An Introduction to Henri Bergson 220701: (this is eleven years later reread) recent read (220625)[book:Bergson’s Philosophy of...

140718: this is read 3 times. this is the book that made his name. it has been translated but i do not know how: a lot of the pleasure is...

if you like this review, i now have website: www.michaelkamakana.com 220611: this is probably the most academically accurate of the...

Victor H. Mair (Translator) 220322: have decided to read various translations i have of this text, not that the renderings are...

120619: this is fascinating. this will reward future rereads, much as sex rewards repeats, for the author has ranged widely, focused,...

220315: 6th review. just cannot help rereading this, though not much new to add, except maybe it is more convincing that life in...

Thinking without Negativity or Time as Striving 220225: i should not be surprised that reading this text is challenging, dense,...

110707: i read this as existential romance when i read it in translation [book:Bonjour Tristesse|828023], quick, charming, bittersweet,...

210522: eerie, excellent, exasperating. never been on book tour but this seems to capture its strange nature, in everything from just...

there is the game itself, but much of the pleasure of the event is in anticipation, in delay, even if you are not following details of...

Bad Day #-1 250 words I do not remember how to live. Doctors and nurses and therapists no longer have a specific role in my life. I am no...

Bad Day #-1 250 words I do not remember how to live. Doctors and nurses and therapists no longer have a specific role in my life. I am no...

(The Sea of Fertility #1) Michael Gallagher (Translator) 220202: read this mostly on long flight. nostalgia has double effect on me, as...

The Logic and Pragmatics of Creation, Affective Life, and Perception 220124: three of my favourite philosophers, so it is no surprise...

I am reading my book 'Advent' for the 2nd time since published, trying to encourage me in my current writing, trying to prove that yes, I...

wow. again. proof that two minutes of NFL football can seem like forever. had to keep reminding myself 'it is only football...', but I...

sympathetic midcentury portrayal of man not only marrying two women, but working as travelling salesman. no violence, no action, a lot of...

Less famous Orson Welles films are still better than most. Has that particular look, the chiarusco, the perspectives, the soundtrack, for...

It is not The Matrix. It is not as unique, surprising, challenging (for blockbuster Hollywood movie). It is good resolution after the...

220114: having read a few austrian novels, several jelinek, in particular [book:The Piano Teacher|764953], i have general idea that it is...