Now im excited for Jennifer Lawrence and Robert pattinson pair in die, my love ! 🤩🤩

Of course Fascism is not dead. It can't die until there are still enough people around. Ideas simply do not exist by themselves. And we're condemned to fall into the same errors to time to time. But if we remember history, the next time it Will be less destructive of the precedent one. We are blind. We can't advance while looking where we're going. And it's funny how quickly people forgive this simple fact to embrace the visions of those who say where they are going. It's plenty the world of those people. But we're all blind.

That story sounds very boring.

You have convinced me to try it next year. I keep failing to finish the boyventure that is LOTR.

Thanks a lot, amazing review. I am studying Icelandic and trying to translate a few stories and I am impressed that I am not the only one obsessed with their literature.

i just finished reading it in polish and i was happily surprised to see that the quotes you brought up in your video are as strong as the originals. anyway, i can confirm that reading this one was quite an experience. what got me the most was how grotesque the book got (or maybe it was just my impression of it), and how the characters' stories were told very delibarately so that you can only piece all of their interpersonnal connections together when you've read everything. at first it was so confusing i had to take notes as to whos who, but then the different details and scenes started adding up and fitting in perfectly with one another. really makes you want to read it once again immidiately, just to see what you missed the first time (especially with the narration being a bit chaotic it gets even more confusing). personally i found aleksy's story the most moving, epecially as a queer person myself. i will now stop rambling, as this comment has gotten long enough already 😅 i sincerely hope that the book is more available now in the us, and for any polish readers out there, there is a free pdf you can find online ;D

I enjoyed this overview. One of my favorite reads that you had recommended a year or so ago was: The Catholic School' by Eduardo Albinati. Wow! Not what I expected at all and one of my top 10 big book reads ever! Also, the book by Peter Nadas Parallel Stories became a challenge for sure. But 'The Catholic School'?....what a standout!

Thanks for making this video!

I discovered Gorminghast by accident. I was looking for another trilogy after reading Lord Of The Rings a few times. Initially I couldn't get into it because it starts out so slow. Finally I did get into it and I got totally immersed in the story. I've gone back and read it repeatedly. I've never read "Titus Awakes" because it was put together by Peak's widow from a few notes he made before he died.

I see the Third Realm over there....in paperback! Would love a review on that if you're able!

Wake up babe new Travel Through Stories just dropped

I reread these last year and was contemplating buying a copy of the illustrated edition that you show here. That's how I found my way here. It's one of my favourite series of all time, if not my absolute favourite.

Sean it’s Lee-la, not Lilia. I greatly enjoyed your observations and look forward to watching your other videos.

The greatest writer ever lived! His words are something extraordinary and magic.

I found out about this book through r/booksthatfeellikethis and after watching your review I can safely say I want this book to be a firm 5 miles AWAY from me at any given time 😭😭 Great video!

I find his language in Stoner boring and descriptions sparse. I had to put it down. I borrowed it from the library and still have 2 weeks to finish. I tried restarting Poisonwood Bible, which does not have the problems I encountered in Stoner, but I put that down again. I have Independence Day in my pile to read, but I opened Satanic Verses, which is really, really interesting and different. It is much more expansive and original than Stoner.

Could you please share with me a free website where I can download the free version?

Fantastic review. You are brilliant.Thank you.

Thanks for this review. I have found so many negative or shallow reviews of these. I read that Ferrante's style is pedestrian. While I don't think her style is out of this world, I do feel these books are very important. I love exactly what you said, how the neighbourhood is paramount. Also, in a few reviews I've heard how Lila "makes a choice" to not study, which is total BS. As you said, girls are used as ponds to make connections; they are things/property. Her father throws her out of the window when she says she wants to study. Out of the window!!!! I don't know how anyone can miss that and mistake it as A CHOICE. Lila has very few choices. Her absolute brilliance is in the fact that amongst the few choices she has she manages to find a life. Thanks for the review. Thanks for giving these books the weight they deserve.

