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Lädt ... The World to Come: A Novel (Original 2006; 2006. Auflage)von Dara Horn
Werk-InformationenDie kommende Welt von Dara Horn (2006)
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Horn's second novel tells a multi-generational story of a Russian Jewish immigrant family in the US, weaving between various time periods and centering on each of three consecutive generations. It centers on the third generation in the present, Benjamin Ziskind and his twin sister Sara, starting with Benjamin spotting a painting by Chagall that was once owned by his family and promptly stealing it from the museum. The book ends oddly, as did Horn's first novel, with a dreamy description of Sara's son in his pre-birth period, following an apparent talmudic or midrashic fable and learning about the world before birth, before he heads to the real world. Horn is a beautiful writer, and there are paragraphs in here that make the reader cry. I found much of the story depressing- the world to come might be great, but the world of the Ziskinds is no great shakes. And I'm not thrilled with the ending. I've now read four of her novels in quick succession, and I have to say that they get better as she goes- this is worth reading for sure, but later novels are better. Ben steals a small painting from a museum because it looks like the one his parents had in his childhood home. We follow the story of how the painting came into being and how Ben's mother Rosalie got it and why she sold it. Chagall had a colleague at a boy's orphanage where he was teaching and where Ben's grandfather was after the pogroms who stuffed his Yiddish stories into Chagall's frames. Rosalie found them later as an adult and published them as English children's stories--plagiarism or the survival of cultural heritage. The final chapter covers the pre-birth of Ben's nephew, as a "not-yet" child. Reminiscent of The Goldfinch. A non-linear plot, which makes it hard to follow. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Rez.: Ben Ziskind, ein seltsamer Pechvogel, einst Wunderkind, heute mit dem Verfassen von Quizfragen beschäftigt, frisch geschieden und immer noch vom Kummer um seine verstorbene Mutter verfolgt, besucht eine Chagall-Ausstellung im New Yorker jüdischen Museum und entdeckt ein Bild, das im Besitz seiner Familie gewesen sein mußte. Er nimmt das Werk an sich, seine Zwillingsschwester sorgt mit einer gelungenen Fälschung für Ersatz im Museum. Während sich der Roman um das kleine Gemälde dreht, wird der Leser auf kunstvolle Weise in die Geschichte der Ziskinds hineingezogen, die mit den Judenpogromen in Rußland einsetzt. Die Ziskinds sind Menschen, die den Kontrast zwischen Idee und Wirklichkeit in der brutalen Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts erfahren, die aber mit ihrem Witz, ihrer Kreativität und ihrer familiären Einmaligkeit einen unverlierbaren Schatz in sich tragen. Ein Roman zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit, vergangener und kommender Welt, vielschichtig und vieldeutig (vgl. Horns "Ausgelöscht sei der Tag": BA 1/03). (Helga Glaas) Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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The narrative is creative, weaving in ideas about life after death, creation of tombs, and even including several characters’ experiences in the womb. I found the first three-quarters particularly enjoyable. Toward the end, it veers off in a different direction. The ending….well, let’s just say it is most likely symbolic (or at least that is the way I interpreted it). Themes include love, loss, trust, cultural trauma, perseverance, storytelling, afterlife, and anti-Semitism. I liked the complex mix of elements, and I enjoyed the creativity, but found it difficult to maintain the same level of engagement toward the end. I think it would serve as an excellent selection for discussion in a book group or a subject for analysis in a literature class. ( )