Die hilfreichsten Kundenrezensionen
|
|
1 von 1 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich:
5.0 von 5 Sternen
Engrossing, riveting, brilliant, 31. August 1999
Von Ein Kunde
"A Severed Head" is a dark but extraordinary novel, full of emotion, surprises, and sumptuous writing. Layers -- or webs -- of meaning make it an excellent choice for readers who enjoy analyzing, dissecting and contemplating literature (or life). Human nature -- to say nothing of (dis)loyalty, gall, irony and (often misplaced) passion -- are on searing display here. Iris Murdoch is a rare find.
|
|
|
1 von 1 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich:
4.0 von 5 Sternen
The irrationality of love, 25. März 1999
What is so special about this book is the way in which it manages to balance the funny with the tragic, and the romantic with the demonic. It is extremely funny to see how the characters are affected by love, and how they are gradually transformed from rational beings into irrational and occasionally ridiculous beings. Some of the scenes are terrifically funny sometimes bordering on slapstick. In this sense "The Severed Head" reminded me of a typical Shakespearean comedy. But as is also known, comedy often, if not always, also has a more serious dimension which is perhaps not as lucid as the comic elements but is nonetheless tacitly present. For example one might question whether it is actually love which drives the characters towards eachother. Is it not rather desire and self-obsession, which is mistaken for love? Are the characters not just looking for something meaningfull, and trying to find a purpose with their existence? At the end of the book love no longer seems to mean love in the romantic sense since almost all of the characters have had affairs with eachother. Here we clearly see a quite serious and contemporary problem, is there such a thing as true love in modern society or is it all just a game without true feelings? For Geordie, one of the female characters in the book it is not all a game since she tries to commit suicide, because her lover, the protagonist of the story, has leaft her. To sum up, it was this blend of the comic and the tragic which for me made the story so good. Although the book is fairly old, it works 100 percent in our postmodern age where doubt and insecurity are some of the key characteristics. As the novel deftly exemplifies this can be treated and observed in many ways and in many modes, and this plurality should appeal to the contemporary reader in many ways.
|
|
|
0 von 1 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich:
5.0 von 5 Sternen
iris murdoch, 12. Januar 2000
Iris Murdoch's A Severed Head is a fantastic read. During my commute to and from work my head was buried between the pages of this absorbing tale. Meanwhile, my mouth fell open and surprise twinkled in my eyes at what I had read. I will read it again.
|
|
|
Die neuesten Kundenrezensionen
|
von Iris Murdoch
von Iris Murdoch
von Iris Murdoch
