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默哀时刻
德国当代杰出作家西格弗里德·伦茨最新的两部中篇小说：
《默哀时刻》
我曾经抚摸过你的黑色短发，在沙滩上亲吻过你明亮的眼睛……
海边小镇的夏日，十八岁的高中男生爱上了自己的英语老师。懵懂澄澈的心刚刚开始描摹未来的图景，却因一场船难，消散在咸涩的海风中。在痛苦和随之而来的恐惧伴随下，少年试着寻回永远逝去的爱情。
《州立剧团》
有时真相只能杜撰。
伊森波特监狱里，到访的州立剧团正在演出，一群囚犯却堂而皇之地逃出大门！他们假扮剧团演员，竟在小城格绿瑙大受欢迎。组合唱团，办博物馆，开演讲会，这些本该亡命天涯的人美滋滋地过上了新生活。他们真的不用再回到那高墙铁窗里了吗？
《默哀时刻》
我曾经抚摸过你的黑色短发，在沙滩上亲吻过你明亮的眼睛……
海边小镇的夏日，十八岁的高中男生爱上了自己的英语老师。懵懂澄澈的心刚刚开始描摹未来的图景，却因一场船难，消散在咸涩的海风中。在痛苦和随之而来的恐惧伴随下，少年试着寻回永远逝去的爱情。
《州立剧团》
有时真相只能杜撰。
伊森波特监狱里，到访的州立剧团正在演出，一群囚犯却堂而皇之地逃出大门！他们假扮剧团演员，竟在小城格绿瑙大受欢迎。组合唱团，办博物馆，开演讲会，这些本该亡命天涯的人美滋滋地过上了新生活。他们真的不用再回到那高墙铁窗里了吗？
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First published January 1, 2008
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Siegfried Lenz
221?books142?followersSiegfried Lenz (1926 - 2014) was a German author who wrote twelve novels and produced several collections of short stories, essays, and plays for radio and the theatre. He was awarded the Goethe Prize in Frankfurt-am-Main on the 250th Anniversary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's birth. Lenz and his wife, Liselotte, also exchanged over 100 letters with Paul Celan and his wife, Gisèle Lestrange between 1952 and 1961.
Lenz was the son of a customs officer in Lyck (Elk), East Prussia. After his graduation exam in 1943, he was drafted into the navy. According to documents released in June 2007, he may have joined the Nazi party on the 12th of July 1943. Shortly before the end of World War II, he defected to Denmark, but became a prisoner of war in Schleswig-Holstein.
After his release, he attended the University of Hamburg, where he studied philosophy, English, and Literary history. His studies were cut off early, however, as he became an intern for the daily paper Die Welt, and served as its editor from 1950 to 1951. It was there he met his future wife, Liselotte (d. February 5, 2006). They were married in 1949.
Since 1951, Lenz worked as a freelance writer in Hamburg and was a member of the literature forum "Group 47." Together with Günter Grass, he became engaged with the Social Democratic Party and aided the Ostpolitik of Willy Brandt. A champion of the movement, he was invited in 1970 to the signing of the German-Polish Treaty.
Since 2003, Lenz was a visiting professor at the Düsseldorf Heinrich Heine University and a member of the organization for German orthography and proper speech.
Lenz was the son of a customs officer in Lyck (Elk), East Prussia. After his graduation exam in 1943, he was drafted into the navy. According to documents released in June 2007, he may have joined the Nazi party on the 12th of July 1943. Shortly before the end of World War II, he defected to Denmark, but became a prisoner of war in Schleswig-Holstein.
After his release, he attended the University of Hamburg, where he studied philosophy, English, and Literary history. His studies were cut off early, however, as he became an intern for the daily paper Die Welt, and served as its editor from 1950 to 1951. It was there he met his future wife, Liselotte (d. February 5, 2006). They were married in 1949.
Since 1951, Lenz worked as a freelance writer in Hamburg and was a member of the literature forum "Group 47." Together with Günter Grass, he became engaged with the Social Democratic Party and aided the Ostpolitik of Willy Brandt. A champion of the movement, he was invited in 1970 to the signing of the German-Polish Treaty.
Since 2003, Lenz was a visiting professor at the Düsseldorf Heinrich Heine University and a member of the organization for German orthography and proper speech.
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April 29, 2023
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Translated from German, this small-format 125-page novella is an easy, misty read. Its soft, understated tone reminds me of Emily L by Marguerite Duras.
We know from the beginning that a German youth has lost his lover, a young woman, a bit older than he, who was his English teacher. The book alternates between the present (the memorial service for her, held at the school – the “Minute’s Silence”) -- and the boy’s memories of his summer fling with her.
His loss is all the more poignant because he can’t share it - he can’t announce to his parents, teachers or fellow students that they had this affair.
There is a lot of local color of the sea. All the events happen in a German seaside resort. The boy and his family are stone harvesters: they dredge up giant undersea rocks to use to make dikes and piers and the young woman dies in a boating accident. Worth a read.
The author (1926-2014) wrote about 20 novels and novellas but only about 5 are available in English.
Top image, a German modernist watercolor by Gunter Schulz-Ihlefeldt - 'The Harbor at Low Tide.' From 1stdibs.com
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Translated from German, this small-format 125-page novella is an easy, misty read. Its soft, understated tone reminds me of Emily L by Marguerite Duras.
We know from the beginning that a German youth has lost his lover, a young woman, a bit older than he, who was his English teacher. The book alternates between the present (the memorial service for her, held at the school – the “Minute’s Silence”) -- and the boy’s memories of his summer fling with her.
His loss is all the more poignant because he can’t share it - he can’t announce to his parents, teachers or fellow students that they had this affair.
There is a lot of local color of the sea. All the events happen in a German seaside resort. The boy and his family are stone harvesters: they dredge up giant undersea rocks to use to make dikes and piers and the young woman dies in a boating accident. Worth a read.
The author (1926-2014) wrote about 20 novels and novellas but only about 5 are available in English.
Top image, a German modernist watercolor by Gunter Schulz-Ihlefeldt - 'The Harbor at Low Tide.' From 1stdibs.com
The author from nytimes.com
October 23, 2022
Повесть о влюбленности 18-летнего школьника в свою учительницу, окончившейся трагически. В результате несчастного случая Стелла Петерсон, преподаватель английского языка и возлюбленная своего ученика Кристиана, погибает, разбившись на скалах во время шторма. Кристиан отказывается выступать с речью на траурной церемонии, не желая показывать свои чувства на людях, и, возможно, не находя слов. В целом, почти все и так знают об их отношениях, но никто не осуждает и почти не обсуждает. Эта повесть о такой несвоевременной и трагической утрате любви написана искренне и просто. Понравилась атмосфера Балтийского побережья. Книга буквально пронизана солеными брызгами и свежим ветром, натягивающим паруса парусников, хотя большая часть действия происходит на суше.
February 12, 2015
A??k?as? pek bir beklentim olmadan, sadece Alman edebiyat?ndan uzun süredir kitap okumam?? oldu?umu farketti?im i?in alm??t?m bu kitab?. Fakat benden 5 y?ld?z? koparmay? ba?ard?.
