Milan Kundera-Slowness
May 16, 2009
translated from French by Linda Asher
A very disjointed link of beautiful sentences and quotable quotes,disjointed by the multiple interventions of intensive stories.The garden walk consist of story A(18th century:a Mdm de T with her young one-night stand Chevalier to fake as her lover,while her real lover, a certain Marquis actually was able to bump into the Chevaliar and understood the happening incident the night before and of coz here’s her real husband who actually excused himself and left them alone) Story B (20th century:some scientists+assistants+social gathering which seemingly danced out an orgy between them)Story C (the writer and his wife Vera.Almost a hardsell of a variety of ideas linking up in someway with are too complicated to be taken seriously.
The book started and ended well with beautiful proses.
Stars: 2.5 out of 5
May 24, 2009 at 2:50 pm
I remember reading this novel on a bus from Tibet to Golmud (in the middle of China). The bus broke down and I read the pool scene of Slowness. What a great novel! Not one of Kundera’s best ones, but still a very thought-provoking.
Regards,
hanba
May 24, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Hi Hanba!
Thanks for the comments,the pool scene was exciting and the sequence of events were rather refreshing and thought-provoking.I will say,its how he portrays(re-enacts) the theories in real.really one of the best part of the book.:)
June 9, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Hi Misseylee!
Your post inspired me to write something about the book myself
here’s the link:
I really like the quote! This novel is one of my favourite ones. I read it in a bus through tibet, which was definitely slow progress! Here’s a link to a post I wrote recently about the book:
http://hanba.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/highways-part-2-tibet/
Regards,
Hanba
June 9, 2009 at 4:33 pm
sorry you just got a few words too much in that link.. sorry (blush) am a bit new to all this technology! meant to just say that your story inspired me to write a post and then attach the link.
regards /h
May 30, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Agree.This book is really a good read and a good keep.
May 31, 2009 at 1:03 am
I rented it,returned already.dun wana keep so many books at home,i realised that i have been breeding silverfish..oops
October 8, 2009 at 3:32 pm
awwwwwww i love milan kundera’s S L O W N E S S!!!!