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The paperback edition of "The Tenant" that I recently found in my possession for reasons unknown to me has the front cover of William Faulkner's "Sartoris" cellophane taped in place of the original cover. I swear the that this is true. Does anyone know why?

Great video, have watched most of them. Hope you return one day, and if not that you are having a nice bottle of wine with a good book!

Prononciation of Des Esseintes -- dayzaysaint - - Bravo for your vidéo

I found this video because I was looking for a review of Hamnet. I was having a hard time getting in to it. It clicked around page 40 when the story of the girl who lives on the edge of the woods is told. Thanks for the review.

That book almost made me tear up and i never cry.well almost people call me soulless but …caurage homesty betrayal ..those things very touching

Just finished reading this today and felt like it took FOREVER to finish. Thank you for sharing this 🙏

I just finished this book tonight and loved it and just came across your videos. Sad to see it looks like you don't make them anymore I watched a couple, you're very charming and relatable, I wish you still made these reviews.

Great take on the book! Michel for ever!

Fun fact: the whole portion of Casaubon in Brazil was written as filler because Eco needed to bridge a gap in time. He writes about it in Confessions of a young novelist. On Foucault's Pendulum, he explains the Brazil portion as a necessity. Eco wanted his characters to have experienced the student riots, but he also needed Belbo to have his word processor, which became available years later. That is why he sent Casaubon to Brazil to bridge that gap in time. But leave it to Eco to take an inconvenience and make it essential to the plot. Casaubon probably wouldn't have entrenched himself so deeply in Belbo's obsession with the Plan if he didn't experience the esoteric rites in Brazil, and wouldn't have accepted Lia's reasoning if he hadn't first been with Amparo. This book is so perfectly layered. I don't know how many times I've read it, but I still discover new things in it. Even though at this point it simultaneously feels like catching up with old friends. There is still no competition: this is my favorite novel of all time!

I have read this book AT LEAST 15-20 times and it still blows my mind. First read it when I was 16 and 22 years later it’s still the best book I’ve ever read.

I've read everything I can get my hands on about Gilles de Rais, and this is one of my favorite novels (it's sadly out of print, but I snagged a first edition hardcover for not much money). It would make an incredible film. I loved Nye's portrayal of Francesco Prelati as a young charlatan and egotistical diabolist, and the historical descriptions of 15th Century "high magick" rituals and demonic evocation. Also, if you've ever listened to Cradle of Filth's album "Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder," I have to assume that the band was aware of this book. Some of the lyrics are ripped straight from the dialogue.

Great review dude. I love this book.

I'm sorry, but, "big headed and pompous", is what I took away from reading this book. Not the characters, but Eco himself.

Couldn’t get through it. Felt contrived when he married someone who had absolutely no interest in him to force a tragedy plot.

Epitaph of a Small Wiener

Very eloquent and intelligent review. Thank you

damn this still happening?

Do you now Colin Wilson's "The Outsider"? I think there's something in common with Topor book: the feeling of inner exile.

Do you now Colin Wilson's "The Outsider"? I think there's something in common with Topor book: the feeling of inner exile.

This is a really interesting video. It's worth seeing.

my late mother got me this book when I was about 24, 10 years later I feel I might pick it up again....was very sad

I read this book in January of this year and fell in love with it. It has become one of the best reads for this year so far. Just found your channel and just in time, to hear your review of a fave of mine. Great review.

I am from Italy; specifically, from the deep South; and I have lived in Sicily, although as a young boy and on the coast opposite of where the events of this book took place. This book is probably a turning point in my lifelong pursuit of trying to understand why we are the way we are. I've had many a "ah-ha" moment. So much in this book rings true of the 1860s as it does of the times we live in. So much so that it is, in fact, a representation of contemporary society, and I would urge every Italian to read it. That line you quote, which more or less says that everything needs to change in order for everything to stay the same, resonates with me like a royal messenger shouting words in a square crowded with deaf subjects. Despite the multitude of events in the intervening years, we still have Feudalism; we still have the Church in power; we still have the needless oppressing the needful. We haven't changed a bit. And that, I think, speaks volumes of the initial objective. Thanks for offering a non-trivial review of this book.

