Chapter 72 Gasanova and his "Memoirs"

Gasanova and his "Memoirs" Gasanovar can be said to be a strange figure in the history of Europe in the eighteenth century.he can't say He was a "celebrity" at the time, let alone a writer.But relying on his "Memoirs", Although the content is absurd in many places, it makes him a figure that everyone knows. There are many great poets and writers who have written their memoirs and confessions.Lu Sao wrote a confession Tolstoy wrote a confession, and even Saint Augustine has a confession.They are all Very frank, especially about my private life and changes in my thinking.Saint Augustine

Describe how he himself struggled with his own inner carnal desires, which is about the struggle between the soul and the flesh The most famous text, many artists even painted the erotic fantasies that occurred in Augustine's heart as Paintings, so tired that the muddleheaded judges in the United States considered them obscene and ordered them to be banned.But these famous "confessions" Confessions", compared to Gasanova's "Memoirs", but it is a bit inferior. Because Gasanova He never repents.For women, he only feels joy, adventure, and the pride of the conqueror;

Sometimes I get carried away, and I can't help telling lies in exaggeration, but most of them always record honestly. This is the reason why his memoir is still read by many people today. The famous Austrian novelist Zhiweige (the famous novella "Love Letter of an Unknown Woman") author), in his joint essay "Gasanova, Stenda and Tolstoy" said Well, the works handed down in the Middle Ages in Europe, except for Dante's "Divine Comedy" and Boccaccio's "Ten Apart from Daily Talk, Gasanova's "Memoirs" is the most popular. "Women are a book, and they often have a fascinating title page. But if you want to enjoy

You must uncover it and read it carefully." This is an aphorism about women that Gazanova said.He is of Italian and Spanish descent Son, born in 1725.From the age of seventeen, because of disorderly behavior, from the monastery where he studied After being excommunicated, until the age of seventy-three (he died at this age in 1798), I am constantly experiencing the "view of life" that I advocate.Like a book lover, Read the book when you see it, and never miss an opportunity.Not only to appreciate the title page of the book, but also to appreciate it as he himself said. As said, uncover it and read it carefully.

He has never been married in his life.But for the sake of women, he wandered all over Europe, engaged in all kinds of ancient Strange jobs, from diplomatic envoy to magician and professional gambler.spend all the money you earn on a woman.For a woman, he can chase from London to St. Petersburg.in jail, Prison escape, duels, being poisoned, turning from rich to penniless overnight, all for the sake of Women, always have fun. Until his later years, poor and old, he no longer thought of women, so he lived under the door of a nobleman, He hides in the library all day long and writes his memoirs to pass the few years.Gazano

It is a helpless thing to cut this book, but with this memoir, he won a European The immortal reputation of the continental lover.This is probably something he himself did not expect. According to his own notes in the original manuscript of his memoirs, "my life up to 1797 "History", it can be seen that he intends to write his life memories to the last moment. But in fact, from According to the surviving manuscripts, he wrote until 1774, when he was forty-nine years old, and never wrote any more. Go on, because the original manuscript will be interrupted this year. There is no doubt that the original manuscript of this memoir was written by Gasanova himself.

Not only the handwriting is the same as other letters and documents left by him, but also on his own letters, starting with He wrote his memoirs in his later years in letters to his friends.but the manuscript gives It was discovered by later generations that it was accidental. On December 13, 1820, a famous bookstore Brokahau in Leipzig, Germany Suddenly, I received a letter from an unknown person signed by Jiang Tessel, saying that there was a manuscript, It is a memoir of life up to 1797 written by a Mr. "Gasanova". Whether they intend to publish and state that the original manuscript was written in French.Gasanova is an Italian,

At this time, it has been more than 20 years since his death, not to mention in Leipzig, Germany at that time, even in Paris and Venice. Well, probably no one will remember such a person anymore.But boss Brokahaus, according to For example, please Jiang Tessel send the original manuscript to see.After seeing it, I immediately became interested (Just as we unravel his "Memoirs" today, who is not impressed by its Attracted by interesting content? ), please translate it into German and publish it in separate volumes.Since the sales are very good, give The publisher in Paris took a fancy to it, but Brocahaus kept the French manuscript a secret, and Paris published it.

The publisher did not wait for the consent of Brokahaus, and published it from the German translation into French.German translation has been After a lot of deletions and revisions, the French Zeben translated from the German translation was further revised and added, so that Gaza Nova's "Memoirs" has not been its true face since it first met the world.No Not only that, after the publication of the French translation in Paris, Brocahaus was very angry, but he did not make his own I printed out the original French manuscript in my own hands, but also translated another French translation based on the German translation I published.

This publication.These are the earliest three editions of Gasanova's "Memoirs", the publishing process and content The content is also full of miasma, and the real original manuscript has never been seen by the world. The original manuscript of Gasanova's "Memoirs" consists of twelve volumes, all written in fine handwriting. Written in French on rough paper, full on both sides, it is still hidden in Germany.Currently, I The various versions we have read are all based on the three ancestors mentioned above.up to twelve Big volumes, but the magazines and newsstands sold for sailors turned into thin booklets of only one or two hundred pages

son.The difference here can be imagined.Gasanova himself said it well, the essence of life is direct To enjoy, memories are already dross.Therefore, no matter how later generations cut up and deleted his manuscripts, He himself was, so to speak, unharmed.