• HandsHurtLoL@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    If you pick up this book, I highly recommend another book written by the same author - Michael Ende - called Momo.

    The fantasy parts of the NES sometimes feel like allegory but mostly feel like folly. But Momo is ostensibly an allegory from the beginning. It also feels like waking up your inner child.

    The parts of the NES that were not adapted into the films are absolutely whimsical and amazing. It’s a true wonder why some details were used in the film and not others. It’s a lot of fun!

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      1 year ago

      Agree, Momo is GREAT! I resonate a lot with both books.

      The fantasy parts of the NES sometimes feel like allegory but mostly feel like folly.

      Note that (if I’m not mistaken), NES is mostly an adaptation of Nietzsche’s ideas:

      • Will to power = “Do what you wish” written in Auryn
      • Eternal recurrence = many “infinite loops” hidden over the book

      Many parts of the book make more sense once I was aware of those references (which was not so long ago).

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        1 year ago

        This is an interesting insight. I have a degree in philosophy but tap danced around the Nietzsche class to go to the phenomenology & existentialism course instead lol