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cant wait for my life-size mr mime plush to arrive
Bold that you'd call Gabriel García Márquez, a Nobel Prize in Literature winner and one of the most beloved writers of all time, especially in Latin America, a pedophile. But I'll bite.
The reaction to this novella, from what I've heard, was rather positive. I know it has a film adaptation and I found a copy of it in a university research library once under "great literature".
Márquez seemed to be concerned in his writing with the human condition and all of its ugliness. He presented unpleasant or tumultuous relationships, such as those with age gaps or incest. He employed taboo subjects so that readers might step back and think critically about his novels, and subsequently, their worlds.
I know that throughout his career, he was surprised at the sheer amount of people who took his stories at face value. This novel, in particular, seems to be a work of commentary, not a love story. The old man becomes obsessed with this young girl while she is asleep and the love letters he publishes about her speak to the masses. The bitter, semi-libertine, unromantic protagonist becomes The Maestro of Love. It is a subversive sleeping beauty fairytale. After all, a girl who is sleeping cannot be truly known or consent to sex.
In my own humble opinion, this book is a call to the audience to re-examine the way we consume stories. I understand, however, that whenever the word "love" is involved alongside beautiful prose, someone's bound to senselessly and shamelessly romanticize it.
So, in short, I wouldn't say this novel was written by a pedophile. It was written by a journalist.
The reaction to this novella, from what I've heard, was rather positive. I know it has a film adaptation and I found a copy of it in a university research library once under "great literature".
Márquez seemed to be concerned in his writing with the human condition and all of its ugliness. He presented unpleasant or tumultuous relationships, such as those with age gaps or incest. He employed taboo subjects so that readers might step back and think critically about his novels, and subsequently, their worlds.
I know that throughout his career, he was surprised at the sheer amount of people who took his stories at face value. This novel, in particular, seems to be a work of commentary, not a love story. The old man becomes obsessed with this young girl while she is asleep and the love letters he publishes about her speak to the masses. The bitter, semi-libertine, unromantic protagonist becomes The Maestro of Love. It is a subversive sleeping beauty fairytale. After all, a girl who is sleeping cannot be truly known or consent to sex.
In my own humble opinion, this book is a call to the audience to re-examine the way we consume stories. I understand, however, that whenever the word "love" is involved alongside beautiful prose, someone's bound to senselessly and shamelessly romanticize it.
So, in short, I wouldn't say this novel was written by a pedophile. It was written by a journalist.
I (f20), havent been spending that much time with my grandma (f93) lately, and with the holidays coming up I thought it would be nice to take her out sometime. Since she is around 90 years old she can't walk that much/far anymore. Also with the cold weather I don't think its a good idea to do something outside with her.
My only idea was to take her out for a hightea or something, but she doesn't eat alot so I don't know if that's a good option. Anyone's got some cool ideas? Thanks!
this is such a qt question lol
My only idea was to take her out for a hightea or something, but she doesn't eat alot so I don't know if that's a good option. Anyone's got some cool ideas? Thanks!
this is such a qt question lol
It is set in Greece and the time frame is 1903. The practice of dowry was widely present in the then Greek society. The story is set in this context. We have a lady (widow) in her fifties who has three daughters and out of which she had managed to marry off only the first with enough dowry. The married daughter after marriage gives birth to two daughters and a boy. The old lady attending her daughter after the birth of the third child (a girl) keeps reflecting about her life and about the life of girls in general.
She asks within herself a question: What are girls for? This is the answer she gets: "She's there to be tortured and to torture us." What can be done to remedy the situation? She asks once again her own self the question and out of her reflection the answer stumbling out is: Kill them when they are young. The grief is short and the killed infants in their turn never grow up to bring forth many more girls.
This idea takes hold of her whole being and transforms her into an Angel of Death. She takes it as God's will to kill whenever and wherever possible the girl children that she could find. The narration is chilly at at times.
What happens to her? Is she haunted by guilt? Is her crime go unpunished? Where is human and divine justice in it? These questions are answered in a racy narration, that is filled with some Greek folk tales, regional proverbs and local beliefs.
The solution for the social evil is never offered. The greatness of Papadiamantis is in presenting the human solution (infanticide) and its consequences for the persons.
She asks within herself a question: What are girls for? This is the answer she gets: "She's there to be tortured and to torture us." What can be done to remedy the situation? She asks once again her own self the question and out of her reflection the answer stumbling out is: Kill them when they are young. The grief is short and the killed infants in their turn never grow up to bring forth many more girls.
This idea takes hold of her whole being and transforms her into an Angel of Death. She takes it as God's will to kill whenever and wherever possible the girl children that she could find. The narration is chilly at at times.
What happens to her? Is she haunted by guilt? Is her crime go unpunished? Where is human and divine justice in it? These questions are answered in a racy narration, that is filled with some Greek folk tales, regional proverbs and local beliefs.
The solution for the social evil is never offered. The greatness of Papadiamantis is in presenting the human solution (infanticide) and its consequences for the persons.
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