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Oceano Mare. Das Märchen vom Wesen des Meeres. (original 1993; edition 2001)

by Alessandro Baricco

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"Exotic...erotic... Ocean Sea is highly romantic and breathtakingly lyrical."--"The New York Times Book Review" With Silk, his first novel to appear in English, Alessandro Baricco immediately proved himself to be a magical storyteller. With Ocean Sea, he has been acclaimed as the successor to Italo Calvino, and a major voice in modern literature. In Ocean Sea, Alessandro Baricco presents a hypnotizing postmodern fable of human malady--psychological, existential, erotic--and the sea as a means of deliverance. At the Almayer Inn, a remote shoreline hotel, an artist dips his brush in a cup of ocean water to paint a portrait of the sea. A scientist pens love letters to a woman he has yet to meet. An adulteress searches for relief from her proclivity to fall in love. And a sixteen-year-old girl seeks a cure from a mysterious condition which science has failed to remedy. When these people meet, their fates begin to interact as if by design. Enter a mighty tempest and a ghostly mariner with a thirst for vengeance, and the Inn becomes a place where destiny and desire battle for the upper hand. Playful, provocative, and ultimately profound, Ocean Sea is a novel of striking originality and wisdom.… (more)
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Title:Oceano Mare. Das Märchen vom Wesen des Meeres.
Authors:Alessandro Baricco
Info:Piper (2001), Paperback, 274 Seiten
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Ocean sea by Alessandro Baricco (1993)

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Siempre he pensado que la mejor manera de acercarse a un autor por vez primera no es tarea sencilla, es con el libro indicado y aunque la obra de un escritor te guste habrá algún título que no sea precisamente el indicado para esa primera vez, quizá si yo hubiera conocido a Rothfuss con "La música del silencio" en lugar de "El nombre del viento", ahora sería el único libro leído de este autor, un destino similar habría tenido con Murakami si lo hubiera conocido con "Los años de peregrinación del chico sin color"; por ello estoy convencida de que hay que ser muy cuidadoso, porque puedes perder a un gran autor en el camino.

Ya anteriormente me habían llegado varias recomendaciones sobre Baricco y de hecho, mientras estaba en la librería decidiéndome por uno de los títulos recomendados, me llamó mucho la atención la discreta portada de Océano Mar, así que eché por la borda las recomendaciones y me aventuré con este libro. Creo que ha sido una de las mejores decisiones de lectura del año entero y puedo decir sin exagerar que es maravilloso y, curioso, pero a ratos sentí como si me contaran una pintura, quise estar en la posada Almayer, pude entender con gozo las pinturas en blanco de Plasson.

Hermosas historias a las que vale la pena regresar una y otra vez. ( )
  uvejota | Jul 26, 2023 |
Ci sono rimasto male. Anche scritto bene. Il problema è che scritto troppo bene. Il compiacimento nell'uso della parola e dell'originalità pesa, invece che risultare geniale. Anche geniale, a tratti, per carità, ma perlopiù pesante.
E la storia poi... storia e personaggi tirati come una sfoglia, un infinito scavare nel nulla. Praticamente, tolta la ricercatezza, non resta nulla. Ci si riesce perfino a stufare di proseguire.
Una profonda delusione. ( )
  vico.biscotti | Apr 25, 2022 |
Ho dato una seconda chance a Baricco ma a questo punto penso di essere io il problema.
Dopo aver letto Seta (che mi ha annoiato da morire) ho deciso per qualcosa che fosse abbastanza apprezzato (un rating di 4.14 non è male, no?) e ho scelto questo “Oceano Mare”. Fin dall’inizio però il libro non mi ha coinvolto e quando succede io lo capisco da due cose: mi distraggo spesso durante la lettura (dovendo poi tornare indietro a rileggere) e non riesco mentalmente a visualizzare gli eventi che si stanno svolgendo.
Devo dire la verità farei anche fatica, se qualcuno me lo chiedesse, a dire di cosa parla questo libro perché io sinceramente non l’ho capito. Mi sentivo stupida mentre leggevo ma non riuscivo a seguire la storia di questi ospiti della Locanda e ancora adesso fatico a cogliere il senso, forse è un livello di poetica troppo altro per la mia mente concreta.
Mi spiace perché vedo che sono un po’ una voce fuori dal coro ma leggendo le altre recensioni mi rendo conto che non c’è una vera e propria trama ed è forse questo che mi ha destabilizzato nella lettura. Non lo so ci sono dei momenti in cui mi è sembrato il Battiato della scrittura: parole prese dal dizionario e buttate una dopo l’altra a caso per filosofeggiare.
Chiudo qui, penso, la mia breve e tormentata relazione con Baricco: è evidente che io e lui abbiamo un problema relazionale irrisolvibile.
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  Feseven78 | Apr 17, 2019 |
Really tough book to read, Labelled post modern fiction on the cover, I found it more like magical realism with a lot of pertinent details left to the imagination. The author evokes stunning images, but the story lines are very hard to follow. Each character had an intriguing reason for coming to an Inn by the sea. Each seems to be searching for answers, cures, and yet their stories are incomplete. I found this to be a very frustrating read. ( )
  Rdra1962 | Aug 1, 2018 |
Funny book. Don't remember anything else. This and the feeling that "I really liked it". ( )
  alik-fuchs | Apr 27, 2018 |
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Sabbia a perdita d'occhio, tra le ultime colline e il mare - il 'mare' - nell'aria fredda di un pomeriggio quasi passato, e benedetto dal vento che sempre soffia da nord.
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"Exotic...erotic... Ocean Sea is highly romantic and breathtakingly lyrical."--"The New York Times Book Review" With Silk, his first novel to appear in English, Alessandro Baricco immediately proved himself to be a magical storyteller. With Ocean Sea, he has been acclaimed as the successor to Italo Calvino, and a major voice in modern literature. In Ocean Sea, Alessandro Baricco presents a hypnotizing postmodern fable of human malady--psychological, existential, erotic--and the sea as a means of deliverance. At the Almayer Inn, a remote shoreline hotel, an artist dips his brush in a cup of ocean water to paint a portrait of the sea. A scientist pens love letters to a woman he has yet to meet. An adulteress searches for relief from her proclivity to fall in love. And a sixteen-year-old girl seeks a cure from a mysterious condition which science has failed to remedy. When these people meet, their fates begin to interact as if by design. Enter a mighty tempest and a ghostly mariner with a thirst for vengeance, and the Inn becomes a place where destiny and desire battle for the upper hand. Playful, provocative, and ultimately profound, Ocean Sea is a novel of striking originality and wisdom.

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