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Read books. [1] Go to pub for conversation. Don't listen to normative cunts like me. rm -rf / that shit and get out there. [1] EVIDENCE IN WHICH I PRESENT T
by derrida 11y ago
Read books. [1]
Go to pub for conversation.
Don't listen to normative cunts like me.
rm -rf / that shit and get out there.
[1] EVIDENCE IN WHICH I PRESENT THE NOVEL AND FAR FETCHED IDEA THAT BOOKS ARE GOOD (tm): Last night I read some shitty paperback about some traveler following the route of Marco Polo through Afghanistan, written for a 1980's audience. Cool, I get to find out what Iran / Afghanistan / Pakistan was like in the 1980's & what Marco Polo thought about the 3 wise men & the possibility of how this related to a myth in Zoroastrianism & that there was a parallel myth in a small town in Iran, and that Mathew may have been writing for a Zoroastrian audience, which presented the interesting idea that Jesus may have been a prophet of the Zoroastrians in a way that it was said he was for the Jews. I'm not religious or anything, it's just interesting.
- brickcap 11y agoSounds great! what's the name of the book?
- derrida 11y agoOh that one was "In Xanadu" - William Dalrymple. I should probably revise "some shitty paperback", what I mean is, I picked it up for $2, creased and it's a "travel writing" genre page turner. Time reading it has been time well spent :)
- brickcap 11y agoThanks for letting me know :) Yeah he is a good writer. I bought his book "The last Mughal" last year but haven't managed to read it yet. I'll also keep an eye out for "In Xandu"