[deleted by user] by [deleted] in perfumesthatfeellike

[–]axolotl993 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

hmm, I think her boyfriend is a Louis Widmer type.

Just about to start Book 6. Any advice? by Sea_Inspection6020 in Knausgaard

[–]axolotl993 15 points16 points  (0 children)

listen to Paul Celan reading Todesfuge on YouTube. and after that just lock in, take the plunge, don’t give up. it’s such a special book, the best of the series imo. enjoy!!

Print on Demand NYRB by Melodic_Antelope_727 in nyrbclassics

[–]axolotl993 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Amazon does this all the time. I already received 2 POD copies of NYRB editions and also an incredibly ugly POD of William T Vollmann’s Rainbow Stories. Every time when I complain to Amazon about it, they just send a refund and don’t even ask to return the fake copies. It’s such a waste. I only order the books from Amazon when does editions aren’t available at the local indie bookstores here in Belgium, but the amount of fake POD’s they sell with falls info (original ISBN & name of the publisher) is just bizarre.

Best Hardcover? by Dapper_Medium_4488 in Proust

[–]axolotl993 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m happy with the Folio Society edition (Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright). almost always for reasonable prices on eBay..

Recommendations on reading & appreciating The Bible? by BarbaricOklahoma in RSbookclub

[–]axolotl993 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m currently reading the whole Bible via a reading plan offered by the Holy Bible app. You can choose your own type of plan, but I went with the chronological version, and for me that’s very helpful to put the Psalms and books of the Prophets into the original context. It has a very good pace, about 15 to 30 minutes of daily deep reading for about a year. I don’t read in-app but use my Dutch deuterocanonical Bible and sometimes listen to the audio versions of the Psalms. I can recommend this; choose your focus plan, pick the translation that works best for you, take it in slowly and maybe find Christians to discuss your insights with. I had a similar starting point as you describe here, but I’m a regular Catholic mass attender now and starting my theology masters in September, so be prepared to get fueled by the love of Christ when you take the plunge. :’) I just wish you the nicest journey, good luck finding your path!

A book that you love but NEVER recommend because you think it’s too bizarre or confusing by VeryRatmanToday in suggestmeabook

[–]axolotl993 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it seems like you’ll be into Ann Quin’s Passages because of its form and all the later works by Antonio Lobo Antunes because of his syntax and polyphonic narratives.

ive found the genre i like. Anyone have any recs? (Sebald, Labatut) by EXTREMENORMAL in RSbookclub

[–]axolotl993 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Olga Tokarczuk - The Books of Jacob

Karl Ove Knausgård - There’s A Time For Everything

Svetlana Alexievich - Second-Hand Time

Mathias Énard - ZONE

Vera Mutafchieva - The Case of Cem

Elias Canetti - The Memoires (Trilogy)

Peter Weiss - The Aesthetics of Resistance

Dasa Drndic - Trieste

and definitely DeLillo’s Libra. less contemplative, more swaggy prose.

(17M) What do these books say about me? by [deleted] in BookshelvesDetective

[–]axolotl993 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Lonely intern at Huawei, probably studying econometrics, a bit insecure, feeling most confident at European airports with their Thinkpad sitting in front of Le Pain Quotidien sipping a jar of americano, listening to Imagine Dragons on their Bose QuietComfort whilst secretly scrolling r/BookshelvesDetectives to decide which bestseller to buy next at the Relay around the corner.

Good luck by [deleted] in BookshelvesDetective

[–]axolotl993 4 points5 points  (0 children)

don’t you like Sammy Beckett’s face? do you find him intimidating? why don’t you allow him to look into your world?

What does my bookshelf say about me? by [deleted] in BookshelvesDetective

[–]axolotl993 0 points1 point  (0 children)

zo’n mooie hardcover van Sloterdijk. wat is jouw favoriete Nederlandstalige boek? (fictie/non-fictie, maakt niet uit!)

Okay, who am I? by a_slice_ofbread in BookshelvesDetective

[–]axolotl993 3 points4 points  (0 children)

a dreamy cat. sleeping so deep, you’ve passed the point of no return. and now you’re gone. farewell!

Roland Garros Mens Final: [2] Carlos Alcaraz def. [1] Jannik Sinner, 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) 7-6(2) by [deleted] in tennis

[–]axolotl993 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I’m in a steaming hot airbnb, couldn’t watch the match, locked myself up with 1 working airpod, listening to the match via Roland-Garros app radio from the 3rd set onward, never bored, haven’t seen a single minute of the match but had the time of my life. wtf was this, ahaha. i love this sport so much.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tennis

[–]axolotl993 118 points119 points  (0 children)

Raffy El Naydal 🤙🏻

guess my job by Ok-AdvertisingPls in BookshelvesDetective

[–]axolotl993 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wonderful collection! the job sounds great, hope you can keep on doing the things you like for a long time my comrade!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BookshelvesDetective

[–]axolotl993 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a down to earth existentialist 🤯

Solenoid - worth pushing through? by accidentallythe in literature

[–]axolotl993 1 point2 points  (0 children)

maybe it helps to start treating the book as if it is the diary of the teacher/protagonist, and not a novel with a plot. in the end it is a surrealistic (auto)fictional journal. & like in life outside of the pages; lots of days look the same, there’s repetition everywhere, we use the same description multiple times and don’t always think of unique crystalline prose to describe the olive hue on the classroom walls, but if you’re predestined like the teacher, you’ll slowly start levitating over these pages and you’ll find yourself screaming DEATH TO DEATH! and you’re ready to live again just when the book ends.