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Bezig met laden... Our Circus Presents (Romanian Literature Series) (origineel 2002; editie 2009)door Lucian Dan Teodorovici (Auteur), Alistair Ian Blyth (Vertaler)
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The Birdman, narrator of "Our Circus Presents," lives in a one-room apartment on the fifth floor of a squalid tenement block in northern Romania... Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)859.335Literature Italian Romanian literature and Rhaeto-Romanic literature, Corsican, Sardinian Romanian fiction 1900–LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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The translation is smooth and very readable. There is plenty of black humor and some horrible but funny set-pieces – the best one has the narrator’s friend, another man who obsesses over suicide, calling him up to come over to watch him drink himself to death. This morbid situation turns even bleaker but in a darkly funny manner. However, there are plenty of aimless bits and most of the characters are fairly irritating. The narrator’s desire for suicide – or lack of desire – isn’t explored too much. He seems to have adolescent fantasies and is annoyed when his also-suicidal friends marry or get good jobs or move on. The narrator has a rather sexist outlook on life – one could attribute it to him instead of the author, but it was still unpleasant to read. The female characters are pretty much prostitutes or older women whose desire is seen by the narrator as pathetic. Despite that, he relates at length several sexual episodes that end with him being humiliated. The book ends with a darkly ironic turn which is also an appropriate whimper. Interesting, but not a must-read. ( )