Benim i?in kimi kitaplar kurgular? ve bar?nd?rd?klar? dü?üncelerle, kimisi dili, kimisi unutulmaz karakterleri ile ?nplana ??kar. 'Sayg? Duru?u'nda ise hi?biri yok. Fakat iyisine rastlaman?n zor oldu?u yo?un bir duygusall?k ve ?iirsellik hakim. Bu iki kavram? bir arada dü?ününce akla tumturakl? s?zler, yap?? yap?? bir duygu seli gelse de; tersine, yazar ?ok sade bir dille, yapmac?kl?ktan uzak bir anlat?m ile sa?l?yor duygusall?k ve ?iirselli?i. Lenz, basit, gündelik kelime ve ifadelerle hüzünlü bir atmosfer yarat?yor, basit ayr?nt?larla atmosferi olu?turuyor. Burada Lenz kadar ?evirmen Ay?e Sar?say?n'?n da rolü var ku?kusuz.
?lk ba?ta Stella'n?n motivasyonunun ve duygular?n?n a??k?a dile getirilmemesi ho?uma gitmemi?ti, fakat sonrada bunun da Christian ile bütünle?memizde, onun ya?ad?klar?na daha do?ru bi?imde tan?kl?k etmemize sa?lad???n? farkettim.
K?sacas?, 'Sayg? Duru?u' sadeli?in güzelli?ine ula?may? ba?aran, ?zenle ?evrilmi? ve tavsiye edebilece?im bir kitap.
Benim i?in kimi kitaplar kurgular? ve bar?nd?rd?klar? dü?üncelerle, kimisi dili, kimisi unutulmaz karakterleri ile ?nplana ??kar. 'Sayg? Duru?u'nda ise hi?biri yok. Fakat iyisine rastlaman?n zor oldu?u yo?un bir duygusall?k ve ?iirsellik hakim. Bu iki kavram? bir arada dü?ününce akla tumturakl? s?zler, yap?? yap?? bir duygu seli gelse de; tersine, yazar ?ok sade bir dille, yapmac?kl?ktan uzak bir anlat?m ile sa?l?yor duygusall?k ve ?iirselli?i. Lenz, basit, gündelik kelime ve ifadelerle hüzünlü bir atmosfer yarat?yor, basit ayr?nt?larla atmosferi olu?turuyor. Burada Lenz kadar ?evirmen Ay?e Sar?say?n'?n da rolü var ku?kusuz.
?lk ba?ta Stella'n?n motivasyonunun ve duygular?n?n a??k?a dile getirilmemesi ho?uma gitmemi?ti, fakat sonrada bunun da Christian ile bütünle?memizde, onun ya?ad?klar?na daha do?ru bi?imde tan?kl?k etmemize sa?lad???n? farkettim.
K?sacas?, 'Sayg? Duru?u' sadeli?in güzelli?ine ula?may? ba?aran, ?zenle ?evrilmi? ve tavsiye edebilece?im bir kitap.
August 4, 2019
K?sac?k, sade, vurucu. Son 20 sayfas?nda iyice yükselen, i?imde dalga dalga unutulmu? ve belki de daha evvel hi? tan???lmam?? bir yas duygusunu harekete ge?iren bir novella Sayg? Duru?u. Tan???lmam?? bir yas duygusu dedim, ?ünkü bir eserde mühim olan en gü?lü yan san?r?m bu, daha ?nce hi? bilmedi?in bir duyguyu bile sana bu denli gü?lü ya?atabilmesi.
Sahnelerin berrakl??? beni ?ok etkiledi. Lenz'in Sayg? Duru?u'ndaki anlat?m? durgun bir su gibi dü?ünürsek, okuru tam on ikiden vurmas? gereken bir sahnede, ufak bir ta?? o ?ar?af gibi denize at?p, duygunun o düzlükte dalga dalga yay?l?p i?imize i?lemesini kolayca sa?lam??. Kolayca sa?lam?? derken o berrak suyu yaratmak ustal?k meselesi tabi, ta?? atmak de?il. Bu nedenle ben de Lenz'e sayg? duru?undayd?m kitab? okurken :)
Kesinlikle tavsiye ediyorum.
"Nefesini hissediyordum, h?zlanan nefesini, g??sünün temas?n?, tekrar ?pü?tük, kollar?mdan kurtuldu ve tek kelime olsun s?ylemeden yata?a y?neldi. Ba??n? yast???n ortas?na koymak istemedi, iki ki?iye yetecek büyüklükte, ?i?ekli bir yast?kt?, Stella kendinden emin, uzand?, yast???n yar?s?n? bo? b?rakt? ya da bana ay?rd?, ne bir i?aret, ne bir s?zcük, buna ra?men yast?k g?rmezden gelinmeyecek bir beklentinin kan?t?yd? benim a??mdan."
"G?zlerimi Stella'n?n yüzünden ay?ram?yordum, o ana dek asla b?ylesine ?iddetli bir kay?p duygusu hissetmemi?tim, tuhaf bir duyguydu, ?ünkü kaybolan bir ?eye sahip olunabilece?ini bilmiyordum daha ?nce."
"Bak??lar?ndan ihtiya? duydu?um ya da ihtiyac?m oldu?una inand???m bir ?eyi geri alm??t?m, bir temas?n ani mutlulu?u, tekrarlanmak isteyen bir sevin?."
"Bir ara yüzünde bir beklenti ifadesi belirdi?inde, akl?ndan neler ge?ti?ini tahmin etmeye ?al??t?m. Beni dü?ünüyor da olabilirdi, elini g??süme koyarak ?nsezimi do?rulad?. ?nsan yan?nda olan birini de dü?ünebilir."
"Vazodan sa??lan küller Stella, incecik bir bayrak gibi hafif?e dalgalan?p denize indi. Deniz külleri h?zla i?ine ?ekti, geride hi?bir iz kalmad?, hi?bir kan?t; sadece sessiz bir yok olu? duygusu, vedan?n grameri."
Sahnelerin berrakl??? beni ?ok etkiledi. Lenz'in Sayg? Duru?u'ndaki anlat?m? durgun bir su gibi dü?ünürsek, okuru tam on ikiden vurmas? gereken bir sahnede, ufak bir ta?? o ?ar?af gibi denize at?p, duygunun o düzlükte dalga dalga yay?l?p i?imize i?lemesini kolayca sa?lam??. Kolayca sa?lam?? derken o berrak suyu yaratmak ustal?k meselesi tabi, ta?? atmak de?il. Bu nedenle ben de Lenz'e sayg? duru?undayd?m kitab? okurken :)
Kesinlikle tavsiye ediyorum.
"Nefesini hissediyordum, h?zlanan nefesini, g??sünün temas?n?, tekrar ?pü?tük, kollar?mdan kurtuldu ve tek kelime olsun s?ylemeden yata?a y?neldi. Ba??n? yast???n ortas?na koymak istemedi, iki ki?iye yetecek büyüklükte, ?i?ekli bir yast?kt?, Stella kendinden emin, uzand?, yast???n yar?s?n? bo? b?rakt? ya da bana ay?rd?, ne bir i?aret, ne bir s?zcük, buna ra?men yast?k g?rmezden gelinmeyecek bir beklentinin kan?t?yd? benim a??mdan."
"G?zlerimi Stella'n?n yüzünden ay?ram?yordum, o ana dek asla b?ylesine ?iddetli bir kay?p duygusu hissetmemi?tim, tuhaf bir duyguydu, ?ünkü kaybolan bir ?eye sahip olunabilece?ini bilmiyordum daha ?nce."
