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Sunday, August 20, 2023

The Pole: A Novel by J M Coetzee

 











The Pole: A Novel by J M Coetzee

likened to the shorty story The Dead by James Joyce
ineluctable
chivvying the staff
Haydn Sonata
dances by Lutoslawski
Bartok
Mompou
What is a persons full selfhood?
What is a persons's soul?
On Chopin staying back in France and not retuning to Poland -
"He was ayoung mand when he departed, he was a young man when he died. Young (men) are not happy at home. They search adventure."
Japanese kids start violin lessons with a sponge violin.

 "Two years ols, three years ols, the child carries a violin with (him) everywhere. To the toilet too! It is part of the body, like another arm, arm number three."

Claudio Arrau Chilean pianist who interpreted Chopin
wooden rose gift
Easing itno fition after decades. Most book I read are from the anguished in love. This one from the other side and especially with the twist that the blurb doesnt prepare you for. The ruminations of Beatriz and window into her thoughts before decisions are made, make it very unmovie like and even unbook like just like Beatriz noticing herself in the mirror and creating a distance from the imaginary/movie world that its the person in the mirror thats looking at her. Instead of art imitating life, art is the audience. The choice of foreign language divide brought an air of "lost in translation" doubt and belief to the book. 






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