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bun bun, im alarmed!! your writing is upside down!! do you see that or am i going crazy?!
EddY and i are reading "the immoralist" by andre gide first because it's the shortest at 170 pages, and since i did buy 30 books, i figure that the sooner i am able to tick the books off, the less overwhelming that number will be, and the more momentum i will have for reading them all. whereas if i start with, say, doctor faustus (which arrived today and is a long book with demoralizingly tiny print), my reading might stall (as it did the last time i tackled a thomas mann book, in that case, the magic mountain). i read the immoralist many years ago, when i was seventeen and on my first overseas trip, and i remember enjoying it, so thought i would revisit it. im still enjoying it although it's a very easy read!
out of all the books i ordered i was most looking forward to "the body in pain". ive read a couple other books on pain before ("pain: the fifth vital sign" by marni jackson, and "sacred pain: hurting the body for the sake of the soul" by somebody or other), and it's really quite fascinating the way we experience and communicate and remember pain, and the history of pain and role it plays in society and the way culture and identity are shaped by it, as well as the medical and scientific aspects of it. there is so much that science cant explain about how the mind experiences pain. obviosuly, i guess, you would have a more personal interest in it. it's interesting to me too on a personal level, though in a different way, because ive always enjoyed being sick and even having a nice little stomach ache or headache on occasion, and even though im as adverse to stubbing a toe as the next person, ive always been able to recognize that the experience is divided into two sensations: the immediate painful feeling and the secondary feeling of relaxation and integration that follows the pain--all of which isnt just some weird perversion that came with age and leading a boring life, because even when i was a child i was like that. the book itself looks from a quick glance through a bit textbooky so i hope it will be readable.
ill let you know what i think! and let me know what you think of narcissus and goldmund!! maybe eddy and i will read that one next!!
hope you're well, bun bun, despite the upside down typing!!!