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Lädt ... The Last Will and Testament of Senhor da Silva Araujo (Original 1991; 2004. Auflage)von Germano Almeida (Autor), Sylvia Glaser (Autor), Sheila Glaser (Übersetzer)
Werk-InformationenDas Testament des Herrn Napumoceno: Roman (Unionsverlag Taschenbücher) (German Edition) von Germano Almeida (1991)
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Published in 2004 by New Directions, this is a short novel that seems slight at first but becomes unexpectedly affecting before the end. One of the few works of literature available from the African archipelago of Cape Verde, it tells the story of a local businessman backwards: beginning with his death. Bemerkenswerte Listen
Everyone in Cape Verde knows Senor da Silva. Successful entrepreneur, owner of the island's first automobile, a most serious, upright, and self-made businessman, Senor da Silva is the local success story. Born an orphan, he never married, he never splurged--one good suit was good enough for him--and he never wandered from the straight and narrow. Or so everyone thought. But when Senor da Silva's 387-page Last Will and Testament is read aloud--a marathon task on a hot afternoon which exhausts reader after reader--there's eye-opening news, and not just for the smug nephew so certain of inheriting all Senor da Silva's property. With his will, Senor da Silva leaves a memoir that is a touching web of elaborate self-deceptions. He desired so ardently to prosper, to be taken seriously, to join (perhaps, if they'll have him) the exclusive Gremio country club, and, most of all, to be a good man. And yet, shady deals, twists of fate, an illegitimate child: such is the lot of poor, self-critical Senor da Silva. A bit like Calvino's Mr. Palomar in his attention to protocol and in his terror of life's passions; a bit like Calvino's Mr. Palomar in his attention to protocol and in his terror of life's passions; a bit like Svevo's Zeno (a little pompous, a little old-fashioned, and often hapless), Senor da Silva moves along a deliciously blurry line between farce and tragedy: a self-important buffoon becomes a fully human, even tragic, figure in the arc of this hilarious and touching novel - translated into Spanish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, and now, at last, English. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)869.342Literature Spanish and Portuguese Portuguese Portuguese fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:![]()
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Almeida hat einen humorvollen Lebensrückblick geschaffen. Jedes Thema ergibt das nächste und so lernt der Leser den Testator Napumoceno nach und nach genauer kennen. Obwohl Napumocenos Testament Ausgangspunkt des Romans ist, handelt es sich um eine auktoriale Erzählung, die ausschweifend und bildhaft auf die kapverdischen Inseln Mitte des letzten Jahrhunderts versetzt. (