What an awesome book! It has just been published for the second time in italian by iperborea. It has been sitting on my shelf for ages, almost 2 decades. I have also a book of poetry by her. So it's time to give a try to this book. Thanks for your amazing review. Have a wonderful day, my friend!
Thank you so much, Marinella! 😃 How wonderful that you already have a copy, and of her poems too! Her collected poems are available in English, so I'll see if I can find them, because she seems to be a fascinating author. Have a wonderful week, my friend, and happy reading!
Hi Jorge, I’ve just read it, thanks to this video. The French translation is uninspired and kept me a bit aloof from the book. I could barely glimpse the poetic melancholy of the original version. I was also surprised by the flat voice of the narrator, I was expecting more intensity from a SF book I guess. On the whole, I liked it though. I loved how minimal, pared-down, the world building is : makes it ageless and eerily adaptable to any nation. I also loved the psychological angle of the book: need for security, need to strive for something greater than one’s own life. Some quotes are startling and will stay with me: the organisation/organic one you’ve read; also the one about gifts being the only things of value. Thanks again for pointing out an interesting book unknown to me.
I'm so happy you got the chance to experience this great novel, my friend! 😃 Your comments on it are brilliant, and they make me want to reread the text. Thanks so much once again for watching, and have a wonderful day!
Well, I had never heard of it, though it’s been translated into French as soon as 1947. A new translation came out in 2016. It sounds interesting, thank you for pointing it out !
It's underrated in English and in Spanish too. There had been previous translations into Enlgish, but the latest one is from 2019. Hopefully, Kallocain will get more readers. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend, and have a fantastic day! 😃
I've heard great things about it! 😃 I have a copy, in the edition of France's "Novelas completas" published by Aguilar, but I haven't read it yet. I may check it out when I do a video on him, though I'm also interested in other books by him. We'll see! Have a wonderful week, my friend!
Good point, Leandro! I will start looking for Rafael Pinedo's books immediately. Thank you so much for the recommendation! Have a wonderful week, my friend! 😃
What an awesome book! It has just been published for the second time in italian by iperborea. It has been sitting on my shelf for ages, almost 2 decades. I have also a book of poetry by her. So it's time to give a try to this book. Thanks for your amazing review. Have a wonderful day, my friend!
Thank you so much, Marinella! 😃 How wonderful that you already have a copy, and of her poems too! Her collected poems are available in English, so I'll see if I can find them, because she seems to be a fascinating author. Have a wonderful week, my friend, and happy reading!
you nailed the swedish pronunciation of karin boye!
I'm so happy to hear that, Oskar! 😃 Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend, and have a fantastic day!
Hi Jorge, I’ve just read it, thanks to this video.
The French translation is uninspired and kept me a bit aloof from the book. I could barely glimpse the poetic melancholy of the original version.
I was also surprised by the flat voice of the narrator, I was expecting more intensity from a SF book I guess.
On the whole, I liked it though.
I loved how minimal, pared-down, the world building is : makes it ageless and eerily adaptable to any nation.
I also loved the psychological angle of the book: need for security, need to strive for something greater than one’s own life. Some quotes are startling and will stay with me: the organisation/organic one you’ve read; also the one about gifts being the only things of value.
Thanks again for pointing out an interesting book unknown to me.
I'm so happy you got the chance to experience this great novel, my friend! 😃 Your comments on it are brilliant, and they make me want to reread the text. Thanks so much once again for watching, and have a wonderful day!
A new book for me! Thanks again, Jorge!
Happy reading, Donald! 😃 I enjoyed it immensely. Please let me know what you think. Have an excellent week, my friend, and thanks again for watching!
Well, I had never heard of it, though it’s been translated into French as soon as 1947. A new translation came out in 2016. It sounds interesting, thank you for pointing it out !
It's underrated in English and in Spanish too. There had been previous translations into Enlgish, but the latest one is from 2019. Hopefully, Kallocain will get more readers. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, my friend, and have a fantastic day! 😃
Another good one!
This novel deserves so many more readers! 😃 It was quite a revelation to me, but unfortunately it gets eclipsed by 1984, Brave New World, and even We.
Another similar book is penguin's island by anatole france.
I've heard great things about it! 😃 I have a copy, in the edition of France's "Novelas completas" published by Aguilar, but I haven't read it yet. I may check it out when I do a video on him, though I'm also interested in other books by him. We'll see! Have a wonderful week, my friend!
I hate to say this, but do we really need dystopian novels when we can just look around? Hint: *Plop* (2002) by Rafael Pinedo.
Good point, Leandro! I will start looking for Rafael Pinedo's books immediately. Thank you so much for the recommendation! Have a wonderful week, my friend! 😃
Proust said books over food every time.
I eat so I can keep reading. 😃 Thank you so much for watching!