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Jostein SN

Jostein@books.babb.no

Joined 4 months, 1 week ago

Norsk. Her mest romaner, noveller, dikt på norsk, men leser også engelsk, tysk, fransk (og kanskje etpar til) og sakprosa når det føles for det.

Norwegian. My books here mostly fiction & poetry in Norwegian, but also English, German, French.

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2024 Reading Goal

29% complete! Jostein SN has read 14 of 48 books.

finished reading Tao te ching by Laozi

Laozi: Tao te ching (1989) 3 stars

Overraskende sterkt liberalistisk til tider (i betydningen «staten burde ikke blande seg så mye og ikke skattlegge hardt»), litt for mitt hode new (old) ageisk om væren og ikke-væren fra all evighet — mest givende i det psykologiske, stoisistiskaktige, buddhistisk-iske «ikke knytt deg til ting, que sera sera»

Aldous Huxley: Brave New World (Paperback, 1956, Modern Library) 4 stars

Originally published in 1932, this outstanding work of literature is more crucial and relevant today …

Primroses and landscapes, he pointed out, have one grave defect: they are gratuitous. A love of nature keeps no factory busy. It was decided to abolish the love of nature, at any rate among the lower classes. To abolish the love of nature but not the tendency to consume transport.

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