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Indlæser... The Narrow Waters (1976)af Julien Gracq
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Les Eaux Étroites de Gracq est une nouvelle d'à peine une centaine de page où Gracq conte une promenade qu'il faisait régulièrement sur un bout de rivière. Racontant les lieux et le paysage, il se laisse aller à diverses rêveries au fil de l'eau, se laissant porter par ses souvenirs de balades et de lecture. Une petite lecture distrayante égayée par l'écriture gracile et ciselée d'un Gracq qui n'a pas encore atteint la puissance évocatrice de son Rivage des Syrtes. The Narrow Waters is a wonderful memoir - evocative of the splendors of the luxury of solitude in youth spent near nature which Gracq beautifully and elegantly presents as an entry into some vast mysterium - giving the air of a sangraal mystery (as in Chateau d'Argol), of a cruise into the Domain of Arnheim (a tale mentioned in the book, along with Le Grand Meaulnes - which it also resembles). ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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In fluid prose, Julien Gracq navigates-in memory-the magical Evre and the terrain through which it coursed in his youth. "The Narrow Waters" is a synaptic meditation on Begining and Ending whose inquiries and visions flow, and sometimes cascade, No library descriptions found. |
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"It tickles" I complain.
"Shhhhh..." Gracq says, grazing at my neck with his soft lips, covering my mouth with his whole hand. His hand smells like rosemary and fir. Up above, the glassy surface of the river remains unbroken. I can see the world as if contained in a ziplock bag, clear as preserved fruits and syrupy sweet.
"None of this is true, is it?" I say.
"There, there..." Gracq says, and starts quoting Poe, Bachelard, and Nerval. I succumb to the forces of literary history, of Gracq's own meticulously reconstructed childhood. I even forget to breathe. Somewhere, a little Gracq is still suspended on those still waters, like a photograph being developed. ( )