The seven most exciting Hours of Mr. Trier's life in twenty-four chapters by Keren Cytter

by Keren Cytter

The Seven Most Exciting Hours ... is an adventure novel based on a true story told in a televised interview by the notorious Danishfilmmaker Lars von Trier. Set around a Copenhagen hospital, it describes seven hours in the life of Tibor Klaus Trier the filmmaker'sfather from the moment that his wife goes into labor early in the morning until Lars is born. The plot only then begins to carjackings, family murder, zombies, Armageddon, and phantom diagnosisof cancer all vie for attention. Using classic slasher flicks and psychological pot-boilers and a wink to Glenn Gould as its guides,Cytter explores the metaphysical wildness of mind representative of von Trier's work.

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First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Nikki · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought this book from Sternberg Press on Karl Marx Allee in Berlin. They happened to be having a sale and I happened to be wandering around enjoying the communist architecture. I don't think Sternberg Press is usually open to the public as a bookstore, but I may be wrong. This title was discounted and I have a passing affection for Lars von Trier, so I picked it up. It proved to be a surreal and fun read - very reminiscent of The Kingdom mini-series. There is a lot going on in this book: Apocalypse Now, a creepy Danish hospital with a nasty secret, amniotic fluid as exorcising agent, gruesome untimely death, a blue-haired Barbie, countless ghost children, and unsatisfying workplace sex. And those are just some particularly memorable highlights.

Anyway, I highly recommend buying this book directly from the publisher. Or buying used on abebooks. Or checking it out of your local library (if possible). Whatever you do, don't buy it from Amazon - because they still fucking suck! Not only are they in the business of putting bookstores out of business, but they decided to open a bookstore for themselves. And it sounds atrocious. You can read about it here.