A History of the World in 10½ Chapters tells a series of apparently unconnected stories ranging from a woodworm’s-eye-view of the journey on Noah’s Ark to an astronaut’s quest for its final resting place. There is pastiche and learned disquisition; there is heart-stopping documentary and heart-lifting revelation. But these stories are not separate. They are all linked by a complex weave of inquiry into history itself, into love, myth and fabulation. It’s about everything that matters, told with brilliant imagination, intelligence and humour.
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Abschied(e) (Ungekürzte Lesung)
Die einzige Geschichte (Ungekürzte Lesung)
Lebensstufen (Ungekürzt)
Vom Ende einer Geschichte (Ungekürzte Fassung)
Elizabeth Finch (Ungekürzte Lesung)
Der Mann im roten Rock (Ungekürzte Lesung)
The Only Story
Der Lärm der Zeit (Ungekürzte Lesung)
The Noise of Time
Arthur & George
Unbefugtes Betreten (Ungekürzte Fassung)
Christoph
15.12.2020
The “stories” of the chapters are very different and I sometimes wondered, what their point was. Also i sometimes found it difficult to follow, because the narration often abruptly jumps from one to the other story. Still very good ideas projected into and expressed by “stories”. The main point being, that history as we know it, is more narration than true and could be written very differently...
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