tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post4939422239505203837..comments2023-11-22T04:10:49.266-05:00Comments on Dispatches from Zembla: from The Man Without QualitiesAlokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-71247169351809317642007-02-27T17:57:00.000-05:002007-02-27T17:57:00.000-05:00thank you!thank you!Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-20377702161302610072007-02-26T20:30:00.000-05:002007-02-26T20:30:00.000-05:00great blog, and a great book, thanks.great blog, and a great book, thanks.the art of memoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02748087818232571209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-59251961490661655892007-02-11T16:59:00.000-05:002007-02-11T16:59:00.000-05:00Oh I am still a beginner in these matters. i will ...Oh I am still a beginner in these matters. i will never be like these great men ;)Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-41452180541508424652007-02-11T01:01:00.000-05:002007-02-11T01:01:00.000-05:00being drunk is not waisted, believe me, you're lay...being drunk is not waisted, believe me, you're laying foundations for Lowry :)*https://www.blogger.com/profile/05680450955867041830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-63519903603989460552007-02-10T20:51:00.000-05:002007-02-10T20:51:00.000-05:00yet me meet general stumm. i am waiting for chapte...yet me meet general stumm. i am waiting for chapter 100 too! and now i am drunk, another night wasted!!Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-49098647859272026742007-02-10T18:04:00.000-05:002007-02-10T18:04:00.000-05:00glad you have an edition with the fragments, there...glad you have an edition with the fragments, there really are the gems.<BR/>I was always thinking that General Stumm maybe is the secret hero.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/05680450955867041830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-40214234327197338052007-02-10T17:51:00.000-05:002007-02-10T17:51:00.000-05:00antonia: yes, much better than Tonka... it is a fa...antonia: yes, much better than Tonka... it is a fantastic book in fact. even in the beginning his insights and discussions of love (in a couple of chapters) are so fascinating and profound. no sentimentality and no mumbo-jumbo... he is so sharp and intelligent and reading it one starts feeling more intelligent himself. the english edition comes with the fragments and unfinished drafts too. it will take some time for me to get there though!<BR/><BR/>cat: don't be sad. he says similar things about engineers, military officers, financiers, industrialists, diplomats, everybody in fact. its the representative type for our modern age!<BR/><BR/>crp: thanks :)Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-38925878234394726142007-02-10T17:39:00.000-05:002007-02-10T17:39:00.000-05:00actually the Agathe & Ulrich chapters and fragment...actually the Agathe & Ulrich chapters and fragments belong to the most beautiful & sensitive chapters on love I have ever read. Could sometimes see this almost visually happening. Really, sometimes I wonder was it good that he never managed to finish it, or would it have become even more beautiful.<BR/>the book is much better than his first stories, no?*https://www.blogger.com/profile/05680450955867041830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-90349307621338592722007-02-10T17:33:00.000-05:002007-02-10T17:33:00.000-05:00the end doesn't get gloomy, maybe more slow,more t...the end doesn't get gloomy, maybe more slow,more thoughtful,but still,I think in the end there are some of the best chapters & fragments, especially the ones that describe Agathe and Ulrich's relationship.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/05680450955867041830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-59888040484114657102007-02-10T13:30:00.000-05:002007-02-10T13:30:00.000-05:00Alok: I agree. It's Musil's light touch, more than...Alok: I agree. It's Musil's light touch, more than anything else, that's had me hooked so far (I've read the first 60 or so chapters).<BR/><BR/>btw, as a long time lurker I must say I've greatly enjoyed your posts and links. Thanks!Crphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02122442841897458051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-24348342286392296732007-02-10T13:22:00.000-05:002007-02-10T13:22:00.000-05:00This extract wounded me to the very core. Wounded ...This extract wounded me to the very core. Wounded I was, but something in me was pleased...Cheshire Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463645065346922684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-27420538026560639922007-02-10T12:36:00.000-05:002007-02-10T12:36:00.000-05:00Hehe... yes, Actually Musil himself satirizes Walt...Hehe... yes, Actually Musil himself satirizes Walter and people like him. His intent is clearer in his caricatures of Diotima and Paul Arnheim (the man who is attempting a "Union of Soul and Economics").<BR/><BR/>Musil will have none of the mystifications which goes with all the "soul-talk." He is a committed man of science but he knows that something is lost when one sees oneself and the world from a strictly analytical and scientific point of view.Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-26105962133973430602007-02-10T12:20:00.000-05:002007-02-10T12:20:00.000-05:00Well Walter is pretty shallow himself -- mathemati...Well Walter is pretty shallow himself -- mathematicians, like all other highly evolved species, are easy to spot. Just observe one cross a busy street. You'll hear screeching brakes, you'll see 10 cars pile up one on the other and you'll see one bemused mathematician trying to figure out what all the fuss is about...<BR/><BR/>There's as much personality and "soul" in there as in 1200 pages of bile.Crphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02122442841897458051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-9280315939656251422007-02-10T11:43:00.000-05:002007-02-10T11:43:00.000-05:00nope... havent read it. I am still in Europe. Old ...nope... havent read it. I am still in Europe. Old Europe....Alokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947383354732747209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12674755.post-1495604305435361752007-02-10T11:40:00.000-05:002007-02-10T11:40:00.000-05:00Its nice to know that I am not the only one who ta...Its nice to know that I am not the only one who takes off on regional literary tours. Turkey, Central Asia, the Balkans. Next stop - Egypt. Mahfouz, The Cairo Trilogy. have you happened to read it?Szerelemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17911190230851186924noreply@blogger.com