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The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
by Rainer Maria Rilke
4.5*
The problem, perhaps, with fiction like The Notebooks… (that is, fiction that meanders), is that it will inevitably meander in and out of any given reader’s field(s) of interest. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn is another such example of this variety of fiction writing, and one which I felt meandered a bit too far outside of my fields of interest to be altogether captivating. The Notebooks…, however—and in spite of its meandering—struck chords within me whose resonances will tremble, I suspect, for a long time.
Also, William Gass' introduction in the edition I read is great! An unexpectedly useful and thoughtful supplement to the work. But of course, this should be no surprise.
The problem, perhaps, with fiction like The Notebooks… (that is, fiction that meanders), is that it will inevitably meander in and out of any given reader’s field(s) of interest. Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn is another such example of this variety of fiction writing, and one which I felt meandered a bit too far outside of my fields of interest to be altogether captivating. The Notebooks…, however—and in spite of its meandering—struck chords within me whose resonances will tremble, I suspect, for a long time.
Also, William Gass' introduction in the edition I read is great! An unexpectedly useful and thoughtful supplement to the work. But of course, this should be no surprise.