Amor Towles - I had read Harold Bloom's 'Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?' Late in his life,...

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I had read Harold Bloom's 'Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?' Late in his life, having read everything, Bloom asked which books had given him wisdom. I had just read a bunch of contemporary novels that had no wisdom for me.

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Ich hatte Harold Blooms "Wo soll Weisheit gefunden werden?" Nachdem er alles gelesen hatte, fragte Bloom, welche Bücher ihm Weisheit gegeben hätten. Ich hatte gerade eine Reihe von zeitgenössischen Romanen gelesen, die keine Weisheit für mich hatten.

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