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Okyanus Kokusu ve Angoli Mala
2008 Nobel Edebiyat Ödülü’nü alan Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, günümüz Fransız edebiyatının en saygın yazarlarından. Le Clézio, kendi özgür ve özgün anlatımını oluşturdu; insanlığın çağdaş uygarlık ve küreselleşmenin gelişmesi karşısında yitirdiği değerlere sahip çıkan bir felsefe benimsedi.
Okyanus Kokusu, Kuzey Afrika kökenli on iki yaşındaki Nesime ile her şeyden elini eteğini çekmiş eski film yönetmeni Juan Moguer’in öyküsü. Yitirdiği babasına kavuşmak umuduyla Azzar adlı gemiye gizlice binen Nesime ile kızından ayrı düşmüş, yaşlılığın eşiğindeki Juan Moguer arasında gelişen bağ, bu iki farklı insanı beklenmedik yerlere sürükleyecektir.
Angoli Mala’nın kahramanı Bravito ise, Beyazlar tarafından büyütülen, sonradan kabilesine dönen, kaçakçılarla mücadele eden bir Yerli. Bravito’nun, Nina adlı melez kıza duyduğu aşkla bütünleşen mücadelesi, hüzünlü bir orman şiirine dönüşür ve bir söylence olur çıkar. Le Clézio, bu yapıtında, insanın doğayla bütünleşmesinin önünü kesen uygarlığa derinlikli bir eleştiri getirir.
Okyanus Kokusu, Kuzey Afrika kökenli on iki yaşındaki Nesime ile her şeyden elini eteğini çekmiş eski film yönetmeni Juan Moguer’in öyküsü. Yitirdiği babasına kavuşmak umuduyla Azzar adlı gemiye gizlice binen Nesime ile kızından ayrı düşmüş, yaşlılığın eşiğindeki Juan Moguer arasında gelişen bağ, bu iki farklı insanı beklenmedik yerlere sürükleyecektir.
Angoli Mala’nın kahramanı Bravito ise, Beyazlar tarafından büyütülen, sonradan kabilesine dönen, kaçakçılarla mücadele eden bir Yerli. Bravito’nun, Nina adlı melez kıza duyduğu aşkla bütünleşen mücadelesi, hüzünlü bir orman şiirine dönüşür ve bir söylence olur çıkar. Le Clézio, bu yapıtında, insanın doğayla bütünleşmesinin önünü kesen uygarlığa derinlikli bir eleştiri getirir.
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272 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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J.M.G. Le Clézio
152 books649 followersJean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, better known as J.M.G. Le Clézio (born 13 April 1940) is a Franco-Mauriciano novelist. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel Le Procès-Verbal (The Interrogation) and the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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August 2, 2017
„Nu e nimic mai minunat decât dragostea, să faci dragoste nu numai un moment, precum cea mai mare parte a oamenilor, ci zile întregi și nopți întregi, fără să te gândești la nimic, fără să apuci măcar să respiri, fără să adormi, iar fiecare gest pe care îl faci să conteze, fiecare mișcare a vaporului pe mare, fiecare val care trece, fiecare adiere a vântului în pânze. Să numeri orele, zilele, și asta să nu se termine niciodată și tu să nu te oprești din numărat, să ți se pară că n-o să ajungi niciodată, nici să nu mai vrei să ajungi, să vrei să țină totul la infinit, la infinit.”
October 9, 2010
Extraordinarily poetic narrative that challenges stereotypes.
July 2, 2014
superb
Hasard, a roughly 200 page short novel which is the main piece of the two is a story that just hooked me from the first sentence and kept me reading till the end; Nassima, a mixed race French teenager whose physician father abandoned her and her mother, sending both into poverty and making her mother hard and hating the world, dreams of escaping into the wide world; in parallel, 58 year old dissolute Spanish filmmaker, Juan Moguer, coming also from poverty but marrying into American money and becoming famous, until his fondness for younger women led into trouble one tragic night in Medellin, sails Azzar, his custom made clipper, to forget trouble and the world
An unwelcome stowaway at first, Nassima is accepted aboard Azzar due to the intervention of mysterious first mate Andriamena and the three of them get into a strange relationship as they sail the seas and the oceans...
