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The City in Crimson Cloak (1998)

by Aslı Erdoğan

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From an "exceptionally sensitive and perceptive" Turkish writer and human rights activist (Orhan Pamuk, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature), the captivating story of a writer whose own autobiographical novel forces her to come to terms with the dichotomy of the city she once loved: Rio de Janeiro. Ã-zgür is a young woman on fire: poor, hungry, and on the verge of a mental breakdown. She has only one weapon: her ability to write the city that has robbed her of everything, Rio de Janeiro. Through the reading of the bits and pieces of Ã-zgür's unfinished eponymous novel, with its autobiographical protagonist named Ã-, Ã-zgür's story begins to emerge. As Ã-zgür follows Ã- through the shanty towns, Condomble rituals, and the violence and sexuality of the streets of Rio, the reader follows Ã-zgür as she searches for a way to make peace with life, a route to catharsis. Together, the two concentric novels reveal the blurry borderline between the two Rio's -- one a metaphor for death, one a city of life. A major hit when it was released in Turkey and Europe,The City in Crimson Cloak is brilliantly evocative and wildly experimental, doing for Rio what Joyce did for Dublin.… (more)
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Med säker penna låter Erdogan läsaren följa den destruktiva Özgür i Rios tryckande hetta. Det är våldsamt, brutalt, skitigt och inte det minsta hoppfullt. Många gånger tänker jag "Men varför är du här? Du behöver ju inte vara här!". Författaren rör själv vid de frågorna, men vi får inget tydligt svar. Kanske finns det inget.
Om man, som jag, har en ganska mörk syn på människan blir den definitivt inte ljusare av den här boken. Men som hon kan skriva! Jag sugs in och ser, trots det kompakta mörkret, hela tiden fram emot att sugas in bland sidorna igen.
Det ibland nästan febriga berättandet får mig att tänka på Hamsuns Svält, men Staden i den röda kappan fängslar mig långt mer än Svält gjorde.

Med säker penna låter Erdogan läsaren följa den destruktiva Özgür i Rios tryckande hetta. Det är våldsamt, brutalt, skitigt och inte det minsta hoppfullt. Många gånger tänker jag "Men varför är du här? Du behöver ju inte vara här!". Författaren rör själv vid de frågorna, men vi får inget tydligt svar. Kanske finns det inget.
Om man, som jag, har en ganska mörk syn på människan blir den definitivt inte ljusare av den här boken. Men som hon kan skriva! Jag sugs in och ser, trots det kompakta mörkret, hela tiden fram emot att sugas in bland sidorna igen.
Det ibland nästan febriga berättandet får mig att tänka på Hamsuns Svält, men Staden i den röda kappan fängslar mig långt mer än Svält gjorde. Ändra Avbryt ( )
  LottaBerling | Aug 19, 2012 |
Precis som bokbeskrivningen avslöjar (läser alltid den EFTER romanen) blir staden Rio de Janeiro som en karaktär i denna roman. Det är, tycker jag, både bra och dåligt. Intressant på så sätt att en exotisk stad blir porträtterad på ett konstnärligt sätt. Dock blir det understundom lite pretto, och rent av flummigt.
Men "Staden i den röda kappan" är värd att läsa. Det positiva överväger, även om jag inte på det hela taget blir riktigt klok på vad det är som händer med den mänskliga huvudkaraktären, Özgür. ( )
  helices | May 27, 2011 |
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From an "exceptionally sensitive and perceptive" Turkish writer and human rights activist (Orhan Pamuk, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature), the captivating story of a writer whose own autobiographical novel forces her to come to terms with the dichotomy of the city she once loved: Rio de Janeiro. Ã-zgür is a young woman on fire: poor, hungry, and on the verge of a mental breakdown. She has only one weapon: her ability to write the city that has robbed her of everything, Rio de Janeiro. Through the reading of the bits and pieces of Ã-zgür's unfinished eponymous novel, with its autobiographical protagonist named Ã-, Ã-zgür's story begins to emerge. As Ã-zgür follows Ã- through the shanty towns, Condomble rituals, and the violence and sexuality of the streets of Rio, the reader follows Ã-zgür as she searches for a way to make peace with life, a route to catharsis. Together, the two concentric novels reveal the blurry borderline between the two Rio's -- one a metaphor for death, one a city of life. A major hit when it was released in Turkey and Europe,The City in Crimson Cloak is brilliantly evocative and wildly experimental, doing for Rio what Joyce did for Dublin.

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