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"The Thinking Reed" is a novel that explores the complexities of human relationships and societal norms through the eyes of a young American widow living in France. The protagonist navigates the intricacies of French high society while grappling with her own feelings of love and desire for two very different men.
of the "thinking reed," which Kagarlitsky uses to refer to the period of the 1960s and 1970s in the Soviet Union, when the democratic intelligentsia lacked any power to resist bureaucratic policy. Like many others, Kagarlitsky sees the 1980s as a turning point. Lest anyone think that The Thinking Reed is merely an intellectual exercise
THE THINKING REED By Rebecca West ebecca West has always been one of the least provincial of English writers, with a friendly smile for the ways of other people and a critical smile for the ways of her own countrymen. One can even imagine her going without her tea and ...
For the title of this, my last chapter, I turn to Pascal (1623 – 1662): ‘Man is but a reed, the weakest thing in nature: but he is a thinking reed. There is no need for the whole universe to take up arms to crush him: a vapour, a drop of water is enough to kill him. But even if the universe were to crush him, man would still be nobler than ...
The Thinking Reed: Intellectuals and the Soviet State from 1917 to the Present. By Boris Kagarlitsky. London: Verso, 1988. 374p. $29.95. - Volume 83 Issue 4. Skip to main content Accessibility help We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites.
Text: The thinking reed. Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed. The entire universe must not arm itself to crush it. A vapor, a drop of water is enough to kill it. But when the universe crushes him, man would be even nobler than what kills him, because he knows that he dies and the advantage that the universe has ...
“The Thinking Reed” has attributes we associate with a novel: a credible protagonist, plot, emotions, sensitivity to nature and human relationships. What distinguishes the novel is West’s ability to focus so analytically on all of these, write about them with such fluency, and surprise us with the nuances of language and observation.