Stuff happens of course, while the tale is just gripping, lyrical and full of tension from page one to the last combining present action with flashes from the past that show what truly happened that night long ago
Angoli Mala, the 70 page story that follows - based on an Indian legend about the young Buddha but set in the jungles of South America - is good but a bit anticlimactic
Hasard, a roughly 200 page short novel which is the main piece of the two is a story that just hooked me from the first sentence and kept me reading till the end; Nassima, a mixed race French teenager whose physician father abandoned her and her mother, sending both into poverty and making her mother hard and hating the world, dreams of escaping into the wide world; in parallel, 58 year old dissolute Spanish filmmaker, Juan Moguer, coming also from poverty but marrying into American money and becoming famous, until his fondness for younger women led into trouble one tragic night in Medellin, sails Azzar, his custom made clipper, to forget trouble and the world
An unwelcome stowaway at first, Nassima is accepted aboard Azzar due to the intervention of mysterious first mate Andriamena and the three of them get into a strange relationship as they sail the seas and the oceans...
Stuff happens of course, while the tale is just gripping, lyrical and full of tension from page one to the last combining present action with flashes from the past that show what truly happened that night long ago
Angoli Mala, the 70 page story that follows - based on an Indian legend about the young Buddha but set in the jungles of South America - is good but a bit anticlimactic
October 7, 2016
Este libro está bien, pero no se acerca a El Africano, que me había gustado tanto.
July 3, 2021
okuduğum en şiirsel ve metaforik anlatıma sahip nobelli kitap oldu kendisi (tammmaam tamammm biliyorum çok fazla nobelli yazar ve eseri okumadım, ondan dolayı). fakat okuması sahiden keyifli ve kolaydı, yaratılan dünyayı kafanda canlandırmaya çabalamaya gerek kalmadan belirdiği için resimler. bu sebeple okumak değil de müzedeki resimlere peşpeşe bakıp konuşma balonlarını doldurmak gibi eğlenceli bir deneyimdi. bu bebeğe ait kitapları okumaya devam etmem gerek.
btw, kitabı okurken bu sabah biraz üzüldüm resim yeteneğimin aşırı kötü olmasına. bunca güzel imgeyi kağıda dökmek isterdim cümlelerin altını çizmek yerine. ve hatırlaması eminim daha kolay olurdu.
btw, kitabı okurken bu sabah biraz üzüldüm resim yeteneğimin aşırı kötü olmasına. bunca güzel imgeyi kağıda dökmek isterdim cümlelerin altını çizmek yerine. ve hatırlaması eminim daha kolay olurdu.
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November 27, 2014Hazard și Angoli Mala sunt două nuvele, sau poate un romănaș și o povestire adăpostite sub aceeași copertă, publicate mereu împreună, deși, așa cum menționează chiar autorul, Le Clézio, pe coperta a patra, între ele este o diferență de aproape cincisprezece ani – Angoli Mala a fost scrisă în 1985, iar Hazard în 1999.
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, scriitorul franco-mauritian, a primit în 2008 Premiul Nobel pentru literatură, un aspect pe care nu-l menționăm de obicei chiar de la început, ca să nu dăm ghes judecăților de valoare a priori. În acest caz însă, începem prin a vă cita mențiunea comitetului: premiul a fost acordat lui Le Clézio, ”autor al plecărilor, al aventurilor poetice și extazului senzual, explorator al umanității mai departe de granițele civilizației”.
Și chiar despre aceste lucruri este vorba în Hazard și Angoli Mala.
Primul titlu, Hazard, are o sonoritate apropiată cu numele unuia dintre personajele pasive ale acestei povești, Azzar, un velier cu “aripi mari de gâscă întinse în soare și alunecând maiestuos”. Azzar este teatrul întâmplărilor din poveste, care începe cu o mică metisă franțuzoaică visând să o șteargă englezește din casa mamei ei în căutarea tatălui demult plecat pe mare, înapoi în insula Mauritius. Nassima se îmbarcă deci ilegal pe superbul velier al unui cineast bogat și excentric, trecut de prima (și a doua) tinerețe, devenind treptat parte din echipaj.
