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Ladataan... The Roar of Morning (1988)Tekijä: Tip Marugg
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. This is a little novel that isn't especially about history or geopolitics or any of the big external topics, and it doesn't really even go in for extended narrative, but has everything to do with the pleasure of finding the right words and images to communicate the way the author experiences the world. De morgen loeit weer aan appeared more than twenty years after Marugg's previous novel, and by all accounts it would have been even longer if a friend hadn't taken the initiative of stealing the manuscript and taking it off to be typed against his will. It's a largely autobiographical account of a reclusive elderly man living alone with his four dogs in a quiet corner of the island. He spends a lot of time sitting on his stoep enjoying the sounds and smells of the tropical night in the company of "Dutch and Scottish barley products". Using closely-observed descriptions of real experiences (mostly from childhood) and a couple of allegorical dream sequences as illustrations, he tells us about the rewards of looking in detail at the world of nature, and through that leads us into a discussion of death and evil as he sees them from an atheist/humanist perspective. Whilst it's not exactly a cheerful book, I found myself drawn in by Marugg's very particular narrative voice, with its odd mixture of ironic detachment and close involvement with the subject in hand. I'm glad I read it, and I think it is likely to be a book I come back to in the future. Tip Marrugg lived on Curaçao off the coast of Venezuela, and this short book gives a good dreamy impression of the geology, mix of cultures, traditions and environment of the island. This is not particularly linked well with any narrative, as the narrator has flashbacks to his youth, but leaves the reader with an impression of the interconnectedness of the people and stories of the region. Good in patches, but a little loose ins tructure for my liking. näyttää 4/4 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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A new publication of a masterwork of Dutch Caribbean literature by Tip Marugg, "the hermit of Curaçao" "Tip" Marugg's The Roar of Morning has been widely praised as an intensely personal, often dreamlike literary masterpiece that balances Caribbean mysticism with the magical realism of Latin American fiction while reflecting the Calvinist sensibilities of the region's Dutch colonial past. The story begins on a tropical Antilles night. A man drinks and awaits the coming dawn with his dogs, thinking he might well commit suicide in "the roar of morning." While contemplating his possible end, the events of his life on Curaçao and on mainland Venezuela come rushing back to him. Some memories are recent, others distant; all are tormented by the politics of a colonialist "gone native." He recalls sickness and sexual awakening as well as personal encounters with the extraordinary and unexplained. As the day breaks, he has an apocalyptic vision of a great fire engulfing the entire South American continent. The countdown to Armageddon has begun, in a brilliantly dissolute narrative akin to Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano and the writings of Charles Bukowski. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Rich descriptions of people, nature create a vivid portrait of the wilderness on the island. ( )