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A brilliant and brutally honest autobiographical novel, long out of print, captures the narrator's quest to escape a repressive upper-middle-class upbringing and pursue a life as an artist. This Sebaldian narrative unfolds in a single incantatory paragraph, detailing a childhood and adolescence in Berlin between the wars. The story delves into family life, marked by the early death of the beloved sister Margit, a strained relationship with parents, and the fantasies of youth, all set against a backdrop of rising anti-Semitism that forces the family to relocate frequently, intensifying the narrator's restlessness. While largely oblivious to world events, the young narrator is fixated on becoming an artist, a dream thwarted by his environment and notably by his mother, a former actress who destroys his paintings during their moves. Ultimately, he finds guidance in an older mentor, Harry Haller, a fictionalized version of Hermann Hesse, who inspires and supports him. With Haller's influence, the narrator embarks on a journey toward independence. Intensely lyrical and imaginatively powerful, this work vividly evokes a lost world and the narrator's evolving consciousness. The NEVERSINK LIBRARY celebrates overlooked and underappreciated books, presenting them in well-designed editions to enrich our culture.
Acquisto del libro
Leavetaking, Peter Weiss
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2014
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- Titolo
- Leavetaking
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Peter Weiss
- Editore
- Melville House Publishing
- Pubblicato
- 2014
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 125
- ISBN10
- 1612193315
- ISBN13
- 9781612193311
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Tema stórico, Storie vere, Biografie, Classici, Autobiografie e memorie, Famiglia, Letteratura tedesca, Prosa di guerra, Guerre, Germania, XX Secolo, Morte, Genitorialità, Letture obbligatorie, Infanzia, Narrazione, Ricerca di se stessi, Sottotetto, Soffitta
- Valutazione
- 3,65 su 5
- Descrizione
- A brilliant and brutally honest autobiographical novel, long out of print, captures the narrator's quest to escape a repressive upper-middle-class upbringing and pursue a life as an artist. This Sebaldian narrative unfolds in a single incantatory paragraph, detailing a childhood and adolescence in Berlin between the wars. The story delves into family life, marked by the early death of the beloved sister Margit, a strained relationship with parents, and the fantasies of youth, all set against a backdrop of rising anti-Semitism that forces the family to relocate frequently, intensifying the narrator's restlessness. While largely oblivious to world events, the young narrator is fixated on becoming an artist, a dream thwarted by his environment and notably by his mother, a former actress who destroys his paintings during their moves. Ultimately, he finds guidance in an older mentor, Harry Haller, a fictionalized version of Hermann Hesse, who inspires and supports him. With Haller's influence, the narrator embarks on a journey toward independence. Intensely lyrical and imaginatively powerful, this work vividly evokes a lost world and the narrator's evolving consciousness. The NEVERSINK LIBRARY celebrates overlooked and underappreciated books, presenting them in well-designed editions to enrich our culture.