"Bak??lar?ndan ihtiya? duydu?um ya da ihtiyac?m oldu?una inand???m bir ?eyi geri alm??t?m, bir temas?n ani mutlulu?u, tekrarlanmak isteyen bir sevin?."
"Bir ara yüzünde bir beklenti ifadesi belirdi?inde, akl?ndan neler ge?ti?ini tahmin etmeye ?al??t?m. Beni dü?ünüyor da olabilirdi, elini g??süme koyarak ?nsezimi do?rulad?. ?nsan yan?nda olan birini de dü?ünebilir."
"Vazodan sa??lan küller Stella, incecik bir bayrak gibi hafif?e dalgalan?p denize indi. Deniz külleri h?zla i?ine ?ekti, geride hi?bir iz kalmad?, hi?bir kan?t; sadece sessiz bir yok olu? duygusu, vedan?n grameri."
December 26, 2023
Die Novelle "Schweigeminute" von Siegfried Lenz beschreibt die kurze Liebe zwischen der Englischlehrerin Stella Petersen und ihrem Schüler Christian. Es beginnt mit der Gedenkveranstaltung für Stella in der Schulaula. Ihr Tod ist also von Beginn an klar und deutet sich bereits im Titel an, wobei das Schweigen mehrdeutig gelesen werden kann.
Schnell ist die maritime Welt durch den Ich-Erz?hler Christian, der die verstorbene Stella direkt anspricht, beschrieben. Man taucht in die Atmosph?re der Ostseestadt ein, spürt die Meerluft und die sommerlichen Sonnenstrahlen, h?rt die Wellen und die Musik und hat die Menschen vor Augen.
Es ist nicht nur der Fluss der Sprache insgesamt, es sind auch einzelne, unverbrauchte Worte wie Blinkfeuer, Takelbluse oder Kippwellen, die dafür sorgten, dass ich beim Lesen gepackt wurde. Mit gro?er Liebe zu den Figuren führt Lenz durch die Ereignisse. So konnte ich die Geschichte im eigentlichen Sinne des Wortes erLEBEN. Ein kleines Meisterwerk.
Schnell ist die maritime Welt durch den Ich-Erz?hler Christian, der die verstorbene Stella direkt anspricht, beschrieben. Man taucht in die Atmosph?re der Ostseestadt ein, spürt die Meerluft und die sommerlichen Sonnenstrahlen, h?rt die Wellen und die Musik und hat die Menschen vor Augen.
Es ist nicht nur der Fluss der Sprache insgesamt, es sind auch einzelne, unverbrauchte Worte wie Blinkfeuer, Takelbluse oder Kippwellen, die dafür sorgten, dass ich beim Lesen gepackt wurde. Mit gro?er Liebe zu den Figuren führt Lenz durch die Ereignisse. So konnte ich die Geschichte im eigentlichen Sinne des Wortes erLEBEN. Ein kleines Meisterwerk.
September 9, 2023
Delaying my return to Salman Rushdie yet again I picked up this book. A leaving present on returning to the UK after a few years living and working in Cologne. I had delayed reading for some years but glad now to have read and enjoyed it.
A tragic love story between an 18 year old boy and his 30 year old teacher. It starts with the school choir singing ‘Here sit we down in tears and grief…’ for the remembrance of the teacher Frau Petersen killed in a sailing accident.
The story telling is almost stream of consciousness, certainly no chapter breaks. But it is only a 125 page novella. It’s a very brief affair between Christian and Stella but wonderfully told. Yes I did have more dust smotes in my eyes at the end.
I see there is a film version released with Jonas Nay from the Deutschland 83/86/89 series that I will dig out.
Sadly Mr Rushdie is still in waiting as I have picked up two Stephen Leather books in the local Charity shop.
A tragic love story between an 18 year old boy and his 30 year old teacher. It starts with the school choir singing ‘Here sit we down in tears and grief…’ for the remembrance of the teacher Frau Petersen killed in a sailing accident.
The story telling is almost stream of consciousness, certainly no chapter breaks. But it is only a 125 page novella. It’s a very brief affair between Christian and Stella but wonderfully told. Yes I did have more dust smotes in my eyes at the end.
I see there is a film version released with Jonas Nay from the Deutschland 83/86/89 series that I will dig out.
Sadly Mr Rushdie is still in waiting as I have picked up two Stephen Leather books in the local Charity shop.
December 13, 2022
Книга с особен послевкус, който превъзхожда усещанията по време на самото четене
December 16, 2018
Un roman al iubirii si al pierderii. Un roman ca o pluta pe mare, clatinata de valuri nesfarsite, in drum spre un tarm al linistii aflat, deocamdata, mult prea departe. "Caci tot trecutul s-a intamplat totusi si va dainui, si insotit de durere si de frica voi incerca sa gasesc ceea ce nu mai e de gasit."
September 21, 2018
A??rl?klar?m?z var ve onlar? hafifletme e?ilimindeyiz. Ger?e?in bize sallad??? b??a?? iradenin de?il, mizah duygusunun gücüyle savu?turabiliriz ancak. ?izgi filmlerin ard?nda da bu e?ilim hissedilir: Budalaca sakarl?klardan do?an e?lenceliklere kaza denir, yara bereler hokus pokus kapan?r, bir e?ek ?akas?d?r ?lüm, bir anl?k ?a?k?nl???n ge?ici cezas?d?r. Her ?eyi tatl?ya ba?layan, sevecen, komik bir deniz dü?lesek mi? Dibine yay?lm?? dev ta? bloklar da bir?rnek kesme?eker küpleriymi? mesela; aralar?na güle oynaya dalabilece?imiz, parmaklar?m?zla kolayca a??nd?rabilece?imiz, tatl? tatl? eriyen turistik olu?umlarm??.
???k bir delikanl?n?n yast???na ufalad??? ruhunu and?r?yormu?, yoklu?a al??may? ba???lad?k?a i?inde.
???k bir delikanl?n?n yast???na ufalad??? ruhunu and?r?yormu?, yoklu?a al??may? ba???lad?k?a i?inde.
June 11, 2013
Forget Prince Albert, Stella is littered with English traces. There are whiffs of and . I'd like to conclude that Herr Lenz made this as an homage to his friend W.G. Sebald, another German steeped in English traditions. The plot is rather linear and self-evident. A teacher of English at a coastal German school has died. One of her students grieves and recalls their relationship, one more intimate than one would guess. The paragraphs are dynamic, switching from 1st person to second or third seamlessly.
The student, Christian, lacks the wisdom to engage this chain of events. It is his innocence which gives the reader traction. Most of the narrative occurs at sea. Lenz shines in these sequences. Whereas his youthful character slips along with platitudes, the elements murmur eternally.
The student, Christian, lacks the wisdom to engage this chain of events. It is his innocence which gives the reader traction. Most of the narrative occurs at sea. Lenz shines in these sequences. Whereas his youthful character slips along with platitudes, the elements murmur eternally.
March 24, 2020
Μια πολ? τρυφερ? ιστορ?α αγ?πη?. Αξ?ζει να διαβαστε?!
February 2, 2016
Λοιπ?ν... ?ταν δι?βασα την υπ?θεση στο οπισθ?φυλλο π?στευα ?τι δεν θα μου αρ?σει....
Π?στευα κι?λα? ?τι το βιβλ?ο μιλ?ει για παιδεραστ?α, καθ?? ο αφηγητ?? μα? ε?ναι ο Κριστι?ν, ?να μαθητ?? Λυκε?ου ο οπο?ο? αναπτ?ζει μ?α ερωτικ? σχ?ση με την καθηγ?τρια των Αγγλικ?ν του.
