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Forgetfulness

Forgetfulness

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Publisher's Synopsis

The first part of Forgetfulness is a fictional monograph on the life of the Austrian modernist composer Anton von Webern (1883-1945). The collage-work monograph unfolds in a Webernian sequence of events and silences combining quotes from Webern, his friends and associates, and various historical and literary figures with short scenes, monologues, dialogues, newspaper articles, and theater and film scripts. The result is a lyrical panorama of early twentieth century Vienna. The second part of the book takes place in Vienna on May 1st, 1986, shortly before the election of Kurt Waldheim as President of the Austrian Republic and shortly after the Chernobyl disaster. The three simultaneous, intertwining monologues of an archivist, a retired opera singer, and the author of the monograph, revisit the themes and events of the first part, commenting on postwar conceptions, analyses, and revisions of the period during which Webern lived, while continuously haunted by the specters of Waldheim and Chernobyl, the persistence of crimes that are immanent, unpaid for, or only dimly, disingenuously recalled.

Book information

ISBN: 9781573661225
Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
Imprint: The University of Alabama Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 236
Weight: 321g
Height: 216mm
Width: 142mm
Spine width: 19mm