
Thanks! And don't miss your preorder on the forthcoming LK novel from New Directions this autumn: amzn.to/3vlBq1h
Your channel is such a goldmind! Planning on watching all of your videos.
Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy!
My 14 year old younger brother an I were recently at Shakespeare and company in Paris and I saw this on the shelf because of your video. Well anyways because of u I was able to convince my brother to buy it and wouldn’t you know, he finished it that night at the hotel. Thanks for the recommendation, love the channel, and keep up the amazing reviews.
Ahhhh, that sounds wonderful! Thanks for sharing that with me. Happy reading!
(I usually do not comment or subscribe on UA-cam. Yet, I did both now, so good is your channel.) I have just recently discovered Krasznahorkai and I am very lucky that I can read him in Hungarian. I am excited to read this book as well, looking forward to it.
Wow, thanks so much for the huge compliment!
Also, love your channel. This one and several others have given me solace during times in my life that were unimaginably painful. I'm in a new town now and there are 3 really good used bookstores here. Just yesterday I found 3 books by Michel Serres. Haven't read anything of his yet, but the rec came from a trusted source.
Thanks for the recs, insight, and relief!
I feel honored. It's truly great to know that this channel has helped someone. The only thing I've read from Serres was GENESIS and it was sublime. Happy reading!
Great review as always! Currently through my first read of Krasznahorkai with Satantango and I'm absolutely impressed by his prose and how well he can work with rythm and cadence within sentences. Love to see that some of his elements there seem to reappear in Chasing Homer as well from what you've described of the structure, tension and Kafka influence. So excited to keep exploring his catalog.
Thanks for the great content :)
Thanks so much! I delighted in Satantango (book and film)!
Finally. Needed some direction after “Satantango” on which one to read next.
And there's another shorter LK offering forthcoming from New Directions this autumn!
I read this recently and it's a new favourite. It was great to hear your thoughts.
And New Directions has a new one for us this November!
Superb discussion. Compelled to read this now.
Thanks! Happy reading!
I didn’t really understand the ending. Could you offer some explanations or hints? Feeling a little dull
Don't feel dull. LK's text does not offer a clear explanation of the ending; he only gives clues for us to interpret. So mine is just one interpretation. I would say to consider rereading it and pay attention to two things: (1) does the narrative ever stray from the narrator who's on the run?; and (2) the diatribe on mice.
lovely review
Thanks!
Great video. I am about to finish the book. If you have read Horacio castellanos Moya ‘s senselessness, you could see this book almost reads like a sequel to that work.
You, my friend, have caused me to purchase yet another book! :)
A mixed media book? That is so cool! I assume the music was not meant to be listened to while reading the book, but instead the music was inspired by the book.
3rd pl. paranoic: "They..."
Great video! You really got me interested.
Thanks! And don't miss your preorder on the forthcoming LK novel from New Directions this autumn: amzn.to/3vlBq1h
Loved it. Thanks dude
Thanks! And don't miss your preorder on the forthcoming LK novel from New Directions this autumn: amzn.to/3vlBq1h
Another great video Chris, thanks! Do you think War & War or Seiobo There Below is a better place to go after having read The Melancholy of Resistance about a month ago?
Thanks! I would say War & War.
W&W is my favorite of the Tetra but Seiobo is my favorite book period.
You're a drummer?! So am I! I started playing again after about 10 years away (narcissistic relationship that nearly destroyed me) and I'm in 2 bands now, one of which is called BOOKS! (Community reference, but both of us love books too).
When I was shopping for a new kit, I went all out and bought all the stuff I never had while touring around the first time: cases, nice hardware, extra percussion, top-notch cymbals, etc. I'm so happy to be playing again. My new kit is a jazz set by Gretsch and the tones are lovely. Perfect for what I play with the groups: slightly punky, slightly jazzy and sharp instrumental music. Do you listen to music as much as you read? What do you like to play? Why does my grammar keep getting called out by my computer with every word I'm writing here?
Hahaha--thanks for your entertaining comment. Glad you're out of that relationship. And what a great privilege to invest in quality gear! I've been playing since I was about 14 (so going on 24 years--good grief!). I still play a Pearl Export Select kits I got at Chuck Levin's outside Washington, D.C., way back. I was so proud toting them home in my dad's truck back to Virginia. I've played everything from jazz to rock to gospel to prog and so on. The kit as I bought it was massive because I was heavily under the sway of Mike Portnoy and Virgil Donati. But now I play it as a humble 4-piece jazz kit pretty much permanently. I've been obsessed with Matt Garstka for years now, but I don't really play anything like that (I'm not that good). I definitely don't listen to music at the level and frequency of reading--I much prefer reading. But I mostly listen to jazz and classical (and AAL). I've really been listening to a lot of Lili Boulanger lately, especially her cortege pieces. Wonderful music.
@@LeafbyLeaf Thanks for that rec! Classical music has always been a blind spot for me, aside from modern (or modern-sounding) work. Ligeti, Penderecki, Shostakovich, Cage, Xenakis, Stockhausen, Branca, and the like. Classical music is like poetry for me: appreciation of it eludes me so far! Lots of great jazz happening right now, adding to the million amazing records that already exist. Impulse! is back in business and a few of their latest signees are bringing jazz back to the 70s golden age of genre-bending experimentation. Thanks again! Can't wait to see the next one!
Classical music took me a while to appreciate. Because we’ve grown up in a world where our experience of classical music is limited to Saturday morning cartoons and movies, it’s hard to go back and divorce this application of classical music from its roots on its own. Appreciating it as its own art instead of a soundtrack or score. For me it was useful to simply bombard myself with all manner of classical music constantly and figure out what stood out. It turned out that Schubert was, for me, the standout and so I drilled down into his life and works. From there, Schumann. And so on. Eventually, I developed a somewhat discerning ear and thus appreciation for classical. But it took years. Jazz, on the other hand, was immediate!
"Journey in Satchadananda" by Alice Coltrane and "The Creator Has a Master Plan" by Pharoah Sanders. They are 8 and 30 minute investments, but you will be more puddle than man for the duration.
Thanks for setting me up for my Spotify time at work today! 🙌
Hi! So i recently read that on hungarian the novel is written on the 3rd person. So why do you think it was the choice of the translator to translate it to a first person? I feel that it is natural it being in a 1st person. But do you think the ending, on a 3rd person narrator, would've been 'more clear'?
Still i think the ending was him...
*********POSSIBLE SPOILER**************
being what the scuba divers found on the beach, but im still not sure. Was that your conclusion also or am i just lost?
Anyone, any thoughts on this?
This description sounds too good to pass... I ordered it
Krasznahorkai is one of my favorite authors!
@@LeafbyLeaf OK, Just finished reading it, and the ending just floored me! Now I have to start reading from the beginning... That was a dirty trick that Mr. Krasznahorkai played on us, and I love it.
Yes! 🙌🙌
hi i just found your channel through a book and fountain pen friend of mine .
Greetings! It's always great to have a book-and-fountain-pen friend! :)
you really sell this book well, splendid review man!
how accessible is it though, do I need to have a read alot of post-modern fiction and or - classic litterature to have some semplence of understanding what is going on?
I don't think so. I think it's highly accessible and immersive. Let me know!
@@LeafbyLeaf good to know, I´ll maybe get it some time :)
For god's sake Mister Via, I simply CAN'T buy all these books!
😬😬😬 (if it helps, I’m thinking of employing a new “1 book/video per month” model next year.)