Timecode of a Face -

Ruth Ozeki

Canongate Books

2022

144 páginas

4h 48m

ISBN-13: 9781838855901

What did your face look like before your parents were born? Who are you? What is your true self? These are the questions in Ruth Ozeki’s mind as she challenges herself to spend three hours gazing into her own reflection, recording every thought and detail.

What follows are a lifetime’s worth of meditations on race, ageing, family, death, the body, self-doubt and, finally, acceptance. In this profound encounter with memory and the mirror, Ozeki weaves together personal history, professional experience, Zen philosophy, Japanese culture and more to paint a rich, intimate and utterly unique portrait of a life as told through a face.

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"it's not polite to stare at strangers"

Sim, é basicamente uma reflexão sobre rostos, mas também é um livro sobre vida, morte, família, luto, memória, identidade e aceitação. o que vemos quando olhamos para o espelho? para além disso, quem são as pessoas presentes no nosso rosto? nosso pais, os pais dos nossos pais, nossos amigos, as pessoas que amamos. e essa filosofia zen tão, tão linda e presente nos livros da ruth ozeki! e esse trecho aqui:

"heavy bags under my eays [...] bagage from my dad. [...] strange. just realized that i haven't paid much attention to the bags for several years now. i mean, i see them when i look, but i don't obsess about them anymore. what's changed? certainly not the bags themselves. if anything, they've only gotten worse. have i just gotten used to them? or is it that my feelings about my dad have changed? he's been dead for more than fifteen years now. the grief and anguish i felt at his death have softened, and when i see his eyes in mine, i don't see reproach or disappointment anymore. instead of judgment, i see concern, watchfulness, maybe even a kind of compassionate discernment. so this is better, an improvement! i don't mind meeting him here in the mirror. it's kind of nice. hey, dad. how are you doing?"

...................................tipo assim, livros e palavras não são o suficiente, eu preciso que a ruth ozeki me mate