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[travisezell]

The irresistible proliferation of graphomania among politicians, taxi drivers, childbearers, lovers, murderers, thieves, prostitutes, officials, doctors, and patients shows me that everyone without exception bears a potential writer within him, so that the entire human species has good reason to go down into the streets and shout: "We are all

Comments

[angie_star]

i should pick that book up off my nightstand and read it.

it's too bad you missed paul auster and siri hustvedt yetserday.

[travisezell]

It's pretty phenomenally good. I'd been told by a trustworthy friend that Kundera's non-Unbearable Lightness work didn't live up to it, and maybe it's just that it's been nearing two years since I read that, but this book, picked up off Kelly's shelf the day she was sick and I'd forgotten to bring a book for the hospital waiting room, is certainly no disappointment.

Also remember the copy I have (Kelly's, but I bet we could find you one if you cared and/or didn't want to ask to borrow hers) is supposedly a "better" translation. Don't know if that matters to you or not, but something to consider.

[octi_stripe]

you can borrow it if you want.

[angie_star]

neat!

[bowl_of_lilacs]

that's spectacular. on to the some-day reading list it goes!

oh my god...

[anonymous]

... he's totally talking about Blogs.

Re: oh my god...

[travisezell]

Yes! Exactly!