Der prüfende Blick: Roman über Angelica Kauffmann

by Gabrielle Alioth

TA ΦΘINOΠΩPO TOY 1800, O ΦPANTΣ ΞEKINAEI ΓIA ENA TAΞIΔI ΣTA ΣYNOPA THΣ ΓEPMANIAΣ ME THN AYΣTPIA. ΨAXNEI TA IXNH THΣ ΞAΔEΛΦHΣ TOY, AΓΓEΛIKAΣ KAOYΦMAN, ΔIAΣHMHΣ ZΩΓPAΦOY, ΓIA NA THΣ ZHTHΣEI NA ΠAPEI YΠO THN ΠPOΣTAΣIA THΣ THN TAΛANTOYXA KOPH TOY. ΘA MIΛHΣEI ME ANΘPΩΠOYΣ ΠOY TH ΓNΩPIΣAN, THN AΓAΠHΣAN KAI TH MIΣHΣAN, ΠOIHTEΣ, ΣYΓΓPAΦEIΣ, ZΩΓPAΦOYΣ KAI ΘA MAΘEI ΓIA TOYΣ ΔIAΣHMOYΣ ΦIΛOYΣ THΣ KAI TH ZΩH ΠIΣΩ AΠO TOYΣ ΠINAKEΣ THΣ.KATΩ AΠO TON KAYTO HΛIO TΩN AΛΠEΩN, ΣTA ΣKOTEINA ΣOKAKIA THΣ BENETIAΣ KAI ΠΛAI ΣTH MAΓIKH ΛIMNOΘAΛAΣΣA TOY KOMO, MEΣA ΣE ΔIAΣHMOYΣ ΠINAKEΣ, ΓPAMMATA KAI HMEPOΛOΓIA, O ΦPANTΣ ANAZHTAEI KATI ΠAPAΠANΩ AΠO MIA ΔAΣKAΛA ΓIA THN KOPH TOY ANAZHTAEI TO ΔIKO TOY MAKPINO ΠAPEΛΘON KAI THN AΛHΘEIA ΓIA THN AΓΓEΛIKA ΠOY TOΣO AΓAΠHΣE MA ΠOTE ΔEN MΠOPEΣE NA ΦTAΣEI.TO TEΛOΣ ΘA ΔEIΞEI OTI BPEΘHKE ΠIO KONTA THΣ TH ΣTIΓMH ΠOY EMAΘE OTI ΠPEΠEI NA MEINEI MAKPIA THΣ ΓIA ΠANTA.

234 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Gabrielle Alioth was born 1955 in Basel, Switzerland, and having studied economics (M.E.) and the history of art worked in econometric forecasting and Operations Research before emigrating to Ireland in 1984.

Her first novel Der Narr (The Fool) was published in 1990. It received the Hamburg literary award for best first novel and was also broadcast as a radio play.

Her eighth and most recent novel The Greek Empress was released in 2011.

Extensive reading tours through Europe, India, Canada and the United States. Member of the Irish delegation at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1996 and member of the Swiss delegation in 1998. Swiss writer in residence at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles in 1997. Guest lecturer at the Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland) in 2002. 2005/6: Writer in residence at University College Dublin. 2010 artist in residence at the Böllhaus, Achill Island, Ireland and in the atelier of the UNLÖ (Unabhängiges Literaturhaus Niederösterreich), Krems, Austria

Since 2004 lecturer at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Since 2010 writing courses at the Literaturhaus Basel and for the Volkshochschule Basel.

Member of the Judging Panel of the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2009. Member of the PEN Centre of German Speaking Writers Abroad and the AdS - Autoren der Schweiz.

Reviews

[Erika Mager · Rating 2 out of 5]

Etwas zäh. Wieso muss ich das Leben Angelica Kaufmanns aus dritter Hand erfahren? Es mag ja ein Kunstgriff sein, dass Alioth sich des Vetters/Bruders von A. bedient, um uns mit der Figur vertraut zu machen, aber für mich sind seine Recherchen einfach zu viele Umwege. Interessant wird es erst auf den letzten Seiten, wo wir erfahren dass Franz der uneheliche Bruder der Künstlerin ist.