Bel Tempo (Ćosić)
Bel Tempo is a novel by Bora Ćosić from 1982. The German translation was first published in 1998.
content
In essence, Bel Tempo consists of Serbian grandmother Laura talking to herself in front of the television. Various events and personalities are discussed, such as Hitler, Stalin or Charlie Chaplin. Laura's point of view reveals the historical image of a person socialized in Yugoslavia, since she also deals with Tito and Tesla and gives them great importance. The storytelling and choice of topics Laura is also very associative.
background
Ćosić invented the character of Laura against the background of his own grandmother.
criticism
“Everything that can be imagined between“ soldering ”and“ killing ”is what Cosic makes as the unconscious logic of promising and writing into the principle of his storytelling. "Bel Tempo" reveals that you have to be able to orient yourself in the beautiful disorder as a fairy tale. "
literature
- Bel pace. Novel of the century. Translated from Serbo-Croatian by Irena and Benno Meyer-Wehlack . Rowohlt, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-87134-268-8