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The Sea.,

von: John Banville

The Sea.
Bindung: Taschenbuch
EAN: 9780330442732
ISBN: 0330442732
Label: Picador
Hersteller: Picador
Anzahl Seiten: 263
Erscheinungsdatum: März 03, 2006
Herausgeber: Picador
Studio: Picador

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Produktbeschreibung:

From Amazon.co.uk Review:
Incandescent prose. Beautifully textured characterisation. Transparent narratives. The adjectives to describe the writing of John Banville are all affirmative, and The Sea is a ringing affirmation of all his best qualities. His publishers are claiming that this novel by the Booker-shortlisted author is his finest yet, and while that claim may have an element of hyperbole, there is no denying that this perfectly balanced book is among the writer's most accomplished work.

Max Morden has reached a crossroads in his life, and is trying hard to deal with several disturbing things. A recent loss is still taking its toll on him, and a trauma in his past is similarly proving hard to deal with. He decides that he will return to a town on the coast at which he spent a memorable holiday when a boy. His memory of that time devolves on the charismatic Grace family, particularly the seductive twins Myles and Chloe. In a very short time, Max found himself drawn into a strange relationship with them, and pursuant events left their mark on him for the rest of his life. But will he be able to exorcise those memories of the past?

The fashion in which John Banville draws the reader into this hypnotic and disturbing world is non pareil, and the very complex relationships between his brilliantly delineated cast of characters are orchestrated with a master's skill. As in such books as Shroud and The Book of Evidence, the author eschews the obvious at all times, and the narrative is delivered with subtlety and understatement. The genuine moments of drama, when they do occur, are commensurately more powerful. --Barry Forshaw




Bewertung: - Überzeugen auf allen Ebenen
Diese vielschichtig deutbare Erzählung Banvilles ist eine Abhandlung über Vergangenheit und dessen Auswirkungen auf die Gegenwart. Der Monolog-Stil des Erzählers führt dabei durch verschiedenste Zeit- und Wahrnehmungsebenen. Die Handlung an sich ist eher beschränkt, der Roman besticht vielmehr durch die gemäldeartige Schilderung von Erlebtem und Gesehenem. Trotz hohen Ansprüchen insbesondere die Wortwahl bestreffend wirkt diese Lektüre nie zäh oder aufdringlich gekünstelt. Die vermittelte Stimmung passt perfekt zu den bevorstehenden Herbsttagen. Deshalb eine unbedingte Kaufempfehlung. Man wird das Buch sicherlich mehrmals zu Hand nehmen.
So tiefgründig wie die sowohl metaphorische als auch real existierende See.

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Bewertung: - Wenig überzeugender Booker Prize Winner
Mir hat das Buch nicht wirklich gefallen. Ich fand es langweilig und sprachlich nicht so überzeugend, wie ich das erwartet hatte. Enttäuschend!

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Bewertung: - "Eclipse Revisited"
Dies ist nur eine kurze Rezension. Inhalt siehe Werbetext. Meiner Meinung nach hat Banville deutlich bessere Bücher geschrieben. Für "The Sea" den Man-Booker zu bekommen hat für mich eher etwas von Gesamtwürdigung.
Ich habe selten ein Buch gelesen, bei dem ich so oft so schnell ermüded bin. Thematisch gibt es nicht viel her; "The Sea" ist, wie bereits festgestellt wurde, lediglich eine Reprise des Romans "Eclipse", der deutlich stärker geriet. Die Sprache ist Banville-typisch teilweise lyrisch; immer öfter aber verliert Banville sich in unnötigem Manierismus und wirkt dann nur noch tönernd bramabasierend. Damit könnte man unter Umständen noch leben, wären da nicht zwei weitere essentielle Makel: Das Fehlen jedweder Raffinesse in Aufbau, Struktur und Plotting sowie der Mangel an intellektuellen Stimuli. Nirgends fordert der Roman ( wenn man vom Durchhaltevermögen absieht), nirgendwo wird ein Weiterdenken initiert oder ein Einhalten nötig. Gerade in diesem Punkt unterscheidet ... weiter

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Bewertung: - Drifting among Dimensions of Reality and Thought
The Sea will either delight or aggravate you. Some may experience both reactions.

The delight will come from finding a surprising word choice or unexpected detail on almost every page, the unusual development of the plot and the rapid shifts between thought, memory, perception, desire, musing and reflection. For some, the fresh descriptions of male sexual awakening will also be sweet.

The aggravation will come from realizing that the story could have been told more directly. You will also feel yourself being manipulated quite often. The word choices could have been more direct. The surprises on each page become almost mechanical after awhile. Deal with the aggravation is my advice. Otherwise, you'll miss the chance to see how often you jump to unwarranted conclusions. Reading this novel is like holding up a mirror to see your mind's perceptions and prejudices.

You won't realize much of the book's power until you're done. If you are like me, you'll immediately ... weiter

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Bewertung: - Das Good
Middle aged Irishman Max Morden mourns deeply the loss of his wife Anna. Needing to escape the overwhelming memories and though fifty years have passed since he has been there, Max retreats to the Cedars, a house that was the summer home of the Graces, who strongly influenced him when he was a child. He takes a room there hiding from his normal now dispirited life. --- Max thinks back to that summer when the affluent Graces vacationed at the Cedars. They "adopted" him as their personal waif for those glorious months. Though the parents, the authoritative father and the real family ruler the mother treated him nicely, the twin daughters Chloe and Myles were his connection. He compares that time with the lingering illness until death do us part of his spouse and his daughter Claire. Worried about her dad, Claire tries to help Max overcome his depression but he wants to sink deeper into the past when death was something adults dealt with and youngsters like him blithely played all day without a care in ... weiter

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