Book log #1: December 2016
by Tanya
finished
sociological insights and observations on the nature of humanity by an Auschwitz survivor albeit not a tale of survival. A horror of the kind that makes you want to cry while you read it, partly because it's so beautifully written. Some chapters still haunt me.
“Sooner or later in life everyone discovers that perfect happiness is unrealizable, but there are few who pause to consider the antithesis: that perfect unhappiness is equally unattainable. The obstacles preventing the realization of both these extreme states are of the same nature: they derive from our human condition which is opposed to everything infinite.”
incredibly inspiring and shows an array of different perspectives on the man
collection of short stories. The Girl with the Blackened Eye is one of them, about a girl who reflects on when she got abducted by a man when she was fifteen years old.
in process
set in 23rd-century Thailand, global warming has ruined the planet and big corporations are essentially using bioterrorism to gain control of the world. I'm about halfway through, great so far. Side note: I'm going to Thailand soon and I like the small observations some of the protagonists make into Thai culture.
"sequel" to If This is a Man, written 20 years after the events set in the first book
up next
At the Existentialist Cafe
The Omnivores Dilemma
Women by Charles Bukowski
Moonwalking with Einstein
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