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Lädt ... Lucinella (The Contemporary Art of the Novella) (1976. Auflage)von Lore Segal (Autor)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. 1976. I loved this book. It is about a group of writers, mostly poets, who move between Yaddo and New York and circle each other desperate for praise and recognition from each other. They are insecure and arrogant and snarky and empathetic in turns, and they puff themselves up for continual rounds of dinners and cocktail parties and symposiums on writing. The writing is detailed and precise, poetic, realist, but sometimes mythic or magical too. Lucinella has an affair with the God, Zeus after chatting with his wife Hera about all his affairs previous and what she did to the parties involved. So far I have read two of Segal's books and I am enchanted with her wit, her idiosyncratic details, her empathy, humanity and foibles. I picked up this novella because I loved two of Lore Segal's books that I read years ago, "Other People's Houses" and "Her First American," although I was less impressed by her recent collection of stories, "Shakespeare's Kitchen." " Lucinella" is completely unlike all of these. Loosely about a group of poets in the 1970s, it has very poetic language and is very funny in places and moving in others, but although it seems to be "realistic," it actually includes people and events that are magical. If I had to say what it was "about," I would say creativity, professional and personal jealousy and competitiveness, and love. I enjoyed it, I guess, and it is said to be a "cult classic," but I was really left scratching my head. Zeige 4 von 4 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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A brilliant and scathing look at the New York literary scene which was a sensational hit when first released and has remained a cult classic ever since. Fresh as ever, the witty and whimsical novella follows poet Lucinella in her adventures among the literati as she travels from Yaddo-like writers' colonies to the grit of the city, where writers are confronted with questions of how husbands, publishers and filing systems can boost their careers and get their lives in order. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Lucinella zal, getuige de lof van o.a. William Gass, vast vermakelijker zijn voor wie het wereldje (her)kent. Of voor wie de dichters (her)kent. Ik vermoed dat er ook heel wat verwijzingen naar Amerikaanse poëzie in te vinden zijn. ‘Intelligence turns me on’, ronkt de achterflap. Maar in Lucinella verveelt het ook wel eens. De lichtheid van een Luiselli miste ik. Maar dat ik aan Luiselli moest denken is ook wel wat waard. (Ik denk graag aan Luiselli.) ( )