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Bezig met laden... Forgetfulness: A Novel (2005)door Michael Mejia
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The first part of Forgetfulness is a fictional monograph on the life of the Austrian modernist composer Anton von Webern (1883-1945).The collage-work monograph unfolds in a Webernian sequence of events and silences combining quotes from Webern, his friends and associates, and various historical and literary figures with short scenes, monologues, dialogues, newspaper articles, and theater and film scripts. The result is a lyrical panorama of early twentieth century Vienna. The second part of the book takes place in Vienna on May 1st, 1986, shortly before the election of Kurt Waldheim as President of the Austrian Republic and shortly after the Chernobyl disaster. The three simultaneous, intertwining monologues of an archivist, a retired opera singer, and the author of the monograph, revisit the themes and events of the first part, commenting on postwar conceptions, analyses, and revisions of the period during which Webern lived, while continuously haunted by the specters of Waldheim and Chernobyl, the persistence of crimes that are immanent, unpaid for, or only dimly, disingenuously recalled. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Mejia's book is a masterpiece. To make a successful book, if you're going to experiment with form, you have to make the prose so beautiful, so rewarding, that the reader is not only willing but happy to do the extra work of deciphering your unfamiliar structure. This book was such a delight, completely without traditional plot or characters, that I couldn't put it down. I don't know when I've had that experience with a book that looked so challenging in form. At the end of the day, I truly felt that Mejia's approach was the only way to present the material in the way he envisioned. It was an absolute success. Made me care about things I didn't really care about, and think about things I'd never considered. A beautiful read. ( )