
Jurnalul lui Adam si al Evei e o carte care mi-a picat literalmente din cer, direct in mana. nu mi-am propus niciodata sa o citesc, nici macar nu stiam ca exista, daramite ca Mark Twain ar fi putut scrie asa ceva.
imi pare atat de rau ca nu am (inca) varianta in romana a cartii! deocamdata, ne multumim cu o editie bilingva, in engleza si (sâc) germana...
o carte pe langa care nu poti sa treci nepasator. ma gandesc de ce nu am mai auzit pana acum despre ea, pentru ca face cat volume intregi de antropologie clasica sau de studii de gen. raspunsuri la intrebari vechi de cand lumea, cum ar fi de ce sunt barbatii tacuti si femeile guralive, de ce a mancat eva marul, si cum au reusit pana la urma sa convietuiasca? poate tocmai pentru ca autorul e barbat, jurnalul lui adam e mai reusit (parere strict subiectiva), desi nici al evei nu poate fi acuzat de lipsa de verosimil.
hai sa vedem ce ne spune adam:
MONDAY.--This new creature with the long hair is a good deal in the way. It is always hanging around and following me about. I don't like this; I am not used to company. I wish it would stay with the other animals. . . . Cloudy today, wind in the east; think we shall have rain. . . . WE? Where did I get that word-- the new creature uses it.
MONDAY.--I believe I see what the week is for: it is to give time to rest up from the weariness of Sunday. It seems a good idea. . .
SATURDAY.--She fell in the pond yesterday when she was looking at herself in it, which she is always doing.
NEXT YEAR.--We have named it Cain. She caught it while I was up country trapping on the North Shore of the Erie; caught it in the timber a couple of miles from our dug-out--or it might have been four, she isn't certain which. It resembles us in some ways, and may be a relation. That is what she thinks, but this is an error, in my judgment. The difference in size warrants the conclusion that it is a different and new kind of animal--a fish, perhaps, though when I put it in the water to see, it sank, and she plunged in and snatched it out before there was opportunity for the experiment to determine the matter. I still think it is a fish, but she is indifferent about what it is, and will not let me have it to try. I do not understand this. The coming of the creature seems to have changed her whole nature and made her unreasonable about experiments.
WEDNESDAY.--It isn't a fish. I cannot quite make out what it is. It makes curious devilish noises when not satisfied, and says "goo-goo" when it is. It is not one of us, for it doesn't walk; it is not a bird, for it doesn't fly; it is not a frog, for it doesn't hop; it is not a snake, for it doesn't crawl; I feel sure it is not a fish, though I cannot get a chance to find out whether it can swim or not. It merely lies around, and mostly on its back, with its feet up.
A FORTNIGHT LATER.--I examined its mouth. There is no danger yet: it has only one tooth. It has no tail yet. It makes more noise now than it ever did before--and mainly at night. I have moved out. But I shall go over, mornings, to breakfast, and see if it has more teeth.
... si tot asa. O editie aproape completa, cred, a jurnalelor, gasiti aici.
Cel mai mult mi-a placut ultima insemnare a lui Adam, poate un pic ciudata pentru unul care pana atunci nu avusese decat plangeri. De data asta, parca suna mai bine in germana. Wo sie war, war das Paradies.
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