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Less (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): A Novel, by Andrew Sean Greer
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"Less is the funniest, smartest and most humane novel I've read since Tom Rachman's 2010 debut, The Imperfectionists....Greer writes sentences of arresting lyricism and beauty. His metaphors come at you like fireflies....Like Arthur, Andrew Sean Greer's Less is excellent company. It's no less than bedazzling, bewitching and be-wonderful."―New York Times Book Review"Greer is an exceptionally lovely writer, capable of mingling humor with sharp poignancy.... Brilliantly funny.... Greer's narration, so elegantly laced with wit, cradles the story of a man who loses everything: his lover, his suitcase, his beard, his dignity."―Ron Charles, Washington Post"Greer's novel is philosophical, poignant, funny and wise, filled with unexpected turns....Although Greer is gifted and subtle in comic moments, he's just as adept at ruminating on the deeper stuff. His protagonist grapples with aging, loneliness, creativity, grief, self-pity and more."―San Francisco Chronicle"I recommend it with my whole heart."―Ann Patchett"A piquantly funny fifth novel."―Entertainment Weekly"Greer, the author of wonderful, heartfelt novels including The Confessions of Max Tivoli, The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells and The Story of a Marriage, shows he has another powerful weapon in his arsenal: comedy. And who doesn't need a laugh right about now?"―Miami Herald"Greer elevates Less' picaresque journey into a wise and witty novel. This is no Eat, Pray Love story of touristic uplift, but rather a grand travelogue of foibles, humiliations and self-deprecation, ending in joy, and a dollop of self-knowledge."―National Book Review "Dressed in his trademark blue suit, Less adorably butchers the German language, nearly falls in love in Paris, celebrates his birthday in the desert and, somewhere along the way, discovers something new and fragile about the passing of time, about the coming and going of love, and what it means to be the fool of your own narrative. It's nothing less than wonderful."―Book Page"Greer's evocations of the places Arthur visits offer zesty travelogue pleasures"―Seattle Times"Less is perhaps Greer's finest yet.... A comic yet moving picture of an American abroad.... Less is a wondrous achievement, deserving an even larger audience than Greer's bestselling The Confessions of Max Tivoli."―Booklist, starred review
Über den Autor und weitere Mitwirkende
Andrew Sean Greer is the bestselling author of five works of fiction, including The Confessions of Max Tivoli, which was named a best book of 2004 by the San Francisco Chronicle and the Chicago Tribune. He is the recipient of the Northern California Book Award, the California Book Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Award, the O Henry award for short fiction and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Public Library. Greer lives in San Francisco. He has traveled to all of the locations in this novel, but he is only big in Italy.
Produktinformation
Taschenbuch: 272 Seiten
Verlag: Back Bay Books; Auflage: Reprint (22. Mai 2018)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 031631613X
ISBN-13: 978-0316316132
Größe und/oder Gewicht:
14 x 1,9 x 21,3 cm
Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung:
3.8 von 5 Sternen
23 Kundenrezensionen
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Nr. 3.100 in Fremdsprachige Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Fremdsprachige Bücher)
Die Abfolge der Peinlichkeiten, in die der alternde, schwule Held und Autor Arthur Less in seiner "midlife crisis" nacheinander stolpert, sind weder unterhaltend noch erhellend. Wenn Herr Less die elektronische Tür seines Dozentenapartments in Berlin nicht aufbekommt und deshalb im vierten Stock an der Außenwand in ein Fenster klettert, ist das einfach nur unglaubwürdig und so albern wie das ganze Buch. Wieso Andrew Greer mit diesem Unsinn den Pulitzer Preis gewinnen konnte, ist mir ein absolutes Rätsel.
