William Sansom Bücher
18. Januar 1912 – 20. April 1976
William Sansom fängt meisterhaft eine traumartige, surreale Atmosphäre ein, die oft mit Kafka verglichen wird. Seine Prosa, voller detaillierter, fast halluzinatorischer Beschreibungen, zieht den Leser in die Atmosphäre des kriegsgebeutelten Londons und in sonderbare Situationen. Auch wenn seine Charaktere manchmal von seinem suggestiven Stil überschattet zu werden scheinen, ist seine Fähigkeit, Spannung zu erzeugen und die menschliche Psyche unter extremen Umständen zu erforschen, unbestreitbar. Seine „modernen Fabeln“ bleiben frisch und beunruhigend aktuell.
The Blitz
- 224 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
One of the most frequently evoked national experiences is the Blitz of the Second World War. For five years - through the Phoney War, the Blitz proper, the Lull, and the Little Blitz - the civilians of London were in the front line. Hitler's bombs made no distinction between rich and Westminster, Pimlico, Soho, Mayfair, Belgravia, and the royal residences, Marlborough House, the Palace of St James, and Buckingham Palace - nowhere escaped. Londoners were, as they said, 'in it together'.This eyewitness account written shortly after the war, not only chronicles the events of the period but also brings out the attitudes of the time, the courage in adversity, the impotence of not being able to fight back, and the jaunty, live-for-today attitude that existed at times of the worst bombing.William Sansom, a leading writer of his day, served during the war in the Auxiliary Fire Service, and his own experiences and his novelist's eye, gave him a unique insight into the spirit of the time. Originally published in 1947, the late Stephen Spender - who was also a fireman during the war - contributed a new foreword to this 1989 reissue, and Sansom's most famous story 'The Wall', set in the Blitz, is also included.
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