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Max Blecher (1909–1938)

Autor de Adventures In Immediate Irreality

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Nombre canónico
Blecher, Max
Nombre legal
Blecher, Max
Fecha de nacimiento
1909-09-08
Fecha de fallecimiento
1938-05-31
Género
male
Nacionalidad
Romania
Lugar de nacimiento
Botosani, Romania
Lugar de fallecimiento
Roman, Romania
Causa de fallecimiento
spinal tuberculosis (Pott's disease)

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The Enlightened Cave: A Sanatorium Diary
Review of the Loomingu Raamatukogu estonian language edition (2020) translated from the Romanian language original "Vizuina luminată" (Enlightened Cave) (1971/2009)
From the golden age of the interwar years of Romanian literature, the Estonian reader will now receive Max Blecher's posthumously published “The Enlightened Cave. A Sanatorium Diary”. Blecher's medical studies in Paris were interrupted by spinal tuberculosis, and he spent almost a third of his short life in various sanatoriums. Although he was in an immobile body, he had a moving and searching spirit. Aside from Blecher's interest in philosophy and music, he wrote both poetry and prose.
In the work, the author describes what he has seen, heard and experienced in dreams and in the real world, so that the gloomy reality of the sanatorium alternates with the surreal spectacles of dreams and existential reflections. - translation of the Estonian language synopsis.

Blecher's debut novel, Adventures in Immediate Irreality (Juntâmplari în irealitatea imediată, 1936), depicts the escape from everyday life by an extraordinarily sensitive, but sick, young man. According to the author himself, the themes of the first novel are the panopticon, the cinema and autumn.
The next novel, Scarred Hearts (Inimi cicatrizate, 1937), tells the story of the beginning of Blecher's illness, although, unlike the others, it is written in the third person. The work paints pictures of sanatorium life, the operating rooms, but also love between the patients.
The final. posthumously published, novel, The Enlightened Cave (Vizuina luminată, 1971), published by Blecher's friend Saşa Pană, also continues the theme of disease. The author has called the "Enlightened Cave" a sanatorium diary, yet it is not a diary in the ordinary sense of the word. The events are not presented in chronological order. Reflections, dreams and fantasies are embedded in the fabric of the novel. Humorous aspects are drawn between the disease itself and the rather sinister descriptions of treatments.
In fact, Blecher's three novels can be seen as three different parts of one larger work. The central themes of the works are suffering and its overcoming, in the gloomy reality of sanatoriums. Illness creates a sense of unreality and it also changes the sense of reality. Blecher is also plagued by the problem of the present, of time, and of disappearance, and the erotic pains of a young man are strong. The line between reality and untruth is thin. Blecher's prose is characterized by long, tense, complex sentences that do not allow for easy interpretation.
- a translation of an excerpt from the Estonian language Afterword by translator Riina Jesmin.


Trivia and Links
The Loomingu Raamatukogu (The Creation Library) is a modestly priced Estonian literary journal which initially published weekly (from 1957 to 1994) and which now publishes 40 issues a year as of 1995. It is a great source for discovery as its relatively cheap prices (currently 3 to 5€ per issue) allow for access to a multitude of international writers in Estonian translation and of shorter works by Estonian authors themselves. These include poetry, theatre, essays, short stories, novellas and novels (the lengthier works are usually parcelled out over several issues).

For a complete listing of all works issued to date by Loomingu Raamatukogu see Estonian Wikipedia at: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loomingu_Raamatukogus_ilmunud_teoste_loend_aastak%...
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alanteder | Oct 11, 2020 |
Blecher als bedlegerige Pt. tijdens zijn hallucinante verblijf in het sanatorium. klinkt wanhopig maar toch een kleine romance bij zijn uitstapjes, liggend in een soort bed-koets. Onthutsend verhaal dat hij met een terughoudendheid en eerder ingetogen neerschrijft. Blijkbaar was het werk onvoltooid
 
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gielen.tejo | Sep 10, 2020 |
Erg Moeilijke literatuur vanwege een Existentieel surreëel schrijven. Veel abstracte beeldvorming met stereoscopische beelden die dan convergeren zodat 'ik' mijn eigen identiteit weervind...
Erg traag lezen, overdenken én meermaals lezen.
 
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gielen.tejo | 5 reseñas más. | Sep 10, 2020 |
Imagine if someone told you their dreams, and it was not excruciating.
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