The Blindfold
von Siri Hustvedt
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Beschreibung
FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHAT I LOVED
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY CATHERINE LACEY
'A work of dizzying intensity . . . an intriguing and sure-handed debut ' Don DeLillo
'Brilliant . . . a dark, mesmerising debut' Independent on Sunday
'Hustvedt has pulled off nothing less than a re-mapping of the modern feminist psyche' Daily Telegraph
Iris Vegan, a graduate student living alone and impoverished in New York, encounters four strong characters who fascinate and in different ways subordinate her: an inscrutable urban recluse who employs her to record the possessions of a murdered woman; a photographer whose eerie portrait of Iris takes on a life of its own; an old woman in hospital who tries to claim a remnant of the ailing Iris; and a professor she has an affair with. An exploration of female identity in an age when the old definitions - as some man's daughter/wife/mother - no longer apply, fuelled with eroticism and a sense of menace.
'Attests to Hustvedt's thoroughly original style and her lucid contemporary voice . . . the announcement of a talented writer's arrival' Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
PRAISE FOR SIRI HUSTVEDT:
'Hustvedt is that rare artist, a writer of high intelligence, profound sensuality and a less easily definable capacity for which the only word I can find is wisdom' Salman Rushdie
'One of our finest novelists' Oliver Sacks
'Reading a Hustvedt novel is like consuming the best of David Lynch' Financial Times
'Few contemporary writers are as satisfying and stimulating to read as Siri Hustvedt' Washington Post
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY CATHERINE LACEY
'A work of dizzying intensity . . . an intriguing and sure-handed debut ' Don DeLillo
'Brilliant . . . a dark, mesmerising debut' Independent on Sunday
'Hustvedt has pulled off nothing less than a re-mapping of the modern feminist psyche' Daily Telegraph
Iris Vegan, a graduate student living alone and impoverished in New York, encounters four strong characters who fascinate and in different ways subordinate her: an inscrutable urban recluse who employs her to record the possessions of a murdered woman; a photographer whose eerie portrait of Iris takes on a life of its own; an old woman in hospital who tries to claim a remnant of the ailing Iris; and a professor she has an affair with. An exploration of female identity in an age when the old definitions - as some man's daughter/wife/mother - no longer apply, fuelled with eroticism and a sense of menace.
'Attests to Hustvedt's thoroughly original style and her lucid contemporary voice . . . the announcement of a talented writer's arrival' Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
PRAISE FOR SIRI HUSTVEDT:
'Hustvedt is that rare artist, a writer of high intelligence, profound sensuality and a less easily definable capacity for which the only word I can find is wisdom' Salman Rushdie
'One of our finest novelists' Oliver Sacks
'Reading a Hustvedt novel is like consuming the best of David Lynch' Financial Times
'Few contemporary writers are as satisfying and stimulating to read as Siri Hustvedt' Washington Post
Buchinformationen
Haupt-Genre
Romane
Sub-Genre
Zeitgenössische Romane
Format
Taschenbuch
Seitenzahl
221
Preis
14.00 €
Beiträge
4.5
Iris studiert Literatur in New York. Sie ist hübsch und intelligent aber auch unsicher und leicht beeinflussbar. Immer wieder lernt sie Männer kennen, die sie manipulieren. Sicherheit findet sie in nächtlichen Eskapaden, die sie in einem geliehenen Herrenanzug macht. Doch diese Ausbrüche werden mehr und mehr zur Sucht. Wieder einmal erzählt Hustvedt ungeheuer dicht. Die bedrohlischen Situationen sind für den Leser spürbar, die Verzweiflung der Hauptfigur mehr als nachvollziehbar. Sehr gut!
5
Such a great book! You know this feeling that something is off about the man around you, how they behave and treat you? But you can’t really name why and what it is because there isn’t a specific thing they did you can blame it on. Hustvedt caught perfectly the feeling of being a women interacting with men. And I’m so grateful to her for writing this book.
