Today's meeting was devoted to the book "The Causeway". Carol read a biography of the author, Christina has brought cheesecake, Eustace Hanus provided spiritual nourishment.
main protagonist is a writer, formally presented in an interesting way - each chapter is a monologue (a telephone call, letter) of one of the people who are associated with him. The writer hesitates to whether to accept a Russian literary award, he dreams of Nobel, who, walking rumors is to fall this year was the Polish writer.
Monologues are written in a different language for each character. However, as is characteristic Hanus way of writing - the equivalents at the end of sentences, powtarzaniami - so his way is smuggled into the language of each character, which spoils the effect somewhat mosaic.
form the writer is apparently modeled on Iwaszkiewiczu, although Hanus, swears that it is not so-he took into account several writers, including himself. In addition to theme awards, runs through the book and the writer's topic of women - wife, daughter, young girl. The latter seems to be of particular interest for the hero of the novel (except, of course, and the Russian Nobel prize)
book met a mixed reception - but mostly positive, although the settlements with the past elections, which had then made a theme (think Rysiek) quite heavily exploited. Below
Cheesecake - very tasty ...
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