The Notes: or On Non-premature Reconciliation
A collection of illuminating observations on life and art, from an acclaimed Swiss modernist
[Tess Lewiss] translation is worthy of her willfully demanding subject, leaping between what Hohl calls the incandescence of the aphorism and, in his dream narratives and miniature fairy tales, a shadowy beauty reminiscent of his better-known compatriot Robert Walser.Max Norman, Wall Street Journal
The Notes should be celebrated: it is wonderful that this volume of [Hohls] compact, aphoristic observations has finally arrived in English.Alexandra Sattler, Arts Fuse
Revered by Bertolt Brecht and Max Frisch as one of Switzerlands most commanding writers, Ludwig Hohl spent most of his waking hours with a pen in hand, collecting quotes from others and recording ruminations of his own. Composed between 1934 and 1936 during his residence in the Netherlands in a state of extreme spiritual desolation, The Notes is Hohls magnum opus: an assemblage of his epiphany-like observations, disparate in subject yet threaded together by a relentless exploration of the nature and origins of creativity.
Inspired by Spinoza, Goethe, and many others, The Notes contends with the purpose of work, the vitality of art, and the inevitability of deatha valiant, uncompromising exercise in hope against the devastating backdrop of twentieth-century Europe. This abridged edition, expertly translated by Tess Lewis and with an illuminating foreword by Joshua Cohen, introduces the reader to this remarkable work and its writer. See more
[Tess Lewiss] translation is worthy of her willfully demanding subject, leaping between what Hohl calls the incandescence of the aphorism and, in his dream narratives and miniature fairy tales, a shadowy beauty reminiscent of his better-known compatriot Robert Walser.Max Norman, Wall Street Journal
The Notes should be celebrated: it is wonderful that this volume of [Hohls] compact, aphoristic observations has finally arrived in English.Alexandra Sattler, Arts Fuse
Revered by Bertolt Brecht and Max Frisch as one of Switzerlands most commanding writers, Ludwig Hohl spent most of his waking hours with a pen in hand, collecting quotes from others and recording ruminations of his own. Composed between 1934 and 1936 during his residence in the Netherlands in a state of extreme spiritual desolation, The Notes is Hohls magnum opus: an assemblage of his epiphany-like observations, disparate in subject yet threaded together by a relentless exploration of the nature and origins of creativity.
Inspired by Spinoza, Goethe, and many others, The Notes contends with the purpose of work, the vitality of art, and the inevitability of deatha valiant, uncompromising exercise in hope against the devastating backdrop of twentieth-century Europe. This abridged edition, expertly translated by Tess Lewis and with an illuminating foreword by Joshua Cohen, introduces the reader to this remarkable work and its writer. See more
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