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Der Stille Ozean

af Gerhard Roth

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Ascher, a city doctor, leaves his wife and child and flees to the village of Obergreith, Styria, where he assumes a false identity. He has been found guilty of malpractice and now hopes to come to terms with his feelings of guilt and dis-orientation. Although Ascher tries to maintain his distance from the villagers, he is immediately included in country life and its rituals. Slowly he overcomes his alienation until he finally reassumes his old identity and resumes his medical practice among the villagers.The novel does not present an idealized depiction of life in the country. Ascher witnesses the hardship and destructive uniformity of rural existence; its resulting fatalism, resignation, and latent aggressions. When the possible threat of a rabies epidemic leads to an orgy of killing, the hunt takes on allegorical meaning, symbolizing the barely suppressed violence and brutality which govern life -- not only in the country.… (mere)
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Ascher is a disgraced physician in Austria who, following a malpractice trial, temporarily retreats from the city to a rural area. His wife and child remain in the city, though he keeps in touch with them by phone and they even visit a few times. Ascher feels out of place and uncertain of his identity in this new place. His cautious attempts to assimilate are often thwarted, more by himself than by his new neighbors, who welcome him for the most part, though not without some initial wariness. The plot is minimal, chiefly consisting of Ascher wandering around the countryside and encountering rural folks engaged in various activities. Through this vehicle, we learn about how the local people live, and what struggles they encounter on a daily basis. The area is economically depressed, and most of the lower class people maintain small farms, at least in a subsistence capacity. There is an air of menace to the place, mostly generated by the band of hunters who regularly scour field and forest killing any small animals or birds they encounter. When a rabies scare ensues, their killing grows even bolder and more indiscriminate. Ascher joins them on a number of these outings. His response to the violence is largely nonjudgmental, as it is to most everything he encounters. On his part it is curiosity, if anything, driving his explorations. Ascher needs to make a decision on whether to stay or not, and his wife is pressuring him on this point. His initial reluctance to reveal his occupation to his new acquaintances begins to wear off, and perhaps they had begun to suspect, anyway. He could stay and take up his practice or he could return to the city. The tension of this decision hovers throughout the text, though the outcome is not at all the point of the book. The source material is rooted in Roth's own experience living for a time in rural Austria, during which he immersed himself in the culture, and as a result the book carries a feeling of authenticity. Recommended for those curious about the social and political milieu of post-WWII rural Austria. ( )
  S.D. | Jun 24, 2014 |
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Ascher, a city doctor, leaves his wife and child and flees to the village of Obergreith, Styria, where he assumes a false identity. He has been found guilty of malpractice and now hopes to come to terms with his feelings of guilt and dis-orientation. Although Ascher tries to maintain his distance from the villagers, he is immediately included in country life and its rituals. Slowly he overcomes his alienation until he finally reassumes his old identity and resumes his medical practice among the villagers.The novel does not present an idealized depiction of life in the country. Ascher witnesses the hardship and destructive uniformity of rural existence; its resulting fatalism, resignation, and latent aggressions. When the possible threat of a rabies epidemic leads to an orgy of killing, the hunt takes on allegorical meaning, symbolizing the barely suppressed violence and brutality which govern life -- not only in the country.

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