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Available
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Collection
Publication
Grove Press (1998), Edition: 1st American ed, Paperback, 144 pages
Description
A wealthy and renowned author in his late middle fifties becomes obsessed with a young film star. One afternoon a series of irritants force him to confront a long and dormant truth about his nature. Published to coincide with the film's UK release.
Media reviews
Ungewollt komisch wirkt die Qual des Protagonisten "in jenen Momenten, in denen ich darum rang, meiner eigenen Sprache Gestalt zu geben". Fast scheint es so, als ringe nicht nur der Erzähler, sondern auch der Autor um Worte. Nur zuweilen finden sich gelungene Passagen, wenn etwa London beschrieben
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wird, dort wo "die Straße an Fahrt gewinnt, wie ein Strom, der sich alsbald reißend in das Meer der tiefer liegenden Metropole ergießt." Ansonsten droht der Leser in Metaphern zu ertrinken. Schiefe Bilder wie das vom "Schneeball, von dem sozusagen alles Fett weggeschnitten worden war", verderben den sprachlichen Genuß der Lektüre. Show Less
User reviews
LibraryThing member EdwardC
Adair is easily the one author I know of that the rest of the world has not discovered he has written several deeply complex and literate novels. Don't judge the book by the sloppy movie with Jason Priestly and John Hurt.
Language
Original publication date
1990
Physical description
144 p.; 8.35 inches
ISBN
0802135927 / 9780802135926
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