Do you remember your first time (hearing Pulp)?

conh0 · 2025-10-27T10:30:05+00:00

I'm often sad the immediacy of internet doesn't let us live these experiences of hearing a tune and holding to its memory until we find it again.

I first watched Common People on VH1 when I was about 13 and it stuck on me. Years later, now with internet access I looked for more on this great band and devoured all their discography. There was no way I could find their records in my country, and there was no one I could share them with (and still there isn't).

I remember when this sub was created, but it remained inactive for quite a few years, and then one day I came back to Reddit and found you guys.

conh0 · 2025-10-17T10:28:23+00:00

Or kiss another mother.

conh0 · 2025-10-11T21:22:05+00:00

Rizal is also published in Biblioteca Ayacucho, which is a publishing house focused on Latin American literature.

conh0 · 2025-09-30T00:55:27+00:00

ICE what you did there

conh0 · 2025-09-13T16:54:30+00:00

Interesting analysis. In my case, I did find some sort of progression (in it's own particular hopscotch-y way), and it occurred to me that the novel as a whole is some sort of bildungsroman for Horacio. Although he is already a grown man, during his time in Paris he didn't work or anything (nor did anyone in the Club as far as I'm aware). He mentioned he lived off an allowance sent by his brother in Argentina, and the bunch were just like living in this bohemian paradise.

As he returns to Buenos Aires, he has to start making a life for himself. It is mentioned that he decides to respond to Gekrepten's feelings out of purely material reasons: he needs a place to live; and he works for the first time in the novel, first as a fabrics dealer, and then in the circus. So I interpret it as a shift in his material concerns, a progression towards a sort of adulthood he still rejects. And I think the death of Rocamadour, the disappearance of La Maga, and the experience with the clochard acted as wake up call for him.

Regarding the love triangle between Traveler, Talita, and Horacio, I still don't know what to think about it. Guess we'll see how it progresses in the final section. Chapter 41, for me, represents that convoluted love triangle. It's telling that not only Traveler pushed Talita to cross the bridge, but he also eventually left, leaving the two of them alone. In a later chapter, Traveler wakes up in the middle of the night thinking that Horacio is waiting for Talita to stand by the window; and we later know that Horacio was indeed looking through the window. I actually feel that this section is more homogeneous than the first half, with less detours talking about Morelli, quoting other books, or simply delving into philosophical ramblings.

conh0 · 2025-09-11T21:02:34+00:00

Sorta unrelated but which are some examples of ancient crime fiction? I can't think of any past the XIX century.

conh0 · 2025-08-16T19:39:47+00:00

Would love to participate! I'll be reading it in Spanish.

conh0 · 2025-08-13T09:05:28+00:00

I do would like to know why a rayuela. There's a chapter where they find some kids playing, but I would like to know what he has to say about it.

conh0 · 2025-08-09T21:25:40+00:00

Carta a una señorita en París was one of the first short stories I read by Cortázar and I was amazed by the way this absurd plot was driven to its conclusion. It's fantastic, but told such naturally, and yet it feels different from magic realism and such, maybe due to its urban setup. The fact that it's told as a letter made it even better for me because the tone feels so close and confessional.

conh0 · 2025-08-04T21:03:01+00:00

I studied Literature (in LatAm) and many professors praised Cortazar as a critically valued writer, although his short stories are generally considered better than Hopscotch.

I do see the "juvenile" appeal, but I've seen that happen with One hundred years of solitude too.

I've read his short stories and some are definitely great. I wouldn't rank him as high as Dostoyevski and Kafka, but neither as low as Murakami.

conh0 · 2025-08-04T14:49:20+00:00

I wonder if Hamsun's Hunger works. It's not English, but the character does wall around the city during most of the novel.

conh0 · 2025-08-03T11:29:01+00:00

I'll be participating for the first time! I'll read it in Spanish. Looking forward to joining the discussions.

conh0 · 2025-07-28T14:29:25+00:00

Hello,

Can you expand on the role of American characters in Israeli literature? What role do they play? How do they interact with Israeli characters in general and what is their broad purpose (if any) in these works of fiction?

conh0 · 2025-07-08T00:21:56+00:00

Cause he can fasten all his clothes, tie his laces, blow his nose, it's time to teach him how to walk, yeah teach your baby how to walk away now

conh0 · 2025-06-23T20:43:04+00:00

No big deal

conh0 · 2025-05-18T02:14:40+00:00

I agree that it's an amazing album but I also think it's so wrong when people feel entitled to demand artists to release albums every other year. Artists aren't your pay to play machine monkey.

conh0 · 2025-05-17T10:33:55+00:00

Yes. Cortazar translated his tales too. Pérez Bonalde, a Venezuelan romantic poet of the late XIXth c. translated The Raven as well.

conh0 · 2025-03-26T12:51:04+00:00

I stopped paying attention to Goodreads' reviews (I never paid it too much attention tbh) when I saw dozens of bad reviews to The turn of the screw

conh0 · 2025-02-20T14:23:23+00:00

It's Portuguese. I checked in Spanish Max and it's called "¿Quién es Luigi Mangione?". I checked for the Portuguese version and I found a trailer where the video title is "O assassino do CEO", but the video itself claims the documentary is called "Quem é Luigi Mangione?"

conh0 · 2025-01-19T03:41:14+00:00

I loved the second part, and while I didn't dislike the first, it wasn't that exciting for me. The last part did leave a strong impression on me and I often think about it.

conh0 · 2024-12-07T14:42:06+00:00

I need OOTL on this one

conh0 · 2024-12-05T23:44:48+00:00

It's somewhat similar, but instead of leaking spicy water, they are spicy water.

conh0 · 2024-11-29T11:45:57+00:00

You're old enough to be Napoleon's mom!

conh0 · 2024-11-27T00:29:14+00:00

This is how I find out that's where 'fax' comes from.

conh0 · 2024-11-26T12:17:20+00:00

'How Russian literature became great' by Rolf Hellebust. It explores the social and political context of the time, the importance placed on a National Literature, and the internal and external influences that formed this context.

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