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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
A sublime novella that explores reality, dreams, sexuality, and guilt. Fridolin, a doctor, and his wife, Albertine, are putting their daughter to bed. After this they begin having an earnest discussion about their recent holiday to Denmark. Both of them confess to having been sexually attracted to other people on the holiday and agree to confess any such similar feelings in the future. The following day, Fridolin goes on his rounds visiting a patient who has died. He wanders the streets of Vienna and stops in a coffee shop where he bumps into his old friend, Nachtigall, a pianist. Nachtigall tells him a tale of his current occupation which involves being blindfolded, and given a secret password, and taken to different mansions where he plays for the guests. Occasionally, he will get a glimpse of what is happening and see naked men and women wearing masks. Fridolin is intrigued and convinces Nachtigall to provide the password. He follows him in a night coach and enters the party with the password. Inside, he sees all the naked women but is asked by someone to provide the secondary password. He is cornered. Then a woman comes to his aide, at enormous cost to herself, but he doesn't entirely know why.
What follows is a bizarre and very dreamlike adventure. At one point, his wife literally gives him the details of one of her dreams and the whole thing feels very familiar and lingers to the point where you can't be sure if anything is real or not. The woman's motivations, the married couple's sexual desires and interests, all confused and swirling in a haze of Viennese coffee shops, antisemitism and sex workers. Apparently this book was the basis for Kubrick's 'Eyes Wide Shut.'
I really enjoyed this. It had shades of Bataille's 'Story of the Eye' as well as Chesterton's 'The Man Who Was Thursday.' It was a delight to read. A mystery which is never solved. Like most dreams I suppose.
What follows is a bizarre and very dreamlike adventure. At one point, his wife literally gives him the details of one of her dreams and the whole thing feels very familiar and lingers to the point where you can't be sure if anything is real or not. The woman's motivations, the married couple's sexual desires and interests, all confused and swirling in a haze of Viennese coffee shops, antisemitism and sex workers. Apparently this book was the basis for Kubrick's 'Eyes Wide Shut.'
I really enjoyed this. It had shades of Bataille's 'Story of the Eye' as well as Chesterton's 'The Man Who Was Thursday.' It was a delight to read. A mystery which is never solved. Like most dreams I suppose.
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
After Gustl, I gave Schnitzler a wide berth for the time being. But I kept the Traumnovelle in the back of my mind. But I did not expect that it would be such a gem. I was completely fascinated by the story and its surprising paths. Much of it felt very modern, even linguistically, although it was set in Vienna around 1900.
Protagonista de una aventura instalada entre el sueño y la realidad, iniciada bajo el signo de una confesión insospechada, Fridolin, acomodado médico vienés, será partícipe de escenarios sugerentes y peligrosos que lo acercarán a límites que lindan con la muerte y lo desconocido.
Relato soñado del austriaco Arthur Schnitzler, novela publicada en 1926, mediante las características ambientales que ofrece el estado de vigilia que permea a toda la novela y la inquietante duda que surge luego de confesiones cruzadas que rozan la infidelidad, permite aproximarse a la sucesión de eventos que envuelven a su protagonista principal Fridolín, eventos que van a la par con el estado de inquietud en la que se encuentra sometido luego del diálogo que sostiene con su esposa en una noche aparentemente feliz y tranquila. Dispuesto a la aventura, se sumerge en una extraña noche que dispone escenarios que van desde el lecho de muerte de un paciente, hasta una mascarada intrigante en donde no valen las medias tintas cuando se trata de las reglas que la sostienen.
Atrapante y misteriosa, Relato soñado juega con lo implícito, lo secreto y las revelaciones en una historia que compone un viaje de aprendizaje acerca del matrimonio, la seducción, la atracción y lo desconocido, caracterizada toda la novela por ciertos elementos propios de la novela de suspenso y por el contorno psicológico que Schnitzler realiza con los personajes del libro.
Relato soñado del austriaco Arthur Schnitzler, novela publicada en 1926, mediante las características ambientales que ofrece el estado de vigilia que permea a toda la novela y la inquietante duda que surge luego de confesiones cruzadas que rozan la infidelidad, permite aproximarse a la sucesión de eventos que envuelven a su protagonista principal Fridolín, eventos que van a la par con el estado de inquietud en la que se encuentra sometido luego del diálogo que sostiene con su esposa en una noche aparentemente feliz y tranquila. Dispuesto a la aventura, se sumerge en una extraña noche que dispone escenarios que van desde el lecho de muerte de un paciente, hasta una mascarada intrigante en donde no valen las medias tintas cuando se trata de las reglas que la sostienen.
Atrapante y misteriosa, Relato soñado juega con lo implícito, lo secreto y las revelaciones en una historia que compone un viaje de aprendizaje acerca del matrimonio, la seducción, la atracción y lo desconocido, caracterizada toda la novela por ciertos elementos propios de la novela de suspenso y por el contorno psicológico que Schnitzler realiza con los personajes del libro.
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes