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123Gurke
France154 Posts
On October 16 2013 03:50 dmnum wrote: go with ficciones this and the aleph are borges' major works, after that there's the book of sand, a universal history of infamy, etc Thanks! | ||
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IgnE
United States7681 Posts
On October 16 2013 05:21 Xxio wrote: Is it only about Byzantium politics, or does it go into culture, military, and other subjects too? Well it crams 1000 years of history into slightly less than 400 pages so it can't really go into every subject in great depth. If you want more depth, Norwich has a 3-volume work on Byzantium, which was used in the preparation of this shorter book. This one mainly deals with the rise and fall of the emperors, but delves into religious disputes (e.g. Patriarch of Constantinople v. Pope, Ecumenical Councils, Iconoclasm), politics with other world leaders, art, and the politics of warfare insofar as they impacted the policy decisions emperors made. It talks about the battles that were fought but only in broad strokes. If you are looking for a military history or daily life in a certain Byzantine era then you should look elsewhere. That said, I found the lives of the emperors pretty intriguing and the religious discussion jived with what I've been interested lately in terms of the development of Christianity. | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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Vegetarian Wolf
China434 Posts
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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Vegetarian Wolf
China434 Posts
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sam!zdat
United States5559 Posts
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
On October 16 2013 23:57 sam!zdat wrote: it's never consummated he just stares creepily and dies slowly. That's what I feared. At least I'm reading good French, that's already something. @VW : I read it because of Visconti, which is probably a good explanation. Plus, Der Zauberberg is huuuuge. | ||
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Prog455
Denmark970 Posts
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Vegetarian Wolf
China434 Posts
I mean yeah Magic Mountain is huge but you're reading Capital I don't' think size is a valid protest in light of that ~_~ Besides I loved it and I plan on reading it again at some point (the Woods translation instead of the old Lowe-Porter translation) | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
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Surth
Germany456 Posts
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
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Paljas
Germany6926 Posts
On October 17 2013 00:19 packrat386 wrote: Now I feel like I should read Mann. He's clearly the hot topic on here become a hipster and read heinrich mann instead | ||
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