Olas. Eduard von Keyserling. Trans. Eugenio Bou. Sensitive.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Hunter Wiring 3 Way Switch
Almost all commentators and reviewers who have taken up this novel, highlighting the clash between two kinds of people, one represented by General Von Palikov and his family, and another by the Countess Kohn and his romantic lover and painter Hans Grill. They are partly right, actually there are two poles: the life dull and subdued, in contrast to the social breakdown that has meant the love come between an aristocrat and a humble painter hired by her husband to make him a portrait. In all, the first contention and idleness, in the second apparent passion. The Countess also captive men and women of the circle of the General not only because its beauty but also the mystery that water because of their past and resolve. But Eduard von Keyserling wanted to go beyond this simple description, have highlighted the clear differences have been relatively easy and short, instead wanted to show the difficulties faced by the Countess and the painter to keep their relationship is threatened not by the environment or who are disturbed, but for themselves, for failure to stay united and peaceful. The passion is not enough, the physical charm ends up tired, just quiet are supported, and all talk once it becomes almost impossible.
is a mistake to assume that this novel sees a conservative critique of nobility Baltic in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Quite the contrary, is the warning of the risk precisely the passion, and the difficulty of communication between classes. And therein lies its charm: the subtle, yet resolution, Von Keyserling defend their environment and their prejudices. (Pfa)
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