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Die Ungeheuerliche Einsamkeit Des Maxwell Sim (2010)

by Jonathan Coe(Favorite Author)

3.33 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

3421044848 (ISBN13: 9783421044846)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Dt. Verl.-Anst

review 1: Esta vida de Max é privada de comunicação, de afeto, sob o céu aberto da ironia das oportunidades da virtualidade comunicativa. Neste âmbito, a história, cujo narrador é autodiegético, é hilariante; basta recordar dois momentos, no início: quando o protagonista, na sua necessidade de contacto, relata ao passageiro que seguia ao seu lado, no avião para Singapura, como acabou por ir morar para Watford; quando descontraidamente ajuda o assaltante que lhe levara o telemóvel a encontrar o caminho que procura, pretendendo extrair desse episódio algo que contar…Vivendo uma crise de meia-idade, mergulhado em depressão, num cenário de pós-divórcio, Maxwell Sim tem a oportunidade de viajar até às ilhas Shetland, encetando uma odisseia que o leva à sua autodesc... moreoberta e a reflexões motivadas pelos ecos do passado. No percurso, ao volante do Toyota Prius, desenvolve uma “relação” com Emma, a voz do seu GPS, batendo no fundo da sua solidão…Não é um livro de grandes descobertas, mas a escrita simples (motivada pela simplicidade do narrador) permite tempo bem passado. O desenlace surpreende, sem constituir, no entanto, um volte face no mundo da comunicação virtual.
review 2: Well the same thing happened to me after finishing “The House of Sleep”: I’m thoroughly mesmerized. (So by now I can say I’m used to the feeling and I can move on to the next Coe’s book). The story holds a thousand more tales and meanings than you’d expect by just reading the description. It really felt like violating the privacy of Maxwell Sim simply by reading his story, because he was absolutely real, the story was utterly honest and true, and the atmosphere very intimate. That’s why at the same time it seemed as though you were the only one who was supposed to read the story. And like it happened with “The House of Sleep”, I once again felt jealous of the characters just because they were in a story that was so amazing but that always stayed simple nonetheless. Everything was beautifully interconnected and every single detail was really engaging. The plot twists were excellently mastered and I'm not going to comment on them because I feel that words wouldn't do them justice. My favorite character was Emma (Lol ok that was a bad joke, but then again you must admit in a way she was the wisest of them all). Joking aside I think my favorite character - other than Maxwell Sim that I adored - was Poppy. About the very last pages, I must say: well played, Jonathan, you screwed with our minds very nicely (with mine at least). You are an evil genius!!I don’t know whether or not you can say someone is one of your favorite writers even though you’ve only read two books of his but that’s how I feel towards this amazing author. And of course now I intend to read every single one of his works. less

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