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Rhinocéros by Eugène Ionesco
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Rhinocéros (original 1959; edition 1972)

by Eugène Ionesco

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"When a rhinoceros charges across the town square one Sunday afternoon, Berenger thinks nothing of it. Soon, however, rhinoceroses are popping up everywhere and Berenger's whole world is under threat. What will it take for him to stand up to the increasing menace of rhinocerisation?" "Martin Crimp's translation of Ionesco's iconic satire on mindlessness and conformity was staged at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in September 2007."--BOOK JACKET.… (more)
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Title:Rhinocéros
Authors:Eugène Ionesco
Info:Gallimard (1972), Edition: New edition, Poche, 246 pages
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Tags:play, Theatre of the Absurd, Académie française

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Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco (Author) (1959)

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    Blindness by José Saramago (CGlanovsky)
    CGlanovsky: Surreal epidemic spreads through the population.
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I never knew my Father well. Till these very days when I read one of my teenage books once again. Father left our house when I was too young. Mother was ok with me, you know... "there's food in the fridge" and so on. My studies at school were great, but I spent most of my time as a young girl, reading books. One day I came across a strange one. Some lonesco wrote it. I remember it was at a time when Father was still alive as a memory at our house. The truth is, I've hated him. Something about his ability to go against the current of marriage or life itself made me feel bad. I wanted him not to succeed in his new life; I wanted everyone in the class to know that I did not like my father.
I read lonesco rhinos in those days. I read it over too long. I did not quite understand what I was reading. "a thin book without a connection to time or place," I thought, "people who become rhinoceros until there is only one person left alone." Vague sentences that they say to each other and all attribute to them too much importance. "Absurd. this book is Not for me."
I left it at some point.
Until Father's death.

And now I remember the sound of the phone token falling (I know I'm too young to use this metaphor but telepathy does not make noise) on first-second reading. I remember that I suddenly realized how much perspective and maturity mattered to books like the rhinos or Saramago's brilliant book on blindness.

In short, rhinoceros is not just a book. It's a world in which people join one flock with a common interest that is so inappropriate to them. A world in which one's principles are abandoned and the truth is all that does not penetrate the animal's thick skin. A place where people turn their backs on their ideology to be part of the rule.
And I think about it since then and what a pity I did not understand it when I was younger, about the courage of my father to be outstanding.

this book highly recommended for people who have already matured. ( )
  JantTommason | Jan 7, 2019 |
An absurdist play that touches on many themes. Ionesco's work permeates with skill and adeptness. Overall, a great play.

Recommended. ( )
  DanielSTJ | Dec 17, 2018 |
كعادته يستخدم يونسكو سيف المنطق ليذبح المنطق به فى مزيج رائع بين المنطق و الامنطقية اللامتناهية
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يقدم لك يونسكو فى وجبة دسمة من المسرح العبثى قصة تلك المدينة التى تظهر فيها الخراتيت بلا مقدمات او تفسير
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لكن العقل الانسانى يميل كعادته الى فرض المنطق -ولو بالقوة- على العبث ...فيميل الى تحويل غرض المسرحية الاصلى من العبث الخالص الى نوع من الرمزية

ففى بداية المسرحية و حين ظهر الخرتيت الاول تصيح كل شخصية درامية على المسرح منفردة فى جزع و رعب: خرتيت..و يردد الاخر : خرتيت و هكذا

و فى وسط المسرحية حين تتحول احدى تلك الشخصيات(اطمئن لن افصح عن اسم الشخصية حتى تستمتع بالعمل) فيصرخ صديقه طالبا النجدة من الناس ...فيصيح به الجيران بان ذلك امر يستحق الازعاج و علو الصوت

بينما قرب النهاية حين يصبح التحول "موضة" فيلوم الجميع البطل الى عناده و رفضه للتحول

ثم فى النهاية يصرخ البطل انه مضطرا ان يحارب العالم اجمع للدفاع عن نفسه..و يقول ملخصا لمأساة الانسان المعاصر وسط التيارات الفكرية و التحولات الاجتماعية : ما اقبح شكلى ! الويل لمن اراد يحتفظ بتفرده
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هل يرمز يونسكو بالخرتيت للتغيير عموما؟ ذلك الشئ الذى ننفر منه فى البداية ثم يصبح جزء من حياتك ثم لعله يصير حياتك نفسها

او لعلها عبثية خارجة عن التفسير و ذلك هو عقلى يلهو بى
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هل فى تلك المسرحية وجه للتشابة مع فيلم "الطيور" لهيتشكوك الذى كتب بعدها؟؟..هل باتفاق عنصر واحد من الطبيعة يمكن محو الانسانية ذاتها؟؟

هل هو وجه للتأثر من "المسخ" لكافكا؟؟ و فى بعض التراجم تترجم "التحول" و فى بعض اخر "الدودة العملاقة" و فى ترجمه اخر تسمى "ميتافورمس" اعلم انها اكثر عمل درامى اختلف فيه المترجمين

و اى عمل يثير من الاسئلة اكثر مما يجيب ...هو ببساطة عمل درامى رائع يستحق القراءة بلا شك
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ريفيو خاص بالنسخة الصوتية: 199 دقيقة من المتعة الخالصة...اخراج اذاعى رائع عن النص الكامل و اكاد اقسم انها امتع عن قراءة الورق ذاته ...فاصوات كبار الممثلين و ذلك الاهتمام التاريخى من الاذاعة بتقديم الاعمال الادبية الخالدة الى المجتمع الع.

تحديث: قرأت فى احد مقابلات يونسكو انه كتب تلك المسرحية تأثرا بحركة الفاشية فى رومانيا ...لكن امتع ما فى المسرح العبثى ان كل منا يمكن ان يفسره حسب هواه
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  Dina_Nabil | Mar 23, 2014 |
I Like the idea of the people turning to Rhinoceros and the hero stay with himself in the last
WHY ?
because he has the rightest point of view ( )
  Soplada | Feb 27, 2014 |
Uma peça sobre o absurdo da condição humana. Não só pela rinocerontite: Bérenger não conseguia se acostumar com a vida mesmo antes que as pessoas se rendessem a serem transformadas em rinocerontes.
E é ele Bérenger o único que não cede: « Je suis le dernier homme, je le resterai jusqu'au bout ! Je ne capitule pas ! ».
Imagem encontrada na wikipédia francesa:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Rhinoceros_1997_2004.jpg ( )
  JuliaBoechat | Mar 30, 2013 |
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Ionesco, EugèneAuthorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Campert, RemcoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Ferranti, FerrantePhotographersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Prouse, DerekTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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"When a rhinoceros charges across the town square one Sunday afternoon, Berenger thinks nothing of it. Soon, however, rhinoceroses are popping up everywhere and Berenger's whole world is under threat. What will it take for him to stand up to the increasing menace of rhinocerisation?" "Martin Crimp's translation of Ionesco's iconic satire on mindlessness and conformity was staged at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in September 2007."--BOOK JACKET.

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