În Angoli Mala ni se povestește despre Bravito, indian din Panama, care pleacă din familia adoptivă (și urbană) a unui pastor, căutându-și o viață nouă în jungla strămoșilor săi, printre indieni, negri și braconieri. (continuarea cronicii: http://www.bookaholic.ro/hazard-angol...)
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, scriitorul franco-mauritian, a primit în 2008 Premiul Nobel pentru literatură, un aspect pe care nu-l menționăm de obicei chiar de la început, ca să nu dăm ghes judecăților de valoare a priori. În acest caz însă, începem prin a vă cita mențiunea comitetului: premiul a fost acordat lui Le Clézio, ”autor al plecărilor, al aventurilor poetice și extazului senzual, explorator al umanității mai departe de granițele civilizației”.
Și chiar despre aceste lucruri este vorba în Hazard și Angoli Mala.
Primul titlu, Hazard, are o sonoritate apropiată cu numele unuia dintre personajele pasive ale acestei povești, Azzar, un velier cu “aripi mari de gâscă întinse în soare și alunecând maiestuos”. Azzar este teatrul întâmplărilor din poveste, care începe cu o mică metisă franțuzoaică visând să o șteargă englezește din casa mamei ei în căutarea tatălui demult plecat pe mare, înapoi în insula Mauritius. Nassima se îmbarcă deci ilegal pe superbul velier al unui cineast bogat și excentric, trecut de prima (și a doua) tinerețe, devenind treptat parte din echipaj.
În Angoli Mala ni se povestește despre Bravito, indian din Panama, care pleacă din familia adoptivă (și urbană) a unui pastor, căutându-și o viață nouă în jungla strămoșilor săi, printre indieni, negri și braconieri. (continuarea cronicii: http://www.bookaholic.ro/hazard-angol...)
September 20, 2017
See the summer challenge 2017 for a brief review in Dutch.
In volle zee turned out to be a great novel. I bought the book a couple of years ago, together with Diego en Frida, during the 'Genereuze Geuzendagen' but it took me until now to read it.
Basically it is the story of Juan Moguer and Nassima. Moguer is a hard, headstrong, wilful, obstinate, self-made man who had the Azzar, his sailing yacht, built in Finland and made it his home. When he arrives in Villefranche, in the south of France, Nassima flees her broken home and her mother at the age of 13 and hides aboard the Azzar as a stowaway.
Nassima and Moguer share some characteristics, which is probably one of the reasons why Moguer decides to let her stay on board, until they arrive in central America, when he decides to send her home. The novel is fascinating; it shows the complicated relation between Moguer and Nassima as well as their complex lives.
In volle zee turned out to be a great novel. I bought the book a couple of years ago, together with Diego en Frida, during the 'Genereuze Geuzendagen' but it took me until now to read it.
Basically it is the story of Juan Moguer and Nassima. Moguer is a hard, headstrong, wilful, obstinate, self-made man who had the Azzar, his sailing yacht, built in Finland and made it his home. When he arrives in Villefranche, in the south of France, Nassima flees her broken home and her mother at the age of 13 and hides aboard the Azzar as a stowaway.
Nassima and Moguer share some characteristics, which is probably one of the reasons why Moguer decides to let her stay on board, until they arrive in central America, when he decides to send her home. The novel is fascinating; it shows the complicated relation between Moguer and Nassima as well as their complex lives.
April 15, 2010
أقرأ الكتاب مترجما للعربية بعنوان "صدفة" عن دار خطوات
"صدفة" تتحدث عن موغر، نجم سينمائي يأفل نجمه، ويواصل حياته عابرا المحيط ( خيار استثنائي! )، وعن فتاة مراهقة تقرر الهرب وتجد نفسها في قارب ضخم "آزار" – يقول لوكليتزو عن روايته "كانت لدي الرغبة في كتابة كتاب تدور أحداثه على قارب شراعي، أصف فيه اللقاء بين عمرين من أعمار الحياة، عمر ناضج يهرم، وعمر المراهقة".