Τ?ρα που το ?χω τελει?σει πιστε?ω ?τι ?ταν μια βαθι?, συγκινητικ? εξομολ?γηση/αφ?γηση για ?ναν ?ρωτα μον?πλευρο? που τελε?ωσε τ?σο νωρ?? και τ?σο ?δικα.
?να ακ?μα που μου ?ρεσε ?ταν ?τι η αφ?γηση γιν?ταν απ? το κ?ριο πρ?σωπο τη? ιστορ?α? (τον Κριστι?ν), προ? την Στ?λλα (την καθηγ?τρια) και για την Στ?λλα.
Αν αξ?ζει να διαβαστε?....??? Ναι αξ?ζει.... !!!
Π?στευα κι?λα? ?τι το βιβλ?ο μιλ?ει για παιδεραστ?α, καθ?? ο αφηγητ?? μα? ε?ναι ο Κριστι?ν, ?να μαθητ?? Λυκε?ου ο οπο?ο? αναπτ?ζει μ?α ερωτικ? σχ?ση με την καθηγ?τρια των Αγγλικ?ν του.
Τ?ρα που το ?χω τελει?σει πιστε?ω ?τι ?ταν μια βαθι?, συγκινητικ? εξομολ?γηση/αφ?γηση για ?ναν ?ρωτα μον?πλευρο? που τελε?ωσε τ?σο νωρ?? και τ?σο ?δικα.
?να ακ?μα που μου ?ρεσε ?ταν ?τι η αφ?γηση γιν?ταν απ? το κ?ριο πρ?σωπο τη? ιστορ?α? (τον Κριστι?ν), προ? την Στ?λλα (την καθηγ?τρια) και για την Στ?λλα.
Αν αξ?ζει να διαβαστε?....??? Ναι αξ?ζει.... !!!
February 27, 2013
Sometimes silence can be gold.
As a huge Lenz fan, this was a book I read despite the fact, that I usually do not read love stories. Gladly I did it. The book tells us a story of love between a young teacher and her student. A careful love, a fragile love. Lenz as usually takes care of narrating the story careful, he also treats his main characters with love and respect, which makes the reading very easy and enjoyable. Only Lenz can take you to the beach while reading, his love for details is the one thing which makes him so special to me. He puts the focus of the reader on things we wouldnt have thought of in the first place.
With this novel, Lenz created a masterpiece of German contemporary literature, which should find a place in every bookshelf. I can just agree with his good friend and most important literature critic in Germany (M. Reich- Ranicki)
"Was immer sie im Sinne haben – sie sind zart zueinander, so zart, wie der Autor dieser Liebesgeschichte zu seinen Gesch?pfen ist. Wir haben meinem Freund Siegfried Lenz für ein poetisches Buch zu danken. Vielleicht ist es sein sch?nstes."
As a huge Lenz fan, this was a book I read despite the fact, that I usually do not read love stories. Gladly I did it. The book tells us a story of love between a young teacher and her student. A careful love, a fragile love. Lenz as usually takes care of narrating the story careful, he also treats his main characters with love and respect, which makes the reading very easy and enjoyable. Only Lenz can take you to the beach while reading, his love for details is the one thing which makes him so special to me. He puts the focus of the reader on things we wouldnt have thought of in the first place.
With this novel, Lenz created a masterpiece of German contemporary literature, which should find a place in every bookshelf. I can just agree with his good friend and most important literature critic in Germany (M. Reich- Ranicki)
"Was immer sie im Sinne haben – sie sind zart zueinander, so zart, wie der Autor dieser Liebesgeschichte zu seinen Gesch?pfen ist. Wir haben meinem Freund Siegfried Lenz für ein poetisches Buch zu danken. Vielleicht ist es sein sch?nstes."
April 30, 2020
About a week ago my computer crashed; blue screen, sad-face emoji and everything (apparently Microsoft added a sad-face emoji to soften the blow or whatever).
Once my little laptop regained consciousness, I had the great idea to start a new bookmark folder containing links to German TV channels.
Recently I have been on a German TV and book trip again, after I realized that I have neglected those language skills long enough and a friend asked me to practice her German with me.
It would only be fair to brush up to make sure that what I told her was correct and lately I have been feeling less than confident in my skill.
So, one thing led to another and I stumbled upon an older article that one of the German TV channels posted. It was a list of 100 books, 100 Good Reads in German Literature that were translated into English.
Alright, I was intrigued. I could do with a little German literature and this list was chronological, starting in 1901 and ending in 2016. A perfect tour through German history seen through the eyes of its literature.
Long story short, I picked the books that interested me the most and began my literary journey, starting with Schweigeminute.
I have to confess I’m always a bit hesitant reading any German book. I’m not sure where this stems from, but it takes me a good minute to get over it.
Despite my unrealistic reservations I got sucked into the story straight away.
It was an interesting read, since the reader only gets to know the unfolding of events through the protagonist’s reflections.
The protagonist, an 18-year-old senior high school student, brought a sense of wonderment to the story.
He was na?ve, self-centred and has no idea what he got himself into.
The plot was straight forward: boy meets his senior English teacher. Boy falls head over heels for said teacher.
It was the narration and the structure of the story that gave it a unique take on the otherwise rather simple narration.
For one, there were no chapters. The narration began and ended as one long stream of consciousness. I’ve read a few other books like that before and they would always irk me in ways that threw me out of the story. It bothers me to no end, but not with this one. It wasn’t until I was a good 30% into the book when I realized that I have not seen any break in the story telling.
Secondly, the narration jumps very quickly between three different time periods; during the time the narrator reflects, his time with his teacher, and the time leading up to the present.
The setting lent the entire narration an atmosphere and a mood that reflected the uncertainty of life. It was poetic and beautiful and sad all at the same time. It worked wonderfully.
Overall, I really enjoyed this story. It kept me spellbound until the last page. The only thing that was difficult were the time jumps that came unannounced and very suddenly, which interrupted the flow of the story.
I would still recommend it to anyone, who enjoys German literature, stories similar to Der Vorleser/The Reader, Baltic Sea settings and atmospheric narrations.
Once my little laptop regained consciousness, I had the great idea to start a new bookmark folder containing links to German TV channels.
Recently I have been on a German TV and book trip again, after I realized that I have neglected those language skills long enough and a friend asked me to practice her German with me.
It would only be fair to brush up to make sure that what I told her was correct and lately I have been feeling less than confident in my skill.
So, one thing led to another and I stumbled upon an older article that one of the German TV channels posted. It was a list of 100 books, 100 Good Reads in German Literature that were translated into English.
Alright, I was intrigued. I could do with a little German literature and this list was chronological, starting in 1901 and ending in 2016. A perfect tour through German history seen through the eyes of its literature.
Long story short, I picked the books that interested me the most and began my literary journey, starting with Schweigeminute.
I have to confess I’m always a bit hesitant reading any German book. I’m not sure where this stems from, but it takes me a good minute to get over it.
Despite my unrealistic reservations I got sucked into the story straight away.
It was an interesting read, since the reader only gets to know the unfolding of events through the protagonist’s reflections.
The protagonist, an 18-year-old senior high school student, brought a sense of wonderment to the story.
He was na?ve, self-centred and has no idea what he got himself into.
