Journal en miettes
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Fragments Of A Journal, by Ionesco, Eugene; Tr. By Jean Stewart This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0704300451
ISBN13:9780704300453
Release Date:January 1987
Publisher:Quartet Books Ltd
Length:149 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Powerhouse, as mind bending as Kafka's diaries
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
I find I enjoy this more intimate, personally acquaintance with the mind of Eugene Ionesco better than his plays. Even his earliest memories are tightly wound with his inescapable feelings of absurdity. Like Nabokov, Ionesco found solace in his work as a refuge from the the basic meaninglessness of world events, politics, and in some ways even art itself. In one passage he renounces Rimbaud's "Illuminations", so far does he descend into the depths of skepticism. Misery has it's place here, but so does an odd, rare kind of joy. "I know what hell is now", he says in a tone of authoritativeness. A must read.
For all those who marvel at life!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
A beautiful book that sparks with the wonderment of life. I am inspired by the way Ionesco combines storytelling and philosophy in such a elgeant manner. He is able to provide organization to the chaos which is the search for understanding. He writes honestly and from the heart with the most humble tone i have read in a long time. Anyone who has ever pondered the basic questions of life and death should read this book. He will both inspire and teach any open mind.
Human among Humans
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 28 years ago
Ionescu wrote a jouranl that make takes your breath away. There is so much human understanding, so deep and still so common questions he poses inthis book that one cannot stop admiring it. He was ald when he wrote it and all his fame and career were already behind. The 'member of the French Academy' the 'imortal' appears to the reader amazingly simple and shy with a touch of gentilness and kindness sending you rather to Reiner Maria Rilke than to the author of 'Rhinoceros'.A book that deserves to be read!
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