Рембрандт

by Jean Genet

В книге собраны три текста о Рембрандте, написанные в 1950–1960-х годах выдающимся французским писателем Жаном Жене (1910–1986), который вынашивал замысел большой книги о голландском живописце, так и не получивший осуществления. Размышления об искусстве Рембрандта и о событиях его жизни переплетаются в этих текстах с изложением личного опыта Жене и его попытками разобраться в самом себе. Книгу дополняет библиографический очерк, в котором кратко прослежена история интереса Жене к творчеству Рембрандта.

Genres: France, Fiction, Art

88 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1967

About the author

Jean Genet was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. In his early life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later became a writer and playwright. His work, much of it considered scandalous when it first appeared, is now placed among the classics of modern literature and has been translated and performed throughout the world.

Reviews

[Lars Meijer]

’Geen mens was mijn broeder: ieder mens was mijzelf, alleen tijdelijk geïsoleerd in zijn particuliere schors.’

In het nawoord schrijft Matthijs Bakker dat dit korte boekje een lang werk over het leven en denken van Rembrandt had moeten worden. Bij het afronden bleek Genet niet tevreden en vernietigde hij alles. Dit boekje is wat ervan over is gebleven. Eeuwig zonde, als je het mij vraagt, want Genets observaties over Rembrandt zijn prachtig en vertellen veel over zijn eigen poëtica.

*4,5

[Miriam]

What a wonderfully weird and sometimes scary mind

[Tosh]

Hanuman Books are the best! This one is one of my favorties. Genet's take on Rambrandt and art in general. His little critical writing is sooooo good. I wished he was still alive and writing like crazy.

[Aaron Richard]

A very rare book but worth the search: Genet's unique insights create a tapestry woven loosely to read between the lines and let the imagination flow. Genet's writing as always is unlike any other writer.

[Victor]

Unfortunately I was unable to find the original in French which I'd rather have read, but the translation was pretty good. I have to be honest, I only partly got what the Genet was trying to say - I think this essay had multiple layers, but I didn't get them all. I will need to read it again. Nonetheless, I really like his scatteredness, his way of jumping around, of tearing apart an idea from different perspectives and in different ways, and overall it was an interesting essay and very well-written.

[Molsa Roja(s)]

Je ne savais quoi attendre et finalement j'attendais le meilleur d'un tel Genet, si célèbre. Et ça me fâche d'être si proche de le bien comprendre -ou peut-être je l'ai déjà bien compris?- sans vraiment pouvoir capturer le sens du text. On rencontre ici un text qui est autant Rembrandt que Genet, autant sa pensée que ses tableaux, et surtout la mort qui s'écoule entre les pages, si tristes, et ces couleurs toujours si sombres, ces yeux qui crient désespoir. On dirait que Genet s'a retrouvé soi-même grâce au regard des tableaux de Rembrandt, grâce aussi à cet homme lourd du wagon.

[Rene Ijzermans]

Genet is de auteur van de omkeringen, van inhoud die hij voortdurend spiegelt en draait om uiteindelijk tot een inzicht te komen. Lastig te begrijpen soms.

[Angeliki Kountouraki]

"Κάθε άνθρωπος αξίζει όσο κάθε άλλος"
Προλαβαίνουμε τη διάλυση της κατανόησης του;
Εξαιρετικός σε κάθε λέξη του

[learnedHamster]

Yes!

[yyy-yyy-yyy e-e-e]

How could I forget that mucus?

[Mills College Library]

P Hanuman