The plot was straight forward: boy meets his senior English teacher. Boy falls head over heels for said teacher.
It was the narration and the structure of the story that gave it a unique take on the otherwise rather simple narration.
For one, there were no chapters. The narration began and ended as one long stream of consciousness. I’ve read a few other books like that before and they would always irk me in ways that threw me out of the story. It bothers me to no end, but not with this one. It wasn’t until I was a good 30% into the book when I realized that I have not seen any break in the story telling.
Secondly, the narration jumps very quickly between three different time periods; during the time the narrator reflects, his time with his teacher, and the time leading up to the present.
The setting lent the entire narration an atmosphere and a mood that reflected the uncertainty of life. It was poetic and beautiful and sad all at the same time. It worked wonderfully.
Overall, I really enjoyed this story. It kept me spellbound until the last page. The only thing that was difficult were the time jumps that came unannounced and very suddenly, which interrupted the flow of the story.
I would still recommend it to anyone, who enjoys German literature, stories similar to Der Vorleser/The Reader, Baltic Sea settings and atmospheric narrations.
February 13, 2019
Stella Petersen war zweifellos eine der beliebtesten Lehrerinnen am Lessing-Gymnasium. Ihre Lebensfreude, ihre Intelligenz und Belesenheit verschafften ihr die Anerkennung und den natürlichen Respekt des Kollegiums wie den ihrer Schüler. Und gewiss führte die Liebe zu ihrem Schüler Christian, die über das ungleiche Paar am Ende der Sommerferien hereinbrach, zu jener Verwirrung der Gefühle deren Intensit?t und Kraft beide überw?ltigt. Siegfried Lenz hat eine gro?artige Novelle geschrieben über die Liebe eines Gymnasiasten zu seiner Englischlehrerin, eine Geschichte über das Erwachsenwerden und das Erwachsensein, eine Geschichte, in der unbeschreibliches Glück neben tief empfundener Trauer steht.
Dieses Buch ist für mich mal wieder der klassische Beweis dafür, dass man Bücher selbst lesen muss, um sich eine objektive Meinung bilden zu k?nnen.
Zun?chst kannte ich das Buch nur vom H?rn-Sagen. Es reizte mich auch bis dahin noch nicht einen Lenz zu lesen (was ich nun gar nicht mehr verstehen kann…). Eine gute Freundin, die die Bücher von Lenz kennt und auch schon gelesen hat, las das Buch und es gefiel ihr aus verschiedenen Gründen gar nicht. Sie ging sogar so weit zu sagen: ?Er h?tte dieses Buch besser nie geschrieben.“ Unter anderem kam dabei die Diskussion der Altherren-Liebe, die auch hier in diesem Strang anklang, wieder auf. Damit schwand meine Leselust noch mehr.
Schade, sehr schade, da mir so ein gro?er Lesegenuss entging, denn ich finde dieses Buch klasse!
Lenz hat mit dieser Geschichte wirklich eine sehr sch?ne, poetische, warmherzige und sehr gefühlvolle Novelle geschrieben. Auch die Art der Aufbereitung finde ich sehr gelungen: Der typische Erz?hler nimmt eine Gedenkfeier zum Anlass, um über die Beziehung zur Toten Revue passieren zu lassen. Dabei wechselt der Erz?hler zun?chst zwischen Gegenwart und Vergangenheit immer hin und her. Normalerweise empfinde ich solche Wechsel als st?rend für den Lesefluss. Doch hier passen sie sehr gut. Man kann sich als Leser sehr gut damit identifizieren: Jeder, der schon mal auf einer Gedenkfeier oder einer Beerdigung war, kennt diese Situation: Vorne werden Trauerreden gehalten und innerlich beginnt man zunehmend eine Art ?privaten Gedenkrede“ zu schreiben. Man erinnert sich, was einen mit dem Toten verbindet und was man mit ihm erlebt hat und vor allem, wer er für einen selbst war.
Und mithilfe dieser ?privaten Gedenkrede“ erfahren wir vom Erz?hler, wie er zur Toten steht.
Dabei offenbart uns Lenz eine Beziehung, die man platt, ins Genre ?Alt liebt Jung“ ziehen k?nnte, aber dann würde man diesem Buch nicht gerecht werden. Ich würde sie von diesem Genre trennen. Mehr noch, ich w?re gar nicht auf den Gedanken gekommen, sie damit in Verbindung zu bringen: Nicht nur aus der Tatsache heraus, dass hier eine ?ltere Frau einen jungen Mann liebt und in dieser Novelle aus der Sicht des Jüngeren berichtet wird und nicht aus der Sicht des ?lteren Parts.
Die anderen Bücher, die ich aus diesem Bereich kenne: Walser, Marcquèz, Nabokov … erz?hlen immer aus der Sicht des ?lteren. Dabei stehen eher die ?fleischigen Begierden, deren Erfüllung, sowie der Wunsch sich dadurch wieder jung zu fühlen bzw. das eigene Altern für kurze Momente zu vergessen oder gar anzuhalten, im Vordergrund.
Lenz l?sst haupts?chlich im Kopf und vor allem im Herzen lieben. Auch in den Momenten, in denen es zur tats?chlichen k?rperlichen Liebe kommt, steht diese nicht im Focus des Lesers. Mit einer sehr zarten, poetischen fast schon keuschen Sprache l?sst Lenz seinen Protagonisten all das durchleben, was viele Heranwachsenden ?durchmachen“, wenn sie zum ersten Mal lieben. All die Zweifel, Hoffnungen, Erwartungen, die man an das Gegenüber knüpft, von dem man nie richtig wei?, wie es zu einem steht, werden hier gewahr. Ich empfinde die Art, wie Lenz dies schreibt als ?u?erst authentisch. Was mich in diesem Zusammenhang besonders berührt und beeindruckt hat, war die F?higkeit dieses Autors, der ja nun schon viele Jahre von solchen Erfahrungen entfernt lebt, diese Gefühle, Gedanken und diesen emotionalen Zwiespalt, in dem man sich als Liebender befindet, sprachlich so einzufangen und so wiederzugeben. Keine abgekl?rten oder durch Erfahrungen behinderten Beschreibungen oder Seitenhiebe. Nein, er schreibt wirklich so, als würde er zum ersten Mal lieben. Und auch dies stellt für mich einen gro?en Unterschied zu den anderen ?Altherren-Lieben“ dar.
Seit langer Zeit kann ich bei einem Buch mal wieder ALLE Zitate von berühmten Lesern, die sich auf dem Buchrücken befinden, unterschreiben.
Diesem Buch gebe ich 5 Sterne und rate jedem, der so wie ich noch keinen Zugang zu Lenz gefunden hat, mit diesem Buch zu beginnen.
Dieses Buch ist für mich mal wieder der klassische Beweis dafür, dass man Bücher selbst lesen muss, um sich eine objektive Meinung bilden zu k?nnen.
Zun?chst kannte ich das Buch nur vom H?rn-Sagen. Es reizte mich auch bis dahin noch nicht einen Lenz zu lesen (was ich nun gar nicht mehr verstehen kann…). Eine gute Freundin, die die Bücher von Lenz kennt und auch schon gelesen hat, las das Buch und es gefiel ihr aus verschiedenen Gründen gar nicht. Sie ging sogar so weit zu sagen: ?Er h?tte dieses Buch besser nie geschrieben.“ Unter anderem kam dabei die Diskussion der Altherren-Liebe, die auch hier in diesem Strang anklang, wieder auf. Damit schwand meine Leselust noch mehr.
