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Sto caricando le informazioni... A Minute's Silence (2008)di Siegfried Lenz
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Forget Prince Albert, Stella is littered with English traces. There are whiffs of [b:The End of the Affair|29641|The End of the Affair|Graham Greene|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328010344s/29641.jpg|267229] and [b:The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie|517188|The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |Muriel Spark|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1307465236s/517188.jpg|6132856]. I'd like to conclude that Herr Lenz made this as an homage to his friend W.G. Sebald, another German steeped in English traditions. The plot is rather linear and self-evident. A teacher of English at a coastal German school has died. One of her students grieves and recalls their relationship, one more intimate than one would guess. The paragraphs are dynamic, switching from 1st person to second or third seamlessly. The student, Christian, lacks the wisdom to engage this chain of events. It is his innocence which gives the reader traction. Most of the narrative occurs at sea. Lenz shines in these sequences. Whereas his youthful character slips along with platitudes, the elements murmur eternally. Un verano caluroso en una pequeña ciudad del mar báltico hace muchos años. Cuando la profesora de inglés aparece ante los alumnos de bachillerato, todos se ponen en pie y saludan: "Good morning, mrs. Petersen". Nadie sabe que Stella Petersen y su alumno Christian se aman y, sin embargo, esta novela no trata de otra cosa: cómo nace este amor, cómo las palabras y los gestos, los encuentros casuales y los contactos se convierten en pasión, cómo la pasión se ve obligada a enfrentarse a la realidad, cómo Christian desea perpetuar su amor y cómo todo llega a su fin.
Siegfried Lenz hat diese Geschichte, seine "Schweigeminute", ruhig und souverän erzählt: ein Alterswerk, das trotz seines unaufgeregten Tons einen starken Sog erzeugt - selbst wenn manche Frage offenbleibt, vieles nur angedeutet wird. Vielleicht aber auch gerade deswegen. Appartiene alle Collane Editorialidtv (13823) Premi e riconoscimentiElenchi di rilievo
In a small town on the Baltic coast, in a community steeped in maritime industries and local mores, a teenager falls in love with his English professor. Christian looks older than his years, Stella younger than hers. The summer they spend together is filled with boat rides to Bird Island, secret walks on the beach, and furtive glances. The emotions that blossom between Christian and Stella are aflame with passion and innocence, and with an idealistic hope of a future. The two lovers manage to keep their mutual attraction concealed, but as the hot months comes to an end, their meetings become more difficult to conceal. Stella begins at the end, at Stella Petersen's memorial service, where Christian relives the memories he shared with his first love. There is nothing salacious about their relationship, nor is it just a case of a teenager's crush on his teacher. Their affair changes both Christian and Stella, allows them to expand their views, and pushes them out of social and familial constraints. Theirs is a tender love story of a time, and yet speaks to any time; it is actually through death that their love is transformed. The sparseness of Siegfried Lenz's narrative is reminiscent of the existential stringency of Ernest Hemingway. Only a master stylist of his standing could compose such a story that is equally modest and powerful, a work that leaves a lasting authentic impression, and that strives to comply with W.H. Auden's famous request, "Tell me the truth about love." Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Ein Sommer in einer Kleinstadt an der Ostsee irgendwann in den sechziger Jahren: Die Englischlehrerin Stella Petersen und ihr Schüler Christian sind ein Liebespaar - bis Stella bei einem Bootsunfall tödlich verunglückt. Während einer Gedenkfeier in der Aula blickt Christian zurück auf diese heimliche Liebesbeziehung, die nur einen Sommer dauerte, ihn aber für sein ganzes Leben verändert.
»Wir haben ... Siegfried Lenz für ein poetisches Buch zu danken. Vielleicht ist es sein schönstes.« Marcel Reich-Ranicki