10.01.07
Bliss (Milan Kundera)
…books were the emblems of a secret brotherhood…
a weapon against the world of crudity surrounding her…
she loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm.
It had the same significance for her as an elegant dandy a century ago.
It differentiated her from others…
(Comparing the book to the elegant cane of the dandy is not absolutely precise.
A dandy’s cane did more than make him different; it made him modern and up to date.
The book made her different, but old-fashioned.)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- Milan Kundera -
Thanks to Marie Vic, I am currently immersed in Kundera. Shh… do not interrupt.
