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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.
Zakup książki
Schopenhauer's Telescope, Gerard Donovan
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2004
- Oprawa
- (miękka)
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- Tytuł
- Schopenhauer's Telescope
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Gerard Donovan
- Wydawca
- Simon & Schuster, Limited
- Rok wydania
- 2004
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 306
- ISBN10
- 0743239210
- ISBN13
- 9780743239219
- Seria
- Kategorie
- Tagi
- Tematyka psychologiczna, Tematyka filozoficzna, Literatura współczesna, Z dreszczykiem, Fikcja wojenna, Wojny, Irlandia, Przemoc, Literatura irlandzka, Zima & Chłód, Nauczyciele, Kolonializm, Śnieg, Kongo
- Oryginalna nazwa
- Schopenhauer's telescope
- Ocena
- 3,4 z 5
- Opis
- 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.