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I found the beginning of the book absolutely fantastic. Funny and very clever. Pretty disappointed with the second half. Incredible how such a fun story can end so boring. Also much more conservative than I thought it was. 

Mooi verhaal, mooi verteld. 

Ongelooflijk mooi. Wat een prachtig getekende portretten van vogels. En ook nog eens erg mooi uitgegeven.

Ik heb het met plezier gelezen.

I listened to a fantastic old audio book version of The Satanic Verses. Somebody digitised it from a series of old cassette tapes and put it on the internet (thank you). I am not sure if it is the voice of Salman Rushdie himself, whoever it is, I would like to thank him so much for this brilliant work. 22 hours of listening pleasure during my walks to and from work. 
I always thought that this was a very serious book. But for most parts it is hilarious. It is also long winding, and I must admit that at some parts I dozed off, simply enjoying the very pleasant sound of the narrator’s voice.

Een verzameling verhalen over mensen die met elkaar leven, maar niet met elkaar praten. In plaats daarvan nemen ze van alles over elkaar aan, en dat is natuurlijk frustrerend. Ietwat zweverig, maar wel heel interessant.

Zo ontzettend mooi en knap. 

Interesting when it comes to design education. I love the idea of a mixed team of lecturers, based on both artists and on craftspeople. Indeed, if you look at some of the products that were produced by people who were schooled by the Bauhaus, this clearly paid off.
I think it becomes problematic when it comes to architecture. And the big problem here is that urban planning is approached as a mathematical problem, instead of a human problem. It the second part of the book I completely miss the fact that houses, towns and cities are there for people. It looks like Gropius thinks they are for accountants and managers only.

Drieëneenhalve ster. Ik rond het af naar boven, ok?

Wauw.