Misplaced Pages

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Attilios (talk | contribs) at 21:12, 19 February 2010 (rv unimportant things). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Paolo Maurensig (born 1943) is an Italian novelist, best known for the book Canone Inverso (1996), a complex tale of a violin and its owners. It has been translated into English, translated by Jenny McPhee. His first book, The Lüneburg Variation is also available in English, translated by Jon Rothschild.

Biography

Maurensig was born at Udine.

Before becoming a novelist, he worked in a variety of occupations, including as a restorer of antique musical instruments. His first book, La variante di Lüneburg (The Lüneburg Variation), was published after he had turned 50. His second book, Canone Inverso, achieved international fame.

Of Canone Inverso, the New York Times Book Review said in 1999 that Maurensig's writing, especially the interlocking narratives, recalled German Romantic writers such as E. T. A. Hoffman, Joseph von Eichendorff, and Isak Dinesen. Reviewer Jonathan Keates said, "The mournful beauty of this sparely proportioned, soberly recounted story owes much to the sense Maurensig subtly imparts that Jeno's loneliness is a species of infection communicating itself to every other character in the book. Drawing on the artistic techniques of both the 18th and the 19th centuries, he pronounces a gloomy verdict on the various types of human alienation created by the 20th." NPR said that the book had developed a "cult following."

Works

• The Lüneburg Variation
• Canone Inverso

Notes

1. Scott Veale (January 2, 2000). "New & Noteworthy Paperbacks". New York Times. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
2. Cite error: The named reference bookflap was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
3. Jonathan Keates (January 31, 1999). "Ma Non Troppo: The lives of two music students are changed by a mysterious violin". New York Times Book Review. p. 26. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
4. NPR : Music - PT Summer Books

References

• http://www.uni.edu/music/suzuki/library.htm
• http://www.wrl.org/bookweb/gabbags.html

External links

This biographical article about an Italian writer or poet is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 1943 births
• Living people
• People from Udine
• Italian novelists
• Italian writer stubs