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'Highsmith's finest novel' Graham Greene 'One of her best books ... She creates a lot of dread and a lot of apprehension very casually' Jonathan Lethem, Chicago Tribune 'One of Highsmith's finest novels' New York Times 'Highsmith lived in her imagination, and, ultimately, it's in her uniquely disturbing stories that you'll find her' LA Weekly
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Ein kleiner Ort an der tunesischen Küste. Ein Hotel-Bungalow. Ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller, der an einem Drehbuch arbeitet und ungeduldig auf Nachricht von seiner Geliebten wartet. Ein schemenhafter, nächtlicher Besucher. Eine zerbeulte Schreibmaschine. Ein spurlos verschwundener Tagedieb. Ist der identisch mit dem verscheuchten Besucher?
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Subtle and superbly written, but won't appeal to everyone,
Von C. Colt "It Just Doesn't Matter" (San Francisco, CA United States) - Alle meine Rezensionen ansehen (REAL NAME)
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"The Tremor of Forgery" is a superb novel, but it may not be for everybody. If you are in the mood for suspense and clarity, then you probably won't enjoy this book. If you prefer something more subtle, psychological, and mood-oriented then I recommend it."The Tremor of Forgery" is sort of a mystery. It lacks the action and denouement of typical mysteries but definitely contains its share of questions and intrigue. In this case, though the mystery doesn't revolve around questions of guilt (who done it) but around character, environment, and identity. Howard Ingram is an American writer who has been hired to go to Tunisia and write a screenplay. A number of mysterious events destroy his project but he decides to stay on and write a novel. His life in Tunisia essentially revolves around two people of opposite mindsets. Ingram's middle-aged neighbor, Adams is the quintessential naive, optimist and ideologue. He constantly speaks of "our way of life" (which earns him the nickname "OWL") and broadcasts pro-American propaganda to the Soviet Union. Despite living in Tunisia with apparent ease, Adams firmly retains his American identity. Jensen, on the other hand, is a Danish Artist and a homosexual who dislikes Tunisia, but in many ways appears to have gone native. He lives in an Arab section of town with simple clothes and few possessions. Jensen occasionally hires boys for sex, but his only real love appears to be his friendship with Ingram and his affection for his dog. In the course of preventing a burglary in his bungalow, Ingram kills--or thinks he's killed--an Arab thief. The corpse (if in fact it is a corpse) disappears and Ingram is left to cope with the question of his crime. When Adams deduces what has occurred he pressures Ingram to come to terms with his conscience. Jensen, by contrasts, suggests that Ingram forget about the incident and points out that killing a thief is probably a common occurrence in Tunisia. Soon Ingram must ask himself who he is and who he has become. Does Ingram retain an inherent set of Western values regardless of where he is, or does he adopt the morality of his environment? While questioning his identity, Ingram must also decide whether or not to marry his girl friend. And in an odd twist, Ingram's crisis parallels that of the hero in his novel. For many readers the frustrating part of this novel is that nothing is ever resolved. At the end of the novel, Ingram does not comes to terms with his morality or identity, he never passes judgement on Jensen or Adams, and he enters into a relationship that promises trouble. We never learn the fate of the thief or whether Ingram even killed him. In today's shallow television culture, we often crave a definite ending in a story, but the beauty of this novel is that it provides the opposite. The people, places, and morality in this novel are defined to an extent but never completely. This creates a richer and more realistic story. Highsmith also captures the flavor of third world travel perfectly. Anyone who has gone to a third world country and decided to stay on for awhile will feel at home in this book. The food, the people, the sickness, the ratty apartments, and then the odd and exhilarating feeling of departure all ring true. Like a great painter, Highsmith is more interested in the mood she evokes than in the technical components of her composition. And in this regard, she is one of the great masters of the last century. Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
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Very near perfect, but maybe not a good "first Highsmith.",
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Rezension bezieht sich auf: The Tremor of Forgery (Taschenbuch)
The two negative reviewers below demonstrate why a lot of Highsmith's admirers don't like her being described as a mystery/thriller writer, a description which often does her a disservice by pigeonholing her too narrowly and misdirecting reader's expectations. This book has few suspense mechanics in the usual manner, but I was gripped anyway; the queasy suspense is like an ominous murmur underneath an ordinary conversation, and you have to listen hard for it. The suspense is generated by the question "Will he do the right thing?", and also, as usual in Highsmith, by the reader's guilty identification with a morally compromised character. And I always find her spare, cool prose a pleasure to read (I like to compare it to the edge of a scalpel, even though those are not a pleasure). This may not be the best Highsmith book to start out with, since it's minimalist even by her standards (try "Cry of the Owl," maybe, since it has a tight thriller storyline). But I have to agree that out of the several of her works I've read so far, this is the best at conveying her theme of quiet evil existing within the mundane. (The five Mr. Ripley books come close.)
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2.0 von 5 Sternen
The tremor of boredom,
Von Carol S. (Pennsylvania) - Alle meine Rezensionen ansehen
Rezension bezieht sich auf: The Tremor of Forgery (Taschenbuch)
I was completely underwhelmed by this book. The pace was excruciatingly slow, to the point where I found the book painful to read. I realize that the author was, presumably,intending to depict the aimless waiting that was the protagonist's life; and to capture the feeling of the tropical climate and culture of late 60s Tunisia, but the effect was to put me to sleep and to leave me longing for something interesting to happen. I also was not particularly fond of the author's spare, often choppy writing style. When I found myself thinking "I ought to read another chapter of this book so I can finish it and get on to something else," I gave up. I don't know how it ended and frankly I don't care.
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