13/07/07

一日中雨が降っていた。

夏はこの国を見捨てたと、最近思い始めている。

こんなに雨が降っていては、部屋で本を読む以外何ができようか?

トーマス・マンの「ヴェニスに死す」はとても複雑で難しい話だった。

ある著名なドイツ人作家が、休暇でヴェニスを訪れ、

そこである若い美少年に恋をしてしまう話。

これは、現代社会で議論を起こすようなテーマではないのか?

正直半分も分からなかった。

明日弟に電話して聞いてみよう。大学でこの本についてレポートを書いたらしいから。

It was raining all day.

I'm beginning to think that summer has forsaken this country.

When it is raining like this, what can one do but to quietly read?

Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' was a very complicated story.

It's about a German man called Aschenbach, a well reputed writer and artist, who visits Venice for his holiday.

In Venice, he falls in love with a beautiful young boy.

After reading the book , I thought, hmmm, isn't this a rather contentious theme?

I have to admit that I couldn't understand half ot it.

I shall call my little brother tomorrow; he said he wrote a paper on this book in uni.

 

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