Beschreibung
FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHAT I LOVED
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY CATHERINE LACEY
'A work of dizzying intensity . . . an intriguing and sure-handed debut ' Don DeLillo
'Brilliant . . . a dark, mesmerising debut' Independent on Sunday
'Hustvedt has pulled off nothing less than a re-mapping of the modern feminist psyche' Daily Telegraph
Iris Vegan, a graduate student living alone and impoverished in New York, encounters four strong characters who fascinate and in different ways subordinate her: an inscrutable urban recluse who employs her to record the possessions of a murdered woman; a photographer whose eerie portrait of Iris takes on a life of its own; an old woman in hospital who tries to claim a remnant of the ailing Iris; and a professor she has an affair with. An exploration of female identity in an age when the old definitions - as some man's daughter/wife/mother - no longer apply, fuelled with eroticism and a sense of menace.
'Attests to Hustvedt's thoroughly original style and her lucid contemporary voice . . . the announcement of a talented writer's arrival' Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
PRAISE FOR SIRI HUSTVEDT:
'Hustvedt is that rare artist, a writer of high intelligence, profound sensuality and a less easily definable capacity for which the only word I can find is wisdom' Salman Rushdie
'One of our finest novelists' Oliver Sacks
'Reading a Hustvedt novel is like consuming the best of David Lynch' Financial Times
'Few contemporary writers are as satisfying and stimulating to read as Siri Hustvedt' Washington Post
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY CATHERINE LACEY
'A work of dizzying intensity . . . an intriguing and sure-handed debut ' Don DeLillo
'Brilliant . . . a dark, mesmerising debut' Independent on Sunday
'Hustvedt has pulled off nothing less than a re-mapping of the modern feminist psyche' Daily Telegraph
Iris Vegan, a graduate student living alone and impoverished in New York, encounters four strong characters who fascinate and in different ways subordinate her: an inscrutable urban recluse who employs her to record the possessions of a murdered woman; a photographer whose eerie portrait of Iris takes on a life of its own; an old woman in hospital who tries to claim a remnant of the ailing Iris; and a professor she has an affair with. An exploration of female identity in an age when the old definitions - as some man's daughter/wife/mother - no longer apply, fuelled with eroticism and a sense of menace.
'Attests to Hustvedt's thoroughly original style and her lucid contemporary voice . . . the announcement of a talented writer's arrival' Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
PRAISE FOR SIRI HUSTVEDT:
'Hustvedt is that rare artist, a writer of high intelligence, profound sensuality and a less easily definable capacity for which the only word I can find is wisdom' Salman Rushdie
'One of our finest novelists' Oliver Sacks
'Reading a Hustvedt novel is like consuming the best of David Lynch' Financial Times
'Few contemporary writers are as satisfying and stimulating to read as Siri Hustvedt' Washington Post
Buchinformationen
Haupt-Genre
Romane
Sub-Genre
Zeitgenössische Romane
Format
Taschenbuch
Seitenzahl
221
Preis
14.00 €
Beiträge
4.5
Iris studiert Literatur in New York. Sie ist hübsch und intelligent aber auch unsicher und leicht beeinflussbar. Immer wieder lernt sie Männer kennen, die sie manipulieren. Sicherheit findet sie in nächtlichen Eskapaden, die sie in einem geliehenen Herrenanzug macht. Doch diese Ausbrüche werden mehr und mehr zur Sucht. Wieder einmal erzählt Hustvedt ungeheuer dicht. Die bedrohlischen Situationen sind für den Leser spürbar, die Verzweiflung der Hauptfigur mehr als nachvollziehbar. Sehr gut!
5
Such a great book! You know this feeling that something is off about the man around you, how they behave and treat you? But you can’t really name why and what it is because there isn’t a specific thing they did you can blame it on. Hustvedt caught perfectly the feeling of being a women interacting with men. And I’m so grateful to her for writing this book.