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Jorge's Corner
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Hello, my friends! Welcome to this little corner of the world. I use this space to share my thoughts on things that interest me: books, films, music, faith, language, and life in general. This is a bilingual channel. I hope you find something here that speaks to you. Thanks for stopping by!
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¡Hola, amigos y amigas! Bienvenidos a este pequeño rincón del mundo. Utilizo este espacio para compartir mis ideas sobre temas que me interesan: libros, películas, música, fe, lenguaje, y la vida en general. Este es un canal bilingüe. Espero que encuentren aquí algo que les interese. ¡Gracias por la visita!
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¡Hola, amigos y amigas! Bienvenidos a este pequeño rincón del mundo. Utilizo este espacio para compartir mis ideas sobre temas que me interesan: libros, películas, música, fe, lenguaje, y la vida en general. Este es un canal bilingüe. Espero que encuentren aquí algo que les interese. ¡Gracias por la visita!
Italo Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler (1979) | Book Review and Analysis
A reflection on Italo Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler (Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore). English translation by William Weaver published by Harcourt Brace in 1981.
I mention Gaston Bachelard's The Poetics of Space. Here's my video on it:
czcams.com/video/cp-DlDkGMAI/video.html
The first part of my 1001 Nights reading vlog:
czcams.com/video/nN5hTu5yi60/video.html
My video on Cao Xueqin's The Store of the Stone (also known as Dream of the Red Chamber):
czcams.com/video/tIO7TD380gU/video.html
My video on Jan Potocki's The Manuscript Found in Saragossa:
czcams.com/video/sRvC7X_r5fw/video.html
Contents:
00:00 - Intro
01:10 - Premise, characters and approach
01:43 - What is the novel about?
02:05 - The protagonist
02:34 - Content: the novels within the novel
04:32 - Genres: a literary pastiche
05:14 - Samples: thoughts on books and reading
08:27 - Other important characters
10:17 - Mise en abîme
11:19 - A rather messy novel, and some thoughts on David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas
13:30 - Some thoughts on "spoilers"
15:05 - Bottom line?
15:49 - The most amazing, mind-blowing thing about this novel
I mention Gaston Bachelard's The Poetics of Space. Here's my video on it:
czcams.com/video/cp-DlDkGMAI/video.html
The first part of my 1001 Nights reading vlog:
czcams.com/video/nN5hTu5yi60/video.html
My video on Cao Xueqin's The Store of the Stone (also known as Dream of the Red Chamber):
czcams.com/video/tIO7TD380gU/video.html
My video on Jan Potocki's The Manuscript Found in Saragossa:
czcams.com/video/sRvC7X_r5fw/video.html
Contents:
00:00 - Intro
01:10 - Premise, characters and approach
01:43 - What is the novel about?
02:05 - The protagonist
02:34 - Content: the novels within the novel
04:32 - Genres: a literary pastiche
05:14 - Samples: thoughts on books and reading
08:27 - Other important characters
10:17 - Mise en abîme
11:19 - A rather messy novel, and some thoughts on David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas
13:30 - Some thoughts on "spoilers"
15:05 - Bottom line?
15:49 - The most amazing, mind-blowing thing about this novel
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José Saramago's All the Names (1997) | Book Review and Analysis
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The Nobel Prize in Literature for 1998 was awarded to José Saramago. This is a reflection on All the Names (Todos os nomes). English translation by Maragaret Jull Costa published by Harcourt in 1999. Contents: 00:00 - Intro and Nobel Prize citation 00:55 - My experience with Saramago 01:55 - Premise and protagonist 03:11 - Solitude 04:16 - The sense of a quest 05:26 - Style 07:16 - The narrator...
Nobuhiko Obayashi's His Motorbike, Her Island (1986) | Film Review and Analysis
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A reflection on Nobuhiko Obayashi's His Motorbike, Her Island (彼のオートバイ、彼女の島, Kare no ōtobai, kanojo no shima), which instantly became one of my favorite films ever. Vielen Dank to my friend Ralph for recommending this film! We put together a list of "100 Essential Films," and this one is included. Please see below for links. Enjoy! My 100 Essential Films video: czcams.com/video/0qrvA2MdL5c/vide...
Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921) | Book Review and Analysis
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The Nobel Prize in Literature for 1934 was awarded to Luigi Pirandello. This is a reflection on Six Characters in Search of an Author (Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore), his most influential play and a landmark of 20th-century theatre. English translation by Eric Bentley published by Signet in 1998. In the spirit of Pirandello, this review/analysis is presented as a discussion or plan for a rev...
V. (1963), de Thomas Pynchon | Reseña, análisis y guía de lectura
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Una reflexión sobre la novela V., de Thomas Pynchon. ¿Qué les parece este autor? Mil gracias a mi amigo Ralph por sugerir la conexión con Ella, de H. Rider Haggard, y con Carl Jung. Contenidos: 00:00 - Mis primeros pasos con Pynchon 01:14 - Contexto 02:32 - Estructura: dos tramas entrelazadas 03:33 - Temas 06:07 - Adentrémonos en el texto 06:18 - La trama de Benny Profane y La Dotación Enferma ...
Thomas Pynchon's V. (1963) | Book Review, Analysis & Reader's Guide
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A reflection on Thomas Pynchon's V. My thoughts on Felisberto Hernández's The Daisy Dolls (Las Hortensias): czcams.com/video/Dv7ef9dYaSo/video.html I also mention Julio Cortázar's Hopscotch, which was published the same year as V.: czcams.com/video/pglZv5n7BrU/video.html Contents: 00:00 - Epigraphs 00:13 - Intro 01:40 - Structure 03:46 - Benny Profane, Herbert Stencil, and "V." 05:42 - Themes 1...
Ardiente paciencia [El cartero de Neruda] (1985), de Antonio Skármeta | Reseña y análisis
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Una reflexión sobre Ardiente paciencia (también conocida como El cartero de Neruda), de Antonio Skármeta, con comentarios sobre la película de Michael Radford (1994). Contenidos: 00:00 - Introducción 01:04 - Sobre Ardiente paciencia 02:25 - Trama y personajes 03:15 - Historia y literatura 04:58 - Sobre los personajes y el sentido del humor 05:34 - Género y subgéneros 06:57 - ¿Una novela breve? ...
António Lobo Antunes' The Land at the End of the World (1979) | Book Review and Analysis
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A reflection on António Lobo Antunes' The Land at the End of the World (Os Cus de Judas). English translation by Margaret Jull Costa published by Norton in 2011. Many thanks to my friend Henrique for recommending this great novel! 😃 Contents: 00:00 - Intro 00:37 - About the novel 01:44 - Connections with other authors 03:19 - Premise 04:27 - Mood: abjection 06:28 - A couple of quotes 08:30 - Wh...
Jorge Luis Borges' A Universal History of Iniquity (1935) | Book Review and Analysis
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A reflection on Jorge Luis Borges' A Universal History of Iniquity, also known as A Universal History of Infamy (Historia universal de la infamia). English translation by Andrew Hurley published by Penguin in 1998 in the volume titled Collected Fictions. It was also published as a separate volume in 2004. This is Episode 2 of the podcast The Borges Connection. The Borges Connection, Episode 1: ...
Marcel Schwob's Imaginary Lives (1896) | Book Review and Analysis
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A reflection on Marcel Schwob's Imaginary Lives (Vies imaginaires), a fantastic work in its own right that also happened to inspire Borges' A Universal History of Iniquity (Historia universal de la infamia) and many other authors. English translation by Chris Clarke published by Wakefield Press in 2018. Spanish translation by Antonio Álvarez de la Rosa published by Alianza Editorial in 2017. Co...
Pedro Calderón de la Barca's Life Is a Dream (1636) | Book Review and Analysis
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A reflection on Pedro Calderón de la Barca's Life Is a Dream (La vida es sueño), a masterpiece of the Golden Age of Spanish theatre. English translation by Gregary Racz published by Penguin in 2006. My thoughts on The Song of the Cid (Cantar de mio Cid): czcams.com/video/Tid4PetGFFE/video.html Contents: 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - About the author 01:52 - About the play: publication, structure, meter...
Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo (1955) | Book & Film Review
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A reflection on Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo and its adaptation to film (Carlos Velo, 1967). My analysis of the text is based on the new translation by Douglas J. Weatherford, published by Grove Press in 2023. Contents: 00:00 - Intro 01:14 - Quick overview of the story and characters 02:24 - Name symbolism 04:00 - Structure 05:34 - Pedro Páramo as a novella 07:37 - Pedro Páramo as a dictator story...
Book Haul: Summer 2024
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for 3 years of Jorge's Corner, my friends!!! 😃 To celebrate, I went on a little road trip and visited two bookstores... and then decided to visit a third one. Books, films, albums, and other random stuff. Have a wonderful summer! Music: "Happy Rock," by Top-Flow pixabay.com/music/indie-pop-happy-rock-165132/ I promised to talk about Juan Rulfo. Here's my video on...
Juan Carlos Onetti's A Brief Life (1950) | Book Review and Analysis
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A reflection on Juan Carlos Onetti's A Brief Life (La vida breve), considered by many to be his most important novel. English translation by Hortense Carpentier published by Grossman in 1976. When sampling the English version, I consulted the edition published by Serpent's Tail in 1993. An overview of Onetti's works: czcams.com/video/wH9G1z6OrbU/video.html My thoughts on Onetti's short stories ...
Sei Shonagon's The Pillow Book (1002) | Book Review and Analysis
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A reflection on Sei Shonagon's The Pillow Book (枕草子, makura no soshi). English translation by Meredith McKinney published by Penguin in 2006. On keeping a journal (I promised to talk about The Pillow Book here): czcams.com/video/VSxqt0GIvXc/video.html My thoughts on Tales of Ise: czcams.com/video/X1ghYk3XFaM/video.html Want more on Japanese literature written by women? The Stories of Ichiyo Hig...
Karin Boye's Kallocain (1940): An Underrated Dystopian Novel | Book Review and Analysis
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Karin Boye's Kallocain (1940): An Underrated Dystopian Novel | Book Review and Analysis
The Works of Adolfo Bioy Casares: Novels, Novellas and Short Stories | Author Spotlight
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The Works of Adolfo Bioy Casares: Novels, Novellas and Short Stories | Author Spotlight
Michio Takeyama's Harp of Burma (1946) & Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp (1956) | Book & Film Review
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Michio Takeyama's Harp of Burma (1946) & Kon Ichikawa's The Burmese Harp (1956) | Book & Film Review
The Works of Juan Carlos Onetti: Novels, Novellas, and Short Stories | Author Spotlight
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The Works of Juan Carlos Onetti: Novels, Novellas, and Short Stories | Author Spotlight
Top 10 Jorge Luis Borges Poems | Introducing The Borges Connection!
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Top 10 Jorge Luis Borges Poems | Introducing The Borges Connection!
Dar la cara (José Martínez Suárez, 1962) | Análisis
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Dar la cara (José Martínez Suárez, 1962) | Análisis
Adolfo Bioy Casares' Diary of the War of the Pig (1969) | Book Review and Analysis
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Adolfo Bioy Casares' Diary of the War of the Pig (1969) | Book Review and Analysis
Buddhist Meditation: Classic Teachings from Tibet | Book Review and Analysis
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Buddhist Meditation: Classic Teachings from Tibet | Book Review and Analysis
Gabriel García Márquez's The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975) | Book Review and Analysis
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Gabriel García Márquez's The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975) | Book Review and Analysis
Joseph Conrad's Nostromo (1904) | Book Review and Analysis
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Joseph Conrad's Nostromo (1904) | Book Review and Analysis
Peter Handke's The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1970) | Book Review and Analysis
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Peter Handke's The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1970) | Book Review and Analysis
Nadine Gordimer's July's People (1981) | Book Review and Analysis
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Nadine Gordimer's July's People (1981) | Book Review and Analysis
Mariano Azuela's The Underdogs [Los de abajo] (1915) | Book Review and Analysis
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Mariano Azuela's The Underdogs [Los de abajo] (1915) | Book Review and Analysis
Carlos Fuentes' The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962) | Book Review and Analysis
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Carlos Fuentes' The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962) | Book Review and Analysis
Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks (1901) | Book Review and Analysis
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Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks (1901) | Book Review and Analysis
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شكرا جزيلا 😃 Have an amazing weekend, my friend, and happy reading!
