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Cargando... Zomer te Ter-Muren (1956)por Louis Paul Boon
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Ik heb de beide boeken over De Kapellekensbaan twee keer gelezen en vond twee keer Zomer te Ter-Muren nog inniger droevig, nog melancholischer en dus nog mooier dan het eerste boek. ( ) Zomer te Ter-Muren is het tweede boek over De Kapellekensbaan, het vervolg op het verhaal van Ondine en Oscarke. Nog melancholischer van toon, en nog mooier. "Deze wereld is een krankzinnige wereld aan het worden, meneerke brys... een wereld die het fascisme overwonnen heeft, en nu fascistischer dan ooit aan het worden is. Want het is werkelijk waar, dat er spoken knagen achter het behang: hitler is dood, en de wereld die met hem heeft doodgedaan wordt nu hitleriaans - zo gaat dat met de wereld, meneerke brys... nadat christus aan het kruis gehangen werd is de wereld onder het teken van het christelijk kruis gaan staan... nadat hitler en mussolini werden verscheurd, begint de wereld fascistisch te worden." The sequel to Boon's 'Chapel Road' this much longer novel continues the story of Ondine and her husband Oscarke, Ondine's father Vapeur and brother Valeer living in the microscosm world of Termuren or Chapel Road--continuing to explore the impact of socialism after its birth in the previous book and to explore the exploitation by the rich of the poor. That is one level--at the other end of the spectrum the book moves along in a present staggering chapters from the past fictional life of the aforementioned with chapters from the present day life of Boon and the people he associates with--mostly intellectuals or would be ones who have (some of them anyway) found themselves on the margins of society. These friends of Boon's spend much time commenting on Boon's novel as he's writing it--offering criticism and advice often wondering why he is so negative. Implicit in the novel is a critique of an established social and Catholic order akin to a fascist and hypocritical mindset set on explointing everyone and everything for its own enrichment--and best represented by Ondine. Also implicit is a critique of the failure of socialism to change society for the better--particulary in its own advocates who for the most part are all too often more than willing to sell out their ideals for their own personal ambitions and power. As Ondine grows into middle age she continues in her manipulative ways. Oscarke for his part is growing away from her and towards socialism--this timid unhappy man desperate for love letting his eyes and mind stray to much younger women and girls. The family continues to grow with Ondine giving birth to several children including Mariette an almost carbon copy of herself who she has no control over. World War I comes and its German occupation. The rich collaborate and paint themsevles as resisters afterwards--they can afford to put up statues of themselves chronicling their great deeds against the occupier. Life resumes and a newer age of automobiles and radios. The things to have--to have status or the things you can not do without to put it another way. Ondine is the one that feels this not having of things most keenly. Her husband finds solace wherever else he can--mostly with other women. Like 'Chapel Road' this book is not all that easy to describe. There are not fine plot lines here. Life is chaotic and this although fiction is more an example of what life is than your more generic work of carefully constructed fiction. Having said all that though Boon is a wonderful writer but very much of a curmudgeon though the sarcasm and satire that flows through this makes it also at times a laugh out loud funny book. These people are all bent on their own ambitions and are dangerous to each others. They continually (almost unconsciously) wreck each others chances at happiness--should mention that what strikes each and every one of them as happiness is often something truly grotesque. Anyway for those interested read 'Chapel Road' first as it's the first part--about half as long and IMO a little bit better but this is also very much worth reading too.
Between the electrodes of humor and doubt flows the current of satire. One of literature’s more perishable devices, this setup usually fizzles when the object of mockery sheds its markings or seeps into banality. But what if the satirist directed his energies inward as well as outward? What if, as befits one schooled in the tenets of modernism, one placed the accent on the delivery rather than the punch line? Contenido enTiene como guía/complementario de referencia aTiene como estudio a
This, the author writes, is "the novel of the indiviual in a world of barbarians." It is the story of Ondine and Oscarke, a young married couple adrift in a Belgian landscape that is darkening under the spread of industry and World War I. Ondine, who "came to serve god and live," finds that she must "serve the gentlemen" instead. Oscarke, an aspiring sculptor, finds himself unsuccessfully scouring Brussels for work and, when he is finally hired, too tired to make his own art. They grow old and their four children grow up as "technology and mechanization, unemployment, fascism, and war" take over around them. War destroys their attempts to establish a better life, which they seek continually and against all odds. And the chapters about these characters, some of whom first appeared in Chapel Road, alternate with chapters about Boon himself, who describes the impossibility of modern life and the destruction of war. As this wide-ranging novel progresses, the author's struggles--both with writing and with his own life--come more and more to resemble those of his characters. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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