Gustaf Sobin (1935–2005)
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Over de Auteur
Gustaf Sobin has lived for thirty-five years in Provence. He is a poet & the author of two previous novels, "Venus Blue" & "Dark Mirrors". (Bowker Author Biography)
Fotografie: from Lifeinlegacy.com
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1935-11-15
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2005-07-07
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
France - Geboorteplaats
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- pancreatic cancer
- Woonplaatsen
- Paris, France
Goult, Provence, France - Opleiding
- Choate School
Brown University (AB|1958) - Beroepen
- poet
author - Korte biografie
- moved to Paris in 1962; settled in the village of Goult, where he remained for over forty years, publishing more than a dozen books of poetry, four novels, a children's story, and two compilations of essays; wife Susannah Bott, daughter Esther, son Gabriel
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The Fly-Truffler: A Novel door Gustaf Sobin
As a lover of Sobin's poetry, I found this a disappointing and painful read. There are moments of truly beautiful, good writing in here. It is at these moments when I think Sobin was at his least self-conscious. The rest of it reads like he sat down with a thesaurus and revised it into a mess of purple prose meaninglessness.
Eine Geschichte mit mystischen und sinnlichen Elementen, die sich in aller Stille ereignet und in der langsam die Liebe an der Vergangenheit scheitert, an der Leere, die die Vergangenheit heraufbeschwört und an der Wirklichkeit. Ein Buch, das man in einem Atemzug liest, weil es durch seinen weichen, dahinfließenden Stil und seine Eigenart einen unbestimmten Sog ausübt.
I adore Greta Garbo, which I guess is why I picked this up... but this guy's writing is unbearably awful.
From the Village Voice (http://www.villagevoice.com/books/0007,marcus,12528,10.html ): Sobin's prose has a tactile passion to match the fervor of his characters. The language is muscular and vivid, filled with an appealing jargon attached not only to the art of fly-truffling, but to the general flora and industry of Provence, the silkworms, the water mills, and the Proven�al dialect itself: "Cabassac himself had composed an entire lexicon devoted to nothing but grain." It is this last aspect that gives the most engaging form to the bond that grows between Cabassac and the still-living Julieta. In their pursuit of obscure phrases of the dying language, they discover in their mutual appetite a feeling that comes to pass for love between them.… (meer)
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