Viac o knihe
In an unnamed European village, in the middle of a civil war, one man digs while another watches over him. Gradually, they begin to talk. Over the course of the afternoon, as the snow falls and truck-loads of villagers are corralled in the next field, we discover why they are there - not just who they are and how specific, sinister events in their country have led them to be separated by a deepening grave, but why the history of civilization is inseparable from the history of mass violence. Beautifully written, with a poet's eye for detail coupled with a chilling narrative drive, Gerard Donovan's first novel has been compared with Franz Kafka and Bernhard Schlink. SCHOPENHAUER'S TELESCOPE is current in the best sense - not merely about Bosnia or Kosovo, but in attempting to make art out of brutal life.
Nákup knihy
Schopenhauer's Telescope, Gerard Donovan
- Jazyk
- Rok vydania
- 2004
- Väzba
- (mäkká)
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- Titul
- Schopenhauer's Telescope
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autori
- Gerard Donovan
- Vydavateľ
- Simon & Schuster, Limited
- Rok vydania
- 2004
- Väzba
- mäkká
- Počet strán
- 306
- ISBN10
- 0743239210
- ISBN13
- 9780743239219
- Série
- Kategórie
- Štítky
- Psychologická tematika, Filozofická tematika, Súčasná literatúra, Napätie, Vojnová próza, Vojny, Írsko, Násilie, Írska literatúra, Zima, chlad, Učitelia, učiteľky, Kolonializmus, Sneh, vločky, Kongo
- Pôvodný názov
- Schopenhauer's telescope
- Hodnotenie
- 3,4 z 5
- Anotácia
- In an unnamed European village, in the middle of a civil war, one man digs while another watches over him. Gradually, they begin to talk. Over the course of the afternoon, as the snow falls and truck-loads of villagers are corralled in the next field, we discover why they are there - not just who they are and how specific, sinister events in their country have led them to be separated by a deepening grave, but why the history of civilization is inseparable from the history of mass violence. Beautifully written, with a poet's eye for detail coupled with a chilling narrative drive, Gerard Donovan's first novel has been compared with Franz Kafka and Bernhard Schlink. SCHOPENHAUER'S TELESCOPE is current in the best sense - not merely about Bosnia or Kosovo, but in attempting to make art out of brutal life.