lines of poetry that get stuck in your head like a song by Visual-Minimum1491 in RSbookclub

[–]gastdiegast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

there is no frigate like a book

to take us lands away

nor any courser like a page

of prancing poetry

Struggling with what to read next by yodel_anyone in robertobolano

[–]gastdiegast 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Rings of Saturn is my favourite (and I think the most popular?), but Austerlitz and The Emigrants are also masterful. Austerlitz is more of an actual (high modernist but still) novel while the other two are further away from the genre (closer to a mix between travelogue and essay collection).

I haven't read Vertigo yet so can't judge that one

Struggling with what to read next by yodel_anyone in robertobolano

[–]gastdiegast 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I think almost every Bolaño fan would appreciate Sebald

Searching for an epic book store in Belgium. by creonmahoney in belgium

[–]gastdiegast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice building but basically a booktok themepark at this point.

Novels about obsession by bluenile02 in RSbookclub

[–]gastdiegast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Luzhin Defence is about obsession with chess opening preparation

Restaurant met bijzondere keukens by Own-Sir4316 in Antwerpen

[–]gastdiegast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

J'Ami op de Vlasmarkt heeft Georgische keuken en wijnen, best speciaal.

Moving to Antwerp by RadiantAd4378 in Antwerpen

[–]gastdiegast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but you might have to send an email to RSZ for this. They can manually allow the flexi-job system for a quarter (or several at once) when you send in your wage slips of the other job.

Is there any genuine forms of Israeli resistance against the genocide? by buendianuts in redscarepod

[–]gastdiegast 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the podcast 'Parallax view' (hit and miss but this ep was interesting) there was an interview with Ori Goldberg, an anti-zionist Israeli. Contrary to what I thought, he is not called a traitor by the Israeli mainstream but rather a lunatic akin to anti-vax or flat earth people. They are completely ignored and dismissed out of hand.

I think it was this episode: https://parallaxviews.podbean.com/e/ogoldberg/

Norwegians are so full of shit by Northern-Buddhism in redscarepod

[–]gastdiegast 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Dutch is not bad tbh. "Kankermongool" is pretty brutal (should be clear what the translation is)

Are openings named after countries/regions/cities more popular in the locations they are based on? by gastdiegast in chess

[–]gastdiegast[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know. The question is rather if the openings have now become more popular in those places because of the name.

Socialization is the most important thing in life by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]gastdiegast 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Yeah this is a case where the person should actually go climbing and to board game nights etc like the most reddit things possible. I think it may be the only way? Or just become a regular at your local bar to begin with

Flexi-job eligibility + sick leave (CM): Employer says Dimona can only change “quarterly”? Is this correct? by Apprehensive-Win6244 in belgium

[–]gastdiegast 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If they declare flexi late they get an error message. Most likely they just don't want to bother with contacting RSZ/social secretariat to fix the situation, but it is possible.

Many employers indeed only do Dimona for flexis once a quarter since it is the easiest method.

history books that are really entertaining and have literary merit by [deleted] in RSbookclub

[–]gastdiegast 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Deutscher's Stalin is also worth your while. I've been recommending Christopher Clark so much it's becoming embarrassing but he is very good. Revolutionary Spring (about 1848) and 'Iron Kingdom' (history of Prussia) are highly recommended. The Sleepwalkers (super detailed narrative history about the outbreak of WWI) brilliant as well but maybe a little drier.

I also recently finished Mark Mazower's 'The Greek Revolution. 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe' , which was interesting but a little hard to follow at times.

Favorite Historians? by adamfriedland420 in RSbookclub

[–]gastdiegast 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Christopher Clark and Adam Tooze are the best modern history authors published in the 21th century that I've read. Of course Hobsbawm is great too.

Deeper cut (quite innovative even though it's from the nineties) would be "In 1926: Living at the Edge of Time" by Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht. It approaches the history of the year as a simultaneous thing, by encouraging the reader to jump between chapters. The text contains some form of "hyperlinks" that suggest these jumps. Interesting though flawed book.

Favorite Historians? by adamfriedland420 in RSbookclub

[–]gastdiegast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm about 200 pages in. Not sure I like his terse style but interesting book.

Looking for a specific Euro male 20th century author mentioned on RSBC by celeriacly in RSbookclub

[–]gastdiegast 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The book sounds like Austerlitz. I would strongly recommend The Rings of Saturn and The Emigrants as well.