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Sto caricando le informazioni... Alexander (1929)di Klaus Mann
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. As you would expect, Klaus Mann's Alexander covers roughly the same ground as all the other Alexander novels out there, but the emphasis is rather different. The great battles and epic marches are barely footnotes in this story: everything is about the struggle for Alexander's soul between, on the good side: Aristotle's Hellenic (read: Germanic) rationalism and healthy outdoor activity in the nude; on the bad side: Philip's macho ranting, Olympias and the cult of the Mother Goddess, and perfumed Persian sophistication in baggy trousers. Lovely writing, but there's something rather disturbing about seeing someone you're used to thinking of as a political opponent of the Nazis going into ecstasies about the Macedonians' short skirts and hard, sunburned bodies... Ein Roman über Alexander den Größen, in dem fast alle Feldzüge und Schlachten nur im vorübergehen erwähnt werden, ja manchmal erfährt man sogar erst über die militarischen Beschäftigungen in einem Nebensatz, wo es steht, dass der Gegner in die Flucht getrieben ist. Anstatt auf Strategie und machtpolitische Abhandlungen zu konzentrieren, ist Klaus Manns "Alexander" ein Roman über den inneren Leben eines Menschen, der im Leben keine Ruhe findet und unaufhörlich die Grenzen der Welt und des menschlichen Wissens sucht. Manchmal erinnert es an Hermann Hesse (besonders "Siddhartha"), da die Reise nach Indien gleichzeitig eine geistige Reise darstellt. Detailliert werden auch Alexanders Beziehungen zu seinem engsten Umkreis beschrieben -- die Mutter, derentwegen er die Welt zu erobern versucht, seine beide Kameraden, mit denen er in einem unglücklichen Dreiecksbeziehung verwickelt ist. Kein historischer Roman im traditionellen Sinn, sondern ein Charakterstudie. Schön geschrieben, erstaunlich kurzweilig, und bei weitem nicht so langatmig wie die Romane seines Vaters. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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This historical fantasy, written by the son of the well-known German novelist Thomas Mann, takes Alexander the Great for its subject, charting his life and career, and examining his obsession with conquest and supremacy, regardless of its effects on his friends and lovers. Written in 1920s Germany in the aftermath of World War I, this timeless story can also be viewed as a fascinating study of power with highly political connotations. Alexander is a captivating early work of historical fiction from a troubled and unjustly neglected writer. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)833.912Literature German literature and literatures of related languages German fiction Modern period (1900-) 1900-1990 1900-1945Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Anyway, for all that, this isn't a terrible book. If it was meant as a critique of absolute power, it's dyspeptic rather than tragic. (A somewhat embarrassing rendering.) I enjoyed it as a deterministic horror story of desire scorned. I'll never look at Clitus quite the same way again. ( )