synopsis
aile bağları, kayıp ve karmaşık romantik ilişkiler üzerine yoğunlaşan bir hikaye...
kanser tedavisi gören babasını ziyaret etmek için Dublin’e dönen Sukie ile uzun zamandır hayatında olan, karmaşık ilişkileri olan Nathan arasındaki ilişkiye odaklanır.
synopsisEdebiyat
sur Yeni Dünya (Brave New World), Aldous Huxley’nin teknolojik ve sosyal düzenin insan doğasını nasıl etkileyebileceğini hayal ettiği çarpıcı bir distopyadır. Geleceğin dünyasında insanlar, doğal yollarla değil, laboratuvarlarda sınıflarına göre üretilir ve şartlandırılır. Mutluluk, uyuşturucu "soma" ile sağlanır, bireysel özgürlükler ve duygular düzenin sürekliliği adına feda edilmiştir. Ancak, bu yapay düzenin dışındaki “Vahşi” bir topluluktan gelen John, bu dünyaya girdiğinde, sistemin insani değerleri nasıl çarpıttığını açıkça ortaya koyar.
3/5 Stars (%55/100)
Though I've found the book interesting sometimes, it was difficult to go through because she was heavily inspired by Sartre's ideas. Here's a brief synopsis/analysis:
Simone de Beauvoir visited the US in 1947, the same year Sartre published his own essay, and recorded her experiences in America Day by Day. Because de Beauvoir and Sartre had a rather complicated relationship, their writing style has lots of similarities. For instance, de Beavoir’s book has an existentialist tone which was Sartre’s specialty. She stayed in the US for four months and from her writing, it can be said that she was very much fascinated by the people and American way of life in general. However, similar to Sartre, and perhaps Max Weber, she also talked about the contrasting values of Americans. First few entries are mostly about her fascination with New York and she thinks that the city “belongs to the future” (De Beauvoir 3). She continuously compares New York with Paris and believes that the two “do not exist together” (7). She feels like she is in an entirely different world and finds many things strange.
In her January 26 entry, she compares the day and night life New York and thinks that in time, she will find her place here. The comparison between America and Europe continues as the views the architecture of the city. Here, she calls New York the “city of contrasts” (10) and explains the difference between small alleys with huge skyscrapers. Still, like Max Weber, she is astonished by the city, and the US in general. She continues to meet Americans and some French people and compares their different behaviors. She explains that when she visited other cities, Paris remained in her heart. However, in America, she thinks that she has “landed not only in a foreign
1/5 Star (%10/100)
DNF at %30 (around 80 pages).
If I had only one word to describe the book, it would be disappointing. I heard nothing but good comments about the book and the short synopsis was also interesting but it just does not work. I really tried my best but I cannot read even one more page. I've read quite a bit but nothing really happened yet. All I've read so far is the long description of statues, fish, birds, rooms, and so forth. There is also plenty of numbers like one hundred sixteenth room, seventy-eighth month in the thirty-second year, etc. This becomes complicated because the book is split into many smaller chapters given to us as diary entries. The only I've learned (before I dnfd it, so around page 80) is that the labyrinth causes memory loss. I know my mind is pretty busy lately so it is hard for me to focus but jesus christ this is boring. I don't know about you but I'm not gonna spend almost 200 pages just to learn 2 or 3 more pieces of information. There is a simple premise which is good enough but the execution is horrible is all I can say. Try it but I have to say I will never come back to this book and possibly the writer because I really wanted to read Jonathan Strange.
