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Out of Mind (original 1984; edition 1988)

by J. Bernlef

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Title:Out of Mind
Authors:J. Bernlef
Info:Boston, Mass. : D.R. Godine, c1988.
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Hersenschimmen by Bernlef (1984)

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I read this book form my literature list in grammar school. Never thought I'd be impressed that much by 'merely a book'. Translation I guess would be "Out of my mind"

When I got it for my birthday, I read it once again :-) And it still hasn't lost its power, even though it was a re-read.
An older man, Maarten, is losing contact with the world due to Alzheimer's. The writer writes from Maarten's head and that's how this story could become so realistic. ( )
  BoekenTrol71 | Mar 31, 2013 |
indringend beschreven proces van dement worden, vanuit de persoon zelf met alle verwarring die daarbij hoort ( )
  trinet56 | May 8, 2010 |
Van http://mom.biblion.nl/ :
Maarten Klein, 71 jaar, woont met zijn vrouw in Gloucester boven Boston. Zijn geheugen begint te haperen, er vallen gaten in zijn herkenning van de werkelijkheid om hem heen en tegelijkertijd nemen soms flarden herinneringen bezit van zijn denken alsof ze het echte heden zijn. Ook in zijn taal ontstaan verschuivingen. Dit onomkeerbare proces dat hem in een volkomen isolement en tenslotte in een inrichting terecht doet komen, wordt door de man zelf verteld, waardoor de lezer bijna fysiek in dit beklemmende schimmenrijk van ontwortelde gedachten en beelden betrokken raakt. Aan zijn thematiek van zwijgen en verdwijnen, op allerlei manier in zijn poëzie en proza aanwezig, heeft Bernlef met dit ingehouden geschreven boek een indrukwekkend gevolg weten te geven. Wat hij in deze roman over ouderdom, aftakeling, beleving, waarneming en herinnering zegt, bewijst welke voordelen literatuur soms heeft boven wetenschappelijk-abstracte studies over dezelfde onderwerpen. Paperback; vrij kleine druk. - Redactie
  LuckyLukeAntwerp | Feb 6, 2010 |
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A touching dream to which we all are lulled
But wake from seperaterly.

Philip Larkin
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Misschien komt het door de sneeuw dat ik me 's morgens al zo moe voel.
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