This is such a positive short story, and although I realize that sailing in search of the Unknown Island is just a metaphor for self-discovery, it made me want to go sailing too.
There are about 1500 reviews that summarize the plot and, since The Tale of the Unknown Island is anyways an allegory, I'll simply skip to the meaning. What is great about José Saramago is that he never lets the reader wonder what he intended to say: "I want to find the unknown island, I want to find out who I am when I'm there on that island, Don't you know, If you don't step outside yourself, you'll never discover who you are."
So it all boils down to this: in a world in which most people take delight in believing that there is nothing left to be discovered, the greatest mystery and exploration of all is ourselves.
Just a great read, even if Mr. Saramago's writing style is not for everyone.
Kitaptan notlar: -tKim olduğunu bilmiyorsan kendin olabilmen mümkün değildir. -tBilinmeyen Ada nihayet denize açılmış, kendini aramak amacıyla.
* Kitapta nokta ve virgülden başka noktalama işareti kullanılmaması açıkçası benim kitabı daha dikkatle okumamı sağladı. Anlatılan sadece bir öykü değil yani. * Ve çizimler kitaba ayrı bir hava katmış. * Ama kitapta böylece bitmeseymiş ya :) * Herkese bol okumalı geceler :)
-“El filósofo del rey, cuando no tenía nada que hacer, se sentaba junto a mí, para verme zurcir las medias de los pajes. Y a veces le daba por filosofar, decía que todo hombre es una isla, yo, como aquello no iba conmigo, visto que soy mujer, no le daba importancia, ¿tú qué crees?
-Que es necesario salir de la isla para ver la isla, que no nos vemos si no nos salimos de nosotros.”
Sweet little fairytale, about finding oneself and finding love. This has been turned into a one-hour play at the Gate Theatre which I saw last night - but frankly I prefer the book version. As with the radio, "the pictures are better." (But they did serve olives, bread and wine to everyone in the audience, which was kind of nice!)
كم بودن حجم كتاب و عنوان ساراماگو بر روي جلد آن، دست به دست هم دادند تا توي مسير برگشت، بتونم بخونمش.... خيلي تعريفي نداشت... ولي توش سه تا جمله ناب پيدا كردم كه خيلي زيبا و قابل تامل بودند. بعدا جملات رو اضافه ميكنم...
اخرین اثر ساراماگو رو برای شروع انتخاب کردم,سبک نگارش بسیار جالبی داشت..داستانی ساده اما پر از استعاره های فراوان.. "پادشاه:چرا اصرار داری که چنین چیزی وجود دارد؟,به این دلیل ساده که امکان ندارد جزیره ناشناخته ای وجود نداشته باشد."