Paperback
slovenian language
Published 2008 by Sanje.
V kratkih poglavjih se pred nami odvije življenjska zgodba izmišljenega ameriškega literata Howarda W. Cambella, ki je v tretjem rajhu deloval kot propagandist. Skozi zgodbo se izkaže, da je osrednji lik ves čas vojne deloval tudi kot ameriški agent. Ker pa je zaradi visoke stopnje tajnosti zanj vedela le peščica ljudi, je verjetnost, da bi na sojenju lahko predstavili dokaze o njegovi resnični vlogi in ga tako oprostili, majhna. Vonneguta je k pisanju očitno navdahnilo sojenje Adolfu Eichmannu, ki je tedaj potekalo v Jeruzalemu. Pripoved, ki v večini teče retrospektivno, tematizira šibkost posameznika pred veliko idejo in silami zgodovine. Ali kot dobro povzame B. Gradišnik v spremni besedi, zgodba je dober primer, kaj se posamezniku lahko pripeti, če predobro služi domovini. Prispeval(a): Gorazd Jesihar, Knjižnica Domžale (iz portala Dobre knjige)
Že dolgo nisem bral Vonneguta in mi je kar malo žal zato. Zelo aktualna knjiga, predvsem zaradi ponovnega vstajanja faši/nacizma po svetu. Dobro reče: "Si, za kar se predstavljaš, da si." Še posebej, če se predstavljaš za nacista, čeprav nisi. Ali pač? Če te vsi poznajo po tem, za kar se izdajaš in samo ti veš resnico, kaj si potem? Vse kupim, samo tistega prizora z ženo, ki je kao ni prepoznal, ne.
This relatively straight forward and relatively serious novel tells the story of a Nazi propagandist awaiting trial in Israel for crimes against humanity. But he says he is an American spy, passing along coded messages in his virulent broadcasts. He tells his story with emotion and detachment even. He tries to figure out if he can separate out his words from his true feelings and did the hateful things he said, in the end, destroy his soul?
A very interesting book, more "normal" than other Vonnegut books I have read. Howard W Campbell Jr is a complex character, trying to come to grips with what he said and what he did. A fairly short book, despite its nearly 300 page official length, as there is plenty of white space and short chapters. But definitely a page turner, with some profound thoughts on love, estrangement and self delusion. I really enjoyed …
This relatively straight forward and relatively serious novel tells the story of a Nazi propagandist awaiting trial in Israel for crimes against humanity. But he says he is an American spy, passing along coded messages in his virulent broadcasts. He tells his story with emotion and detachment even. He tries to figure out if he can separate out his words from his true feelings and did the hateful things he said, in the end, destroy his soul?
A very interesting book, more "normal" than other Vonnegut books I have read. Howard W Campbell Jr is a complex character, trying to come to grips with what he said and what he did. A fairly short book, despite its nearly 300 page official length, as there is plenty of white space and short chapters. But definitely a page turner, with some profound thoughts on love, estrangement and self delusion. I really enjoyed it.
I attended a book swap party for a friend not long ago. I came home with this book. I’d never heard of it, but how could I not be interested in Vonnegut?
This short book is wonderful. It’s nothing like I expected and everything I could have hoped for. In it, you follow the story of Howard Campbell Jr, as told by himself while in prison for war crimes committed during World War II. The reality is, he was a double agent, working effectively towards both Nazi and American ends.
The dismaying thing about the classic totalitarian mind is that any given gear, though mutilated, will have at its circumference unbroken sequences of teeth that are immaculately maintained, that are exquisitely machined. Hence the cuckoo clock in Hell—keeping perfect time for eight minutes and thirty-three seconds, jumping ahead fourteen minutes, keeping perfect time for six seconds, jumping ahead two seconds, …
I attended a book swap party for a friend not long ago. I came home with this book. I’d never heard of it, but how could I not be interested in Vonnegut?
This short book is wonderful. It’s nothing like I expected and everything I could have hoped for. In it, you follow the story of Howard Campbell Jr, as told by himself while in prison for war crimes committed during World War II. The reality is, he was a double agent, working effectively towards both Nazi and American ends.
The dismaying thing about the classic totalitarian mind is that any given gear, though mutilated, will have at its circumference unbroken sequences of teeth that are immaculately maintained, that are exquisitely machined. Hence the cuckoo clock in Hell—keeping perfect time for eight minutes and thirty-three seconds, jumping ahead fourteen minutes, keeping perfect time for six seconds, jumping ahead two seconds, keeping perfect time for two hours and one second, then jumping ahead a year. The missing teeth, of course, are simple, obvious truths, truths available and comprehensible even to ten-year-olds, in most cases.
