Whispered Songs eBook Eugenie Kain Paul Larkin Edward T Larkin
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What remains when a loved one has died? Whispered Songs offers an account of a woman's search to find a suitable photo for the obituary of her partner who has just died of cancer. Shifting easily between the heartbreaking perspective of one winter's night and the nameless heroine's detailed memories, Eugenie Kain presents a compelling character, her complicated relationship with her partner, and the social-historical context in which it unfolds.
The woman's memories make clear her occasionally tense relationship with her partner, her submissive relationship with her father, and the authoritarianism of the school system. As a counterweight to the forces of oppression, Whispered Songs is suffused with musical images – the singing of a hurled rock across a frozen lake; the spontaneous eruption of choral harmony by a group international researchers; the songs of the heroine's grandmothers as they seek to survive incarceration in the concentration camp Mauthausen; and finally her partner's songs of joy and human companionship.
The successful quest for a truthful image of her partner, who is based on the songwriter Gustl Maly, Kain's own life-partner, mirrors the heroine's honest acknowledgement of her loss and ushers in the realization that she does indeed have the wherewithal to move forward with her life. As the possibility of individual development is affirmed, so too is the view that song can facilitate an alternate, more humane social configuration. It is merely a question of finding the right image.
Whispered Songs eBook Eugenie Kain Paul Larkin Edward T Larkin
This is a rich read for such a thin volume. The writing is clear and crisp, but the images and ideas are deep and complicated. In the way that music can sometimes transport us and then bring us back, Eugenie Kain takes us away on trips of imagination and thought, then back to her sad and very human experience of loss, over and over. Edward Larkin's translation makes me realize that his is an art in itself, not just word by word correspondence.Product details
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Whispered Songs eBook Eugenie Kain Paul Larkin Edward T Larkin Reviews
This is a rich read for such a thin volume. The writing is clear and crisp, but the images and ideas are deep and complicated. In the way that music can sometimes transport us and then bring us back, Eugenie Kain takes us away on trips of imagination and thought, then back to her sad and very human experience of loss, over and over. Edward Larkin's translation makes me realize that his is an art in itself, not just word by word correspondence.
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