Wolf Wondratschek
Autor(a) de Self-Portrait with Russian Piano: A Novel
Obras por Wolf Wondratschek
Tabori in Fuschl: Kleine Zyklen. Tabori in Fuschl. Das Mädchen und der Messerwerfer. Orpheus in der Sonne.… (2006) 2 exemplares
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Associated Works
Neues vom Rumpelstilzchen und andere Haus-Märchen von 43 Autoren (1981) — Contribuidor, algumas edições — 5 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Wondratschek, Wolf
- Data de nascimento
- 1943-08-14
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Germany
- Local de nascimento
- Rudolstadt, Thüringen, Deutschland
- Locais de residência
- München, Bayern, Deutschland
Wien, Österreich - Ocupações
- Schriftsteller
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Críticas
Mara: Eine Erzählung por Wolf Wondratschek
Buch über ein Stradivaricello geschrieben aus der Optik des Instruments
Novel about aging and bereavement that is contemplative and philosophical... While not much happens in Wondratschek's multi-layered narrative, which muses on language, art, politics, and history, there is much to consider. Even Wondratschek manages to throw in a few gags. This book will be enjoyable for anyone who enjoys Thomas Mann and Elias Canetti, even though it is a melancholy read.
Anyone will have thought of or made the casual observation that it might be interesting to know the life history of some ancient object, whether a book, a diamond, or a Stradivarius violoncello. That is exactly what Wolf Wondratschek does in the novel entitled Mara. Eine Erzählung. But how interesting is that really?
We do not cringe at the narrative voice of Pinocchio because he is a boy, or at least, he looks like and wants to be a boy. But a violoncello, Mara, that tells its life history in the form of a first-person narrative, is a bit embarrassing.
The author, or his editor, may have felt something like that as well. After about 80 pages, there is a marked change of focus, from narration about the life of the object, to narration about the life of some of its owners. These 80 pages, from pp. 89 - 167 are uninspired and boring.
On page 167, the focus returns to the life of Mara, or rather, to a description of its death.... and resurrection. Photographs of the complete destruction of the violoncello, and a final photo of Heinrich Schiff playing "The Mara" in 1997, show the reader that "Mara's" story is based in reality.… (mais)
We do not cringe at the narrative voice of Pinocchio because he is a boy, or at least, he looks like and wants to be a boy. But a violoncello, Mara, that tells its life history in the form of a first-person narrative, is a bit embarrassing.
The author, or his editor, may have felt something like that as well. After about 80 pages, there is a marked change of focus, from narration about the life of the object, to narration about the life of some of its owners. These 80 pages, from pp. 89 - 167 are uninspired and boring.
On page 167, the focus returns to the life of Mara, or rather, to a description of its death.... and resurrection. Photographs of the complete destruction of the violoncello, and a final photo of Heinrich Schiff playing "The Mara" in 1997, show the reader that "Mara's" story is based in reality.… (mais)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 30
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 168
- Popularidade
- #126,679
- Avaliação
- 3.5
- Críticas
- 3
- ISBN
- 64
- Línguas
- 5
- Marcado como favorito
- 1