الرواية شاعرية جدا، بعض الصفحات بدتْ كما لو أنها كتبت خصيصا لتلائم مزاج شاعر
الوصف سخيّ، إيقاع السرد يميل إلى التمهل والتروي، مع ذلك هناك مساحة كبيرة للتشويق والمتعة
مجرد التعرف على هذا الكاتب "المختلف" كان شيئا مثيرا..
"صدفة" تتحدث عن موغر، نجم سينمائي يأفل نجمه، ويواصل حياته عابرا المحيط ( خيار استثنائي! )، وعن فتاة مراهقة تقرر الهرب وتجد نفسها في قارب ضخم "آزار" – يقول لوكليتزو عن روايته "كانت لدي الرغبة في كتابة كتاب تدور أحداثه على قارب شراعي، أصف فيه اللقاء بين عمرين من أعمار الحياة، عمر ناضج يهرم، وعمر المراهقة".
الرواية شاعرية جدا، بعض الصفحات بدتْ كما لو أنها كتبت خصيصا لتلائم مزاج شاعر
الوصف سخيّ، إيقاع السرد يميل إلى التمهل والتروي، مع ذلك هناك مساحة كبيرة للتشويق والمتعة
مجرد التعرف على هذا الكاتب "المختلف" كان شيئا مثيرا..
April 8, 2009
The novella, ANGOLI MALA, is very readable. The story is sad and made me think of Graham Greene. It was easy enough to read without a dictionary nearby. Now I'll read HASARD.
March 27, 2021
Part 1: Hazard
I might have entered the wrong door to the house of this Nobel prize-winning author because this book left me cold. Was the story about Moguer, the aging dirtbag, quasi-pedophile of a film director? Was it about Azimma, the fierce, brave, lonely young girl who hitches a ride that steers her destiny? Or was it about the boat, the eponymous Hasard, on and around which (both the boat and the idea) the book turns? The answer: it doesn't matter. Aside from the luscious view of a trans-Atlantic voyage, a cute boa, and an engaging turn in a juvenile home, the book rocked between trite and maudlin, with a few sidebars to downright icky.
And a quick note to those who commented that the work "breaks stereotypes (bat les stereotypes)"; what story were you reading? Hasard is little more than a compendium of tired stereotypes. The washed-up, women-chasing Hollywood creative type, the silent, mysterious man of the East straight out of Gunga Din, the evil French psychologist as colonial interloper... Sterotypes were not only not broken here, they are the biggest cross this labored story has to bear.
Part 2: Angoli Mala
For the most part, I enjoyed this story. I liked the character of the boy, and the theme of tragic love. Le Clezio's knowledge of the area was clear, so the details of the environment and the peoples that inhabitant were really engaging. As in "Hasard", I think Le Clezio relies a bit too much on thinly painted stereotypes, like the ugly-American, the left-behind Swiss expatriate and the corrupt sheriff. Not that these types don't exist, they do, in all third world countries, but Le Clezio adds nothing to understanding them any further than the stereotypes themselves.
Somewhere near the end, the story breaks down a bit. The sheriff leads a team into the jungle to capture Bravito. After a certain point, he leaves men and continues on alone. Not to reveal too much, he cajoles Bravito to return to civilization and his fate. Arriving with Bravito back where his men are situated, the sheriff is arrested and hauled away. Undoubtedly, The sheriff is corrupt but the only event that has occurred between their departing on the chase and the return is the sheriff's essentially heroic capture of the fugitive. So, for me, anyway, it made no sense to see him taken away in handcuffs.
I'm not sure I'll read Le Clezio again. It's unfair to judge him on one (1-2) work, but my sense from these stories is that he holds a Nobel for being able to write clearly about places very few people get to experience. But the writing itself, at least in these works, fails to impress.
I might have entered the wrong door to the house of this Nobel prize-winning author because this book left me cold. Was the story about Moguer, the aging dirtbag, quasi-pedophile of a film director? Was it about Azimma, the fierce, brave, lonely young girl who hitches a ride that steers her destiny? Or was it about the boat, the eponymous Hasard, on and around which (both the boat and the idea) the book turns? The answer: it doesn't matter. Aside from the luscious view of a trans-Atlantic voyage, a cute boa, and an engaging turn in a juvenile home, the book rocked between trite and maudlin, with a few sidebars to downright icky.
