{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Uli\u021barnica","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.ulitarnica.ro\/wp","author_name":"AncaHM","author_url":"https:\/\/www.ulitarnica.ro\/wp\/author\/ancahm\/","title":"Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka - John Gimlette - Pe drumurile lumii - Uli\u021barnica","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UixoWJk5jp\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulitarnica.ro\/wp\/lecturi-lankeze\/\">Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka &#8211; John Gimlette<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ulitarnica.ro\/wp\/lecturi-lankeze\/embed\/#?secret=UixoWJk5jp\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8222;Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka &#8211; John Gimlette&#8221; &#8211; Uli\u021barnica\" data-secret=\"UixoWJk5jp\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.ulitarnica.ro\/wp\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ulitarnica.ro\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6102516315_400e78834b_b.jpg?fit=1024%2C709&ssl=1","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":709,"description":"Chiar dac\u0103 nu e scris\u0103 de un lankez, cartea aceasta m-a ajutat mult ca s\u0103 \u00een\u021beleg cum st\u0103 treaba cu aceast\u0103 \u021b\u0103ri\u0219oar\u0103 de la margine de lume Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka de John Gimlette A primit\u00a0&#x2b50;&#x2b50;&#x2b50;&#x2b50;\u2605 Cartea asta mi-a pl\u0103cut foarte mult. A pierdut o stelu\u021b\u0103 doar pentru c\u0103 a insistat at\u00e2t de mult asupra r\u0103zboiului civil. Autorul c\u0103r\u021bii a m\u0103rturisit \u00eens\u0103 de la bun \u00eenceput care \u00eei era inten\u021bia: s\u0103 \u00eencerce s\u0103 \u00een\u021beleag\u0103 ce-a putut declan\u0219a un conflict at\u00e2t de lung \u0219i at\u00e2t de crud ce-a l\u0103sat \u00een urm\u0103 zeci de mii de mor\u021bi. S\u0103 priceap\u0103 cum de e posibil ca la un moment dat s\u0103-i cuprind\u0103 strechea pe vecinii ce tr\u0103iau \u00een pace \u00eempreun\u0103 \u0219i s\u0103-i determine s\u0103 se omoare \u00eentre ei f\u0103r\u0103 nici un discern\u0103m\u00e2nt. Pentru a deslu\u0219i misterul, a petrecut c\u00e2teva luni bune \u00een Sri Lanka \u0219i a scotocit prin toate ungherele interesante. Cartea a fost pentru mine o surs\u0103 bogat\u0103 de informa\u021bii despre \u021b\u0103ri\u0219oara pe care urma s-o vizitez nu peste mult\u0103 vreme \u0219i mi-a influen\u021bat deciziile legate de locurile spre care m-am \u00eendreptat. Am aflat din ea multe informa\u021bii legate de istorie veche \u0219i nou\u0103 a Sri Lank\u0103i \u0219i ce complicate au fost lucrurile dup\u0103 ce englezii \u0219i-au f\u0103cut bagajele \u0219i s-au retras. Mi-a pl\u0103cut mult c\u0103 autorul citeaz\u0103 mereu din scrierile altor c\u0103l\u0103tori englezi ce-au avut norocul sau ghinionul s\u0103 nimereasc\u0103 aici \u00een timpuri demult apuse. M-a f\u0103cut curioas\u0103 s\u0103 descop\u0103r dac\u0103 nu exist\u0103 cumva \u0219i un corespondent rom\u00e2n care s\u0103 fi f\u0103cut la fel. P\u00e2n\u0103 acum n-am descoperit \u00eens\u0103 nici unul. Perhaps the wild elephants say more about the complexity of this island than anything else. It\u2019s said they follow the same paths all their lives, and from generation to generation. These paths are everywhere, and are often unknown to human beings. This means that Sri Lanka is densely criss-crossed with invisible corridors that have remained unchanged for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. Sometimes an alimankada, or elephant path, won\u2019t be used for a while, and people will forget that it\u2019s there. But once the elephants are back on their path, there\u2019s little that will divert them. They\u2019ll break through fences and pickets, and have been known to sweep aside huts and little houses. Zoologists are uncertain whether to describe this as obstinate or determined, and perhaps it doesn\u2019t matter. All that\u2019s clear is that, in the collective elephantine mind, there is a great plan of this island. Maybe the human mind works in the same way. Looking through Ceylonese or Sri Lankan history, it never feels quite circular. Rather, there are a recurring series of points of arrival and departure, with everything between lying disrupted and broken. Civilisations appear and flourish, and there\u2019s a great surge of progess before\u00a0it all suddenly vanishes. No one is quite back where they started, and yet the same story will begin again, perhaps somewhere else. It\u2019s as if the island\u2019s history is a dense mesh of lines and pathways which\u2014like the alimankadas\u2014simply have to be followed. The issues and the protagonists have barely changed in thousands of years, and always there\u2019s that same sense of obstinacy and destination driving them along. Perhaps these pathways exist in some great and mysterious map, or perhaps it\u2019s just a state of mind, an elephant complex. Gimlette, John. Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. 00"}