Hi Jorge,thanks for your great discussion of this book.It is my favourite Calvino novel,one of the most inventive books I have ever read.The opening sentences of every novel are so important in drawing the reader in to its world and this book succeeds in this remit so well and each chapter is so different from its predecessor.I can think of few books as original,perhaps Pale Fire or Life:A User's Manual .I believe Calvino was a member of the Oulipo group which I included Perec and Queneau,two similarly experimental writers whom I much admire.You have made me want to take out my old copy of the book and re read it for about the fifth time,so thanks although the end of your video certainly fooled me! Have a great weekend.
Hello Richard! 😃 Thank you so much for watching and commenting. I totally agree about the book's inventiveness. Life A User's Manual, what a fantastic text! I still need to read Pale Fire, believe it or not. I found out about the OULIPO connection after I made this video, but I do plan to revisit Perec at some point, and to talk about Queneau too. Have a fantastic weekend, my friend, and enjoy this great novel once again!
Very interesting video, thank you. 🙏🏽 I have read few books by Saramago: Blindness was interesting but a bit too much in places, Baltasar and Blimunda started well and then didn't go anywhere for me, Gospel According To Jesus Christ I didn't get. Maybe not the author for me but I find the premises of his novels interesting. Happy reading!
Thank you so much once again, Paromita! 😃 I believe the books you've read by him are superior to All the Names, which is very different in many ways. I think when we've read 3 books by an author, we know whether we are fans or not. I used to judge authors by the first book I read, haha. But in many cases, I'm glad I gave them another chance. Have an amazing weekend, my friend, and happy reading!
I'm doing the grab the book and read it based on title, cover, maybe short blurb more and more. Like you, yes, may lead to disappointment, but when it works, can be such a pristine reading experience. 😊🙏🏽
I know, right?! 😃 It's such a refreshing approach. Some back cover descriptions are completely misleading. One of the worst experiences I have had in this context was with García Márquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold. I'll share an experience with this method in a video at some point. Thank you so much for sharing your own experience, my friend!
Great video
Thank you so much for watching and commenting, Sara! 😃 So glad you enjoyed it. Have a wonderful weekend, my friend!
Great discussion. I also liked Invisible Cities. My favourite by Calvino so far is The Complete Cosmicomics, SF almost but Calvino style. If On A Winter's Night opened brilliantly for me. Then gradually, the book lost its way with me and I was left disappointed. Maybe some day I will appreciate it more. For now, I really enjoyed the discussion. 🙏🏽
Thank you so much, Paromita! 😃 I still need to read the Cosmicomics. I've had the books for years, now that I think about it... It's totally understandable about If on a winter's night a traveler. It took me a long time to make up my mind to read it. I had bought it even before I got my copy of Invisible Cities, which is the book I would recommend as a starting point with Calvino (based on my limited knowledge). So glad you enjoyed the video, my friend!
In this CZcams era of DNFing ; reading one chapter to decide if we keep or unhaul ; that Calvino book doesn’t seem that surreal :) André Gide coined the expression “mise en abîme”, he took the terms from heraldry to describe the type of meta fiction used here (a book about a writer who’s writing the book you’re reading).
Haha, you're absolutely right, my friend! 😃 The guy was way ahead of his time, in so many ways. I have found Gide's concept to be so useful when discussing certain types of modernist and postmodernist works. Speaking of which, I need to talk about Gide. Hopefully soon! Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend, and have an amazing weekend!
I liked what you did at the end 😂
So glad you enjoyed it, Raheel! 😃 Calvino style, haha. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend, and have a fantastic weekend!
Brilliant touch at the end! You mentioned Invisible Cities, and I was wondering if that would not be a fitting description for the town of Comala.
Glad you enjoyed it, Francesco! 😃 What a great connection: Rulfo and Calvino. Comala is definitely an invisible town, if you ask me. Maybe Onetti's Santa María too. Modiano's Paris... Thank you once again for watching and commenting, my friend! Have an amazing weekend, and happy reading!
This book is on my "To Buy" list for a few years now and you have convinced me to buy it before i buy any of my other 383 books on my list. 😅 Keep up the good work!