And a quick note to those who commented that the work "breaks stereotypes (bat les stereotypes)"; what story were you reading? Hasard is little more than a compendium of tired stereotypes. The washed-up, women-chasing Hollywood creative type, the silent, mysterious man of the East straight out of Gunga Din, the evil French psychologist as colonial interloper... Sterotypes were not only not broken here, they are the biggest cross this labored story has to bear.
Part 2: Angoli Mala
For the most part, I enjoyed this story. I liked the character of the boy, and the theme of tragic love. Le Clezio's knowledge of the area was clear, so the details of the environment and the peoples that inhabitant were really engaging. As in "Hasard", I think Le Clezio relies a bit too much on thinly painted stereotypes, like the ugly-American, the left-behind Swiss expatriate and the corrupt sheriff. Not that these types don't exist, they do, in all third world countries, but Le Clezio adds nothing to understanding them any further than the stereotypes themselves.
Somewhere near the end, the story breaks down a bit. The sheriff leads a team into the jungle to capture Bravito. After a certain point, he leaves men and continues on alone. Not to reveal too much, he cajoles Bravito to return to civilization and his fate. Arriving with Bravito back where his men are situated, the sheriff is arrested and hauled away. Undoubtedly, The sheriff is corrupt but the only event that has occurred between their departing on the chase and the return is the sheriff's essentially heroic capture of the fugitive. So, for me, anyway, it made no sense to see him taken away in handcuffs.
I'm not sure I'll read Le Clezio again. It's unfair to judge him on one (1-2) work, but my sense from these stories is that he holds a Nobel for being able to write clearly about places very few people get to experience. But the writing itself, at least in these works, fails to impress.
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December 1, 2024Le Clezio nous embarque dans un univers vivant, on découvre avec lui la vie en mer, le retour à la nature, etc. Ou plutôt dans 2 récits, puisqu'il y a 2 fictions indépendantes dans ce livre.
Gros contraste entre les scènes en nature qui sonnent comme des rêves, floues et poétiques, et les scènes crues et grises qui se déroulent en ville/village, et même si ça rend une partie du récit moins intéressante ça ajoute vraiment une dimension aux récits.
J'ai voyagé, j'ai été confuse, j'ai appris et j'ai parfois oublié la réalité avec Le Clezio, une aventure que je recommande à qui sait sentir les mots !
Gros contraste entre les scènes en nature qui sonnent comme des rêves, floues et poétiques, et les scènes crues et grises qui se déroulent en ville/village, et même si ça rend une partie du récit moins intéressante ça ajoute vraiment une dimension aux récits.
J'ai voyagé, j'ai été confuse, j'ai appris et j'ai parfois oublié la réalité avec Le Clezio, une aventure que je recommande à qui sait sentir les mots !
September 27, 2019
Une nouvelle un peu bizarre mais époustouflant.
March 13, 2021
Hasard was good in places, but it was Angola Mala that I really loved. It was beautifully and vividly written, as well as being thought-provoking, with an interesting message.
September 28, 2024
4,5*
Een schrijver die ik verder wil ontdekken !
Een schrijver die ik verder wil ontdekken !
November 19, 2024
Veel om over na te denken
March 12, 2017
Un livre splendide extraordinaire on peut dire, on y découvre deux histoires séparées dans cette édition on ne fait pas attention au temps en attaquant les pages -pages après pages.
Deux longues nouvelles séparées par quinze ans nous donnent une belle leçon de la beauté, de la nature, de l'amour et du mal.
Deux longues nouvelles séparées par quinze ans nous donnent une belle leçon de la beauté, de la nature, de l'amour et du mal.
