Fonal Felicities

This morning i dug out my old Fonal CD sampler "Summer And Smiles Of Finland" , a collection of tracks by some of the artists on this weird folk label. I use to order CDs  direct from their offices in Ulvila.



Some of the tracks have an ambient quality to them and thus would sound good blended into a mix i am creating for m y next gig.

 I have just finished the Milan Kundera book "The Curtain" ,which is  one of those books about books, a short critique of literature.

Book 32 - Milan Kundera "The Curtain"

Milan Kundera "The Curtain" (Faber & Faber)





Milan Kundera's essay draws the curtain back to reveal the treasures of "die Weltliteratur" as he traces the threads of continuity in novels by Rabelais, Cervantes, Fielding, Dostoevsky, Kafka and many more. He eschews the cultural "isms" that weigh down our understanding of literature.

Although a work of nonfiction, The Curtain is a beautiful exposition on aesthetics as it is applied not only to literature, but to music as well. Kundera tells us to read and reread with new eyes, unfettered by pre-imposed cultural and socio-economic distinctions.

As Kundera outlines the "fragility of human certainties" found is so much of the world's great literature and implores us to understand the true worth of the novel so that we can embrace both its history and its essence. This is a poetic work of literary criticism that will be a worthwhile read for anyone interested in literary art, and at 108 pages can easily be read in a day.

Florence Watching Footie on TV

I uploaded this today whilst we were watching Cardiff beating Man. City