Sære historier

by Villy Sørensen

Danish

Genres: Danish, Fiction, Short Stories, Horror, Literature

181 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1953

About the author

Villy Sørensen (13 January 1929 – 16 December 2001) was a Danish short-story writer, philosopher and literary critic of the Modernist tradition. His fiction was heavily influenced by his philosophical ideas, and he has been compared to Franz Kafka in this regard. He is the most influential and important Danish philosopher since Søren Kierkegaard.

Born in Copenhagen, Sørensen graduated from the Vestre Borgerdydskole in 1947, and then attended the University of Copenhagen and the University of Freiburg studying philosophy. Although he did not graduate, he later received an honorary degree from the University of Copenhagen.

Sørensen published his first collection of short stories, Strange Stories in 1953, which many critics have identified as being the start of Danish literary Modernism. He published additional collections of short stories in 1955 and 1964, all winning various awards in Denmark. These stories generally explored the absurd and hidden parts of the human psyche.

Sørensen began editing the journal Vindrosen (with Klaus Rifbjerg) in 1959. Afterward, he became a member of the Danish Academy in 1965, subsequently editing several other Modernist journals and periodicals. Sørensen, though he continued to produce short fiction throughout his life, was also deeply engaged in philosophy, about which he wrote many essays and several books including Seneca: The Humanist at the Court of Nero and his response to Søren Kierkegaard's Either/Or, Hverken-eller (i.e. "Neither/Nor"). He also published books and essays about Nietzsche, Kafka, Marx, Schopenhauer and Kierkegaard, and was a notable translator of over 20 books. He was awarded the Grand Prize of the Danish Academy in 1962, The Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 1974, the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1983, the inaugural Swedish Academy Nordic Prize in 1986, along with many other awards and recognitions. He died in Copenhagen in 2001.

Reviews

[Trine Salbøg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Det er ved gud sært, og også lidt for sært efter min smag. Sært på en typisk dansk måde. Jeg er, som vel alle andre med en skolegang i 70'erne, formet af fortællingen "Blot en drengestreg", hvor to brødre saver på livet løs i et drengeben. Denne fortælling er en genistreg, som kan noget af det, som jeg savner i resten af historierne. Den fører det usagte ud i fatale handlinger og pointerer vigtigheden i at turde fortælle den hele historie. For sjov læste jeg den højt for min datter på 21, og jeg kunne ikke mærke hendes begejstring. Jeg tror med andre ord, at den har sat sine spor i min generation, men at tiden er løbet fra den måde at fortælle på. Lige netop den fortælling vil jeg give 5 stjerner, men resten tæller desværre ned. Det bliver lidt kedeligt at kredse rundt om et epicenter, når energien aldrig udløses. For at sige det lige ud, vil jeg hellere læse om Yann Martels tiger i Pi´s liv end om en tiger i mit køkken.

[Cecilie · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Bili Nikolic Megyessi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Både sjov og sær. Nogle gange virkelig sjov som Blot en drengestreg men også nogle gange alt for sær som Vidunderbarnet

[Christian Pedersen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Villy Sørensens Sære historier er det rene guf. Villy arbejder med læserens forventninger, og laver transplantationer af det absurde og abnorme ind i normalitetens krop. I denne samling findes blandt andet klassikeren Blot en drengestreg om de to knægte, der saver benet af en stakkels purk, men især den seks-delte fortælling En Kafka-idyl sparkede benene væk under mig. Historiens fortæller er en person, der skal opklare et mord, men efterhånden som bogen skrider frem, kommer man (og hovedpersonen) i tvivl om hvilket mord, det egentlig er, der skal opklares. Det er en vild og fordrejet historie, der stiller spørgsmålstegn ved hele vores opfattelse af virkeligheden. Det samme gør fortællingen Koncerten og fortællingen Tigrene, hvis billedsprog er hhv koldt og humoristisk. Sære historier er en oplevelse, og hvis Villy havde skrevet på engelsk, ville hele verden kende ham.

[Danny · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kartoffelsalat

[Søren Køhler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jep, titlen er helt korrekt

[Søren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Danmarks Borges. Fremragende.

[Bee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read:

Child's Play - 2/5

[Tina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Vrhunsko branje; odličen slovenski prevod (Tiger v kuhinji in druge nenevarne zgodbe) v zbirki Stopinje.

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