toska

/ the ache / No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.
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hermionejg: booksandtea: Book order success! by kim77_au on Flickr. I have read all of these books except for Kafka on the Shore, which is on my to-reads.

hermionejg:

booksandtea:

Book order success! by kim77_au on Flickr.

I have read all of these books except for Kafka on the Shore, which is on my to-reads.


#jonathan safran foer #david mitchell #robert harris #sherman alexie #stephen chbosky #haruki murakami #books #reading #Literacy #literature #stack of books #books i need to read

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