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Jacob's Room is a linear novel concerning the life of Jacob Flanders, a fictional character whose life spans from approximately 1988 to 1914. It is written in the past tense. The novel begins during Jacob's early childhood. Jacob's mother, Elizabeth "Betty" Flanders, takes her three sons to Cornwall, England in the wake of her husband's death. The novel moves ahead to Jacob's time in university. Jacob attends the University of Cambridge, thus residing outside Scarborough for the first time in his life. The novel ends with a scene of Betty Flanders and Richard Bionomy distraughtly clearing out Jacob's London apartment in the wake of Jacob's death.

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ISBN9789355840646
PublisherTrue Sign Publishing House
Publication Date03/01/21
Pages138

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  • arthurzturm
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    Die Bewertung fällt mir schwer. „Jacobs Raum“ sprengt die Grenzen des traditionellen Romans. Woolf zeichnet das Porträt von Jacob Flanders, indem sie ihn durch die Augen anderer Figuren und fragmentarische Szenen beschreibt, wobei sie ein fantastische Sprachgewalt an den Tag legt. Die Erzählung ist nicht linear, sondern ein Mosaik aus Eindrücken und Gedanken, was die Unfassbarkeit des Lebens und die Schwierigkeit, eine Person vollständig zu erfassen, thematisiert. Die poetische Sprache macht das Buch sowohl lesenswert, kann durch die Komplexität und die nicht lineare Darstellung aber auch eine Herausforderung darstellen, daher einen Stern Abzug von mir.

    Mar 24, 2025

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