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The concept and the storyline makes it a really great book in my opinion. It’s post apocalyptic but anti survival. The main protagonist has no memory of before the disaster so is completely unattached to the idea of the world so has to create her own in an almost barren landscape. Poses some really interesting questions on existence.
Oct 2, 2024
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Harrowing. Written in 1995, translated to English for the first time in 2022.
Mar 4, 2024
finished this masterpiece when i was traveling in tblisi, georgia last year. beautiful and dreadful read.
women are sacred and divine. true love is women and i will d1e on this hill
Jan 9, 2025
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not that the MC is a ghost or something but just that feeling a book gives off when you only know the characters' first names (how should a person be sheila heti) or you dont know their name at all (whereabouts jhumpa lahiri). even the autobiography of alice b toklas is sort of like this because toklas didn't actually write it and it's barely about her.
like they obviously exist in the world of the story but because you have less details and definitions, there's no question that you are reading a story as you read. when the characters are sort of enigmatic or allegorical it leaves more room for imagination and projection. makes them more of an idea than something you have to physically picture which is dope
Feb 23, 2024
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I came across the Nap Ministry via a podcast. I really believe in their ethos of “ rest as a form of resistance because it disrupts and pushes back against capitalism and white supremacy.” It’s recontextualising rest for me slowly. Another quote that sums it up perfectly - “ how will you be useless to capitalism today?” - Brontë Velez . really makes me think about how I want to live my life.
Oct 2, 2024
I’ve been going for morning walks when possible in this overgrown cemetery close to me. It’s very peaceful and I can hear birds chirping.. It feels like a very necessary city detox. If I’m feeling stressed or anxious being amongst all the gravestones helps put things in perspective!
Oct 2, 2024
Just like a small little set. Gouache is good because it dries really fast and you don’t need much water. If i have space for a laptop i have space for paints.Feel so much happier when i look back through my notebook and there's colours instead of weird sentences :)
Oct 2, 2024