I am shocked to hear someone say these books are "about melodrama."

I saw your video a couple of years ago and as a result got hold of a copy and have finally got to it. I’m now 300 pages in so I watched again and I can see what you mean - it’s extraordinary. The surrealism is so vivid and it is difficult to spot where the real becomes surreal - seamless shifting from one to the other. So thanks for your enthusiasm that persuaded me to get this - it would have been easier if I had waited as it has finally been published in the UK and I guess could now be submitted for the international Booker next year! Did you ever do a final review video of it?

It's still toxic masculinity's fault when women are violent. This guy 😂

Not the toxic masculinity gender norms nonsense again. Being a mother is not enough? What exactly does the average woman do that beats being a mother?

Right-Wing populism preceded the Italian Fascist Party by a century via the French Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars. It's not always Fascist otherwise the term is meaningless

You're an inspiration, buddy. I'm glad to have met you. It has been quite the trip to see you develop as a man and listen to your thought processes and see your trajectory. Love you, bb.

Watching this video was a superb way for me to round off my reading of this unusual book. It certainly reminds me of some of Kafka's stories, such as "Before the Law", or even Borges' stories, but Murnane goes way farther. Thank you very much for this man! Appreciated!

Thank you for this

Jon Fosse made me stop laughing nervously.

This was a fantastic series to listen to. Almost made me a bit emotional towards the end. Thank you so much! About the Geats being conquered - this is true, but I’m happy to let you know that there still are two regions in Sweden called West-Geatland and East-Geatland, with ”Göt-” (geat) being a common prefix for place names in those regions 😇

Commie.

Interesting to hear an opinion about The return of the caravels coming from a non portuguese person. I truly can see how it would be a confusing read for a non portuguese person, since to understand it one needs knowledge about the hystorical figures in the book and their relevance to fully grasp it, and also the knowledge about the political situation of Portugal in the 70's, to see how everything comes together so briliantly. But I digress. Happy to see someone enjoying my favourite writer!

20:10 ”Whether it is another story is another story” haha! Great video! Thank you!

Currently reading. Very beautiful and profound.

He doesn't get the female relationships.. best friends, soul sisters.... this is a true evolution of close friendship... love jealousy, envy, trust, mistrust, lust, sexual confidence, sensuality, confidence, emotional strength, moral values, betrayal, vengeance,

What about c.s. kewis ir moorcok (a friend and supporter of peake)

The prose is incredible

Exceptional series. Beautifully written.

you read the weirdest books i've never heard of. I love it man!

I read struggle 1 and just finished MS. Which KOK should I read next? help!

🎉🎉 அழகான பதிவு வாழ்த்துக்கள் இந்தியாவில் இருந்து தமிழ் நாட்டு தோழி 🎉🎉

I read them as a single novel once when the 4th novel came out and again this summer when I started the HBO series. Having spent time in Naples recently where my grandfather left for America n 1905, I am more entrenched than ever.

I don't care much about the fantasy genre, but I do love literary fiction and from that perspective Gormenghast is more interesting and impressive than anything Tolkien wrote.

Is this book uncompleted I mean Does story ends with 3rd book? I read the author died while writing 4th book Thats why Can anyone answer to this question

The aboriginal story of Australia has been greatly embellished. At my old age I lived through most of this time in the bush.

Sounds like a really enjoyable book!

Loved the mini series but been meaning to read it

Currently reading, I finished the first My Struggle and ordered the rest. I literally have found my writer for a year or two. His writing is beautiful.

Great review! 🔥

I will also add that D'Annunzio was the greatest poet and novelist of his generation, Italy's national poet at the time. His works are worth checking out. What's even more impressive is how influential he became once he entered the political stage of his career, in ways that haunted him once he grew old and Fascism took hold. Larger than life perfectly describes him

finishing this novel now. I agree that the newspaper/letter excerpts feel redundant after a chapter. They do show the work Scurati did, but what if he had put them before a chapter, teasing what was to come?