The Bell
"No man is an Island, entire of itself
Every men is a piece of the Continent(...)
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind
and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls
it tolls for thee."
John Donne
(introduction - "For whom the Bell Tolls")
I finally finished the never-ending book!!! Thank God. It was good, but, to be honest, I was tired of it. For 400 pages, you wait for the climax. And it comes and goes in ten pages. And that's when you realize, the important thing in the book was not the climax, but all the rest, all the process. The thing in itself is futile, but the beauty of the book is the process. The process the people go through, the conscience flow narrations of the character's thoughts. Their actions, their mistakes... in the end, it all blends together. And in the end, what explains the book is the quote above, in very small letters in the first page...
A Finnish edition of 1946, signed, from "Helen", as a Christmas present - "you will find some of Spain here, and not the romantic Spain of the tourists". God bless the books and their ability to make us think, and to make us see. Be it in 1946, as a gift, or in 2006, as a curiosity fulfilled.
beijos
posted by Julia Moreira Leite @ 8:29 PM
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