A memoir of two lost men: a father and his child. It is about forgiving, about examining the way men are made and how they fall apart, about understanding that in order to have a good son you must have a good father.
"J. Burnside revient sur le réseau de mensonges que son père, un homme perturbé par sa propre enfance, a tissé. Dès sa naissance, l'auteur est devenu le destinataire de la haine de soi paternelle, a subi violence furieuse, humiliation mesquine et cruelle. Il a alors appris à vivre en mentant à son père et sur son père."
"Eine Geschichte von alttestamentarischer Wucht - John Burnsides grosser Text über seinen Hass auf den Vater Am Ende wünscht John Burnside seinem Vater nur noch den Tod. Er hat für den Mann, der über Jahre die Familie terrorisiert, der lügt und säuft, einzig Hass übrig. Doch er verbirgt seine Gefühle und schweigt. Bis die Begegnung mit einem Fremden ihn zwingt, sich seinen Erinnerungen zu stellen und diese Geschichte von alttestamentarischer Wucht zu erzählen. Der Vater war ein Nichts. Als Säugling auf einer Türschwelle abgelegt. Zeitlebens erfindet er sich in unzähligen Lügen eine Herkunft, will Anerkennung und Bedeutung. Er ist brutal, ein Grossmaul, ein schwerer Trinker, ein Tyrann. Seine Verachtung zerstört alles, die Mutter, die Familie, John. Dieser hat als junger Mann massivste Suchtprobleme, landet in der Psychiatrie und erkennt in den eigenen Exzessen den Vater. Erst die Entdeckung der Welt der Literatur eröffnet ihm eine Perspektive. Nur einem Autor vom Kaliber John Burnsides kann es gelingen, eine solche, auch noch autobiographische Geschichte in Literatur zu überführen. So ist dieses Buch ein radikal wahrer Blick in die menschlichen Abgründe und zugleich eine Feier der Sprache. John Burnside, geboren 1955 in Schottland, ist einer der profiliertesten Autoren der britischen Gegenwartsliteratur. Der Lyriker und Romancier wurde vielfach ausgezeichnet. Zuletzt erschien im Knaus Verlag sein autobiographischer Roman "Lügen über meinen Vater", für den er den Corine-Belletristikpreis des ZEIT-Verlags erhielt."
"This book presents a story about forgiving but not forgetting, about examining the way men are made & how they fall apart, about understanding that in order to have a good son you must have a good father. The author's honesty, thinking & images of beauty & fracture combine to create a moving memoir of two lost men: a father & his child."
"A memoir of two lost men: a father and his child. It is about forgiving, about examining the way men are made and how they fall apart, about understanding that in order to have a good son you must have a good father."@en
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