Haha, hope you enjoy it, my friend! 😃 I can tell you it's one of the most original novels I've ever read. Please let me know what you think about it. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, and have an excellent weekend!
As a Calvino completist, I urge you to read him. He began as a realist and moved slowly toward a one of a kind combination of fantasy, science fiction, and comedy. Borges inspired a collection of funny tales called The Cosmicomics. The Our Ancestors Trilogy, made up of The Non Existent Knight, The Cloven Viscount, and The Baron in the Trees, is worth reading. Gore Vidal wrote an excellent survey of Calvino's writing "Fabulous Calvino." Calvino compared writing to putting jelly on bread. The fantasy was the jelly and realism the bread. The realism is the support the fantasy needs.
Hello Donald! 😃 I definitely need to read more by him. I have copies of the Cosmicomics (the two separate volumes) and The Baron in the Trees. I found the premise of The Cloven Viscount to be intriguing to say the least! I was not aware of his more realist beginnings. What an amazing analogy with the bread and jelly! Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend, and have a fantastic weekend!
That ending is genius
Thank you so much, Daniel! 😃 So glad you enjoyed it. I was hoping it wouldn't be too frustrating, haha. Have an amazing weekend, my friend, and happy reading!
Quite a puzzle of a book … and yet such a rewarding reading … I am never tired of exploring If on a Winter’s Night… thank you for the insightful session…❤
That is one of the amazing things about this novel: how can it be so frustrating and so satisfying at the same time? 😃 So happy to hear you enjoyed the video, Fazal. Have a wonderful weekend, my friend!
What a coincidence, a few weeks ago I subscribed to your channel. And I'm currently on the last hundred pages of the book. I'll save the video to watch once I'm done. I already had a slight familiarity with Italo Calvino, but "Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore" is a completely unique beast.
Wonderful, my friend! 😃 Please let me know what you think of the book once you're done. This novel really is something else. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, and for subscribing! Have a fantastic weekend!
The, let's say, obsession readers have with complete stories may be connected to the likelihood of our lives being truncated before reaching the last conclusion (even though there might not have been any definitive end). This fear of incompleteness drives us to (unconsciously) desire proper closure in everything we begin. From a different angle, the passages you read reminded me of the scrolling gesture so prevalent in today's culture, but applied to a physical book rather than an electronic device, where new fragmented stories overlap previous ones in an endless loop.
Tremendous insight, Leandro! 😃 I like the notion that, since a sense of closure is often absent in our lives, we turn to books (and films, and other art forms) for it. The proverbial "sense of an ending." Regarding scrolling, yes; that's another area in which Calvino was ahead of his time. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend! Have an excellent weekend!
Jorge, your two cents on Calvino are more valuable than any literature course anywhere…….. Merci! I also have in my library Calvino’s remarkably disturbing “Numbers in the Dark”, masterfully translated from the Italian by Tim Parks…….both suitable shelf companions to my Borges and Márques collections. You are a remarkable young man Jorge, who gives me so much real pleasure. Miss Jenny
Thank you so much, Miss Jenny, for watching and commenting, and for your kind words! 😃 It makes me so happy to hear you enjoyed the video. Ah, Calvino, JLB, and GGM: that's a combination! Numbers in the Dark sounds intriguing. I need to experience his short stories. Have an amazing weekend, my friend, and happy reading!
No, it is not alright to not like this book! 🙂 While I was for a short time of my life a big David Mitchell fan - somewhat I lost that fandom ... I still think Black Swan Green is his best book. - - - OULIPO, my friend, OULIPO. More Queneau and Perec, please. 🙂
I read about the OULIPO connection after I did the video. 😃 More to come about this, my friend! Black Swan Green has been on my list for a while now. I've also heard good things about number9dream. Have an excellent weekend, and happy reading and film watching!
Looking good 😊
Thank you so much, my friend! 😃 Have a wonderful weekend, and happy reading!
