Robert Zend’s novel novel 'Nicolette' (2)

I previously blogged about my recent review:

Robert Zend’s Novel Novel Nicolette: Not Quite a Review by R. Dumain

My review is now linked on the Zend site:

Nicolette - The Robert Zend Website

... with this excerpt:

Reading the novel felt to me like reading an amalgam of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and James Joyce. Joyce is layered and dense in both structure and language. Vonnegut’s prose is easy to read and deceptively simple, though the content is rich. Zend’s prose is easy to read and the “plot” (once pieced together) is simple, but the structure, which I have merely outlined, is highly complex. Zend does not impose formal constraints on the text as the Oulipo writers do, yet the formal structure of the text puts it in a comparable experimental camp. This structure comprises the real content and interest of the novel, amplifying the psychological states that accompany relationships and the creative process.

Mia anglalingva recenzo de la avangarda romano Nicolette de la hungara-kanadana verkisto (kaj adepto de Esperanto) Robert Zend nun troveblas referencita ĉe la retejo de Zend (jen retligoj supre) kun ĉerpaĵo el mia recenzo.

Robert Zend, Hungarian-Canadian writer (1929-1985): selected poems in English & Esperanto

Following upon the details of my podcast / Sekve de la detaligo de mia podkasto pri Zend...

• Robert Zend (1929-1985): my podcast (3)

... I have recorded and uploaded to Soundcloud recordings my recording of Zend's poems featured in my podcast along with my Esperanto translations... /

Jen sonregistraĵo (ĉe Soundcloud) en kiu mi deklamas la precipajn poemojn kaj kvazaŭpoemojn kiujn mi utiligis en mia podkasto, ĉi-okaze ne nur en la angla sed kun miaj tradukoj en Esperanto:

Robert Zend, Hungarian-Canadian writer (1929-1985): selected poems in English with Esperanto translations by Ralph Dumain.
Recorded 12-13 August 2017. 32 min.

00:00: English introduction
01:46: Esperanto introduction / enkonduko

IDENTITY / IDENTECO:
03:58: (On identity), October 1, 1980, in Beyond Labels
04:48: (Pri identeco) 05:23: In transit, October 30, 1970, in Beyond Labels
06:02: Transire
06:44: Fused personality, October 20, 1981, in Beyond Labels
11:02: Kunfandita personeco

SOURCES & INSPIRATIONS / FONTOJ & INSPIROJ:
17:08: Sign (for Ferenc Karinthy), in From Zero to One
18:27: Signo (por Ferenc Karinthy)

MYTH & RELIGION / MITO & RELIGIO
20:04: Office Memo, in From Zero to One
21:05: Oficeja Memorando
22:06: God Dead?, January 13, 1967, in Beyond Labels
23:00: Dio mortinta?
24:08: 5980 A.D., in Stellar #6: Science-Fiction Stories
25:14: 5980 A.D. [en Esperanto]

METAPHYSICS /METAFIZIKO:
26:44: A Love Letter, February 7, 1963, in Beyond Labels
27:59: Amletero
29:28: About Souls, April 17, 1969, in Beyond Labels
29:57: Pri animoj
30:34: Enigma, January 10, 1967, in Beyond Labels
31:08: Enigmo

LINKS / RETLIGOJ:

• Robert Zend (Hungarian-Canadian writer, 1929-1985): Dedications, Works, Links
• Robert Zend en Esperanto
• 05/26/17 Robert Zend: Between Budapest & Toronto, Between Zero & One, Between Dream & Reality (Podcast)
• The Robert Zend Website

Robert Zend (1929-1985): my podcast (3)

In my first post about my podcast on Robert Zend, Hungarian-Canadian writer and Esperantist ...

5/26/17 Robert Zend: Between Budapest & Toronto, Between Zero & One, Between Dream & Reality

... I broke down the podcast into its major segments. From the 14-minute to 40:30-minute mark you will find my recitation of poems or excerpts from Zend illustrating the themes mentioned.  Below are the themes and the works I recite.

Note that on these pages you will also find my Esperanto translations for all of these items. My master Esperanto Zend page is:

Robert Zend en Esperanto

Themes:

A. Identity:
1. [In a country where everyone is searching for identity], October 1, 1980, in Beyond Labels
2. In Transit, October 30, 1970, in Beyond Labels
3. Fused Personality, October 20, 1981, in Beyond Labels

B. Sources & inspirations:
4. Between One and Two (by Frigyes Karinthy), quoted in From Zero to One
5. Sign (for Ferenc Karinthy), in From Zero to One
6. On Karinthy, excerpt from Preface: Labels, in Beyond Labels
7. Dedication to Ardôs, from Oāb, Book 2

C. Myth & religion:
8. Office Memo, in From Zero to One
9. God Dead?, January 13, 1967, in Beyond Labels
10. 5980 A.D., in Stellar #6: Science-Fiction Stories

D. Metaphysics
11. A Love Letter, February 7, 1963, in Beyond Labels
12. About Souls, April 17, 1969, in Beyond Labels
13. Enigma, January 10, 1967, in Beyond Labels

At the end of my podcast (50-minute mark) I recite the poem "Sky Blue" (March 27, 1964), from Beyond Labels.

Robert Zend’s novel novel 'Nicolette' reviewed

Now on my web site, in English only:

• Robert Zend’s Novel Novel Nicolette: Not Quite a Review by R. Dumain

I documented Zend in my previous posts, including my podcast on Zend. I have only just read this experimental novel, so I am adding this piece to the mix.  The complex, non-linear structure of this novel and the various forms utilized within it are characteristic of Zend's imagination.

Por anglalingvaj legantoj, jen mia recenzo, plejparte provo je resumo, de eksperimenta avangardforma romano de la hungara-kanadana verkisto Robert Zend, kiu estis ankaŭ esperantisto. Jen mia unua diskuto pri Nicolette.

Teatro ĉe UK 2017 en Seulo: 'El la vivo de insektoj' de Karel Čapek

Teatro: El la vivo de insektoj de Karel Čapek

2017 Universala Kongreso de Esperanto en Seulo
(Aperis 25 julio 2017)



Fragmenton de El la vivo de insektoj (en DOC-formato) esperantigis Josef Vondroušek.

Mia jena afiŝo donas pluajn detalojn pri la verko kaj ĝia antaŭa teatrigo en Esperanto:

Karel Čapek en 'Balkana Verda Stelo'

130a datreveno de la apero de Esperanto

Antaŭ 130 jaroj aperis la Unua Libro. Jen afiŝo de La Balta Ondo:

Esperanto – 130-jara!

Jen pere de TEJO:

Sándor Szathmári on the monomania of prophets

I already blogged on this subject on this blog:

Sándor Szathmári on the limitations of sages

But I found Szathmári's take on this so compelling, I finally wrote a comparable post on my Reason & Society blog:

Sándor Szathmári on the monomania of prophets

There I added a detail without explaining further: the boldfaced passage reminded me of an aspect of Hermann Hesse's Siddartha that irritated me when I read it as a teenager. Siddartha meets the Buddha, and objects that the Buddha is just babysitting his followers who have not experienced what the Buddha is preaching, the Buddha makes excuses for this, and Siddartha accepts this while moving on. So Hesse has it both ways. Hence Szathmári's commentary stood out for me. I repeat the key passage below. The translation is awkward, so I should re-translate it myself from the Esperanto:

"To be a bikru is also in fact a monomania; the erroneous belief that with the Behins there is a connection between the heard word and the brain. A bikru is a Behin whose only Behinity is that he doesn't realize among whom he lives; for it could not be imagined, could it, that somebody who was aware of the Behinic disease would still want to explain reality to them."