Starter med et Forord til HISTORIA CALAMITATUM (Mine trængslers historie) af Pierre Abélard. Overskriften "På den ovariske sportvogn". Valeska, Mara, fortælleren og hans kone. ???
Side 148: Mellemspil.Side 173 Stenbukken
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Just that Sudden involuntary life, whether real or imaginary it didn't matter, gave me hope, gave me courage to keep the still round eye riveted on the spot (185) sometimes one comes across thought provoking passages such as this which make the reading of the book more rewarding but at other times the dreary existence of life that is supposed to be ugly and challenging just spiels on ( )

CLUB BRUGUERA

In certain respects this work supersedes that of Cancer. If Cancer is a work that revolves around fluids, around the Seine, around piss, spermatozoa etc. then Capricorn is one of solids. In Brooklyn we find ourselves forced to go toward the spiritual Land of Fuck, in the Southern States we are forced to contend with arid landscapes and racial tensions so tense that they could kill a man through a mere gaze.

The best way to describe the work is to highlight Miller’s own self described evolution from skater to swimmer to rock. Having broken through the futility of Dante’s ice, Miller quits the skating shtick and joyfully dives in to the freshly thawed oceans, before realising that one must become immutable at the very depths of the ocean. One must paradoxically be bone dry surrounded by the sea, a lighthouse that stands strong against the ensuing waves.

So yeah, this shit was pretty fucking good. Especially loved whenever he brought up Dostoevsky, Bergson or Nietzsche, it’s fun to see what he reads into them. ( )

A stream of narrative instead of stream of consciousness. It doesn't work for me. I found it tedious and self-absorbed instead of insightful. His writing is often trite instead of clever. No doubt his sexual episodes were revolutionary at the time. Now they seem routine and misogynistic; even reminiscent of the ravings of Trump. ( )