I am going to leave a controversial comment about style here, and not because I intend for it to be so, but because it might be perceived as such. European authors such as Saramago, Levi, Tabucchi, Goethe and others adopt a writing style that just flows. Their prose has got no intellectual hiccups, and you can follow it as you could follow a low-level discussion about philosophy, where the language isn't distracting you, but where the oddities of life are emphasised very well. It gives me the same sensation as if I were sitting by a river, watching the water flow, and meditating. I have yet to find a North American author who adopts the same style. King, Bradbury, Vonnegut, and even some British authors like Graham Greene, seem to prefer a language that does not flow in much the same way. It's as if their language described a life lived in constant peril, where one has to watch over one's shoulder at all times, and there is little time to savour the gifts of life. Now, my sample is probably not representative at all, so I'd say it's just an impression, and probably one highlighted by the cultural differences that dictate how lives are lived in various parts of the World.
Such a brilliant reflection, Francesco! 😃 I totally agree, and I think your metaphor of the river flowing is absolutely appropriate. Reading Saramago is definitely like being carried by a current of language. Interestingly, I felt a similar sensation while reading António Lobo Antunes, so as you point out, we could say that this has to do with a certain way of perceiving the world in the cultural sense. In the context of the US, at the moment I can think of the example of Faulkner, but of course, it's not the same thing. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful ideas, my friend! Have an amazing day, and happy reading!
Is there anybody who is like me, I am really sympathetic to Herzog and rather have a dislike towards Mandelein(sorry if i typed her name wrong and sorry if my English is flawed). Anyway thank u for your analysis!
Your English is great, my friend! 😃 Thank you so much for watching, commenting, and sharing your perspective. Have a fantastic day, and happy reading!
Thank you. Your review is amazing. I love it
Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words, Stevie! 😃 So happy to hear you enjoyed the video. Have a fantastic week, my friend!
nice. put on list
Hope you enjoy it, my friend! 😃 Thank you so much for watching, and have an excellent week!
Ha! Another one I’ve never read, I’ve read so few Spanish & Portuguese writers and this channel make me want to try them all😅
I highly recommend Saramago's Blindness and/or The Double, my friend! 😃 He's a superb storyteller. I'm sure I will be reading him again soon. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, and have an awesome week!
Fav Obayashi💜
Brilliant film, isn't it?! 😃 So far, it is my favorite too, but I need to explore more by Obayashi, which I will be doing soon. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend, and have an amazing week!
@@JorgesCorner thank you friend! U too. Yeah I love it, it inspired me with my own art a lot, I even put a poster on it in my last video (56 min mark), not plugging but if ur curious)). I found ur account after watching The Devil Probably, great video too by the way, I had the same as u described with Bresson- and personally with Obayashi as well, that you have to get used to their own specific styles but then it clicks. Hanagatimi (2017) is one of Obayashi I really recommend too
I'm enjoying your amazing video very much, my friend! 😃 Thank you for letting me know. I need to revisit some of my favorite films by Bresson, now that I think about it. Thank you also for recommending another Obayashi. I will definitely check it out. Have a fantastic day!
Very well done, such a great review!
Thank you so much, Ahmad! 😃 So happy to hear you enjoyed the video. Have a wonderful week, my friend, and happy reading!
Jorge, I have stumbled across a Mexican writer named Sergio Pitol. A new edition of his short fiction, Mephisto's Waltz, translated by George Henson, recently appeared in my library. Can you tell me anything about him? He is unknown to me, might he warrant a video? Thanks for your help!
Hello Donald! 😃 Sergio Pitol seems to be a truly interesting author, one of the most famous of the so-called "post-Boom" generation. Unfortunately, I have read only one book by him: The Love Parade (El desfile del amor, 1984, also translated by George Henson, in 2021). It was, to me, an enjoyable though not exactly fascinating read, but I do not remember the details. I read it one summer for a class that was to start in the fall but that was later cancelled (so I was frustrated but at the same time happy I had given myself a much-needed crash course in 20th-century Mexican literature). I'll explore his bibliography and see what I can find, because he definitely warrants a video. Maybe I could even reread The Love Parade. I'm sure I have notes on it somewhere. Thank you so much for the idea, my friend, and please let me know what you think of this author if you decide to read him. Have an amazing week, and happy reading!
So beautiful review. Thank you sir. It would be much better for students if you say summary of works while discussing novels. Lots of love to you.
