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Out of Mind (1984)

by J. Bernlef

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The novel’s retired narrator is slowly but surely losing his grip on reality: he can no longer distinguish between past and present, he gets the urge to go to work and doesn’t recognize his own wife. More than a tale about dementia, this is a love story with an inevitable tragic ending.   El narrador jubilado de esta novela va perdiendo lenta pero inexorablemente el contacto con la realidad: ya no logra discernir entre el pasado y el presente, de pronto quiere ir al trabajo y toma a su esposa por una extraña. Más que un relato sobre la demencia, ésta es una historia de amor con un inevitable final trágico.… (more)
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Dit boek heb ik tot me genomen in de vorm van een luisterboek dat tot in de perfectie word vertolkt door de schrijver zelf. Het verhaal gaat over een man met dementie die langzaamaan erger word. Gedurende het hele verhaal had ik constant medelijden met de hoofdpersoon.

Ik kan me heel goed voorstellen hoe moeilijk en vermoeiend het moet zijn om voor deze mensen te zorgen en/of samenleven. Aan de andere kant is het ook heel verwarrend voor de mensen die met deze ziekte leven en de problemen die de verzorgers hebben moeilijk kunnen plaatsen. Je ziet mensen om je heen geïrriteerd worden en weet echt niet waarom. Het zou mij echt verschrikkelijk lijken.

Het boek is verder niet dik en redelijk snel uit te lezen. Voor mij was het zeker de moeite waard. Een dikke aanrader dus! (mocht het kunnen kijk dan of je het luisterboek kan scoren!)



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  Zentasy72 | Mar 23, 2020 |
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  Mevrouwtje_Theelepel | Oct 5, 2014 |
A novel on dementia. Maarten Klein suddenly notices that part of his memories are disappearing. He cannot remember if it is morning or afternoon, he wants to go to work while he has been retired for years, and he doesn't remember who he is seeing on his own wedding pictures.

Several books on this subject exist, but the viewpoint is original and very believable. The story is told in first person, as if you were Maarten himself and constantly wondering where you have left your stuff, or who that unknown woman is, cooking in the kitchen. The story becomes more and more fragmented as his dementia gets worse and worse. Near the end, these fragments become more abstract and difficult to grasp, as Maarten is completely losing his grip on reality.

Very touching and unnerving. ( )
1 vote Differenti | Jan 24, 2014 |
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 |
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A touching dream to which we all are lulled
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Misschien komt het door de sneeuw dat ik me 's morgens al zo moe voel.
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The novel’s retired narrator is slowly but surely losing his grip on reality: he can no longer distinguish between past and present, he gets the urge to go to work and doesn’t recognize his own wife. More than a tale about dementia, this is a love story with an inevitable tragic ending.   El narrador jubilado de esta novela va perdiendo lenta pero inexorablemente el contacto con la realidad: ya no logra discernir entre el pasado y el presente, de pronto quiere ir al trabajo y toma a su esposa por una extraña. Más que un relato sobre la demencia, ésta es una historia de amor con un inevitable final trágico.

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