Storm and Echo

by Frederic Prokosch

Analyse : Roman de voyage. Roman psychologique.

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1948

About the author

Frederic Prokosch's novels The Asiatics and The Seven Who Fled received widespread attention in the 1930s.

Reviews

[Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

All of Frederic Prokosch's novels are fascinating, and Storm and Echo, a hypnotic, hyperreal account of an expedition in Central Africa, is no exception. The perspective on Africa is that of an outsider, but does not pretend to be anything else. Prokosch was drawn to the "exotic" at a time when the concept had not fallen into disrepute, and readers whose contemporary sensitivities are really put off by that might not find his writings to their taste. Others will be mesmerized and will be drawn to further explore Prokosch's imaginative world, which uses the actual world mainly as a springboard.

[WillemC · Rating 2 out of 5]

Een soort midden 20ste-eeuwse "Heart of Darkness" die goed begint, maar waarvan je op twee derden beseft dat dit eigenlijk niet veel om het lijf heeft. Voortdurend dezelfde omschrijvingen van sfeer, natuur en landschap... De laatste twintig bladzijden heb ik diagonaal gelezen. De laatste delen zijn eigenlijk gewoon saai.