February 18, 2018
Este libro contiene dos historias que aunque temáticamente son distintas son similares en la manera en la que están escrita, sobretodo en la ambientación llena de paisaje naturales. La primera "Azar" es una novela relativamente corta, nos cuenta la historia de una niña, Nasíma, quien fue abandonada por su padre. Un día ve anclado en el puerto un yate de nombre "Azzar" cuyo propietario es un productor de cine medio alcohólico, y decide abordarlo con la intención de buscar a su padre. Viaja de polizonte dentro de el hasta que es descubierta por el capitán quien decide mandarla de regreso, no sin antes entablar con ella una relación padre-hija, que llena el vacío interior de ambos. El relato que le sigue está inspirado en un hecho real y cuenta la historia de Bravito, un joven indígena que para poder conquistar a la mujer que ama decide aventurarse en una travesía ilegal. Esta historia al final se transforma en una lucha por la supervivencia y la venganza.
No sé si en realidad estos dos relatos constituyan historias de aventuras, pues están más enraizadas en los sentimientos de abandono de los personajes que en el hecho de buscar aventuras. Esto es particularmente cierto en "Azar", que a mí gusto resulto mas profunda y entretenida de lo que esperaba. "Angoli Mata" es más corta pero muy intensa, donde es posible sentir el peligro en el que esta envuelto el protagonista.
Llena de descripciones de paisajes preciosos, sobretodo del mar y de la selva, esta es una de las obras del autor donde su lirismo y su forma de contar no resultan chocantes en ningún momento. "Azar" me gustó mucho, sobretodo el final y "Angoli Mata" no es mala en si misma y sin ser tan notable el hecho de que este incluida en el libro lo hace una buena adición. Se te gustan las novelas con viajes, donde hay un crecimiento de los personajes y que combinan paisajes naturales y un poco de crudeza humana, creo que disfrutaras de este libro.
No sé si en realidad estos dos relatos constituyan historias de aventuras, pues están más enraizadas en los sentimientos de abandono de los personajes que en el hecho de buscar aventuras. Esto es particularmente cierto en "Azar", que a mí gusto resulto mas profunda y entretenida de lo que esperaba. "Angoli Mata" es más corta pero muy intensa, donde es posible sentir el peligro en el que esta envuelto el protagonista.
Llena de descripciones de paisajes preciosos, sobretodo del mar y de la selva, esta es una de las obras del autor donde su lirismo y su forma de contar no resultan chocantes en ningún momento. "Azar" me gustó mucho, sobretodo el final y "Angoli Mata" no es mala en si misma y sin ser tan notable el hecho de que este incluida en el libro lo hace una buena adición. Se te gustan las novelas con viajes, donde hay un crecimiento de los personajes y que combinan paisajes naturales y un poco de crudeza humana, creo que disfrutaras de este libro.
January 2, 2013
Ik heb dit boek in een avond uitgelezen. Ik moest de eerste veertig bladzijden opnieuw lezen omdat ik over sommige details had heen gelezen. Een schitterend boek, ingehouden en toch gedetailleerd verteld verhaal over de liefde voor het leven en de wending van het lot. Op een bepaalde manier deed het me denken aan Het fregatschip Johanna-Maria van Arthur van Schendel. Komt vermoedelijk omdat het over een schip gaat en een reis op zee.
March 4, 2017
Ik vind het knap geschreven. Over gemis en verlangens. Ik denk dat de schrijver zelf heeft gezeild want hij kan perfect de sfeer en de activiteiten op een zeilschip beschrijven. De havens zijn hem duidelijk ook niet vreemd. Een beetje een avontuurlijk verhaal voor beide hoofdpersonen, die uit de alledaagse realiteit tijdelijk ontsnappen. Hoe kan je dat beter dan op zee !
April 8, 2009
Een mooi verhaal, maar niet helemaal mijn ding. Het begin ging moeizaam en de laatste bladzijden las ik te snel. De beschrijvingen zijn wel mooi en ook personages en dialogen. Het lag dus meer aan mij dan aan het boek.
March 16, 2014
Een mooi boek over je vrij voelen en verlangen, verlangen naar een vrouw op eenzelfde manier als verlangen naar vrijheid. Over geluk, herinneringen en doorgaan. Indrukwekkend, maar ik vond de schrijfstijl niet zo prettig. Te hoekig ofzo.
March 6, 2020
What a sublime writer.
August 22, 2023
Un livre qui éveille de l'imagination et sens de la nature; et qui trouve de la beauté dans la simplicité qui bat les stéréotypes.
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