Saturday, March 24, 2007

Normal Percent Body Muscle

Parents and children not to say night to comment

not say night

Amos Oz

Even with this book of Oz reconfirm my unconditional love for the Israeli writer. It is a book written in 1994, long before then Story of Love and Darkness.

I do not want it as a story-metaphor for Israel, as it is always tempting to interpret the novels of writers Israel: Israel is always Israel. Of course Israel is also in this novel, because the story is set in a small town before the desert.

not say I want to instead analyze night Oz describes the relationship, showing sensitivity and refinement, between the two protagonists: Theo and Noa. They live together and are not married. He, successful urban planner, in his sixties, and several years younger than her who is very dedicated to take care of a father, at least, bizarre. They live in a small town across the desert and there are there because Noa chose to live her story with Theo.

After seven years of living together in a time when you feel the addiction of the report: Theo something happen. You do not have the feeling that too is as if the prelude was over? Noa, has the desire to break free from this relationship by demonstrating its unique capabilities, in addition to teaching. He wants to have his project, his own, in which jump pursuing social objectives. He wants to take the opportunity that the drug is given by the death of his student. Theo wants to break free from the influence of that course, the two, is the "personality".

But Theo, with a thin cruel game, perverse, in which, perhaps unconsciously, alternating interference discouraging and unexpected gestures of great tenderness, activates its jurisdiction and its authority, and prevent Noa, without an act of force, to achieve what he wanted. E Noa surrenders.

Detector thought of Theo How many times in the kitchen, I had a sudden desire to say something that really hurts. That hurt like a slap.

How often you need to hurt us because we love and can not think of making more independent from us? How many times have the need to not allow any generosity?

In a sense we can say that almost everywhere there are addictive substances.

It 's only for employees who remain with Noa and Theo? As can be alone without the other? It 's a great theme to be explored for all reports and not only those of love.

The novel has a structure of alternating points of view of him and her, and sometimes fits a voice outside.

For me, a very elegant book, great as always Oz.

March 15, 2007

What Is A Gardone Vt ?

Amos Oz My Name is Red Pamuk comment

My Name is Red

Orhan Pamuk

books add a man's deep unhappiness that we exchange for consolation.

begin with this sentence review the extraordinary book Pamuk. It may seem that the novel is a reflection on the books. Not so, but I loved her so much that I like to mention it now.

The novel is instead a long deliberation on the confrontation between the Eastern culture and Western culture in a story set among the illuminators of the Turks 500. Become a thumbnail himself, the novel. Indeed, so careful, so attentive to detail, so "narrative" in the depiction of this environment, we seem to see the characters move between the refined colors, live, studied, typical of that art which so admired in museums or monuments and Muslim Turks. An extraordinary art that brought the thumbnail image to go blind so was the commitment that the work required to give the Sultan all the best of their professionalism.

The background, as in Istanbul and Snow, is the comparison between the two cultures: the decline of the oriental culture that can not compete with the West.

The illuminators are confronted with the fact that art comes from Venice and that only in secret may look, admiring and wanting to imitate it, while condemning for human representations that their religion does not allow.

Pamuk put a plot in the novel yellow: there is a murderess between them savagely kills the thumbnails. But it is a ploy to give something to the reader's curiosity, I think, since reading this book is very challenging. Maybe it was not necessary, or maybe yes, I do not know.

I know My Name is Red is a book of extraordinary charm. And when, at times, it is thought that perhaps some pages are too many, in the end we become account that the miniature needs of all those elements and everything, even the smallest detail is essential.

Read, absolutely.

March 15, 2007

Saturday, March 17, 2007

How Do You Hide Mouth Herpes

Slow

This piece will be published in next issue of Hear

No 20 - The Healing : Time

Slowness and speed -

A ridiculous initiative

In one of the last days of February was set a day to "celebrate" the slow pace.

course, in the context of the promoters, the idea was to contrast the slow speed, that distinguishes our lives.

But there seems terrible to propose One day, one day of the year, measured at scan time? The slow, such as speed, should have their natural place in the unfolding of our day.

Some things must be done slowly, others quickly.

If you need to help a sick person takes speed, you must arrive on time, you must run. If you have to pray or attend a patient, we must have the time, you can not have limits because the rush will only cause much discomfort. How can we speed up the dialogue with a person who has trouble talking? And how can we be hasty with a child seeks contact with the adult?

extraordinary value is raised to a behavior that should be part of our daily lives.

Time is just one of those things that can not have rules. A boat trip requires time path very different from an airplane trip. The sea, space, allow reflection, indulge in thoughts, the aircraft catapult and transporting from one place to another in the world without giving time to consider the differences of cultures and reality.

Day February became the slowness of the ghetto?

It is possible that next year, if the initiative will be repeated, we will find suitable gadgets: turtles and snails will be sold in gold and precious stones, chocolate and nougat. In China, the turtle is the symbol of longevity: a beautiful symbol at a time when nobody wants to die.

We are losing so deeply the meaning of life and respect towards the needs of those around us from having to celebrate, with imposition from above, natural behaviors that should be dictated by love, devotion ?

And what I find intolerable is that those who adhere to these "celebrations", he feels at peace then the rest of the year and can be adjusted in minutes instead of relationships that require time, long time.

Fancy a reflection on us? Tell us what you think.

Sunday, March 11, 2007

D2nt Pickit Id References

China-the dragon rampant - Comment on Renata Pisu

China - The dragon rampant

Renata Pisu

this very interesting book that, as sub-sub title: between modernity and tradition, a country in search of identity.

Renata Pisu is a very objective way and great connoisseur of China as she is, right between tradition and modernity. Its location allows us to see from where comes this lively China today, we see apes running towards economic, technical, industrial cities toward a capitalism that is not controllable, and what was the role of his fathers history, starting from Mao and of course continuing with Deng Xiaoping proclaimed that: to enrich and glorious!

But where it stops, however, this China? Backlog in the country, almost fifty years ago, maintains laws that prevent a farmer to move to another region, holding back the development of women, so do not ever want to have a girl, still controls the number of births having well 1 billion and 350 thousand inhabitants.

It seems that everything that is happening in China does not have a precise plan, that anxiety is to compete with other major nations, most notably India, but near as popular, it does not make birth control could become, before long time, a country with great resources young people to enter the market.

will be a privilege to be spectators of such evolution. We Europeans, a birth-zero, we will be soon a continent decrepit, out of all the games you have on the world stage!

The book Pisu addresses the problems of eros, religions, intellectuals, urban and rural areas. A really interesting narrated tour with simplicity and deep knowledge of the country.

unread.

March 11, 2007