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Chargement... Un jour comme celui-ci (2006)par Peter Stamm
   Aucun Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  Henrik_Madsen | Jun 2, 2012 |    Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. ) amarie | Jul 27, 2009 | Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.The book feels mundane because Andreas leads a life whose mundanity only reflects his meaningless world around him. The only thing that gives him any meaning is his unrequited love for Fabienne. The only real details worth remembering in Andreas' life surround her; it is as if the color of the world is desaturated except for when he thinks about Fabienne and his limited encounters with her--only these times possess color. While some might find the narrative a bit bleak, or dare I say, 'immoral', Andreas' story is ultimately a hopeful one. It's not so much about Andreas' idealistic "story" as much as the reality of choosing that person who continues to be the one who chooses you in return. Mutuality and reciprocation may ultimately find a home in a story full of unilateral selfishness. (  ) ericaustinlee | Oct 1, 2008 | Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing. ) skyekat | Aug 31, 2008 | Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.This isn’t a happy feel-good book, but it isn’t necessarily a depressing book either. There is no earth-shattering climax at the end, but instead a slow build-up to what ultimately felt, to me, like the correct choice. The author never tries to explain the character or his motivations; he just lays out what Andreas thinks or says, which was refreshing, but occasionally confusing and distancing at times. Overall, a thought-provoking read, and definitely recommended ( )1  lalawe | Jun 24, 2008 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
A new novel of artful understatement about mortality, estrangement, and the absurdity of life from the acclaimed author of Unformed Landscape and In Strange Gardens On a day like any other, Andreas changes his life. When a routine doctor's visit leads to an unexpected prognosis, a great yearning takes hold of him--but who can tell if it is homesickness or wanderlust? Andreas leaves everything behind, sells his Paris apartment; cuts off all social ties; quits his teaching job; and waves goodbye to his days spent idly sitting in cafes--to look for a woman he once loved, half a lifetime ago. The monotony of days has been keeping him in check; now he hopes for a miracle and for a new beginning. Andreas' travels lead him back to the province of his youth, back to his hometown in Switzerland where he returns to familiar streets, where his brother still lives in their childhood home, and where Fabienne, a woman he was obsessed with in his youth, visits the same lake they once swam in together. Andreas, still consumed with longing for his lost love and blinded by the uncertainty of his future, is tormented by the question of what might have been if things had happened differently. Peter Stamm has been praised as a "stylistic ascetic" and his prose as "distinguished by lapidary expression, telegraphic terseness, and finely tuned sensitivity" (Bookforum). In On a Day Like This, Stamm's unobtrusive observational style allows us to journey with our antihero through his crises of banality, of living in his empty world, and the realization that life is finite--that one must live it, as long as that is possible. Praise for Unformed Landscape: "Sensitive and unnerving. . . . An uncommonly intimate work, one that will remind the reader of his or her own lived experience with a greater intensity than many of the books that are published right here at home." --The New Republic Online "If Albert Camus had lived in an age when people in remote Norwegian fishing villages had e-mail, he might have written a novel like this."--The New Yorker "Unformed Landscape has a refreshing purity, a lack of delusion, a lack of hype."--Los Angeles Times Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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”Tomheden var blevet normaltilstanden, havde han sagt, han frygtede den ikke, tværtimod.” Men selvom han bilder sig noget andet ind, så lurer angsten og i sidste ende døden bag tomheden. Skal der ikke være mere ved livet end dette?
Da Andreas går til læge med en hoste og får at vide, at der skal tages en biopsi, bryder forsvarsværkerne sammen. Han magter ikke at høre resultatet, men til gengæld begynder han et systematisk opgør med sit liv. Lejligheden sættes til salg, ejendele smides ud, jobbet siges op og båndene til kvinder og venner ødelægges brutalt. Andreas opfører sig som et svin, men brutaliteten bunder i angst og skuffelse over hans eget liv.
I stedet rejser han hjem til barndomsbyen i Schweiz og opsøger sin ungdomskærlighed Fabienne. Det er som om han ikke kan komme i gang med sit liv, før den del af tilværelsen er afsluttet, og selvom det som læser kan virke lidt overdrevent – herregud, det var et kys for tyve år siden – så er han tydeligvis overbevist om, at noget skal gøres.
Romanen handler om, at man er nødt til at tage ansvar for sit liv. Det kan godt være, at det passerer forbi, men der er altid mulighed for at bryde op og gå nye veje. Det er det, Andreas gør, En dag som denne.
Jeg har tidligere læst Peter Stamms debutroman Agnes, men jeg var ikke helt så fascineret af denne roman. Andreas’ selvoptagethed og brutalitet er interessant, men jeg var ikke helt overbevist af Fabienne-historien.
Gad vide, hvad prøverne egentlig viste? (