First, the Raven: A Preface
Autor Seth Rogoffen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 sep 2017
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781944697440
ISBN-10: 1944697446
Pagini: 210
Dimensiuni: 115 x 150 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.11 kg
Editura: Sagging Meniscus Press
Colecția Sagging Meniscus Press
ISBN-10: 1944697446
Pagini: 210
Dimensiuni: 115 x 150 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.11 kg
Editura: Sagging Meniscus Press
Colecția Sagging Meniscus Press
Recenzii
Seth Rogoffs unconventional novel, First, the Raven: A Preface, proves highly innovative in its conceit and almost impossibly perfect in its execution. This is a tale of confined spaces and psychological discomfort -- a rendezvous, after nearly twenty years, between translator Sy Kirschbaum and playwright Gabe Slatky inside a downscale Maine bar during a blizzard. Kirschbaum, who has devoted his adult life to translating an epic Czech novel, has been summoned back to his New England hometown by his former lover, Ida, who is also Slatkys wife and muse. As the two men engage in a raw, emotional pas de deux, we are swept into a world of lost time and fleeting hope. If any literary endeavor could stand at the nexus of My Dinner With Andre and The Iceman Cometh, this is the work. Although the influences are Bellow and Roth -- diluted with a chaser of Kafka -- the final product is decidedly an American original. First, the Raven runs broad and deep; it is an intelligent and inventive introduction to a voice of extraordinary power and promise. -- Jacob M Appel, author of "Einsteins Beach House" & "The Mask of Sanity"
This dreamlike book, inspired by Kafkas but also Havels city of Prague, creates a separate universe following its own laws, an enchanted island. The narrative is all at once intensely personal and historical, playfully esoteric and resolutely seducing. -- Magdalna Platzov, author of "Aarons Leap" & "The Attempt"
A sad, wise novel about friends, foreign countries, and friends as foreign countries. I raise a glass to Rogoffs First. -- Joshua Cohen, author of "Book of Numbers" & "Moving Kings"
First, the Raven is cleverly and forcefully narrated in a succession of monologues that take us to communist Prague, avant-garde Paris, and the mysticism of 19th century Germany. The history lesson of the Czech banned writer is conveyed with persistence reminiscent of Philip Roth. Central European authors Franz Kafka and Sndor Mrai are echoed in this urgent and beautifully written prose. -- Veronika Tuckerov, Harvard University
Seth Rogoffs First, the Raven is mesmerizing. The many-layered narrative takes us from The Battle of Piave to The Velvet Revolution as we explore the roles of historian, witness, and artist in the slaughterhouse of 20th Century Europe. The magic of the story is that it unfolds against a simple evening in a hockey bar in Maine where the cinematic battle between good and evil resolves in a kind of threadbare Chekhovian despair. First, the Raven is a brilliant and inspired work of fictionboth a profound novel of ideas and an elegant piece of storytelling. -- Michael Dahlie, author of "The Best of Youth" & "A Gentlemans Guide to Graceful Living"
This dreamlike book, inspired by Kafkas but also Havels city of Prague, creates a separate universe following its own laws, an enchanted island. The narrative is all at once intensely personal and historical, playfully esoteric and resolutely seducing. -- Magdalna Platzov, author of "Aarons Leap" & "The Attempt"
A sad, wise novel about friends, foreign countries, and friends as foreign countries. I raise a glass to Rogoffs First. -- Joshua Cohen, author of "Book of Numbers" & "Moving Kings"
First, the Raven is cleverly and forcefully narrated in a succession of monologues that take us to communist Prague, avant-garde Paris, and the mysticism of 19th century Germany. The history lesson of the Czech banned writer is conveyed with persistence reminiscent of Philip Roth. Central European authors Franz Kafka and Sndor Mrai are echoed in this urgent and beautifully written prose. -- Veronika Tuckerov, Harvard University
Seth Rogoffs First, the Raven is mesmerizing. The many-layered narrative takes us from The Battle of Piave to The Velvet Revolution as we explore the roles of historian, witness, and artist in the slaughterhouse of 20th Century Europe. The magic of the story is that it unfolds against a simple evening in a hockey bar in Maine where the cinematic battle between good and evil resolves in a kind of threadbare Chekhovian despair. First, the Raven is a brilliant and inspired work of fictionboth a profound novel of ideas and an elegant piece of storytelling. -- Michael Dahlie, author of "The Best of Youth" & "A Gentlemans Guide to Graceful Living"