Lean Your Loneliness Slowly Against Mine audiobook

4,5+ dodatkowe brawa dla tłumaczki, wymagająca robota

4,5/5Początek tej historii był dla mnie jednym wielkim zachwytem. Nad jej wrażliwością, subtelnością, emocjami, jakie ukryte są miedzy słowami. W połowie zrobiło się nieco chaotycznie, co w nieznacznym stopniu odebrało tej powieści jej piękno w prostocie, jednak zakończenie to wynagradza. Tak wiele razy podczas lektury wiedziałam dokładnie,jak czuje się bohaterka, znałam jej emocje, że na pewno ta książka zostanie ze mną na długo.

4,75

Piękna.

niezwykla, oczarowala mnie całą sobą i zostawila w glowie spory chaos, wiele niedopowiedzen… a jednoczesnie czuje ze stala sie bezpiecznym miejscem do ktorego bede wracac w ciezkich chwilach, by odnalezc moment wytchnienia

Miejscami blisko 5/5, miejscami bliżej 3/5 ;)

4.5 I can’t even

Smutne i piękne zarazem.

I absolutely loved this quietly assertive, beautifully written novel that made me slow down my reading as I went along. This book is about the interconnectedness of maths, music, literature and art in general, how you can find solace in all of them, how you can navigate life and its suffering thanks to creativity, and how you can make sense of love.Rakel, a fictional modern-day mathematician, is the main narrator and one theme that runs through the narrative is her fascination with real-life Sofia Kovalevskaya, who, in the late 19th century, was the first woman to become a mathematics professor. Rakel increasingly identifies with Sofia, especially in terms of her love life, believing the pattern of her experience resembles that of Sofia's. Themes of chronic illness, the struggle to belong and fit in, the strong bond Rakel has with her parents and sensitive exploration of mental illness and the grief that follows betrayal are other themes that find expression here as well and the way the author does it is very powerful."Sometimes, I wonder whether my whole life has been a singular quest for beauty. Beauty in mathematics and beauty in literature and in music." The book also sparked my curiosity in finding out more about the 19th century mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya who as mentioned above is part of the narrative as a parallel side story in this novel. This is why I picked up one of Alice Munro's anthologies straight away because it offers the story 'Too much happiness' mentioned in the book, a fabulous fictionalised account of the mathematician's last weeks of life.“...time is not a straight number line, but a coiled-up spiral? Where the centuries lie against one another…if you set your ear against the membrane you might hear vibrations from the other side, from those who were here before, and those who will come after.”Highly recommended reading and I look forward discussing this marvel of a book with my fellow local book club readers next week!

4,5