Joshua Prager: Wisdom from great writers on every year of life
Joshua Prager: Sabedoria de grandes escritores sobre cada ano de vida
Joshua Prager’s journalism unravels historical secrets -- and his own. Full bio
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is going to be a very good year,
de que os 44 anos vão ser um ano fabuloso,
particular in store for me,
que me esteja reservado,
quarenta e quatro anos..."
"Os Exércitos da Noite"
and sentiment to be a man,
mente e sentimentos para ser homem,
wasn't writing about me.
não estava a escrever sobre mim.
the subject of his book,
— vocês, eu, o assunto do livro.
along the same great sequence:
a partir da mesma grande sequência
and confinements of childhood;
e dos confinamentos da infância
and frustrations of adolescence;
e frustrações da adolescência;
and millstones of adulthood;
e dos marcos da idade adulta;
and resignations of old age.
e das resignações da terceira idade.
"It will happen to me as to them."
"Vai-me acontecer o mesmo que a eles."
where they become narratives
onde se tornam narrativas
if it passes into anything."
se é que passa para alguma coisa."
a thought leapt to mind:
veio-me à cabeça um pensamento:
there were, somewhere,
havia lá, em qualquer sítio,
assemble them into a narrative.
poderia reuni-las para uma narrativa.
os que têm mais sorte.
wrote William Trevor.
escreveu William Trevor.
sobre o tempo e idade.
and later an injury to me
e, mais uma tarde, uma lesão minha
could not be assumed.
contar com envelhecer.
only postponed the inevitable,
apenas adiava o inevitável,
what circumstance did not.
daquilo que as circunstâncias não viam.
year by vulnerable year
ano após ano vulnerável
what was fleeting,
a glimpse into the future,
um vislumbre do futuro,
I was quickly obsessed,
fiquei logo obcecado,
for ages and ages.
ao longo de muitos séculos.
through our first hundred years.
nos nossos primeiros cem anos.
of sudden revelations,"
uma altura de revelações súbitas,"
de diminuições subtis."
that such insights were relative.
de que tais visões eram relativas.
and so age more slowly.
e, como tal, envelhecemos mais lentamente.
the phrase "the yellow leaf"
"a folha amarela"
used it to describe himself at 36.
para descrever-se a si mesmo aos 36 anos.
can swing wildly and unpredictably
pode oscilar violenta e imprevisivelmente
the same age differently.
a mesma idade de modo diferente.
que a lista se reforçava,
as the reflection in the mirror,
claro como o reflexo no espelho,
and less sure of who one is;"
se desconhece cada vez mais;"
of preparation into active life;"
preparação para a vida ativa;"
the doors to rooms
suavemente as portas dos quartos
visualizations you see here,
and an apotheosis," wrote Nabokov --
e uma apoteose," escreveu Nabokov —
what we've experienced.
o que nós vivemos.
the list with my grandfather,
a lista com o meu avô,
e estava prestes a morrer,
we are sure we will not die,
que, aos 22 anos,
named Edwin Shneidman was right
chamado Edwin Shneidman
temos a certeza de que vamos morrer.
para as páginas.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Joshua Prager - JournalistJoshua Prager’s journalism unravels historical secrets -- and his own.
Why you should listen
Joshua Prager writes for publications including Vanity Fair, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, where he was a senior writer for eight years. George Will has described his work as "exemplary journalistic sleuthing."
His new book, 100 Years, is a list of literary quotations on every age from birth to one hundred. Designed by Milton Glaser, the legendary graphic designer who created the I ♥ NY logo, the book moves year by year through the words of our most beloved authors, revealing the great sequence of life.
His first book, The Echoing Green, was a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. The New York Times Book Review called it “a revelation and a page turner, a group character study unequaled in baseball writing since Roger Kahn’s Boys of Summer some three decades ago.”
His second book, Half-Life, describes his recovery from a bus crash that broke his neck. Dr. Jerome Groopman, staff writer at the New Yorker magazine, called it “an extraordinary memoir, told with nuance and brimming with wisdom.
Joshua was a Nieman fellow at Harvard in 2011 and a Fulbright Distinguished Chair at Hebrew University in 2012. He was born in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, grew up in New Jersey, and lives in New York. He is writing a book about Roe v. Wade.
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