Today I want to share with my #hivers friends of this Community a review of a great Danish writer with the rare quality of publishing few books.
Unlike other writers who let themselves be taken by the hand of the literary industry and punctually publish a book (or more a year) Peter Høeg has published in his entire career as a writer only eight books since 1988 (his first novel was The History of Danish Dream) until now, that is 31 years with an average of one book every 3-4 years. The last one is from 2014 Effekten af Susan (not yet translated into English).
As he himself has declared, he must "feel" the plot of the book he publishes, he must be deeply consubstantiated with its content and, especially, he must elaborate and rework it an infinite number of times.
Hoy quiero compartir amigos #hivers de esta Comunidad una reseña de un estupendo escritor danés con la rara calidad de publicar pocos libros.
A diferencia de otros escritores que se dejan tomar la mano de la industria literaria y puntualmente publican un libro (o más al año) Peter Høeg ya que de él se trata ha publicado en toda su carrera como escritor solo ocho libros desde 1988 (su primera novela fue El Siglo de los Sueños) hasta ahora, es decir 31 años años con una media de un libro cada 3-4 años. La última es del año 2014 Effekten af Susan (no traducida aún al español).
Como él mismo lo ha declarado debe "sentir" la trama del libro que publica, debe estar profundamente consustanciado con su contenido y, especialmente, lo debe elaborar y reelaborar una cantidad infinita de veces.
The plot has as its central axis the story of three adolescents with serious emotional disorders: Peter, Katarina and August confined in the Biehl School- with a disease diagnosed as "borderline" or "borderline patients" although the term "borderline" is also often used.
In other words, people who find themselves, according to the psychiatrists' diagnosis, in that thin thread that marks the limit between "normality" and "mental incapacity."
Peter is telling in the first person and after several years his experience in the sanitary structure, subjected together with his colleagues to an almost military regime.
Peter Hoeg is putting together the plot with many jumps in time. It is his style, which makes the book should be read quite calmly. Sometimes told in the first person and sometimes in the third, it gives the impression that it is - in some sections - an autobiography. And yet it is not.
It is a story told in paragraphs, of each protagonist, and then developed in an exhaustive way, recounting abuses, abuses of privacy and other even more terrifying facts of these institutes.
The story unfolds in Denmark in two periods of time: in 1971 when the main protagonist Peter in the psychiatric institute and thirty years later, at the beginning of the European millennium, when he is encouraged to make his story public.
There is no shortage of stage blows and criticism of an overly bureaucratic and authoritarian system is not lacking either.
La trama tiene como eje central la historia de tres adolescentes con serios trastornos emocionales: Peter, Katarina y August recluidos en el Colegio Biehl- con una enfermedad diagnosticada como "fronterizos" o "pacientes limítrofes" aunque tambiés se suele usar el término "borderline"
O sea personas que se encuentran, de acuerdo al diagnóstico de los psiquiatras, en ese delgado hilo que marca el límite entre la "normalidad" y la "incapacidad mental".
Peter va contando en primera persona y luego de varios años su experiencia en la estructura sde salud mental, sometido junto a sus compañeros a un regimen casi militar.
Peter Hoeg va armando la trama con muchos saltos en el tiempo. Es su estilo, lo que hace que el libro deba ser leído con bastante tranquilidad. A veces relatado en primera persona y a veces en tercera, da la impresión que se trata -en algunos tramos- de una autobiografía. Y sin embargo no es así.
Es una historia contada en párrafos, de cada protagonista, y luego desarrollada en modo exhaustiva, contando abusos, excesos de la privacidad y otros hechos aún más aterradores de estos institutos.
La historia se desenvuelve en Dinamarca en dos periodos de tiempo: en el año 1971 cuando el protagonista principal Peter ingresa en el instituto psiquiátrico y treinta años más tarde, en pleno inicio del milenio europeo, cuando se anima a hacer pública su historia.
Los golpes de escena no faltan y la crítica a un sistema demasiado burocrático y autoritario tampoco.
Like all of Peter Hoeg's books, which achieved its greatest notoriety with Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow made by Billie August with Vanesa Redgrave and Julia Ormond, they are not difficult to read but they are not for read them continuously in a wekkend. To understand us.
You have to read them calmly and analyze the content. The same thing has happened to me with the books of Stephen Hawking and Stephen King among others.
The criticism towards the mental institutions for minors in force in Denmark in the seventies (and perhaps in much of the world) and the group leadership that, by force of facts, must assume some characters within that environment is evident.
In some sections it reminded me of the movie Rebel without a cause.
Recommended for all those who want (and know how) to truly enjoy reading a good book.
Como todos los libros de Peter Hoeg, que alcanzó su mayor notoriedad con La señorita Smila y su especial percepción de la nieve llevada al cine por Billie August con Vanesa Redgrave y Julia Ormond, no son de difícil lectura pero tampoco son para leerlos de corrido en un wekkend. Para entendernos.
Hay que leerlos con calma y analizar el contenido. Me ha pasado lo mismo con los libros de Stephen Hawking y Stephen King entre otros.
Es evidente la crítica hacia las instituciones mentales para menores vigentes en Dinamarca en los años setenta (y tal vez en gran parte del mundo) y el liderazgo de grupo que, por la fuerza de los hechos, deben asumir algunos personajes dentro de ese entorno.
En algunos tramos me hizo recordar a la película Rebelde sin causa.
Recomendable para todos aquellos que quieran (y sepan) disfrutar verdaderamente de la lectura de un buen libro.
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