EFTER DÖDEN
Icke, när jag död är vorden,
sprids mitt väsen väl i jorden
blott som fosforljus,
element i jordens vara,
fukt och flyktigt irrljus bara,
icke mer ett jag?
Men jag skall kanhända sova
i en dröm av mörka, dova
halvmedvetna hågkomstljud,
ljud likt forsars brus mot hallar,
tills en stämma högljutt kallar
mig till liv en dag.
Eller skall jag tungsamt höja
mig ur gravens mull och töja
på mitt väsens band som knöt
mig vid jordens tyngd och häva
mig till rymd, där jag kan sväva
full av kraft och fri?
Eller skall jag syndbelastad,
djupt i dämonsriket kastad,
i eonisk tid,
själv betvingande betvungen,
ständigt stingande och stungen,
vältra om i hat?
Eller kan jag genombida,
genomstrida, genomlida
detta allt och kan
jag förflyktigas och enas,
sjunka, stiga, sudlas, renas
eller helt förgås?
(G. Fröding 1898)
Finnish person intoxicated by art, history, philosophy, music & magic.
A couple books currently or recently read but not possible to add on Shelfari:
CHARLES BRISON "Pornocrates: An Introduction To the Life and Work of Félicien Rops" (Charles Skilton Ltd 1969)
I. JASSENJAWSKY & J. KIBLITSKY (ed.) "Ernst Fuchs: Fantasia" (Artograph, n/d)
GUNNAR EKELÖF "Promenader och Utflykter" (1941/Bonnier Pocket 1985). A collection of small "promenades"; stories or memories, penned in his characteristic style. The mild melancholy pervades everything, sometimes revealing surrealistic tendencies. One of the most captivating books I've read for years.
TOMAS LAPPALAINEN "Maffia" (T Fischer 1999). In this brief but apparently very well researched survey on the Sicilian Mafia, Lappalainen digs deep in the island's history, trying to understand the soil, conditions and mentality that made the movement so persistent. We learn about the unification of Italy in the 1800s and why even today Sicilians (as other parts of Southern Italy) mistrust the government. The slim pocket book tells volumes about its subject -- it proved an ideal way for a first introduction into the subject (at that time being unable to consult Italian sources). The book offers a detailed bibliography with the most important sources commented by the author, such as the Sicilian author Leonardo Sciascia's enjoyable "Il Giorno della Civetta" (Engl. "The Day of the Owl") that I soon traced up that, although fiction, tells much about the mechanisms of the Mafia.
Some other books read or reading not available on Shelfari:
I döda språks sällskap (Pocket) av Wikander, Ola
Samlade dikter (Pocket) av Öijer, Bruno K
Adulrunan och den götiska kabbalan (Inbunden) av Karlsson, Thomas
* * * OPEN LETTER TO SHELFARI * * *
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Hello,
First, I like the idea of Shelfari, supporting the idea of real books in a time when the younger generations read less and computer magazines speak about e-books.
However, although I know Amazon etc is an important partner, to not be able to neither ADD nor manually CHANGE any book info reduces the entire Shelfari site into an Amazon-owned advertisement campaign.
"If it's not on Amazon, it doesn't exist."
I had to list this as an actual complaint instead of suggestion, because personally I'll stop using Shelfari if it doesn't acknowledge the existence of books beyond Amazon or related shops!
Other than that, thanks for a nice idea and a clean and solid interface!
Best regards,
T.K.
avid reader (and Amazon customer alike, via a Swedish distributor)
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