Schade, sehr schade, da mir so ein gro?er Lesegenuss entging, denn ich finde dieses Buch klasse!
Lenz hat mit dieser Geschichte wirklich eine sehr sch?ne, poetische, warmherzige und sehr gefühlvolle Novelle geschrieben. Auch die Art der Aufbereitung finde ich sehr gelungen: Der typische Erz?hler nimmt eine Gedenkfeier zum Anlass, um über die Beziehung zur Toten Revue passieren zu lassen. Dabei wechselt der Erz?hler zun?chst zwischen Gegenwart und Vergangenheit immer hin und her. Normalerweise empfinde ich solche Wechsel als st?rend für den Lesefluss. Doch hier passen sie sehr gut. Man kann sich als Leser sehr gut damit identifizieren: Jeder, der schon mal auf einer Gedenkfeier oder einer Beerdigung war, kennt diese Situation: Vorne werden Trauerreden gehalten und innerlich beginnt man zunehmend eine Art ?privaten Gedenkrede“ zu schreiben. Man erinnert sich, was einen mit dem Toten verbindet und was man mit ihm erlebt hat und vor allem, wer er für einen selbst war.
Und mithilfe dieser ?privaten Gedenkrede“ erfahren wir vom Erz?hler, wie er zur Toten steht.
Dabei offenbart uns Lenz eine Beziehung, die man platt, ins Genre ?Alt liebt Jung“ ziehen k?nnte, aber dann würde man diesem Buch nicht gerecht werden. Ich würde sie von diesem Genre trennen. Mehr noch, ich w?re gar nicht auf den Gedanken gekommen, sie damit in Verbindung zu bringen: Nicht nur aus der Tatsache heraus, dass hier eine ?ltere Frau einen jungen Mann liebt und in dieser Novelle aus der Sicht des Jüngeren berichtet wird und nicht aus der Sicht des ?lteren Parts.
Die anderen Bücher, die ich aus diesem Bereich kenne: Walser, Marcquèz, Nabokov … erz?hlen immer aus der Sicht des ?lteren. Dabei stehen eher die ?fleischigen Begierden, deren Erfüllung, sowie der Wunsch sich dadurch wieder jung zu fühlen bzw. das eigene Altern für kurze Momente zu vergessen oder gar anzuhalten, im Vordergrund.
Lenz l?sst haupts?chlich im Kopf und vor allem im Herzen lieben. Auch in den Momenten, in denen es zur tats?chlichen k?rperlichen Liebe kommt, steht diese nicht im Focus des Lesers. Mit einer sehr zarten, poetischen fast schon keuschen Sprache l?sst Lenz seinen Protagonisten all das durchleben, was viele Heranwachsenden ?durchmachen“, wenn sie zum ersten Mal lieben. All die Zweifel, Hoffnungen, Erwartungen, die man an das Gegenüber knüpft, von dem man nie richtig wei?, wie es zu einem steht, werden hier gewahr. Ich empfinde die Art, wie Lenz dies schreibt als ?u?erst authentisch. Was mich in diesem Zusammenhang besonders berührt und beeindruckt hat, war die F?higkeit dieses Autors, der ja nun schon viele Jahre von solchen Erfahrungen entfernt lebt, diese Gefühle, Gedanken und diesen emotionalen Zwiespalt, in dem man sich als Liebender befindet, sprachlich so einzufangen und so wiederzugeben. Keine abgekl?rten oder durch Erfahrungen behinderten Beschreibungen oder Seitenhiebe. Nein, er schreibt wirklich so, als würde er zum ersten Mal lieben. Und auch dies stellt für mich einen gro?en Unterschied zu den anderen ?Altherren-Lieben“ dar.
Seit langer Zeit kann ich bei einem Buch mal wieder ALLE Zitate von berühmten Lesern, die sich auf dem Buchrücken befinden, unterschreiben.
Diesem Buch gebe ich 5 Sterne und rate jedem, der so wie ich noch keinen Zugang zu Lenz gefunden hat, mit diesem Buch zu beginnen.
July 28, 2023
Breve racconto che affronta con delicatezza ed empatia un tema "scabroso" e tabú anche per il 2023.
September 8, 2021
18 ya??ndaki bir liselinin ??retmeni ile ya?ad??? a?k ve ??retmenin ard?ndan tutulan yas (spoiler de?il. hem ilk cümlede hem de kitab?n arkas?nda belirtilmi? bu durum).
?nan?lmaz duru ve dingin bir anlat?m, ak?p giden 100 sayfal?k bir novella…
Yazar?n 82 ya??nda yazd??? ilk a?k kitab? olmas? beni ?a??rtt?.
Kitab?n güzelli?i bu yasak a?k?n ya?an?? ?ekli ile ilgili vurucu,merakland?r?c?, heyecanland?r?c? ?eylerin a??rl?kta olmamas? ve bunun aksine yas sürecindeki Christian’?n, ??retmen Stella’n?n an?ld??? t?rende akl?ndan ge?en naif duygular?na yer verilmi? olmas? san?r?m…
?nan?lmaz duru ve dingin bir anlat?m, ak?p giden 100 sayfal?k bir novella…
Yazar?n 82 ya??nda yazd??? ilk a?k kitab? olmas? beni ?a??rtt?.
Kitab?n güzelli?i bu yasak a?k?n ya?an?? ?ekli ile ilgili vurucu,merakland?r?c?, heyecanland?r?c? ?eylerin a??rl?kta olmamas? ve bunun aksine yas sürecindeki Christian’?n, ??retmen Stella’n?n an?ld??? t?rende akl?ndan ge?en naif duygular?na yer verilmi? olmas? san?r?m…
August 13, 2016
Sayg? Duru?u, ?ok uzun zaman akl?mdan ??kmayacak bir hikaye olarak akl?ma kaz?nd?!
Size bir?ok duyguyu ayn? anda ya?atan huzursuz ama a?k dolu, mutsuz ama umutlu bir hikayesi var. Sonuna do?ru okurken g?zlerim doldu.
Konusuyla ilgiki detaya girmek istemiyorum. Kesinlikle okumal?s?n?z.
Size bir?ok duyguyu ayn? anda ya?atan huzursuz ama a?k dolu, mutsuz ama umutlu bir hikayesi var. Sonuna do?ru okurken g?zlerim doldu.
Konusuyla ilgiki detaya girmek istemiyorum. Kesinlikle okumal?s?n?z.
October 3, 2014
"Love,Christian,is a warm bearing wave"
October 16, 2023
?ngilizce ??retmeni Stella ile ya?ad??? gizli a?k?n hisleriyle ba? etmeye ?al??an lise ??rencisi Christian’?n daha ne oldu?unu anlamadan yiten a?k?n?n ard?ndan yakt??? bir a??t gibi Sayg? Duru?u. Cenaze t?reninde ba?layan kitap bu ili?kinin ba?lang?c?ndan sonras?nda olanlara uzanan ve tekrar ba?lad??? yerde biten yar?m kalm?? bir a?k hikayesini anlat?yor. Bu kadar az cümle ile duyguyu, yas?, hüznü bu kadar gü?lü verebilmesi, denizin dalgas?n?, ta??n?, iyot kokusunu okura hissettirebilmesi beni ?ok etkiledi. K?sa, yal?n ve vurucu bir metin.??
