Heart of Darkness
How do you read something that forces you to check the dictionary every 30 seconds on average? Yet in a way, this does lend itself to a form of masterful creation, a amalgamation of both grandiose vocabulary (thank goodness for my in-palm oxford dictionary) and yet a smooth and silky flow of both plot and character development.
If i have any writing aspirations, it would be to write like Conrad. His style somehow combines the aforementioned elements into a beautiful masterpiece of prose, which, although appears a tad verbose or dense at first sight, does eventually blend itself into a vivid story.
It's the kind of book that must be read twice - whether reading a specific part twice or the entire book once and then again. The first time, to understand the whole thrust and crux of the story, and the second, just to appreciate with mute genuflection.
In other readings, have finished Metamorphosis by Kafka. It seems to be the sort of story not unlike The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, which basically is a simple story, perhaps with certain unusual or supernatural pretexts, which is not necessarily written in a particularly grabbing or masterful style, but instead is layered, by and by, with a great deal of literary significance, often particularly imposed there by the author (and it is noticeable by the abject passivity of the author's attitude towards said supernatural pretexts), and it is hence interesting to see how a simple (or perhaps not so simple) text, at least on the surface, can contain such deep literary thoughts and subtly developed ideas.
Still need to complete Oedipus Rex. Yawn.
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