Montauk by Max Frisch
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Overview: "Montauk" is Max Frisch' final novel in which the mature writer - he was 64 at the time - gives an account of two weekend trips with a relatively young woman he has only just met. This is not a story of romance. These are two people who happen to like and trust each other enough to spend a few days together, without the burden of expectations with respect to a longer term commitment.
Two uneventful trips to Long Island form the backbone of the narrative. And Frisch sets himself the task to use this modest subject matter as `truthfully' as possible: no embellishments, no cutting-and-pasting, no twisting of facts and characters for the sake of artistic or ideological ends. Frisch' ambition in this novel is to come as close to `writerly truth' as he can. At the same time, the novel offers him a canvas to reflect on what has been left unsaid or what has been said untruthfully in his earlier literary work. So, the novel can be read at different levels: as a modest travelogue, as an epistemological experiment in search of `truth', and as a confession of past `sins'.
Frisch' infatuation with recording factual and emotional truth is interesting but one could wonder whether, from a reader perspective, it ultimately isn't a superfluous element. It is perhaps nice to know that he factually saw Lynn and Long Island during these days as recorded in the novel but that in itself does not necessarily make "Montauk" a more rewarding reading experience. What makes "Montauk" such a compelling read is the truth that has been there all along in Max Frisch' work: it is his unadorned view on a fractured, dislocated human condition and it is the truth that pervades his direct, precise yet warm prose.
Genre: General Fiction/Classics
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Requirements: ePUB reader, 308 KB / non-retail
Overview: "Montauk" is Max Frisch' final novel in which the mature writer - he was 64 at the time - gives an account of two weekend trips with a relatively young woman he has only just met. This is not a story of romance. These are two people who happen to like and trust each other enough to spend a few days together, without the burden of expectations with respect to a longer term commitment.
Two uneventful trips to Long Island form the backbone of the narrative. And Frisch sets himself the task to use this modest subject matter as `truthfully' as possible: no embellishments, no cutting-and-pasting, no twisting of facts and characters for the sake of artistic or ideological ends. Frisch' ambition in this novel is to come as close to `writerly truth' as he can. At the same time, the novel offers him a canvas to reflect on what has been left unsaid or what has been said untruthfully in his earlier literary work. So, the novel can be read at different levels: as a modest travelogue, as an epistemological experiment in search of `truth', and as a confession of past `sins'.
Frisch' infatuation with recording factual and emotional truth is interesting but one could wonder whether, from a reader perspective, it ultimately isn't a superfluous element. It is perhaps nice to know that he factually saw Lynn and Long Island during these days as recorded in the novel but that in itself does not necessarily make "Montauk" a more rewarding reading experience. What makes "Montauk" such a compelling read is the truth that has been there all along in Max Frisch' work: it is his unadorned view on a fractured, dislocated human condition and it is the truth that pervades his direct, precise yet warm prose.
Genre: General Fiction/Classics
Download Instructions:
http://www77.zippyshare.com/v/31792468/file.html
https://www.tusfiles.com/ooxejrr0yruj