Thank you so much, my friend, for your kind words and advice! 😃 I'm happy to hear you enjoyed the video. Have an amazing week, and happy reading!
great video, jorge! haven't read a lot of saramago yet. out of the few that I've read 'the year of death...' was my favourite :)
Thank you so much, Henrique! 😃 After Lobo Antunes, I thought it might be a good idea to revisit Saramago. Many friends have recommended The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis, so I'm definitely going to read it. Have a fantastic weekend, my friend, and happy reading!
This book should not be published as the author himself realised his readers wouldn't enjoy as much as his other works. Just sharing my opinion on the book, I finished it last night.
Many readers agree with you, my friend! 😃 It's definitely not one of his best, though I was still happy to read it. My favorite short work by García Márquez is No One Writes to the Colonel. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, and have an amazing weekend!
Hi Jorge I have read The Double and Blindness and liked them very much,the long sentences didn't bother me at all,so I shall definitely add All the Names to my list. As you pointed out ,the references to Kafka and the film Brazil seem very appropriate to the theme of the novel. I had never heard of The Clerk but I see that it has an English translation so I am interested in reading it ,especially as one critic likened it to Twin Peaks as reimagined by Roberto Bolano.Thanks very much for the recommendations and have a great weekend.
Hello Richard! 😃 We have had a very similar experience of Saramago's work, then. I hope you enjoy All the Names! And The Clerk, of course. I remember reading that another novel by Saccomanno, Gesell Dome, had also been compared to Twin Peaks. I'd say The Clerk is like Kafka + Philip K. Dick. Thank you for watching and commenting, my friend, and have an excellent weekend!
i liked the vidoe; i like all your videos. my two cents i- what i would like to hear - is a more details synopsis of the plot. how does the novel resolve itself and how do you respond to it. You brought up V and 1984 and Brazil. The last two resolve itself in a similar fashion - protog is defeated , which is the tragic, aspect of such novels. is it the same in this novel? and would these novels lose thier power if there was a upbeat ending? i guess i'm asking is do these LITERRAY novels simply dervie thier power by sabotaging the proag. again great work but a more complete synopsis would be appreciated and perhaps an idea of what gives the novel its power
Thank you so much for watching and commenting, Kumar! 😃 That's a great point. I avoid discussing the conclusions of the books I review so as not to "spoil" the reading experience for those readers who prefer to find out by themselves how the story ends. The concept of the "spoiler" is interesting, complex and problematic, and I have my own ideas about it (some of which I share in my upcoming video, actually!), but to answer your question... *spoiler alert*... in this case the story does not have what we might call a happy ending either. I agree with you that many great works seem to derive their power from sabotaging the protagonist. I think in general we tend to mistrust upbeat endings, which I think is rather unfortunate. Of course, it depends on the context too. Thanks again, my friend, and have a wonderful weekend!
Best movie all time!
It's pure genius, isn't it? 😃 Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend! Have a wonderful weekend!
Thanks for sharing and posting the vid. 💛💯👍
Thank you so much, my friend, for watching and commenting! 😃 Have a fantastic weekend!
Beautiful review. I tried reading it recently and didn’t like how “logical” it felt, but your thematic description made me reconsider to try again. My personal favorite of his is The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis. It’s just something else. Masterpiece. Beyond words. Of his solitude series (Manual for Painting, History Siege Lisbon, All Names, Double), I would go with History of the Siege of Lisbon since, it seems to me, unlike the others, its narrator seems to be infatuated with the protagonist. Perhaps this is because the theme of the book is, I suspect, Saramago’s essay on his own writing process. Although, he did mention in a few interviews how he felt the protagonist in All the Names was closest to what he is truly like as a person. His personal favorites were Baltasar & Blimunda and Death With Interruptions. Love stories.
Thank you so much, my friend! 😃 So glad you enjoyed it. I've heard great things about The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis, so I'm pretty sure that will be my next Saramago. By your description, History of the Siege of Lisbon sounds intriguing too. I can definitely see the close connection between Senhor José and the author, as the character's name indicates too. I was not aware of his own personal favorites, so thanks for sharing! I like the "romance" aspect to his work. The Tale of the Unknown Island was a really nice read, simple and touching. Have an excellent weekend, and happy reading!
wow first? 🙂
YES, my friend!! 😃 Thank you so much for stopping by. Have an amazing day, and happy reading!
