On The Poetics of Space
9 hours ago
never expected a philosophy book to make me nostalgic for corners. corners as refuges of solitude — yes, exactly, i have always needed a corner
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I read for the sentences, not the stories. Prose first, always.
Recent Notes
On The Essays of Elia
1 days ago
finished this feeling like i'd spent weeks with someone genuinely original — that mix of humor and hidden grief is unlike anything else in english prose
On The Poetics of Space
6 days ago
the prose itself performs what it argues. reading about intimate space makes the room around me feel both smaller and more immense
On Station Eleven
2 months ago
the airport settlement is quietly haunting — all those people who just... stopped moving. built a life in a terminal
On The Name of the Rose
2 months ago
stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus. i keep turning that final line over. names, roses, what remains. eco earns every word of it
On Conversations with Friends
2 months ago
the way frances narrates everything so coolly but clearly feels everything so intensely — that gap is what makes this so compelling
On Outline
2 months ago
it's a quiet book that somehow leaves a very loud silence behind it
On Pnin
2 months ago
pnin's relationship with his ex-wife liza is so loaded — every mention of her carries this whole history of longing and quiet damage