#neokudum #saygidurusu #siegfriedlenz #canyayinlari #renklikalemkitap #yaz2023?
#neokudum #saygidurusu #siegfriedlenz #canyayinlari #renklikalemkitap #yaz2023?
January 9, 2024
Kitap i?in herkes k?sac?k, ak?c? ve tek solukta okunan dolu dizgin bir a?k hikayesi demi?. Ben yaln?zca k?sac?k k?sm?na onay verebiliyorum ?ünkü bir kitap bu kadar sürünebilir yahu elimde.
Belli bir sebebi olmaks?z?n bir süre kafam? veremedim kitaba bu nedenle harcamamak i?in odaklanmaya haz?r oldu?umda bitirmeyi tercih ettim belki bu ara nedeniyle etkisini biraz daha yitirmi? oldu.
Yanl?? zaman do?ru kitap diyemem yine de. Do?ru zamanda okusam dahi okudu?um en ?ahane ?eylerden biri demezdim, biliyorum kendimi. Aman efendim bunca zamand?r neden raf beklettim, k?sac?k kitapt? ni?in elimde süründü diye a?l?yor olurdum ?u an. ?imdi ise, eh bitti i?te falan.
Bazen olmaz.
Ya da bazen bu kadar olur.
Belli bir sebebi olmaks?z?n bir süre kafam? veremedim kitaba bu nedenle harcamamak i?in odaklanmaya haz?r oldu?umda bitirmeyi tercih ettim belki bu ara nedeniyle etkisini biraz daha yitirmi? oldu.
Yanl?? zaman do?ru kitap diyemem yine de. Do?ru zamanda okusam dahi okudu?um en ?ahane ?eylerden biri demezdim, biliyorum kendimi. Aman efendim bunca zamand?r neden raf beklettim, k?sac?k kitapt? ni?in elimde süründü diye a?l?yor olurdum ?u an. ?imdi ise, eh bitti i?te falan.
Bazen olmaz.
Ya da bazen bu kadar olur.
August 24, 2018
Dac? iubirea nepotrivit? (ar crede unii, ca mine) te duce spre Idil? pe un turn, de Thomas Hardy, rela?ia dintre ei, modul lui Christian de a iubi, atitudinea femeii fa?? de b?iat aduc foarte mult cu Cititorul, de Bernhard Schlink, toate cele trei titluri remarc?ndu-se prin sensibilitate ?i pierdere a persoanei iubite. Un moment de reculegere este o elegie despre iubirea care poate lua na?tere c?nd te a?tep?i mai pu?in ?i despre c?t de fragil? este at?t aceasta, c?t ?i via?a. Iar dac? nu sunte?i convin?i deocamdat?, v? pute?i arunca ochii pe ecranizarea c?r?ii, care ?i ?i poart? titlul original, Schweigeminute, cu Jonas Nay ?i Julia Koschitz. Recenzia aici: .
,,Continuam s?-i privesc ne?ncetat chipul, niciodat? nu mai avusesem un sentiment at?t de puternic al pierderii; lucru destul de ciudat, c?ci p?n? atunci nu-mi trecuse prin cap s? posed ceea ce se pierduse.''
,,Continuam s?-i privesc ne?ncetat chipul, niciodat? nu mai avusesem un sentiment at?t de puternic al pierderii; lucru destul de ciudat, c?ci p?n? atunci nu-mi trecuse prin cap s? posed ceea ce se pierduse.''
August 10, 2016
Kah matem seramonisindeyiz,kah yak?n ge?mi?teki tatl? a?k ba?lang?c?n?n an?lar?nda; devam? ne yaz?k ki gelmeyecek olan.
Yeni tan??t?m Siegfried Lenz'le.?yi ki de tan??m???m.
Dingin,hüzünlü,buram buram deniz kokan,ama bir o kadar da dura?an olmayan bir anlat?m,ba?tan sona dek...
Yeni tan??t?m Siegfried Lenz'le.?yi ki de tan??m???m.
Dingin,hüzünlü,buram buram deniz kokan,ama bir o kadar da dura?an olmayan bir anlat?m,ba?tan sona dek...
July 15, 2021
Ich las das schmale Buch bereits 2010. Die Novelle erschien 2008, ihr sind bis zum Tode des Schriftstellers im Jahre 2014 weitere Texte gefolgt.
Ein Schüler blickt angesichts der Trauerfeier für seine Englischlehrerin, mit der ihn eine Liebesbeziehung verband, auf die gemeinsame Zeit zurück. Ein sch?ner Text voller Z?rtlichkeit.
Ein Schüler blickt angesichts der Trauerfeier für seine Englischlehrerin, mit der ihn eine Liebesbeziehung verband, auf die gemeinsame Zeit zurück. Ein sch?ner Text voller Z?rtlichkeit.
January 16, 2013
Sometimes it is the silences within a story that make the story and as paradoxical as that might sound, reading Lenz only reinforces that notion. The German edition of this book translates to A Minute of Silence, the opening scene is of a school assembly paying homage to a departed teacher. It is an almost indifferent story, not a sad one at all, the gradually building melancholic tone notwithstanding. An eighteen year old boy falls in love with his English teacher, a twenty five year old English lady in a postwar Baltic fishing town. But that is not it, you get the feeling all the way that this is the reminiscence of an old man harking back to a first love, the confusion, the pangs of jealousy. This translation is so prosaic yet beautiful, stripped of any ornamentation, that there is almost no feeling to be gleaned there in. I'd gladly recommend this. It turns out Lenz wrote it in the aftermath of his wife's death, that does indeed explains a few things.
August 18, 2015
Siegfried Lenz'in bu kitab? bize okuma süresi boyunca yo?un bir duygusall?k vaat ediyor. ?ok ilgin? bir kurgusu, akla kaz?nacak karakter derinlikleri olmasa da, son sayfay? ?evirdikten sonra bu anlat?n?n sizde iz b?rakt???n? hissedeceksiniz. ?lk bak??ta sade dille yaz?lm?? bir a?k roman? havas?nda olsa da, yazar bunun yan?nda bize hüznün farkl? tonlar?n?, farkl? kaynaklar?n? sunuyor.
?ok alakas?z bir bilgi olarak, kitab? elime her ald???mda Tarkan'?n "Sevdan?n Son Vuru?u" ?ark?s? zihnimde ?almaya ba?l?yordu :) Komik olmakla birlikte, ?u s?zlerden dolay? kitab?n konusuyla uyumu da ?a??rt?c? geldi bana:
Sen hi? b?yle sevdin mi
Sen hi? b?yle oldun mu
Ba? e?dim yine a?ka
Ama bu son sayg? duru?u
?ok alakas?z bir bilgi olarak, kitab? elime her ald???mda Tarkan'?n "Sevdan?n Son Vuru?u" ?ark?s? zihnimde ?almaya ba?l?yordu :) Komik olmakla birlikte, ?u s?zlerden dolay? kitab?n konusuyla uyumu da ?a??rt?c? geldi bana:
Sen hi? b?yle sevdin mi
Sen hi? b?yle oldun mu
Ba? e?dim yine a?ka
Ama bu son sayg? duru?u
June 10, 2021
Mooie, atmosferische roman over de ontluikende liefde tussen de jonge Christian en zijn oudere lerares Engels, Stella Petersen. De dood loert om de hoek: we bevinden ons meteen op de afscheidsplechtigheid van deze lerares, waar Christian een foto van haar steelt.
