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In an unnamed European village, in the middle of a civil war, one man digs while another watches over him. Gradually, they begin to talk. Over the course of the afternoon, as the snow falls and truck-loads of villagers are corralled in the next field, we discover why they are there - not just who they are and how specific, sinister events in their country have led them to be separated by a deepening grave, but why the history of civilization is inseparable from the history of mass violence. Beautifully written, with a poet's eye for detail coupled with a chilling narrative drive, Gerard Donovan's first novel has been compared with Franz Kafka and Bernhard Schlink. SCHOPENHAUER'S TELESCOPE is current in the best sense - not merely about Bosnia or Kosovo, but in attempting to make art out of brutal life.
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Schopenhauer's Telescope, Gerard Donovan
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- Année de publication
- 2004
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- Titre
- Schopenhauer's Telescope
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Gerard Donovan
- Éditeur
- Simon & Schuster Limited
- Publié
- 2004
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 306
- ISBN10
- 0743239210
- ISBN13
- 9780743239219
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Thèmes psychologiques, Thématique philosophique, Romans historiques, Littérature contemporaine, Suspense, Prose de guerre, Guerres, Irlande, Violence, Littérature irlandaise, Hiver, froid, Enseignante, professeurs, Neige, flocons, Colonialisme, Congo
- Titre original
- Schopenhauer's telescope
- Évaluation
- 3,4 sur 5
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- In an unnamed European village, in the middle of a civil war, one man digs while another watches over him. Gradually, they begin to talk. Over the course of the afternoon, as the snow falls and truck-loads of villagers are corralled in the next field, we discover why they are there - not just who they are and how specific, sinister events in their country have led them to be separated by a deepening grave, but why the history of civilization is inseparable from the history of mass violence. Beautifully written, with a poet's eye for detail coupled with a chilling narrative drive, Gerard Donovan's first novel has been compared with Franz Kafka and Bernhard Schlink. SCHOPENHAUER'S TELESCOPE is current in the best sense - not merely about Bosnia or Kosovo, but in attempting to make art out of brutal life.