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Indlæser... Mand i mørke : roman (2008)af Paul Auster
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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. Det er en typisk Paul Auster. Handlingen udspiller sig over én nat. Den ældre forfatter kan ikke falde i søvn og ligger derfor og opdigter en historie, som bliver bogens andet spor. Forfatteren bor for tiden sammen med sin datter, der er blevet forladt af sin mand, og sit barnebarn, der har mistet sin kæreste. Selv har han for nylig mistet sin kone. Bogens første spor handler om deres skæbner - og om kærlighed. På en eller anden måde synes jeg, at Paul Auster minder om Karen Blixen, selv om det vist er langt ude:-) Han er god, men kan også blive lidt for selvoptaget, synes jeg. ( )
Auster reminds us that each of us looks at existence through story-colored lenses. The world we inhabit is literally shaped by Story. We all have our "life stories," and these govern how we see ourselves and others, how we interpret events and memories and expectations. When our saviors and teachers speak to us about the greatest truths, whether of religion or philosophy, they always speak to us in parables. When artists, or ordinary people, talk about what truly matters, they start and end by telling stories, wonderful, amazing stories—like those in the works of Paul Auster. The “parallel worlds” visited and occupied by an aging intellectual’s troubled mind and heart assume intriguing metafictional form in [this] challenging novel. ... Auster’s lucid prose and masterly command of his tricky narrative’s twists, turns and mirrorings keep us riveted to the pages. ... Probably Auster’s best novel, and a plaintive summa of all [his] books that ... have gone into its making. Tilhører ForlagsserienHæderspriser
Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident in his daughter's house in Vermont. When sleep refuses to come, he lies in bed and tells himself stories, struggling to push back thoughts about things he would prefer to forget--his wife's recent death and the horrific murder of his granddaughter's boyfriend, Titus. The retired book critic imagines a parallel world in which America is not at war with Iraq but with itself. In this other America the twin towers did not fall and the 2000 election results led to secession, as state after state pulled away from the union and a bloody civil war ensued. As the night progresses, Brill's story grows increasingly intense, and what he is so desperately trying to avoid insists on being told. Joined in the early hours by his granddaughter, he gradually opens up to her and recounts the story of his marriage. After she falls asleep, he at last finds the courage to revisit the trauma of Titus's death.--From publisher description. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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