sábado, 29 de marzo de 2014

Sretna sam

Opendoor (Edicije Božičević), traducida por Matija Janeš, en las mejores librerías de Zagreb, Croacia.



Glavna junakinja, mlada zaposlenica veterinarske klinike u Buenos Airesu, dobiva zadatak da u malom mjestu Open Door pregleda bolesna konja. Po povratku u grad biva svjedokom samoubojstva skokom s mosta, a njezina partnerica netragom nestaje. Put je vodi nazad u Open Door, mjesto koje nosi ime po klinici za psihičke bolesnike otvorena tipa i čiju povijest junakinja malo-pomalo otkriva. Život s vlasnikom konja, susret sa zavodljivom tinejdžerkom, odlasci u gradsku mrtvačnicu na identifikaciju tijela od kojih nijedno nije ono njezine nestale partnerice, predavanje užicima i otkrivanje života u ruralnoj sredini čine svakodnevicu ove antijunakinje koja svakom stranicom postaje sve začudnija. Majstorskim stilom, osjećajem za detalj, rečenicom nabijenom mirisima, zvukovima, okusima, čime se Havilio u svome prvijencu pokazuje kao vrstan pripovjedač, suptilno se brišu granice između sela i grada, tradicije i modernosti, zdravog i bolesnog, privatnog i javnog, stapajući se u jedinstvenu priču o potrazi za vlastitim mjestom pod suncem.    

Opendoor nije višeglasni roman, već niz samotnih pjesama u intimnu tonu. Priča za razmišljanje koju nećete brzo zaboraviti.                                                 El País 

Ljepotom detalja i sablasnom atmosferom Iosi Havilio daje očaravajući doprinos književnosti samotnjaka.                                                                                              Chloe Aridjis, autorica Knjige oblaka  

Opendoor je zbunjujuća, potresna i nadasve uzbudljiva knjiga. Hvalospjev potrazi za samoćom, kao i besmislenosti te potrage.                                                eleutherophobia.wordpress.com   

Dvosmislena priča koja graniči s crnom komedijom... Vješto i suptilno, roman upozorava na obmanu slobode na koju je nasjeo gotovo cijeli svijet.         

martes, 18 de marzo de 2014

Apocalypse Now

The Independent

Tuesday 18 March 2014

Paradises by Iosi Havilio, trans. by Beth Fowler - book review: 

'Haunting tale set in the aftermath of an apocalypse'






viernes, 7 de marzo de 2014

Enigmas

Open Door 

Comentario de Nicholas Greco en su blog + link a descarga gratis del e-book. 

I've just finished reading Open Door. I'm not sure why I started reading it, though I suspect the description of the book caught my eye. I like to think of myself as a bit of a Romantic, and irrational (in a good way), but I'm not sure that this book was worth my time. I should say, though, that I kept reading it, which points to something; the book was able to hold my attention, doing what few books seem to be able to do. There is a scene that seems to stick with me, though: the protagonist goes to the local library in order to find historical information regarding the local insane asylum. She spies, then, the librarian crying in the bathroom with cuts on her ears. The scene ends with no explanation, nor is any given throughout the book.

I'm all for powerful and fantastical images, but I would have liked a bit more context to moments like this. The book carried me on, and encouraged me to turn the page, but perhaps it was only my desire for resolution of the enigmas presented therein. This is not necessarily a bad thing. 

In any case, if anyone is interested in reading the book, it is freely available in electronic format from Noisetrade.