Am prob going to reread this next. I last read it in 1990, def best reading his books on kindle.

amazing video, love your channel

Really enjoyed this read - a lot of it went over my head and I ended up doing a lot of Google research like you mentioned. Unfortunately for me, some of the things I read while researching made a lot of sense and I'm into some pretty out there stuff now 😆. Possibly the moral of the story, who knows? Great review man 👍🏽

Great review, hadn’t considered the appeal of Astrology for a character like Janina until hearing your thoughts.

Stumbled upon you and started binging your reviews. I am an author and trying to get my work out there. Absolutely loved how well you did your reviews. Is there any chance you’d be up for reading mine?

Hasn't THE LEOPARD been described as the Italian GONE WITH THE WIND?

Concerning that famous quote from the book that you talked about, doesn't this apply?: - When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters. (George Savile)

Yay yer back!

Since you are into booze,, have you read the #1 boozer/writer Charles Bukowski? (Post Office, Factotum,etc).

At the time, this video had 572 views, and like The Leopard we seem to be crossing a threshold in which the book, reading, and the critical intelligence they engender are fading fast. The young generation not only doesn't read novels like The Leopard, they don't even know of their existence. Can a young mind formed by Facebook 'likes' find happiness reading a complex novel? They don't even know of the excellent film made of this novel. Does that portend a nation or a world of infantilism? Do the young know that, with few exceptions, the internet and movies are a vast wasteland?

great honest reveiw

When you said stop listening to this TH-cam video right now I did. Now I’m scared, I came here looking for more information about the plan. I know you can’t just come out and talk about it in the open. There are lives at stake. Now I’m just not sure when you said stop watching had you already delivered the message or was that after you said stop watching. It’s like Schrödinger’s cat I wonder what happened after I stopped watching, did you tie it all together? The ancient freaking monists left mere breadcrumbs did I miss the unifying principal in all its glory?

In this day and age, makes me wonder how many madame Bovarys there are..😮

Genuine question!! Looking for answers here… on page 234 of this book, Dr Tuttle asks her how her mother passed away and she says “I killed her” she supposedly “crushed oxycodone in her vodka” … did the narrator in my year of rest and relaxation kill her mom? I was so confused by this part because I couldn’t tell what was real and what wasn’t

Fantastic book and review, appreciate you making this!

Finished it on April Fool's Day (how fitting)...great review, author clearly did his homework before writing this book. Decent read, but The Name of the Rose (by same author) was a far superior novel in my opinion.

Currently reading Anéantir (Annihilate or Destroy? It came out this year) in French and the writing is definitely better in his native language. Phenomenal literature, so dry, so factual, but still enticing.

Oh, we are so nationalists! As all the other brazilians in the comments, i came here because i love Machado and even more when reviwed by forigners. I ferl do proud that we have such a great author

As a European this was interesting to hear. When i did read Soumission back in 2020 i had the feeling i was living the book, since the demographic changes and islamic influence on European society aren't fiction. Because this (relatively unique) theme of ''the islamization of Europe'' did possess my mind while i was reading this book, i did more or less look away from the rest of the story (i should read it again). As a result of this i do give another interpretation to the use of the word ''Submission'' within this book. I think it was much more about a submission from one society to another one (as in some sort of colonization). This was probably the reason the book was received with so much controversy all around Europe. However, the elections are within two months and there is (thanks God) no islamic candidate. Soumission was the 1st book of Houellebecq i did read, now i have finished his complete oeuvre. I can recommend his poetry (im not sure if it is translated), some of his poems are on spotify. Thanks for making this video! ps. at the end of the book ''The map and the territory'' Houellebecq gives another prediction of the future regarding this subject. I there he claims that the continues stream of migrants from the islamic world might end due to an economic backlash in Europe.

the Nausea is out there

I quite enjoyed this book and the labyrinthine conspiracy at the center of it. Although not as accessible as his brilliant 'The Name of the Rose', 'Foucault's Pendulum' was a rich read, and I've recommended this novel to several friends who also think very highly of it.

Pretty much a perfect novel, a brilliant take on a life less-lived.

Read this book last summer, had no expectations going in but was pleasantly surprised at what a multi-faceted gem this novel is. I cannot recommend this novel highly enough, truly great literature that's also accessible and extremely intriguing.

I have always found this main character so selfish. Thank you for sharing this review. Hello from #mombierella in Texas 👋 enjoyed it all. And smashed the 👍

Great review, thanks!

Fascinating, thank you!

Tx, man. your reviews are much appreciated.