Goethe Said Everything by Yui Sukuki You might think this…
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Goethe Said Everything by Yui Sukuki
You might think this is a philosophy book when you see the title but it's a novel. Since English is not my native language, I'm not even sure this phrase makes sense but I would describe it as 'a postmodern novel that isn't particularly difficult or inaccessible' lol.
So there is a scholar who studies Goethe and one day he comes across the quote "Love does not confuse everything, but mixes - Goethe" and starts investigating whether Goethe really said it.
The book is filled with, full of quotations, reference to literature, philosophy, music, movies and even religion. What I found great is that all of these unrelated things eventually connect together.
I think it's possible to understand and enjoy the novel without having extensive background knowledge but the more you know about those things, the better reading experience you will have.
So I'd be happy in hearing from philosophy majors or serious bookworms who have read a lot of books, I'd love to know what reading this novel felt from them.
Some parts of this book that, I think can only be fully understood if you know how the English was translated into Japanese - I read the Korean version and since Korean and Japanese share many linguistic similarities, for example, they have the same word order, so I think I understood them - so I'm really curious how those were translated for English readers and what's English reader's impression about.
Last, there's a line in the book that says like "In Germany, if you want to quote something but you can't remember who actually said it or if you just made it up and want to give it some authority, you simply add 'as Goethe said."
If any German here, is there actually a saying like that in Germany? or the author just make that up for the novel?
#entertainment
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You might think this is a philosophy book when you see the title but it's a novel. Since English is not my native language, I'm not even sure this phrase makes sense but I would describe it as 'a postmodern novel that isn't particularly difficult or inaccessible' lol.
So there is a scholar who studies Goethe and one day he comes across the quote "Love does not confuse everything, but mixes - Goethe" and starts investigating whether Goethe really said it.
The book is filled with, full of quotations, reference to literature, philosophy, music, movies and even religion. What I found great is that all of these unrelated things eventually connect together.
I think it's possible to understand and enjoy the novel without having extensive background knowledge but the more you know about those things, the better reading experience you will have.
So I'd be happy in hearing from philosophy majors or serious bookworms who have read a lot of books, I'd love to know what reading this novel felt from them.
Some parts of this book that, I think can only be fully understood if you know how the English was translated into Japanese - I read the Korean version and since Korean and Japanese share many linguistic similarities, for example, they have the same word order, so I think I understood them - so I'm really curious how those were translated for English readers and what's English reader's impression about.
Last, there's a line in the book that says like "In Germany, if you want to quote something but you can't remember who actually said it or if you just made it up and want to give it some authority, you simply add 'as Goethe said."
If any German here, is there actually a saying like that in Germany? or the author just make that up for the novel?
#entertainment
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