I wish you would have been my Japanese Literature professor in university... You explain things so well and calmly, it makes me appreciate the piece of literature that is being discussed, and see it in a different way. I feel like if I had had a teacher like you, I would actually learn and take an interest in things, but alas I am studying for my exams now with the help of the internet. I know this may sound silly, but I teared up from the thought of how much I missed out on my uni classes because of mean, uninterested teachers. Thank you for the videos, Jorge :)
Thank you so much for your kind words, my friend! 😃 That would be amazing, to teach a course in Japanese Literature, which I absolutely love from the classical period to modern times. I'm sorry to hear about your current experience, and wish you the best on your exams! There will be much more to come on Japanese books. Thanks again for watching and commenting, have an amazing day, and happy reading!
Bien, Jorge!! Comentario al margen: 11.36 la verdulería es en Montevideo, no en Buenos Aires, pero para el caso es lo mismo. Saludos de un suscriptor.
¡Tenés toda la razón! 😃 Me di cuenta unos meses después de lanzar el video, y ya era demasiado tarde para hacer cambios. ¡Mil gracias por la visita, la buena onda y la suscripción! Estoy trabajando en el próximo video sobre cine argentino. ¡Muchos saludos, amigo!
@@JorgesCorner Lo estaremos viendo y disfrutando pues!! Abrazo.
Excelentes videos bro, creo que deberías meterle más a esto, hablar en profundidad de años, géneros,directores, preservar el cine argentino
¡Mil gracias, Lucas! 😃 Me alegro mucho de que estés disfrutando de los videos. Tengo unos cuantos análisis de películas individuales (Hombre mirando al sudeste, El lado oscuro del corazón, Nazareno Cruz y el lobo, etc.), pero me encantaría hacer videos como los que decís, explorando algunas décadas que me gustan, directores y demás. Gracias totales por la visita y la buena onda. ¡Muchos saludos, amigo!
@@JorgesCorner paso a ver esos análisis entonces!!!!
Hola Jorge! Creo que llegó un poco tarde a este video pero es que me ha resultado tan interesante! Dos cosas : parece ser que Sartre era una persona especialmente luminosa y que sin duda disfrutaba mucho de la vida. Lo sé por haber leído al completo las Memorias de Simone de Beauvoir y la Correspondencia entre ambos además de un libro de Gisèle Halimi que habla de él también en este sentido... Otra cosa: el tema del antídoto me ha hecho reír mucho! A mí también me afecta psicológicamente lo que leo y envidio (creo) a esas personas que son capaces de leer eficazmente pero con total distancia emocional de un texto. Yo también eligiría Le petit prince Como antídoto porque a pesar de que al final lloro a mares, es un texto emocionante y luminoso. Muchas gracias amigo por este sensacional video una vez más y besos desde el tórrido Madrid, Gabriela 😘
Hola Gabriela! 😃 Mil gracias por la visita y por tus excelentes comentarios. Súper interesante la visión de Sartre que presentan los textos que has leído. Yo sólo lo conozco a través de esta novela, sus cuentos y sus obras de teatro, pero ahora me dan ganas de explorar su vida un poco más a fondo. Sobre Le petit prince, te cuento que a mí también me hizo llorar, al menos en una ocasión. No sé por qué, pero es la parte del zorro la que me hace llorar. En otro sentido, quizás la poesía de Walt Whitman sirva de antídoto también, especialmente la primera edición de Leaves of Grass. Ahora que lo pienso, estaría lindo hacer un video sobre ese texto... ¡Muchísimas gracias nuevamente, querida amiga! ¡Besos desde EE.UU.! 😘
The Chinese live-action tvseries is available on YT with Eng. subtitles
Wow, thank you so much for letting me know, Daphne! 😃 Have an amazing day, my friend!
It shows once again that nobody knows this great film. Sorry that you have so few views.
It was a pleasure watching the film and putting together the video! I most probably would never have watched it if you hadn't recommended it. You're the best, my friend! 😃
Excellent!
Thank you so much for your support, my friend! 😃 So glad you enjoyed it!