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"Fans of the style of William Faulkner will want to read Henri Bosco, four-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Available in English for the first time, Malicroix tells the story of a recluse living in the French countryside, unraveling how he came to a life of solitude. Although relatively unknown today by readers of English, Henri Bosco (1888-1976) was a prolific, well-respected, and popular mid-twentieth century French writer. The author of over thirty volumes of fiction and poetry, he received the Grand prix national des lettres, the Grand prix de l'Academie francaise, and the Prix des Ambassadeurs. Malicroix, hailed as Bosco's "finest achievement" and praised for its "intimate blending of the real world and the world of myth" (F.W. Saunders), is extensively cited by Gaston Bachelard in his influential The Poetics of Space and The Poetics of Reverie. Bachelard calls Malicroix a "vast prose poem" and writes of returning again and again to this distinctive, haunting novel. Set in the early nineteenth century, Malicroix is the first-person narrative of a diffident, provincial young man who inherits from a great-uncle a house on an island in the Rhone, in the desolate and wild Camargue region. In order to actually acquire the house, the young man must live alone in it for three months, coming to terms with the huge and turbulent river (always threatening to flood the island and the countryside), the wild wind (blowing fiercely around his tiny shelter), and his own unaccustomed solitude. He must also complete a challenging task set by his great-uncle and resist the efforts of others who are bent on acquiring the house and the land for themselves. The novel traces the narrator's experiences as he comes into full possession not only of his inheritance but, more importantly, of himself"--… (meer)
I have to wonder if writing has really changed that much in the last century, or if I just didn't like this particular author's style. Whatever the case, this felt like torture. The overall themes and plot looked promising -- an island in the middle of a river, solitude, strange happenings, wild weather -- but the intensely wordy writing style, glacial pacing, and seemingly non-sensical observations (particularly about internal mental states) just totally killed this for me. I have to wonder if I'm missing something, but if I did, I'm not sure what it is. ( )
Well, this is a difficult book to review. The author is extremely gifted and the prose is superb (as other reviewers note). However, as a novel, it has clear failings. For what the author wishes to convey, it is far too long. The prose is excessive and self-indulgent. It seems the prose is often intended to impress rather than communicate or enhance the characters or story line. In fact, the prose becomes so involved as to contradict itself. Perhaps the confines of a short story might have reined in the author's excesses. ( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Franse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
A Paul et Edith Loyonnet
Eerste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Franse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
AVERTISSEMENT
Si l'on veut dater ce récit, on peut le situer dans les trois premières décades du dernier siècle. [...]
MEGREMUT De mon grand-oncle Malicroix je n'attendais rien. D'ailleurs, jamais personne n'avait rien attendu de lui. Nul ne l'avait rencontré depuis un demi-siècle. [...]
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Franse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
"Fans of the style of William Faulkner will want to read Henri Bosco, four-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Available in English for the first time, Malicroix tells the story of a recluse living in the French countryside, unraveling how he came to a life of solitude. Although relatively unknown today by readers of English, Henri Bosco (1888-1976) was a prolific, well-respected, and popular mid-twentieth century French writer. The author of over thirty volumes of fiction and poetry, he received the Grand prix national des lettres, the Grand prix de l'Academie francaise, and the Prix des Ambassadeurs. Malicroix, hailed as Bosco's "finest achievement" and praised for its "intimate blending of the real world and the world of myth" (F.W. Saunders), is extensively cited by Gaston Bachelard in his influential The Poetics of Space and The Poetics of Reverie. Bachelard calls Malicroix a "vast prose poem" and writes of returning again and again to this distinctive, haunting novel. Set in the early nineteenth century, Malicroix is the first-person narrative of a diffident, provincial young man who inherits from a great-uncle a house on an island in the Rhone, in the desolate and wild Camargue region. In order to actually acquire the house, the young man must live alone in it for three months, coming to terms with the huge and turbulent river (always threatening to flood the island and the countryside), the wild wind (blowing fiercely around his tiny shelter), and his own unaccustomed solitude. He must also complete a challenging task set by his great-uncle and resist the efforts of others who are bent on acquiring the house and the land for themselves. The novel traces the narrator's experiences as he comes into full possession not only of his inheritance but, more importantly, of himself"--
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