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Half blood blues von Esi Edugyan
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Half blood blues (Original 2011; 2011. Auflage)

von Esi Edugyan

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The aftermath of the fall of Paris, 1940. Hieronymous Falk, a rising star on the cabaret scene, was arrested in a cafe and never heard from again. He was twenty years old. He was a German citizen. And he was black. Fifty years later, Sid, Hiero's bandmate and the only witness that day, is going back to Berlin. Persuaded by his old friend Chip, Sid discovers there's more to the journey than he thought.… (mehr)
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Titel:Half blood blues
Autoren:Esi Edugyan
Info:London : Serpent's Tail, 2011.
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Half Blood Blues von Esi Edugyan (2011)

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    Jazztime: Roman von Roddy Doyle (bsiemens)
    bsiemens: Taken at face value, both books are about the jazz subculture during the early 20th century: 'Half Blood Blues' is set in France during the 1930s & 'Oh, Play That Thing' is set in America during the 1920s. The writing style is also quite similar.
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    Buddy Boldens Blues von Michael Ondaatje (ShelfMonkey)
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    Hitler's Black Victims: The Historical Experiences of European Blacks, Africans, and African Americans During the Nazi Era von Clarence Lusane (goddesspt2)
    goddesspt2: Non-fiction work to complement Edugyan's novel
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Racism
  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
Questo romanzo ha attratto la mia attenzione perché racconta una parte della storia della Germania nazista meno conosciuta ed esplorata: la guerra alle cosiddette arti degenerate, tra le quali il jazz, e la condizione delle persone nere, finite anch’esse nei campi di concentramento.

Lo trovo un libro appropriato alla Giornata internazionale del rifugiato, visto che racconta di quanto possa essere terrificante stare in un Paese senza documenti, con al potere un regime che ti è ostile e con la paura costante di essere arrestato e di fare una brutta fine, senza che nessunə finisca per sapere più nulla di te.

Il romanzo è diviso in sei parti, ambientate alternativamente nel 1939/1940 e nel 1992 e racconta la storia di un gruppo jazz dal punto di vista di Sid, forse il suo membro meno talentuoso. Si tratta di una storia dolorosa e proprio per questo sono rimasta spiacevolmente colpita dal fatto che non mi abbia trasmesso granché.

Penso che il problema sia risieda nel fatto che Edugyan abbia mancato il centro del bersaglio nel tentativo di colpirne più di uno con una sola freccetta. Ci sono un sacco di temi, infatti, dai cosiddetti “bastardi di Renania” al jazz, dalla disumanizzazione alla violenza istituzionalizzata, ma nessuno di questi occupa abbastanza spazio da avere la forza di colpire duro chi legge.

Ci sono delle parti interessanti, ma gran parte del romanzo mi è sembrato poco incisivo: ciò non lo rende brutto, ma lo fa rientrare in quelle lettura tranquille senza infamia e senza lode. ( )
  lasiepedimore | Jan 11, 2024 |
I had an awful time getting through the dialogue. Someone else has referred to it as "contrived" and I have to agree. Very good story, but very difficult to immerse oneself into because of it. ( )
  GordCampbell | Dec 20, 2023 |
At the very beginning of World War Two in Berlin and Paris, Sid Griffiths and his friends are a jazz band trying to make it. They manage to record one song, "Half-Blood Blues", but their trumpeter was taken by the Nazis and put into a concentration camp. Fifty years later in 1992, someone releases a documentary of that trumpeter, Hieronymous Falk, and Sid reflects on the events that led up to that fateful night.

The book spends most of the time in the past, revealing the memories of an old man living with regrets. As a young man, music was the most important thing to Sid, and he lovingly details their sound and passion. Their group is made up of a couple of white Germans, Hiero is mixed-race but dark, Chip was Black American, and Sid himself is mixed-race and light enough to pass for white, which allows the author to explore the differences in their experiences under Nazi Germany. There are some historical details about the jazz scene at the time and one appearance by a real person; I would have liked to see an author's note detailing some of what's known about Black and mixed-race folks' experiences during World War 2 and concentration camps. The story gets bogged down a little with Sid's feeling sorry for himself, and the ending was abrupt, but overall I am glad I read it. ( )
  bell7 | Jul 19, 2023 |
Once I had adjusted to the voice of the narrator, I really enjoyed this story. It provided a fresh perspective for me on another aspect of the impact of World War II. ( )
  HelenBaker | May 1, 2023 |
Though Half-Blood Blues may generally have been overrated by critics, it delivers an undeniably potent, soul-searching examination of friendship and trust. This may be a novel about beautiful music in an ugly and terrifying place, all those mellifluous strands of jazz amid the jingoism and cacophony of Nazism. But major historical and literary themes of the 20th century weave through too—racism and the plight of the outsider. The book also probes timeless and universal dilemmas: Should one invest in the notion that art can transcend socially constructed barriers? Should friendship be manipulated or even sacrificed on the altar of professional ambition?
hinzugefügt von geocroc | bearbeitenPaste Magazine, Rayyan Al-Shawaf (May 15, 2012)
 
Though "Half-Blood Blues" is a jazz book, its greatest strength lies more in the rhythms of its conversations and Griffiths' pitch-perfect voice than in any musical exchanges. ...[H]is dazed account of a band of weary survivors coalescing around Hiero's "Half-Blood Blues" is intoxicating enough to send you crate-digging through a record store's back room for anything like it.
hinzugefügt von geocroc | bearbeitenLos Angeles Times, Chris Barton (Mar 4, 2012)
 
The novel is truly extraordinary in its evocation of time and place, its shimmering jazz vernacular, its pitch-perfect male banter and its period slang. Edugyan never stumbles with her storytelling, not over one sentence. The few weaknesses in the plot, such as they are, simply don't matter.
hinzugefügt von geocroc | bearbeitenThe Independent, Arifa Akbar (Sep 9, 2011)
 
What could have been a great Afro-German story has been sidelined..Despite the book's blurb tantalising us with promises of a black German experience, this novel is really about Sid and his version of events that led up to Hiero's arrest. It's also about his strained relationship with Chip. But as black jazz musicians they are already a familiar motif in American culture, and there's a touch of central casting about their portrayal. And while Sid's slangy vernacular is often charismatic, elsewhere the novel is problematic. It's hard to accept that both men would have chosen to live under the tyrannical regime of the Third Reich....
hinzugefügt von geocroc | bearbeitenThe Guardian, Bernardine Evaristo (Jun 24, 2011)
 
Much of the power of this unforgettable novel comes from the way its racial themes echo. It is very difficult to perceive and articulate the twisted skein of emotion that is black experience – and yet that is just what Edugyan manages to do with this brilliantly conceived, gorgeously executed novel. It's a work that promises to lead black literature in a whole new direction.
 

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The aftermath of the fall of Paris, 1940. Hieronymous Falk, a rising star on the cabaret scene, was arrested in a cafe and never heard from again. He was twenty years old. He was a German citizen. And he was black. Fifty years later, Sid, Hiero's bandmate and the only witness that day, is going back to Berlin. Persuaded by his old friend Chip, Sid discovers there's more to the journey than he thought.

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