false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215358314m/2782549.jpg 2782549 1 Translated from the German by Catherine Hutter / <i>The Ship</i> is a unique book. Reading it is like listening to the silence in the public squares painted by Giorgio de Chirico. Like Chirico, Jahnn is a master of the eerie and the inexplicable. It would be presumptuous to explain the fable contained in these pages; its meaning will differ from reader to reader. Yet it is obvious that the author intended us to know that our hold on reality is at best a treacherous delusion. When Gustav bent down to retrieve the suitcase he had so thoughtlessly kicked under the berth, he found that where a wall should have been there was no wall but only infinite space. Since this three-masted ship had been designed by a competent Scot, Gustav was puzzled. But he had only begun to be bewildered. Locked doors sprang open at the touch of an invisible hand, and the supercargo was unwilling to dispel anxiety with an answer. With microphones placed at strategic points throughout the ship, the supercargo spied on everyone, angrily insisting that no member of the crew should attempt to fathom the nature of the cargo. When Gustav's fiancee vanished, Gustav acted less like a hero than a victim of a nightmare. <i>The Ship</i> itself is a nightmare, contrived by a writer with an iron will. 2808311 1961 The Ship total:5|5:2|4:3|3:0|2:0|1:0| 5 22 21 4 4 4 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 11:49:44 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 13:28:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 09:25:09 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 21:28:33 -0700 2008
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