Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934–2007)
Auteur de The New Sorrows of Young W
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Ulrich Plenzdorf
Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek : Ulrich Plenzdorf : Die neuen Leiden des jungen W. (2004) — Text — 130 exemplaires
Die Legende von Paul & Paula. Die neuen Leiden des jungen W. Ein Kino- u. e. Bühnenstück (1974) — Auteur — 4 exemplaires
Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.; Diskussion um Plenzdorf (Text und Materialien; "Sinn und Form" Jahrgang 25, 1, 1973). 2 exemplaires
Ein Tag, länger als ein Leben. Zeit der Wölfe: Zwei Stücke nach den Romanen von Tschingis Aitmatow (1991) 2 exemplaires
Berliner Geschichten: "Operativer Schwerpunkt Selbstverlag" : eine Autoren-Anthologie : wie sie entstanden und von der… (1995) 2 exemplaires
Freiheitsberaubung: ein Stück; nach der gleichnamigen Erzählung von Günther de Bruyn (1990) 1 exemplaire
Die Legende von Paul Paula Die neuen Leiden des jungen W. Ein Kino- u. ein Bühnenstücl. (Mit e. Nachw. von… 1 exemplaire
1974 1 exemplaire
Liebling, Prenzlauer Berg (German Edition) 1 exemplaire
Filme 1 1 exemplaire
Filme 2 1 exemplaire
Legende vom Glueck ohne Ende 1 exemplaire
Nove patnje mladog Wertera 1 exemplaire
Legenda o šťastí 1 exemplaire
Die neuen Leiden des jungen W. von Ulrich Plenzdorf. Textanalyse und Interpretation: Alle erforderlichen Infos für… (2012) 1 exemplaire
Liebling, Prenzlauer Berg. Ein Anwalt fährt Rikscha. 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The New Sufferings of Young W. and Other Stories from the German Democratic Republic (1997) — Contributeur — 10 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Plenzdorf, Ulrich
- Date de naissance
- 1934-10-26
- Date de décès
- 2007-08-09
- Lieu de sépulture
- Berlijn, Duitsland
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Duitsland
- Lieu de naissance
- Berlin, Germany
- Lieu du décès
- Berlin, Germany
- Lieux de résidence
- Berlin, Germany
- Professions
- playwright
screenwriter - Organisations
- Akademie der Künste Berlin (seit 1992)
Literaturinstitut Leipzig (2004) - Prix et distinctions
- Adolf-Grimme-Preis (1995)
Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis (1978)
Heinrich-Mann-Preis DDR (1973)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 31
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 774
- Popularité
- #32,871
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 10
- ISBN
- 59
- Langues
- 8
Seventeen-year old Edgar Wibeau is a “straight A” student and an upcoming model citizen of the GDR. Until one day he does the unthinkable – he drops out of his apprenticeship, escapes from his sleepy home town, and settles down at his friend Willi’s abandoned summer house in East Berlin. Over the next few months he finds a handyman job, falls in love with a happily-engaged kindergarten teacher named Charlie and develops an unlikely fixation with Goethe’s Sorrows of Young Werther. After Edgar dies in a cartoonish accident, his estranged father tries to piece together the final chapter of his son’s story by interviewing his friends and acquaintances. Transcripts of the interviews are found throughout the book (possibly an indication of the novel’s early life as a screenplay). They alternate with tragicomic “American Beauty” style monologues delivered by the dead Edgar himself.
The novel’s literary forebears are Salinger’s [b:The Catcher in the Rye|5107|The Catcher in the Rye|J.D. Salinger|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1398034300s/5107.jpg|3036731] and Goethe’s [b:The Sorrows of Young Werther|16640|The Sorrows of Young Werther|Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1386920896s/16640.jpg|746264]. Both are referenced in the book, with Goethe’s novel inspiring the title and playing a part in the plot. Indeed, The New Sorrows works best as a parody of Goethe, spiced with an element of political satire. The bucolic backdrop of the original Sorrows is replaced by a grey East Berlin, the OTT Romantic language substituted by Edgar’s “trendy” colloquialisms. It must have been particularly difficult to evoke the now dated 1970s German slang. In her 2015 translation for Pushkin Press, Romy Fursland opts for an argot which veers between the quaint and the cringe-inducing, but which is surprisingly effective.
This feels like a novel of its time – but nonetheless remains an enjoyable and often funny read.… (plus d'informations)