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Subtitled "a romance," Sabbatical is the story of Susan Rachel Allan Seckler, a sharp young associate professor of early American literature--part Jewish, part Gypsy, and possibly descended from Edgar Allan Poe--and her husband Fenwick Scott Key Turner, a 50-year-old ex-CIA officer currently between careers, a direct descendant of the author of "The Star Spangled Banner" and himself the author of a troublemaking book about his former employer. Seven years into their marriage, they decide to take a sabbatical, a sailboat journey on which they sum up their years together and try to make important decisions about the years ahead.True to its subtitle, the novel combines the mysterious and marvelous (unexplained disappearances, a fabled sea monster in Chesapeake Bay) with romantic love and daring adventure.Sabbatical is quintessential Barth: it involves sailing, twinship, the joy of love and literature, the sorrow of death and disaster, and a playfully complex narrative. The author has written a foreword for this new edition.… (plus d'informations)
גון ברט חזר סוף סוף לכתוב ספרים עם עלילה וגיבורים . פתור בלא כלום אי אפשר ועדיין הסיפור שורץ תאומים, שחרזדות, וגיבורו העיקרי הוא כמובן הסיפור עצמו. החלק הראשון כמעט ומחמם את הלב ומשלב סיפור מתח על הסי אי אי עם סיפור אהבה. בחצי השני העניינים נעשים קודרים יותר. הפתרון כנראה אופטימי, אבל במיטב המסורת של ברט, לא ברור. בסה"כ יותר טוב מהאחרונים שלו אך פחות טוב מהראשונים. ( )
I read this book twenty years ago, and the premise of pulling up roots, and setting to sea with a loved companion to figure out the meaning of life struck me as quite the thing to do. I can't remember all the details anymore, but I am left with the memory of humor and warmth and important reflection. I'm sure it's worth a reread. ( )
Subtitled "a romance," Sabbatical is the story of Susan Rachel Allan Seckler, a sharp young associate professor of early American literature--part Jewish, part Gypsy, and possibly descended from Edgar Allan Poe--and her husband Fenwick Scott Key Turner, a 50-year-old ex-CIA officer currently between careers, a direct descendant of the author of "The Star Spangled Banner" and himself the author of a troublemaking book about his former employer. Seven years into their marriage, they decide to take a sabbatical, a sailboat journey on which they sum up their years together and try to make important decisions about the years ahead.True to its subtitle, the novel combines the mysterious and marvelous (unexplained disappearances, a fabled sea monster in Chesapeake Bay) with romantic love and daring adventure.Sabbatical is quintessential Barth: it involves sailing, twinship, the joy of love and literature, the sorrow of death and disaster, and a playfully complex narrative. The author has written a foreword for this new edition.
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