Jandarmul Kurt Janisch se uită azi din nou la poza în care tatăl său, colonelul Janisch, fusese surprins cu treizeci de ani în urmă, în timp ce dădea onorul regelui. Iată, aici îl vedem încă pe tată, evident constrâns de propriul gest entuziast de a lua poziţia de drepţi să dea uşor înapoi. Cum se face totuşi că nimic nu-l poate reţine? Are ceva molatic, nehotărât în umeri, care pare să-l împingă apoi din nou înainte. Poate că nu era decât o plecăciune involuntară în faţa monarhului, un fel de supliment la onorul pe care-l repetase atât de des. Fiul – aşa cum stă acum în faţa dulapului, echipat ca pentru jogging, în treningul cu dungi şerpuitoare, încercând să-şi stăpânească trupul şi încălzindu-l treptat înainte de alergare – nu mai are nimic servil în el. Cu umerii căzuţi, dar cu mâinile mereu gata să se apuce de treabă, tatăl şi-a făcut datoria peste tot, pe şoselele prăfuite şi pe lângă maşinile distruse în accidente. Poate că fiul e mai complex şi ştie să dea şi ordine. Înfăţişarea lui îmi stârneşte curiozitatea: are un chip cam colţuros pe care gândurile, ce la alţi oameni se umflă în pene cu mare plăcere, par să se furişeze doar, timide. Hm. Voinţa nu i-ar lipsi, de fapt, dar oare la ce are de gând s-o folosească? Barca a încetinit viteza, semaforul e pornit şi arată mereu verde, iar diferenţa subtilă în raport cu ceilalţi oameni se face tot mai mare. What are your thoughts on this story? Had you heard it before? What do you wonder as you read this? Joel Agee wrote in The New York Times: "Jelinek has described herself as a kind of scientist who dispassionately 'looks into the petri dish of society.' But her procedure in Greed is more like that of a prosecuting attorney in a trial of the indefensible, with effigies standing in for the accused, no judge or jury, no court protocol and of course no counsel for the defense. ... No one else, except perhaps a conscientious reviewer, would sit out her entire presentation." [4] She is not his usual type of conquest -- not even sixteen yet, she doesn't offer much real estate potential yet. Practic ai aceeasi senzatie cand duci gunoiul pe palier si la intoarcere dai nas in nas cu vecina ta, Monica Tatoiu. Ea incepe sa iti turuie tot felul de lucruri, desi tu esti in papuci de casa si neglijeu, pe sala e curent, pe usa ei iese deja fum de la mancarea arsa, iar ea tot nu se opreste.

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Nur als Beispiel: In folgender Szene geht es darum, dass Polizisten wegen der verschwundenen Gabi eine Hausbefragung im Dorf durchführen. Stattdessen hangelt sich Jelinek hier von einem Gedanken zum anderen über das Thema Gott hindurch. Im Folgenden eine lange Passage. Wer mag, kann gerne weiterspringen (S. 413f): How exactly he gets his conquests to sign over their property isn't made very clear, but given his continuing relentless pursuit he must be meeting with some success at it.)

There is always this dialectic when you start a meaningful book; between the book, its contents and concepts and the author and their life/lives. And you cannot get away from this with Jelinek precisely because she IS controversial. Much is made of this in German-speaking Europe. But outside of that she appears to be little known or appraised even by the chattering classes that might be considered the clientele for her books. And this is even the case after being awarded the Nobel Laureate for Literature in 2004. A cursory look at her Wiki entry makes you begin to throw up the hands in a ‘Whoaa!’ moment. Dominant pushy mother (shades of The Piano Teacher there), severe anxiety overcome through writing, political involvement and awareness, committed feminist.

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When she talks about the relatives of the missing girl:] “All the rest are dead now, I decide, and so I save myself a lot of work….So I no longer have to describe them. Thank you very much.” King of Greed” is a passionate and thought-provoking novel that invites readers to ponder the true meaning of success, the value of love, and the possibility of finding redemption in the most unexpected places. Synopsis On to the story: I’ll use the book blurb so I don’t give much away (Not that there is much more to the plot than what is here): “Greed is the story of Kurt Janisch, an ambitious but frustrated country policeman, and the lonely women he seduces. It is a thriller set amid the mountains and small towns of southern Austria, where the investigation of a dead girl's body in a lake leads to the discovery of more than a single crime. In her signature style, Jelinek chronicles the exploitative nature of relations between men and women, and the cruelties of everyday life.” She notes: "The country policeman is partial to the darkness of night" ("Der Gendarm hat eine Vorliebe für Nachtdunkelheit"), and he remains a shadowy figure throughout. There is more subtlety to Greed than there might first seem, and a nice touch is how, when, after he has murdered Gabi, Janisch begins sweating it, a bit (not least because he knows Gerti an cause him problems).In “King of Greed” by Ana Huang, readers are immersed in a world where ambition knows no bounds, and love teeters on the edge of collapse. Dominic Davenport, a man who clawed his way to the summit of Wall Street, seemingly has it all: wealth, a lavish lifestyle, and the beautiful Alessandra, his devoted wife. Yet, behind this façade of success lies an insatiable hunger for more, an addiction to ambition that threatens to unravel the very fabric of his life. Der Durchschnittsleser nennt dies aber sicherlich eher „das blöde Ösigeschwurbel“. Der Brite dagegen „stream of consciousness“. Oder wie der Schwede sagen würde: „Literatur-Nobelpreis 2004“. The man can't bear to hear anymore, he's already had to hear so much, for him the whole thing is a process without any adornment.