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Bezig met laden... Solo (2009)door Rana Dasgupta
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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. I read this one a while ago, and don't recall any details. ( ) A genuinely original book of tremendous power and grace. The writing is gorgeous, the style entirely original, with a strange and haunting story that begins in straightforward fashion – the memories of a 100 year old man from Sophia looking back on his life. His story stops and we’re suddenly introduced to a group of new characters living apparently unconnected lives in new locations. Slowly the story corkscrews back on itself and connections and shared histories begin to appear. My only disappointment was that the obscenely hideous Khatuna didn't get what was coming to her. One of the most unusual books I’ve ever read, surprisingly easy to digest. Gripping, unique and highly recommended. After reading 'Solo' and then taking a step back and reflecting on the book, I was able to appreciate Rana Dasgupta's writing. Dasgupta brings us a story about a man, Ulrich, his life, one of ordinary nature. There is no flash, no great success for Ulrich. He is a man who lived, who lost, who wanted to be someone, to be someone who did something great. But, as he reflects on his life we see that to him, his life fell short, there were points where a different choice could have pushed him to the life he wanted. In the second half of the book, Ulrich conjures up daydreams. Daydreams in which his life winds and twists into a modern day story. Characters from his past take new shape and take on a new life. However, the pain, the sorrow, the triumphs, the hopes, the unfulfilled dreams, the friendships and love that took place in the first half resonate throughout. Overall a great book, but one, that I had to reflect a bit once finished to see all that it was schon als ich dieses buch bekam, dachte ich: "oh gott, nicht schon wieder eine geschichte über einen 100-jährigen"! meine befürchtungen wurden übertroffen, denn von allen diesen derzeit grassierenden jahrhunderterzählungen ist diese die schlechteste. man merkt richtig, wie mühsam und gewissenhaft der autor die historischen geschehnisse recherchiert hat (dafür meinen respekt), aber ansonsten hält der roman nicht, was der klappentext verspricht. In a dilapidated building in Sofia, a blind old man is reflecting on his past life. This superbly narrated story of his dreams, loves, downfall and piecing together echoes the fate of his country through its struggle for independence, two world wars, communism and hangover capitalism. A string of satellite stories very cleverly completes the picture. This book is absolutely brillant and a delight to read.
In Solo – which is ultimately a meditation on what it means to measure success, failure and time itself – Rana Dasgupta, ... , has created a work that is both literary and compelling, a prize-worthy feat indeed. Solo is mannered in its strangeness, but utterly unforgettable in its humanity. It hums the inner and outer melodies of a life lived solo, until it becomes a discordant symphony of the human condition. This lifts it from a freak show to the kind of "philharmonic" novel that reminds us why we will always need to tell the extraordinary stories of people's ordinary lives. So that, like Ulrich, we can sift through those hundred years when "the world itself has become nonsense", and see more deeply into the "great black ocean of forgotten things". WHAT a delight to find a novelist unfazed by the 21st century, confidently tracing the wrong turnings of the past 100 years, soaring insightfully over the mess of global developments that constitute the quagmire of today. What a delight to read a fiction writer fully astute about life, love, culture and politics, catching in his cross-hairs ideologies, sciences, personal relationships, the terrors of ageing, the madness of music, organised crime, family tragedies -- even the novel genre itself -- examining them with dazzling clarity.
The highly anticipated second novel from the acclaimed author of 'Tokyo Cancelled'. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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