Deze gebeurtenissen worden afgewisseld met herinneringen aan warme, windstille dagen. De zee speelt een cruciale rol: Christian en zijn vader zijn stenenvissers (en net door een ongeluk met die stenen verliest Stella het leven), zij is een knappe zwemkampioene die alle hoofden doet omdraaien.
Lenz cre?ert een sfeer van weemoed, verlangen en onmogelijkheid. Fijn zijn de motieven: het kussen waarop zij hem uitnodigt, de verlaten hut op het Vogeleiland waar de bloemen aanspoelen na haar begrafenis. Knap dat Lenz met weinig woorden - maar wel de juiste woorden - deze droefheid én blijdschap weet op te wekken.
Deze gebeurtenissen worden afgewisseld met herinneringen aan warme, windstille dagen. De zee speelt een cruciale rol: Christian en zijn vader zijn stenenvissers (en net door een ongeluk met die stenen verliest Stella het leven), zij is een knappe zwemkampioene die alle hoofden doet omdraaien.
Lenz cre?ert een sfeer van weemoed, verlangen en onmogelijkheid. Fijn zijn de motieven: het kussen waarop zij hem uitnodigt, de verlaten hut op het Vogeleiland waar de bloemen aanspoelen na haar begrafenis. Knap dat Lenz met weinig woorden - maar wel de juiste woorden - deze droefheid én blijdschap weet op te wekken.
February 10, 2018
Ein wundervolles Buch, traurig aber voller Poesie.
December 29, 2020
Lenz drops so many clues in A Minute's Silence/Schweigeminute that the book is not THE story he's after.
There are multiple connections to Orwell, to Animal Farm, and to stories that lie just beneath the surface. So while this book describes the thoughts of a boy during a moment of silence to honor his dead teacher (who also happens to be his illicit lover), I find myself wondering more about Lenz's life--about deeper allusions that might lie there.
In my mind, when I read this story, Lenz speaks through the old radio operator: a World War 2 POW and Anglophile who plays a minor role in his daughter's dalliance with Christian and who oversees her moving burial at sea. This is a novel of loss, written just a few years after the death of Lenz's wife, Liselotte.
Personally, I didn't buy the love story. The teenaged Christian enters eagerly into a sexual affair with his English teacher, Stella, but he learns very little about her. His most profound connection with her fits into one sentence in a foreign tongue on the back of a postcard.
I do understand the loss portrayed in the book, though. It is an elegy for a lost love, for days gone by as well. The north German coast is wonderfully illustrated in the book, as are the livelihoods of many who live there.
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After watching ZDF's , starring Jonas Ney and Julia Koeschitz, I just had to return to the book. which I had given a very-good-but-not-great review in 2014.
The book is a closed look at the tale. It includes all the empathy of a 17-year-old boy (and that's not much) to describe Stella. The grand drama of the book is not in the narrator, who is a relatively shallow boy, but in the grand symbolism and oceanic/tidal depths coursing around him.
But Stella's character is brought to life in the film, thanks to the amazing acting of Julia Koeschitz, who lets us into her confusion, her desire, her shame. I think the viewer falls in love with Stella almost as much as Christian does. And the ending of the movie is far more clever, more ambiguous than the book, too--I had returned to the book primarily to see if the endings were the same. There were, uh, some significant differences.
All in all, this is a tighly-packed, heavy book of a mere 120 pages.
There are multiple connections to Orwell, to Animal Farm, and to stories that lie just beneath the surface. So while this book describes the thoughts of a boy during a moment of silence to honor his dead teacher (who also happens to be his illicit lover), I find myself wondering more about Lenz's life--about deeper allusions that might lie there.
In my mind, when I read this story, Lenz speaks through the old radio operator: a World War 2 POW and Anglophile who plays a minor role in his daughter's dalliance with Christian and who oversees her moving burial at sea. This is a novel of loss, written just a few years after the death of Lenz's wife, Liselotte.
Personally, I didn't buy the love story. The teenaged Christian enters eagerly into a sexual affair with his English teacher, Stella, but he learns very little about her. His most profound connection with her fits into one sentence in a foreign tongue on the back of a postcard.
I do understand the loss portrayed in the book, though. It is an elegy for a lost love, for days gone by as well. The north German coast is wonderfully illustrated in the book, as are the livelihoods of many who live there.
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After watching ZDF's , starring Jonas Ney and Julia Koeschitz, I just had to return to the book. which I had given a very-good-but-not-great review in 2014.
The book is a closed look at the tale. It includes all the empathy of a 17-year-old boy (and that's not much) to describe Stella. The grand drama of the book is not in the narrator, who is a relatively shallow boy, but in the grand symbolism and oceanic/tidal depths coursing around him.
But Stella's character is brought to life in the film, thanks to the amazing acting of Julia Koeschitz, who lets us into her confusion, her desire, her shame. I think the viewer falls in love with Stella almost as much as Christian does. And the ending of the movie is far more clever, more ambiguous than the book, too--I had returned to the book primarily to see if the endings were the same. There were, uh, some significant differences.
All in all, this is a tighly-packed, heavy book of a mere 120 pages.
February 16, 2021
Nüchtern, aber nicht trocken - sondern einfach sch?n
"Schweigeminute" von Siegfried Lenz habe ich ohne Kapitelunterteilungen und auch ohne besonders viele Abs?tze fast in einem Rutsch durchgelesen. Ich bin in die maritim-nordfriesische Stimmung voll und ganz eingetaucht und verfolgte die Liebesgeschichte von Christian und Stella aus Christians Perspektive. Lenz' Stil ist nüchtern, beinahe emotionslos und wortkarg, als würde der Protagonist nur das Geschehene schildern und wiedergeben, nicht wirklich erleben.
Dennoch ist die Sprache bildlich und so werden die Figuren und ihre Umgebung immer lebendiger. Alles in allem hat mir das Buch sehr gut gefallen und glich (wegen der kurzen Lesedauer) einem kurzen Ausflug ans Meer. Ohne viel 'Schnickschack' gibt Christian wieder, was er mit Stella erlebt hat und was er so an ihr liebt - in der Schweigeminute bei ihrer Trauerfeier. Von Anfang an berührend, wie aus Zeit und Raum gerissen und einfach sch?n zu lesen!
"Schweigeminute" von Siegfried Lenz habe ich ohne Kapitelunterteilungen und auch ohne besonders viele Abs?tze fast in einem Rutsch durchgelesen. Ich bin in die maritim-nordfriesische Stimmung voll und ganz eingetaucht und verfolgte die Liebesgeschichte von Christian und Stella aus Christians Perspektive. Lenz' Stil ist nüchtern, beinahe emotionslos und wortkarg, als würde der Protagonist nur das Geschehene schildern und wiedergeben, nicht wirklich erleben.
Dennoch ist die Sprache bildlich und so werden die Figuren und ihre Umgebung immer lebendiger. Alles in allem hat mir das Buch sehr gut gefallen und glich (wegen der kurzen Lesedauer) einem kurzen Ausflug ans Meer. Ohne viel 'Schnickschack' gibt Christian wieder, was er mit Stella erlebt hat und was er so an ihr liebt - in der Schweigeminute bei ihrer Trauerfeier. Von Anfang an berührend, wie aus Zeit und Raum gerissen und einfach sch?n zu lesen!
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