• justjoshint [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Was worried at the beginning because its about a dudes obsessive love for this woman but it's actually been great so far, it's not as focused on that as I expected. Having a little trouble following the nonlinear storytelling. Garcia Marquez is great though, this is the third thing I've read after 100 Years of Solitude and Chronicle of a Death Foretold.

    Also reading Plato's dialogue Euthyphro to practice reading Greek and turns out I can read it alright even after about 6 months break from reading any greek at all. I've already read it in english once or twice so it's easier to follow than it might have been otherwise. As far as the dialogue itself, it's a classic example of Plato's "early dialogues" where we see Socrates asking someone what X is, in this case X being piety, and demonstrating how their explanations all suck. No forms here. A fun jaunt.

    I also started The Autobiography of Malcolm X but haven't read any of it in a few days. Definitely would like to get back to it soon. Famously interesting guy.