Sinfonia patetica

Klaus Mann schreibt einen gefühlvollen Roman über das Leben von Peter Tschaikowski gegen Ende. Er missbilligt die Verpflichtungen als bekannter Komponist, Empfänge, Mittagessen, Preisverleihung und teilweise auch seine Konzertauftritte im Ausland. Er muss auch nach Amerika fahren, weil er Geld brauc Leggi tutto

This is a very tender and poignant book. It is one gay man calling to another gay man across the years:Klaus Mann to Tchaikovski. An astonishingly brave book, it is does not pull its punches; extra-ordinary for 1938. It contains a scene with a rent boy and, more or less, fully explores Tchaikovski's Leggi tutto

Two things İ particularly enjoyed: One, the way the rhythm of the book mirrored the rhythm of the 5th and 6th symphony, the way you could almost hear the 5th symphony 's first movement through the last chapter of the first part, the way the second part united the 6th symphony's slow, melancholic pas Leggi tutto

The title refers to Peter Tchaikovskis final symphony No. 6. The book was published in 1935 and is about the composers life. It is an homage of one unhappy homophile artist to a fellow soul. The novel is insightful and beautifully written. Mann presents Tchaikovski as a man deeply troubled by self-d Leggi tutto

Ein sehr gelungener Roman. Klaus Mann beschreibt ein Teil des Lebens Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowskys und dessen Probleme. Diese beinhalten nicht nur seine Unsicherheiten in Sachen Kunst (ist das Werk gut genug), sondern auch seine Probleme mit der homosexuellen Liebe. Die Stärke des Buches liegt wenige Leggi tutto

Apesar de não muito longo este é um livro denso, paragrafos longos e muitos detalhes. É possível entender a personalidade dos personagens e seus dramas pessoais, a angustia pela qual passa o personagem foco da história se torna palpável ao leitor conforme o livro avança e a riquesa de informações re Leggi tutto

Un libro tedioso, insopportabile nel modo manierista di presentare il grande compositore. Inoltre, scritto con una prosa pesante e colma di info-dump, fin troppo perfino per un romanzo degli anni Trenta (pur coraggioso nelle tematiche), che però appartiene stilisticamente a un brutto Ottocento.