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Gone But Not Forgotten

- My Favourite Flops and Other Projects that Came to Nothing
Af: Hans Magnus Enzensberger Engelsk Hardback

Gone But Not Forgotten

- My Favourite Flops and Other Projects that Came to Nothing
Af: Hans Magnus Enzensberger Engelsk Hardback
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One of Germany’s greatest living writers offers up an analysis (and samples) of his failed projects.   “My dear fellow artists, whether writers, actors, painters, film-makers, singers, sculptors, or composers, why are you so reluctant to talk about your minor or major failures?” With that question, Hans Magnus Enzensberger—the most senior among Germany’s great writers—begins his amusing ruminations on his favorite projects that never saw the light of day. There is enlightenment in every embarrassing episode, he argues, and while artists tend to forget their successes quickly, the memory of a project that came to nothing stays in the mind for years, if not decades. Triumphs hold no lessons for us, but fiascos can extend our understanding, giving insight into the conditions of production, conventions, and practices of the industries concerned, and helping novices to assess the snares and minefields in the industry of their choice. What’s more, Enzensberger argues, flops have a therapeutic effect: They can cure, or at least alleviate, the vocational illnesses of authors, be it the loss of control or megalomania. In Gone but Not Forgotten, Enzensberger looks back at his uncompleted experiments not just in the world of books but also in cinema, theater, opera, and journal publishing, and shares with us a “store of ideas” teeming with sketches of still-possible projects. He also reflects on the likely reasons for these big and small defeats. Interspersed among his ruminations are excerpts from those experiments, giving readers a taste of what we missed. Together, the pieces in this volume build a remarkable picture of a versatile genius’s range of work over more than half a century and make us reflect on the very nature of success and failure by which we measure our lives.
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One of Germany’s greatest living writers offers up an analysis (and samples) of his failed projects.   “My dear fellow artists, whether writers, actors, painters, film-makers, singers, sculptors, or composers, why are you so reluctant to talk about your minor or major failures?” With that question, Hans Magnus Enzensberger—the most senior among Germany’s great writers—begins his amusing ruminations on his favorite projects that never saw the light of day. There is enlightenment in every embarrassing episode, he argues, and while artists tend to forget their successes quickly, the memory of a project that came to nothing stays in the mind for years, if not decades. Triumphs hold no lessons for us, but fiascos can extend our understanding, giving insight into the conditions of production, conventions, and practices of the industries concerned, and helping novices to assess the snares and minefields in the industry of their choice. What’s more, Enzensberger argues, flops have a therapeutic effect: They can cure, or at least alleviate, the vocational illnesses of authors, be it the loss of control or megalomania. In Gone but Not Forgotten, Enzensberger looks back at his uncompleted experiments not just in the world of books but also in cinema, theater, opera, and journal publishing, and shares with us a “store of ideas” teeming with sketches of still-possible projects. He also reflects on the likely reasons for these big and small defeats. Interspersed among his ruminations are excerpts from those experiments, giving readers a taste of what we missed. Together, the pieces in this volume build a remarkable picture of a versatile genius’s range of work over more than half a century and make us reflect on the very nature of success and failure by which we measure our lives.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 208
ISBN-13: 9780857429773
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0857429779
Udg. Dato: 23 sep 2022
Længde: 32mm
Bredde: 238mm
Højde: 161mm
Forlag: Seagull Books London Ltd
Oplagsdato: 23 sep 2022
Forfatter(e): Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Forfatter(e) Hans Magnus Enzensberger


Kategori Biografier: skønlitterære forfattere


ISBN-13 9780857429773


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 208


Udgave


Længde 32mm


Bredde 238mm


Højde 161mm


Udg. Dato 23 sep 2022


Oplagsdato 23 sep 2022


Forlag Seagull Books London Ltd

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