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BB: The book [Ada] is funny and accessible [indeed]. Sure, it also includes riddles no one person will be able to master, but so does life, and we can enjoy both.
Here I disagree. The riddles of art (whose main purpose is to show what life should be) and the often unsolvable riddles of life are very different.
Let me quote from The Gift:
????? ??????????? ??????? ?????? ?? ??, ???, ??, ???? ???, ????? ??????? ????, ????? ????? ?? ????? ???????? ????? ?????-?? ??? ?????? (? ??? ?? ?????? ???????????? ???????????? ??????), ??? ???????? ????? ?? ??????????????, ??? ????????? ????????? ?????????? ? ?????? ????????? ??????, ??? ??? ?? ?? ???? ??????? ????? ?? ????????? ? ?? ?????????; ? ???? ??????????, ???????? ???? ?????????? ???????, ?????? ?????????? – ? ????????????? ??????????????? ?? ???????.
The oft repeated complaints of poets that, alas, no words are available, that words are pale corpses, that words are incapable of expressing our thingummy-bob feelings (and to prove it a torrent of trochaic hexameters is let loose) seemed to him just as senseless as the staid conviction of the eldest inhabitant of a mountain hamlet that yonder mountain has never been climbed by anyone and never will be; one fine, clear morning a long lean Englishman appears — and cheerfully scrambles to the top. (Chapter Three)
I don't want to say that I am the person who can solve all riddles in Ada but, as BB himself admitted, I did solve a few riddles in the novel that most readers hadn't even noticed.
Alexey Sklyarenko
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Here I disagree. The riddles of art (whose main purpose is to show what life should be) and the often unsolvable riddles of life are very different.
Let me quote from The Gift:
????? ??????????? ??????? ?????? ?? ??, ???, ??, ???? ???, ????? ??????? ????, ????? ????? ?? ????? ???????? ????? ?????-?? ??? ?????? (? ??? ?? ?????? ???????????? ???????????? ??????), ??? ???????? ????? ?? ??????????????, ??? ????????? ????????? ?????????? ? ?????? ????????? ??????, ??? ??? ?? ?? ???? ??????? ????? ?? ????????? ? ?? ?????????; ? ???? ??????????, ???????? ???? ?????????? ???????, ?????? ?????????? – ? ????????????? ??????????????? ?? ???????.
The oft repeated complaints of poets that, alas, no words are available, that words are pale corpses, that words are incapable of expressing our thingummy-bob feelings (and to prove it a torrent of trochaic hexameters is let loose) seemed to him just as senseless as the staid conviction of the eldest inhabitant of a mountain hamlet that yonder mountain has never been climbed by anyone and never will be; one fine, clear morning a long lean Englishman appears — and cheerfully scrambles to the top. (Chapter Three)
I don't want to say that I am the person who can solve all riddles in Ada but, as BB himself admitted, I did solve a few riddles in the novel that most readers hadn't even noticed.
Alexey Sklyarenko
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