片桐さんの近著

片桐悠自さんから博士論文をもとにした『アルド・ロッシ記憶の幾何学』をいただく。いつもは貰ったらすぐ読むのだが、どうしても外せない本を読んでいるのでそれが終わってからじっくり読みたい。今時ガチな近代以降の作家論を博論で書くなんて本当に素晴らしい。おめでとう。あとがきに「一冊の書物を著すことは、・・・生の一部から切り離され、別の事物へと移行し、著者の預かり知らぬところの生を歩むのだろう」と書いてあったがそう思う。全く知らぬ人からある時突然自著の話をされたりするものである。I received a copy of “Aldo Rossi’s Geometry of Memory” based on his doctoral thesis from Yuji Katagiri. I usually read it as soon as I receive it, but I’m reading a book that I can’t put down, so I want to read it thoroughly after it’s finished. It’s really wonderful that he wrote such a well-rounded essay on writers from the modern era, which is so relevant these days. Congratulations. In the afterword, he wrote, “Writing a book…is like being cut off from one part of your life, moving on to something else, and walking through a life that is unknown to the author.” I think so. One day, a complete stranger will suddenly tell you about his book

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