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Durst
Wer einmal das Vergnügen hatte, einem Leseabend mit Harry Rowohlt beizuwohnen, weiß, dass es sich dabei nicht gerade um eine trockene Angelegenheit handelt. Die Lachtränen fließen beim Publikum und der Künstler selbst hat während seines Vortrags Guinness-Bier und Whiskey zur Hand. Kein Wunder, dass die Erzählung Durst von Flann O'Brien da regelmäßig zum Höhepunkt gerät. Auf seine unnachahmliche Weise liest, nein spielt Harry Rowohl diese Szene in einem irischen Pub nach der Sperrstunde: Ein hereinschneiender Polizist im Dienst soll durch eine durstmachende Geschichte des Wirts zum komplizenhaften Mittrinken veranlasst werden.
Flann O'Brien-Fan und -Übersetzer Harry Rowohlt läuft bei dieser Live-Aufnahme aus dem Jahre 1997, bei der auch die Reaktionen des Publikums deutlich vernehmbar sind, wieder einmal zu großer Form auf. Als Interpret von Hörbüchern ist Harry Rowohlt ein Großer. Sein ganzes Talent aber zeigt sich nur live, wenn er mit trockenem Witz mit dem Publikum kommuniziert, mühelos zwischen den verschiedenen Rollen hin und her wechselt und sich alle Zuhörer unversehens in einen irischen Pub zwischen durstige Männer versetzt wähnen. --Christian Stahl
Live-Aufnahme, 1 CD, Spieldauer ca. 44 Minuten.
1 pages, Audio CD
Published January 1, 1999
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About the author
Flann O'Brien
63 books817 followersPseudonym of
Brian Ó Nualláin
, also known as Brian O'Nolan.
His English novels appeared under the name of Flann O’Brien, while his great Irish novel and his newspaper column (which appeared from 1940 to 1966) were signed Myles na gCopaleen or Myles na Gopaleen – the second being a phonetic rendering of the first. One of twelve brothers and sisters, he was born in 1911 in Strabane, County Tyrone, into an Irish-speaking family. His father had learned Irish while a young man during the Gaelic revival the son was later to mock. O’Brien’s childhood has been described as happy, though somewhat insular, as the language spoken at home was not that spoken by their neighbours. The Irish language had long been in decline, and Strabane was not in an Irish-speaking part of the country. The family moved frequently during O’Brien’s childhood, finally settling in Dublin in 1925. Four years later O’Brien took up study in University College Dublin.
Flann O'Brien is considered a major figure in twentieth century Irish literature. Flann O'Brien novels have attracted a wide following for their bizarre humour and Modernist metafiction.
The café and shop of Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich (www.culturlann.ie), at the heart of the Belfast Gaeltacht Quarter, is named An Ceathrú Póilí ("The Fourth Policeman"), as a play-on-words of the title of O'Brien's book The Third Policeman.
His English novels appeared under the name of Flann O’Brien, while his great Irish novel and his newspaper column (which appeared from 1940 to 1966) were signed Myles na gCopaleen or Myles na Gopaleen – the second being a phonetic rendering of the first. One of twelve brothers and sisters, he was born in 1911 in Strabane, County Tyrone, into an Irish-speaking family. His father had learned Irish while a young man during the Gaelic revival the son was later to mock. O’Brien’s childhood has been described as happy, though somewhat insular, as the language spoken at home was not that spoken by their neighbours. The Irish language had long been in decline, and Strabane was not in an Irish-speaking part of the country. The family moved frequently during O’Brien’s childhood, finally settling in Dublin in 1925. Four years later O’Brien took up study in University College Dublin.
Flann O'Brien is considered a major figure in twentieth century Irish literature. Flann O'Brien novels have attracted a wide following for their bizarre humour and Modernist metafiction.
The café and shop of Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich (www.culturlann.ie), at the heart of the Belfast Gaeltacht Quarter, is named An Ceathrú Póilí ("The Fourth Policeman"), as a play-on-words of the title of O'Brien's book The Third Policeman.
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