In exile, Quique had discovered that the traumatic arithmetic

sasibhaskar · Post by **sasibhaskar** » Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:25 pm

In exile, Quique had discovered hat the traumatic arithmetic that melded a past and a moustache could function as proof of a set of privileged experiences,as shared as they were private, in the light of whose mysterious shadow the true socialist homeland would always exist, in the hearts of comrades and lovers, as stated in Walt Whitman’s dedication to his readers in Leaves of Grass.

From the short story 'Conditions for the Revolution' by Pola Oloixarac. Somebody please explain the meaning of the part in red.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:37 pm

sasibhaskar wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:25 pm In exile, Quique had discovered that the traumatic arithmetic that melded a past and a moustache could function as proof of a set of privileged experiences, as shared as they were private, in the light of whose mysterious shadow the true socialist homeland would always exist, in the hearts of comrades and lovers, as stated in Walt Whitman’s dedication to his readers in Leaves of Grass.

From the short story 'Conditions for the Revolution' by Pola Oloixarac. Somebody please explain the meaning of the part in red.

Red is not showing. Could you please clarify...

sasibhaskar · Post by **sasibhaskar** » Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:58 pm

I have tried to mark a portion of the paragraph in red, but it didn't work, I see.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:45 pm

sasibhaskar wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:58 pm I have tried to mark a portion of the paragraph in red, but it didn't work, I see.

So just write it out here...

sasibhaskar · Post by **sasibhaskar** » Thu Aug 13, 2020 7:05 pm

that the traumatic arithmetic that melded a past and a moustache could function as proof of a set of privileged experiences

ghellman · Post by **ghellman** » Sun Aug 16, 2020 5:52 pm

that
the traumatic arithmetic
that melded a past and a moustache
could function as
proof of a set of
privileged experiences,

trauma: 1) dream 2) harm
arithmetic: rules for determining the same output from equivalent inputs(which may appear different)
past and a moustache: possibly a written-or-recalled biography of a person with distinctive facial hair
function: one way that mathematicians express themselves
proof: an ordered sequence of statements, each totally-expected, which may lead to an unexpected statement
privileged: in law: evidence which may be withheld from one's opponent

Beautiful expression. Author and work, please?

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