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One Thousand Years of Solitude

on Salvatore Satta

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a review of Satta's Il Giorno (a novel about a household in Italy). he was an Italian writer with a law background and the book was published posthumously. probably has an air of magical realism (hence the title). didn't really care for this essay

Steiner, G. (2009). One Thousand Years of Solitude. In Steiner, G. At the New Yorker. New Directions, pp. 86-94

(noun) the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop / (noun) a brood of birds of prey / (noun) an elevated often secluded dwelling, structure, or position

86

My wife and I never made it to that famed aerie

—p.86 by George Steiner
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My wife and I never made it to that famed aerie

—p.86 by George Steiner
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(adjective) of, relating to, or suggestive of marble or a marble statue especially in coldness or aloofness

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its marmoreal ferocity

of prose

—p.87 by George Steiner
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its marmoreal ferocity

of prose

—p.87 by George Steiner
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to walk or perform another act while asleep or in a sleeplike condition

88

sclerotic, somnambular epilogue to its ancient ways

—p.88 by George Steiner
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sclerotic, somnambular epilogue to its ancient ways

—p.88 by George Steiner
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(noun) an exhibition of optical effects and illusions / (noun) a constantly shifting complex succession of things seen or imagined / (noun) a scene that constantly changes / (noun) a bizarre or fantastic combination, collection, or assemblage

89

distant, phantasmagoric America

—p.89 by George Steiner
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distant, phantasmagoric America

—p.89 by George Steiner
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90

There is not the least doubt that Pietro Catte in the abstract has no reality, any more than any other man on the face of the earth. But the fact remains that he was born and that he died, as those irrefutable certificates prove. And this endows him with reality in actual fact, because birth and death are the two moments at which the infinite becomes finite; and the infinite can have no being except through the finite. Pietro Catte attempted to escape from reality by hanging himself on that tree at Biscollai, but his was a vain hope, because one cannot erase one's own birth. This is why I say that Pietro Catte, like all the hapless characters in this story, is important, and ought to be interesting to everyone: if he does not exist, then none of us exist.

a quote by Salvatore Satta

—p.90 by George Steiner 7 years, 6 months ago

There is not the least doubt that Pietro Catte in the abstract has no reality, any more than any other man on the face of the earth. But the fact remains that he was born and that he died, as those irrefutable certificates prove. And this endows him with reality in actual fact, because birth and death are the two moments at which the infinite becomes finite; and the infinite can have no being except through the finite. Pietro Catte attempted to escape from reality by hanging himself on that tree at Biscollai, but his was a vain hope, because one cannot erase one's own birth. This is why I say that Pietro Catte, like all the hapless characters in this story, is important, and ought to be interesting to everyone: if he does not exist, then none of us exist.

a quote by Salvatore Satta

—p.90 by George Steiner 7 years, 6 months ago

a person, usually a layperson, who assists in the ordering of religious services, particularly in Anglican churches

90

"[...] take part in the life of the spirit as vergers or sacristans"

—p.90 by George Steiner
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"[...] take part in the life of the spirit as vergers or sacristans"

—p.90 by George Steiner
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(noun) a person in charge of the sacristy (a room in a church where a priest prepares for a service, and where ceremonial equipment are kept)

90

"[...] take part in the life of the spirit as vergers or sacristans"

—p.90 by George Steiner
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"[...] take part in the life of the spirit as vergers or sacristans"

—p.90 by George Steiner
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(noun) a complete code of the laws of a country or system of law / (noun) a treatise covering an entire subject

91

Old books, obsolete pandects, wormholed commentaries

—p.91 by George Steiner
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Old books, obsolete pandects, wormholed commentaries

—p.91 by George Steiner
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(noun) a theory of the origin of the universe / (noun) the creation or origin of the world or universe

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preclassical Greek and Mediterranean cosmogony

—p.92 by George Steiner
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preclassical Greek and Mediterranean cosmogony

—p.92 by George Steiner
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an extremely confused, complicated, or embarrassing situation

93

chapters on ecclestiastical imbroglios

—p.93 by George Steiner
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chapters on ecclestiastical imbroglios

—p.93 by George Steiner
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