Beautiful summary, Simon. The suspension of time this past week with these chapters is so surreal. It reminds me of when an accident happens: Even though it occurs in mere seconds, time suspends and stretches to make it seem so much longer. Thank you, as always, for your guidance through this dark night.
This week's chapters have been hard but intriguing. The slow pace almost exhausting. The flashes of excoriating mockery zing like small fire weapons. Tolstoy drags his heels at throwing us into the day of battle, knowing what is to come. He stretches the elastic to a millimetre of snapping. I both hate and admire Tolstoy for what he is putting us through. Thank you for leading us through this crawl through Napoleon's vainglorious long night of self-absorption.
Beautiful summary, Simon. The suspension of time this past week with these chapters is so surreal. It reminds me of when an accident happens: Even though it occurs in mere seconds, time suspends and stretches to make it seem so much longer. Thank you, as always, for your guidance through this dark night.
This week's chapters have been hard but intriguing. The slow pace almost exhausting. The flashes of excoriating mockery zing like small fire weapons. Tolstoy drags his heels at throwing us into the day of battle, knowing what is to come. He stretches the elastic to a millimetre of snapping. I both hate and admire Tolstoy for what he is putting us through. Thank you for leading us through this crawl through Napoleon's vainglorious long night of self-absorption.
For the second year running I am emotionally exhausted before we have even begun!