The Words of House Sisyphe Entry posted by Publius July 10, 2019 at 04:26 PM 1312 views Share More sharing options... Followers 3 Can you guess what kind of business they are in? Spoiler 1 Report Entry
Tomsima 1556 Posted July 10, 2019 at 11:03 PM Report Share no idea based on their advert. but a search of sysphe brings up a bookstore in shanghai...so theres that Link to comment
Jim 1089 Posted July 11, 2019 at 01:30 AM Report Share How's 抄 working there? Does it mean 'return' in this context? Only know it as copying and ransacking on a raid. ETA Are they suggesting you copy passages from a book you can't afford? Link to comment
Publius 2015 Posted July 11, 2019 at 03:51 AM Report Share @Jim Yes, but I think the main point is you're welcome even if you're buying books. 1 Link to comment
somethingfunny 841 Posted July 11, 2019 at 06:19 AM Report Share Buying books or not buying books? Wouldn't it make more sense for it to be 賣了太貴? Link to comment
mungouk 1373 Posted July 11, 2019 at 12:56 PM Report Share Maybe they're making a humorous point about so many people going in to just sit in the coffee shop and use the wifi? Link to comment
Zbigniew 106 Posted July 11, 2019 at 06:35 PM Report Share I don't see the connection with Sisyphus, nor why the French form Sisyphe is used in an otherwise English translation. Link to comment
Publius 2015 Posted July 11, 2019 at 10:53 PM Report Share @ZbigniewYeah, the explanation given on their website is a bit convoluted. But Sisyphus did get mentioned in a recent post about learning. I was also puzzled by the French spelling. I guess it's meant to better match 西西弗, because 西西弗斯书店 is unwieldy (and uncool)? Link to comment
murrayjames 597 Posted July 13, 2019 at 10:12 AM Report Share On 7/12/2019 at 6:53 AM, Publius said: But Sisyphus did get mentioned in a recent post about learning. Yeah in that post I should have said Camus. It was Camus—not Sartre—who wrote The Myth of Sisyphus. I deserve to be placed in a remedial existentialist courses immediately. I will leave the Chinese Forums post as is, so my shame can live on in perpetuity. But I posted a better-written version on my website: http://murrayjames.net/sisyphus.html Link to comment
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