Grinding Iron Classics Volume 7: the Poles
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About This Novel
"The Pole" is Coetzee's new novel in his long creative career of nearly half a century. In a simple and timeless style, it accurately captures the symptoms of the era of disappearing love. An old Pole met a woman in Barcelona, and she was surprised that there were still believers in divine love in this era. He is like a ghost from the past, a remnant of a bygone era. He fell in love with her, and she just felt pity for him.
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Official(3)Scraped 8d ago
It's not worth reading. The Polish poems in the book have been translated and re-translated, and it's hard to find them. The stories between the two are all described by the woman's fantasy. The only thing worth mentioning is that the depiction from the perspective of the heroine is in line with male fantasies about it. Realistic, cold, wanting.
When I read the title, I thought it was a historical story. When I read the title page, I thought it was a passionate love story that is lingering and exciting. After reading the book, I discovered that it is an "emotional story" that is extremely forbearing and restrained and refuses any emotional experience. There is no overflow of emotions here. The description and deconstruction of purely rational vocabulary throughout the story outlines a "Polish" who is passionate and romantic to death but extremely restrained, so that the love of this old man with taboos and a lot of lust does not make people feel greasy and disgusting.
I don't quite understand it. What is the author trying to describe? An old man's hopeless love? However, the story progressed quite smoothly.
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Official(3)Scraped 8d ago
It's not worth reading. The Polish poems in the book have been translated and re-translated, and it's hard to find them. The stories between the two are all described by the woman's fantasy. The only thing worth mentioning is that the depiction from the perspective of the heroine is in line with male fantasies about it. Realistic, cold, wanting.
When I read the title, I thought it was a historical story. When I read the title page, I thought it was a passionate love story that is lingering and exciting. After reading the book, I discovered that it is an "emotional story" that is extremely forbearing and restrained and refuses any emotional experience. There is no overflow of emotions here. The description and deconstruction of purely rational vocabulary throughout the story outlines a "Polish" who is passionate and romantic to death but extremely restrained, so that the love of this old man with taboos and a lot of lust does not make people feel greasy and disgusting.
I don't quite understand it. What is the author trying to describe? An old man's hopeless love? However, the story progressed quite smoothly.
