- Taschenbuch: 347 Seiten
- Verlag: Avalon Travel Publishing; Auflage: Reissue (Juli 1988)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0871131994
- ISBN-13: 978-0871131997
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,9 x 13,7 x 2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.4 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (28 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 897.184 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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A new edition of Donleavy's comic classic.
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Sebastian Dangerfield leaves his family in Dublin and journeys to London for a life of leisure and vice.
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Quite simply, one of the five funniest books of all time, I rate this alongside Confederacy of Dunces, Catch-22, Bombardiers, and Vonnegut's best work. It tells the story of an usually drunken American, Sebastian Dangerfield, studying at Trinity College, Dublin, and his trials and tribulations of him, his wife and friends, colleagues, and fellow drinkers. Written in 1965 and hailed as "A triumph of comic writing..." by The New Yorker it is crying-out-loud funny. The scene where Sebastian tries to buy condoms in 1960s Ireland is alone worth the price of the book. Friends raved about this for years, and I'm still kicking myself for waiting this long to read it. The best story I've ever seen about contemporary man trying to find pleasure in life without working in any sense of the word. I am more apt to give comedies a one, but this is definitely a ten
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The Ginger Man definitely fits the category of comedy in the classical sense, with the main character beginning in dire straits and ending with an uncertain but optimistic future. Uncertain here is a key word, because Dangerfield only thrives in uncertain, chaotic circumstances. When he is able to contemplate, he usually tends toward melancholy. This melancholy provides some of the novel's best writing, but is a mood the hero escapes whenever possible, by getting drunk or otherwise stirring things up. It is in this latter mood that the most hilarious episodes occur, but there is entertaining wordplay as well in the most casual observations. Dangerfield has no ambition, only dreams. Real life can only sporadically supply what he requires, so he is constantly moving from one uncertainty to the next. He experiences rare moments of true joy; boisterous camaraderie, sanctuary after a violent episode, forgetfulness in a woman's arms (to put it in a cliched form quite at odds with the tone of the book itself), an occasional epiphany of the poetry of Ireland that led him there in the first place. He reacts with violence to violations of his sovereign right to do what he pleases, or when he feels personally slighted - there is a feeling that he considers himself a keeper of the flame, with a necessary cross to bear in order to tend it, which sometimes manifests itself as an elitist belief in his own righteous passion, at other times as base snobbery, or again as maudlin self-pity. This is one of the endearing aspects of his character. The women in his life generally want something from him that he is unable and unwilling to provide; constancy. The men he relates to don't demand this, so many of the best moments in this book and in Dangerfield's life consist of banter with these men wherein his wit is revealed and distant vistas of unconquered territory momentarily glisten. In these conversations the commodities he provides become clear - raw energy and the feeling that one can act on his impulses and realize his dreams. His saving grace from a reader's point of view is his being true to his own inconstant, selfish self. He's his worst enemy, and woe to those who are attracted to him - but many are.
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I think this book breaks just about every rule in the book. Treating grammer and convention with superb disregard, the frantic narrative continues to shock you and keep you 'on your toes'. At the beginning I assumed Dangerfield was being presented as the hero of the book, only to witness him punching his wife and threatening his child a few chapters later. He is almost an anti-hero.
The book is at once sad, optimistic, violent and serene. Most of all though, it is entirely memorable. Go in with an open mind and you will realise why it has been so consistently praised.
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Not Exactly a Waste of Time, But Pretty Close
Here we have what has been billed as a comic masterpiece that by my standards just doesn't seem funny. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 17. Juli 2000 von Bernard M. Patten
Not funny at all
Critics quoted on the back of this book called it a comedy. But I saw nothing funny about the scenes where he mistreats his wife and child or any of the other people in his life. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 10. Juni 2000 von Nat Yancey
What WAS so great about it?
Let's just say I finished the book only to find out what happens to the character. I was sorely disappointed. Where was the development of the character? Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. Mai 2000 veröffentlicht
Unpleasant, uninteresting and unfunny
I found this book to be a complete waste of my time. I didn't laugh, I didn't cry - I just didn't care about whatever it was the author was trying to convey. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 16. März 2000 von Laura McCarten
Not Funny At All
Great art? I guess. I'll take the serious critics' word. Art need not be pretty? I can accept that. Lusty? Sure enough, but there are many lustier tales around. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Februar 2000 von Gordon Totty
Rolling with the punches, laughing at the devil
Donleavy's main character is the type of Teflon-coated ruffian that we all sometimes wish that we could be. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. November 1999 von Michael J. O'Brien
I loved it so much, I always have spare copies for friends
The Ginger Man is a funny and amazing book. Rush and read it
Veröffentlicht am 19. Oktober 1999 von Eyal Sassoon
A True Creation
CAUTION: This book is not for everyone (ie--if you expect your reading to provide a strong moral and ethical paradigm, might as well skip this book). Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. September 1999 von Jason Baer
Very entertaining
This is a funny book, and it is oddly sad and poetic too. Memorable
Am 13. August 1999 veröffentlicht
Mine's a pint
One of the few things funnier than Donleavy's immaculate conception is reading the comments by pompous, humorless prigs who disapprove of one of literature's great reprobates, and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 8. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
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