Tristan

»Wenn ... nach meinem Tode das eine oder andere meiner Bücher in der Reclam-Bibliothek erschiene - wäre das nicht eine kleine Unsterblichkeit?« Schon zu seinen Lebzeiten ging Thomas Manns Wunsch mit dem Erscheinen von »Tristan« in der Universal-Bibliothek in Erfüllung. In der burlesken Erzählung macht ein dekadenter Künstler einem plumpen Kaufmann die kränkliche Gattin abspenstig, indem er sie durch Musik zu Kunst und Liebe verführt. Doch sie stirbt, während das Leben in Gestalt ihres kraftstrotzenden Babys die Szene höhnisch verlacht. Jetzt mit neuem Kommentar und Nachwort.

»Wenn ... nach meinem Tode das eine oder andere meiner Bücher in der Reclam-Bibliothek erschiene - wäre das nicht eine kleine Unsterblichkeit?« Schon zu seinen Lebzeiten ging Thomas Manns Wunsch mit dem Erscheinen von »Tristan« in der Universal-Bibliothek in Erfüllung. In der burlesken Erzählung macht ein dekadenter Künstler einem plumpen Kaufmann die kränkliche Gattin abspenstig, indem er sie durch Musik zu Kunst und Liebe verführt. Doch sie stirbt, während das Leben in Gestalt ihres kraftstrotzenden Babys die Szene höhnisch verlacht. Jetzt mit neuem Kommentar und Nachwort.

Introducing a refreshing young French voice to English readers, this slim novel is both a riveting love story and an examination of humanity’s assault on the natural world. After a seven-day journey on the South Atlantic Ocean aboard a lobster boat servicing Cape Town, Ida arrives on the island of Tristan. In the little island community, a village nestled on the slopes of a volcano whose only limits are the immense sky and the ocean, her bearings are gradually shifted as time slowly begins to expand. When a cargo ship runs aground near a neighboring island, spilling massive amounts of oil, there is suddenly frantic activity in the town. Ida eagerly joins a team of three men who go to the small island to rescue oil-drenched penguins. One night, one of the men walks her back to the cabin where she is staying. They experience a night of love that continues to grow on the secluded island. For two weeks away from the world—the sea is rough, no boat can come to pick them up—the dance of their bodies and their all-consuming love is their only horizon. Following the rhythm of the ocean and the untamed wind, Clarence Boulay brilliantly gives flesh to a dizzying sensation of sensual abandonment. Tristan raises emotional sails and upends all certainty.

Introducing a refreshing young French voice to English readers, this slim novel is both a riveting love story and an examination of humanity’s assault on the natural world. After a seven-day journey on the South Atlantic Ocean aboard a lobster boat servicing Cape Town, Ida arrives on the island of Tristan. In the little island community, a village nestled on the slopes of a volcano whose only limits are the immense sky and the ocean, her bearings are gradually shifted as time slowly begins to expand. When a cargo ship runs aground near a neighboring island, spilling massive amounts of oil, there is suddenly frantic activity in the town. Ida eagerly joins a team of three men who go to the small island to rescue oil-drenched penguins. One night, one of the men walks her back to the cabin where she is staying. They experience a night of love that continues to grow on the secluded island. For two weeks away from the world—the sea is rough, no boat can come to pick them up—the dance of their bodies and their all-consuming love is their only horizon. Following the rhythm of the ocean and the untamed wind, Clarence Boulay brilliantly gives flesh to a dizzying sensation of sensual abandonment. Tristan raises emotional sails and upends all certainty.