From the internationally best-selling author Daniel Kehlmann, a provocative and wickedly funny novel about two unpredictable men–one an artist and the other a journalist, who together embark on an unexpected adventure with uproarious results.
Sebastian Zollner’s failure as a journalist is matched only by his personal failures: his girlfriend is moving in a new lover before Se...
From the internationally best-selling author Daniel Kehlmann, a provocative and wickedly funny novel about two unpredictable men–one an artist and the other a journalist, who together embark on an unexpected adventure with uproarious results.
Sebastian Zollner’s failure as a journalist is matched only by his personal failures: his girlfriend is moving in a new lover before Sebastian even knows he’s been dumped. Searching for the break that will redeem him in the eyes of his peers, he heads off on a wild goose chase into the mountains to interview the eccentric, legendary painter Manuel Kaminski, with the hope of writing his biography.
Kaminski is going blind and is living in seclusion with his daughter. He could be working on his next masterpiece or easing into his final days, and his inconsistent career raises the question of whether he has been a fraud or a genius. His artistic reputation hinges on any number of factors but most prominently on a definitive biography. Enter Zollner–who has no intention of writing a puff piece. He’s out to dig dirt and to force Kaminski to confront the legacy of his work. But the secrets he uncovers will lead Kaminski, and Zollner himself, to places neither of them ever expected to go.
With edgy wit and intelligence, Daniel Kehlmann dives into the problems of what is “truth” in our celebrity-crazed times and embraces the energy and humanity that lie beneath the pretensions of the art and journalistic worlds. A firecracker of a novel.
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上海译文出版社2018版
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上海译文出版社2018版
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上海译文出版社2018版
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1 有用 小悬子 2016-08-10 10:45:10
2016.08.04 ~ 2016.08.09 情节简单、篇幅精干，清冽的欧洲文艺范儿。其实是个很沉重的故事啊——徘徊在成功的辉煌与失败的惨烈之间两边都不靠的等死的艺术家，半生都在逃避，甚至不惜装瞎来给自己的逃避创造借口，还有那个一心想走捷径，偏偏每一步都拖拖拉拉的落魄作家，拿不起又放不下，有小自私却做不到大卑鄙，那种小人物的善良使他被扮猪吃老虎的老爷子耍得团团转，最后几乎沦落到一无所有的境地——... 2016.08.04 ~ 2016.08.09 情节简单、篇幅精干，清冽的欧洲文艺范儿。其实是个很沉重的故事啊——徘徊在成功的辉煌与失败的惨烈之间两边都不靠的等死的艺术家，半生都在逃避，甚至不惜装瞎来给自己的逃避创造借口，还有那个一心想走捷径，偏偏每一步都拖拖拉拉的落魄作家，拿不起又放不下，有小自私却做不到大卑鄙，那种小人物的善良使他被扮猪吃老虎的老爷子耍得团团转，最后几乎沦落到一无所有的境地——然而作者的笔触是如此轻快，四处散落的刻薄的小幽默令人时时忍俊不禁，哦，这份酸楚的可爱！ (展开)
1 有用 小悬子 2016-08-10 10:45:10
2016.08.04 ~ 2016.08.09 情节简单、篇幅精干，清冽的欧洲文艺范儿。其实是个很沉重的故事啊——徘徊在成功的辉煌与失败的惨烈之间两边都不靠的等死的艺术家，半生都在逃避，甚至不惜装瞎来给自己的逃避创造借口，还有那个一心想走捷径，偏偏每一步都拖拖拉拉的落魄作家，拿不起又放不下，有小自私却做不到大卑鄙，那种小人物的善良使他被扮猪吃老虎的老爷子耍得团团转，最后几乎沦落到一无所有的境地——... 2016.08.04 ~ 2016.08.09 情节简单、篇幅精干，清冽的欧洲文艺范儿。其实是个很沉重的故事啊——徘徊在成功的辉煌与失败的惨烈之间两边都不靠的等死的艺术家，半生都在逃避，甚至不惜装瞎来给自己的逃避创造借口，还有那个一心想走捷径，偏偏每一步都拖拖拉拉的落魄作家，拿不起又放不下，有小自私却做不到大卑鄙，那种小人物的善良使他被扮猪吃老虎的老爷子耍得团团转，最后几乎沦落到一无所有的境地——然而作者的笔触是如此轻快，四处散落的刻薄的小幽默令人时时忍俊不禁，哦，这份酸楚的可爱！ (展开)