Melancholy II
by Jon Fosse
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"Not so much a sequel as an alternate perspective, Jon Fosse's coda to his brilliant and much-lauded Melancholy picks up the story of tormented landscape painter Lars Hertervig in 1902, shortly after his death. Taking place, like Melancholy, over the course of a single day, it treats us to the thoughts of Hertervig's sister, carrying on with her life in the absence of her eccentric brother. She recalls their childhood under a domineering father, remembering Hertervig's difficulties fitting show more in, and likewise Hertervig the man: poor, always hovering on the brink, fanatical about painting and his own perceived shortcomings as an artist and human being. In the same hypnotic prose for which Fosse is famous, Melancholy II serves as an investigation not only into the 'collateral damage' wrought by art and artists, but into a master's tools and obsessions as well."--Publisher's website. show lessTags
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Leest gemakkelijker dan Melancholie I. Fosse gebruik zoals steeds erg lange zinnen. In 'De andere naam' [(Septologie I-II krijgen we zowat 357 pagina4s zonder één punt; zo kunnen we theoretisch spreken van één zin. Maar dat boek blijft goed leesbaar door de inlassing van komma's en alinea's.)] In Melancholie II vermeldt Fosse de emotionele, erg getroebleerde geest van onze schilder uit Melancholie I volgens de getuigenis van Oline, de oude zus . Het is ook het verhaal van een beleving van het ouder-worden. Ook deze vrouw dementeert langzaam. De schilderwerkjes roepen toch nog herinneringen aan haar broer op. Ook in dit boek werkt de trage schrijfvorm heel erg hypnotisch die de lezer merkwaardig genoeg dwingt om steeds maar verder te show more lezen in deze bijzonder mooi geschreven monotone gedachten wereld. Erg uitnodigend voor een lezer die graag traag leest en de literatuur-inhoud kan herkauwen . show less
Jan 26, 2021Dutch
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- 839.82 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Danish and Norwegian literatures Norwegian literature
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- PT8951.16 .O73 .M4613 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures Norwegian literature Individual authors or works 1961-2000
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