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Bezig met laden... The End of the World News (1982)door Anthony Burgess
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is probably my favorite bk that I've read by Burgess. It interweaves (I know, I know, that's an overused word in this type of context) 3 stories: one of wch is all about Freud. Learning about the genesis of psychoanalysis was esp interesting for me. I never realized what an INVENTION it was - not even necessarily by doctors. PSICANÁLISE,SOCIALISMO INTERNACIONAL EO FIM -TRES TEMAS,TRES HISTÓRIAS -ENTRELAÇADOS EM VERTIGINOSO CONTRAPONTO NUM ROMANCE CHEIO DE PIROTECNIAS VERBAIS ,INCRIVEIS VOOS DE FANTASIA E DIVERTIDAS ANEDOTAS ,TUDO COROADO POR UM BRILHANTE E INESPERADO FINALE -A OBRA-PRIMA DE UM ROMANCISTA NO ÁPICE DE SUA FORMA LITERÁRIA. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Presented without chapter breaks, the plot weaves together three storylines. One follows Leon Trotsky on a journey to New York City shortly before the Russian Revolution of 1917. This story is written as the libretto of an Off-Broadway musical. A second tale covers the life and career of Sigmund Freud and includes portrayals of Havelock Ellis and Krafft-Ebing. The third part is set in the future, shortly before the impact of a rogue, extrasolar planet with the Earth. Because of the latter story line, it is considered a work of fantastic fiction. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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This novel -- and not much else. Burgess attempts to bring these three parallel stories together at the end of this end-of-times novel. He succeeds in a satisfactory way, to be sure, but the synthesis is less than the sum of its parts. There is no resonance, as there would be with three topics whose connection inspired the book: one is left with the impression that Freud and Trotsky were chosen haphazardly, as if Burgess were reading about them anyways and decided to incorporate them into the novel.
And what a novel it is! Putting aside the sympathetic biopic of Freud and the unsympathetic musical of Trotsky, this is a fantastic end-of-the-world story. The politicians and scientists are trying to find some way to preserve human culture. But what defines human culture? What deserves to be saved? The question echoes throughout the story, and everybody has their own answer. ( )