Sunday, September 1, 2019

“What next?”

A young man prepares for a journey:


Adalbert Stifter, The Bachelors. 1850. Trans. from the German by David Bryer (London: Pushkin Press, 2008).

That dog is just one of the elements in this strange short novel that remind me of a silent movie. Moving from village life to a monastery on a remote island, The Bachelors is a Bildungsroman, a celebration of sublime nature, a story full of sentimentality and eerie melodrama. I can honestly say that I’ve never read anything like it. Out of print and highly recommended.

By Michael Leddy at 8:25 AM

2 comments:

  1. FrescaSeptember 01, 2019 1:38 PM

    Hey! That fits me---moving this weekend!

    Now what, indeed!

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  2. Michael LeddySeptember 01, 2019 2:24 PM

    I was thinking about that. Lots of people on the move this weekend.

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