Julius Winsome
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- 7,99 €
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- 7,99 €
Publisher Description
Julius Winsome, ki sam s psom živi v odročni koči sredi gozda, spominja na pusto zimsko pokrajino okrog sebe: odmaknjeno, izpraznjeno, zagonetno. Ko lovci ubijejo njegovega psa Hobbesa, z neprevidnostjo – ali morda brezsrčnostjo? – nesluteno razburkajo Juliusovo nestalno nrav. Izguba ga odpahne v samost, ki se potlej preobrazi v otožje, maščevalnost in (nekoč) nasilje.
Navidez suh jezik mojstrsko (iz)pisanega romana strga z grenkega dna. Pisateljeva nit previdno podrhteva – mikavno čudaška senzibilnost in le težko oprijemljiva sestavina vznemirjene duševnosti gradita dih jemajočo atmosfero. Mojstrsko (iz)pisan roman z dih jemajočo atmosfero ponuja nepozaben bralski užitek.
Gerard Donovan (1959) je ugleden pesnik, pisatelj in fotograf, rojen na Irskem. Še preden je utrdil romanopisni korak, je podpisal trojico pesniških zbirk. Sledeči pisateljski krst (Schopenhauer's Telescope, 2003) je izzval mogočen kritiški aplavz, ki ga je okronala nominacija za Bookerjevo nagrado. S tretjim zapovrstnim romanom (Julius Winsome, 2006) je potrdil svoj sloves.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Donovan's poetic, well-crafted third novel, like his debut, Schopenhauer's Telescope, shows how violence can infect and take over a person's life. Julius Winsome has retreated with his old dog, Hobbes, to a remote family cabin in the northern Maine woods. "Many men live in these woods who cannot live anywhere else," he tells us. "They live alone and are tuned close to any offense you might give them." Winsome has some physical skills (he's an excellent shot with his grandfather's WWI Enfield rifle), but mostly he spends the long winters reading from his father's library of 3,282 classic books neatly arranged around the cabin walls. Only once did a chance for love and companionship brush him; it will return to haunt him as his frightening and touching story unfolds. Winsome's descent into anger, sadness, perhaps madness, begins when a deer hunter deliberately kills Hobbes. From that moment, Winsome's need for revenge grows rapidly and irrationally. Readers will sympathize with him every step of the way.