The author definitely has a knack for language, but the ironic distance and the abundance of puns feel old very quickly and turn into a bore. Ordinary Arthur Less and his little adventures are sometimes quirky, but not really captivating. Eventually, it was not enough to keep me interested until the very end. There's an abundance of flashbacks, contemplation about ageing and - yes, the occasional failed relationship or fling here and there. But the most interesting mishaps that occur during his travels which only slowly drive the plot forward, like almost missing an interview with another famous author or trying Chili peppers at a Mexican market, aren't really that noteworthy. Reading the novel felt a bit like listening to someone telling you anecdotes from their last vacation: It's a lot funnier to those who experienced it. All in all, it's an okay novel, but only questionably Pulitzer-worthy.
Boring read which is really nothing special struggling to finish it... I personally would not recommend buying this read!
Arthur and Freddy have spent so many years together, but now, Freddy is going to marry somebody else. This already would be enough, but Arthur’s situation is even worse: he is about to turn fifty, thus, officially old. How to avoid the dreadful wedding and his birthday? The solution is close at hand: he accepts several invitations bringing him first to New York, then Mexico, afterwards across the ocean to Italy, Germany and Morocco before returning home via India and Japan. However, leaving behind your everyday life does not mean that your worries also stay at home. They follow Less around the word as constant companions at his side.Andrew Sean Greer had been quite successful with his short stories before he started writing novels. His sixth, “Lessâ€, was awarded the 2018 Pulitzer prize for Fiction, after he had already received the California Book Award and the O. Henry Award among others for his works.It is hard to find words to adequately describe the novel. I simply adored it every minute. First of all, there is this extraordinary protagonist Arthur Less who is, in his own view, so plain, ordinary, normal and uninteresting and yet seems to fascinate everybody he meets, makes them fall in love with him instantly and puts a kind of spell on them they cannot escape. The reader also falls for him at once – albeit I cannot explain why this is exactly the case. It is surely not because he is outstandingly good-looking or especially witty, he seems to have some kind of charisma that attracts people.Second, the narrator. He seems to be acquainted with Less, even though he merely hints at when and how they met and what their relationship is like. Often he recedes and just tells the story, but now and again, he talks to the reader, comments and readjusts the reader’s perspective. Even though a lot of disasters happen to Less on his journey and despite the fact that the two major loves of his life are lost, his life isn’t too bad.Watching Less stumble through his journey, his anxiety about aging – his is 49, not 50! – his being mainly known for having spent years at the side of a successful writer while his own work did only find small recognition – all his little flaws make him even more likeable. His modesty, his shyness – he is not less, but much more. A wonderfully written novel, full of love and compassion.
Als ich das Buch ausgelesen hatte, war ich richtig traurig, nicht wegen des Endes, sondern weil die wunderbar heitere, melancholische, tröstende L.ektüre vorbei war. Arthur Less, den "Helden" des Romans, werd ich wohl niemals vergessen, wie man jemanden, den man einmal sehr gut kannte und sehr gern hatte, nicht vergisst. Mit ihm ist dem Autor (den ich im Übrigen vorher nicht kannte) eine zutiefst menschliche, bezaubernde Figur gelungen.
Die Geschichte ist hier und da unerwartet, keine Eat Pray Love Selbstfindung, die man vielleicht erwarten würde, aber ich will gar nicht so viel davon verraten. Es ist ein ruhiges, gemütliches Buch, und einfach wundervoll geschrieben. Es lässt einen oft schmunzeln, der Erzählerblick auf unseren Protagonisten, die Beschreibung so herrlich ehrlich, feinfühlig und liebevoll, dass man gar nicht anders kann als Arthur Less in sein Herz zu schließen. Ein wirklich schönes Buch über das Leben, die Liebe und das älter werden. Ich kann es nur empfehlen.
Ich konnte nicht recht bei der Sache bleiben.Aber was ich noch weiß: Ein alternder homosexueller Autor reist durch die Welt und bemitleidet sich.Bleibt eher an der Oberfläche. Ich hätte mir mehr echte Einblicke gewünscht.
Der Autor ist ganz klar begabt und schreibt sehr einzigartig. Die Geschichte jedoch an sich hat mich persönlich nicht gepackt.
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