‘My reading might be pointless in terms of the history of literary criticism; but it’s not pointless in terms of pleasure.’ #DeZinVanHetBoek#TheEssenceOfTheBook
'It is important if someone asks you to remember one of your happiest times to consider not only the question but also the questioner.' #DeZinVanHetBoek#TheEssenceOfTheBook
'Pacifisme is als een zeemeermin: buiten de zee van de verbeelding krijgt het geen adem, het voelt zich niet goed in de werkelijkheid.' #DeZinVanHetBoek
A very impressive elegy printed as a leporello.
It made me realize a thing or two about mourning and about translating (and how those are more interrelated than I had previously thought). Here's how: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5007397334
A love story, a sad one. Am not a fan of the genre myself, but I could appreciate this one. Hurston wrote in the vernacular of her characters, while the backdrop tells of how Black Americans, especially women, struggled to make a living in the 1930s.
'The question is whether we as a society are willing to sacrifice a bit of effciency in the interest of fairness.' #DeZinVanHetBoek#TheEssenceOfTheBook