tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post422456783436635062..comments2023-08-15T07:41:19.933-05:00Comments on <center>Slaves of Golconda</center>: How human! Giuseppe di Lampedusa's The LeopardQuillhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07601080339912553168noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-9940291063435883872013-06-11T08:05:04.581-05:002013-06-11T08:05:04.581-05:00'A sideways approach to history' is a wond...'A sideways approach to history' is a wonderful way of putting it - yes! That's one of the things that struck me most of all. And like Stefanie, I think the humanity (humanism? is there enough of it to cohere into a philosophy?) was very touching. In choosing to write around the margins of social change and not focus on the official history of battle and unification, it must have been the ordinary, quotidian qualities that mattered most to him.litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30395167.post-49615294051759034432013-06-09T10:05:14.383-05:002013-06-09T10:05:14.383-05:00I think that the book's humanness is a big par...I think that the book's humanness is a big part of what makes it so very good. I could sympathize with the Prince and his desire to not do anything and just spend time looking at the stars. Stefaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943596258182968212noreply@blogger.com