Jens Bjørneboe Bücher
9. Oktober 1920 – 9. Mai 1976
Jens Bjørneboe war ein norwegischer Schriftsteller und Maler, dessen Werk eine scharfe Kritik an der norwegischen Gesellschaft und der westlichen Zivilisation darstellte. Sein kompromissloser Humanismus und seine unermüdliche Suche nach Wahrheit führten ihn durch ein turbulentes Leben, das von tiefen Depressionen, Alkoholismus und sogar einer Verurteilung wegen Obszönität geprägt war. Bjørneboe, der sich selbst als Anarcho-Nihilist bezeichnete, befasste sich in seinem literarischen Schaffen, das Romane, Gedichte und Theaterstücke umfasste, mit Themen wie Ungerechtigkeit, gesellschaftlichen Missständen und der menschlichen Verfassung. Er gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Nachkriegsautoren Norwegens, dessen Schreibstil von Leidenschaft und der mutigen Bereitschaft, Extreme auszuloten, geprägt ist.
Der Augenblick der Freiheit
- 260 Seiten
- 10 Lesestunden
This is the first novel in Jens Bjorneboe's "History of Bestiality" trilogy. Bjorneboe and his narrator explore the evil inherent in the human race itself. In a vague middle-European principality the narrator, a servant of justice, is employed to brush gowns and fill inkwells, to be a daily witness to injustice masquerading as a court of law. The experience sets him off on an odyssey through human experience which he keeps a careful record of in his History of Bestiality, a monumental twelve-volume exploration of man's cruelty to man and his own past, asking what went wrong with mankind. With echoes of Nietzsche and Sartre, we see him striving to live uncoerced by power, unpersuaded by friends, to take for himself the liberty of stating his critique in order to live in his own moment of truth, to stand "far out at the edge of the abyss, "for it is only there where one can truly experience their personal "moment of freedom."
Powderhouse
- 208 Seiten
- 8 Lesestunden
Powderhouse is a novel which is set in an asylum for the criminally insane, where the narrator functions as a kind of porter, observing and commenting on the foibles of inmates and keepers alike
This volume marks the apex and the culmination of the provocative Norwegian author Jens Bjorneboe's investigations into the nature of evil.
Ere the Cock Crows
- 292 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
Exploring the moral dilemmas of individuals during World War II, this chilling novel delves into the lives of Germans involved in Nazi concentration camps. Dr. Reynhardt, a family man, struggles with his role in horrific medical experiments, while Heidenbrand grapples with his complicity driven by ambition. The arrival of Samuel, a Jewish prisoner and childhood friend, complicates their relationships and forces them to confront their choices. The narrative examines themes of inhumanity, the ethics of science, and the weight of free will, reflecting ongoing societal concerns.
This is the first volume of a trilogy which marks the high point of outspokenness and originality of one of Norway's most controversial modern writers.
