- Hardcover: 163 pages
- Publisher: New Directions Publishing (1 Feb 1981)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0811208095
- ISBN-13: 978-0811208093
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.7 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,136,633 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this novel, a schoolteacher turned apiarist learns at the begining of the winter thaw that he has cancer and will not live through the spring. Told through his journals, this is his gentle, courageous, and sometimes comic meditation on living with pain.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
What do you want? A literary review?
I found it a very touching story, told with honesty, about a character in a dificult sitaution who I wanted to sympathise with but couldn't quite because, well, he's human - he has faults and character flaws.
It's a good read but not an easy one. It's not difficult to read but it is quite unflinching in its depiction of this man's situation. Not an escapist book. It's written about a rather solitary character but I guess when it comes to illness and death we all have to cope with certain things alone.
It's written from the point of view of a kind of reseacher or archivist. Well, not exactly, but it's written in the form of supposedly discovered fragments from notebooks left behind after the 'beekeeper's death. I thought this device might prove tedious or creaky but it didn't; it was fine.
I read it several months ago to be honest and the effect has worn off but I would definitely read more by Lars Gustavsen, not that very much of his prolific output is available in English. Recommended.
I found it a very touching story, told with honesty, about a character in a dificult sitaution who I wanted to sympathise with but couldn't quite because, well, he's human - he has faults and character flaws.
It's a good read but not an easy one. It's not difficult to read but it is quite unflinching in its depiction of this man's situation. Not an escapist book. It's written about a rather solitary character but I guess when it comes to illness and death we all have to cope with certain things alone.
It's written from the point of view of a kind of reseacher or archivist. Well, not exactly, but it's written in the form of supposedly discovered fragments from notebooks left behind after the 'beekeeper's death. I thought this device might prove tedious or creaky but it didn't; it was fine.
I read it several months ago to be honest and the effect has worn off but I would definitely read more by Lars Gustavsen, not that very much of his prolific output is available in English. Recommended.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
a great book/
15 April 1999
Format:Hardcover
when i took the book from the library i thoght it would be a real burden. I think it's the best book i have ever read and I really recommend it.The story is so sad but contains some of the greatest qotes ever. Lars is a great author that can really reach out and grab you- sometimes when you least expect it and sometimes he can really make you cry.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
The Art of Dying
20 Jun 2008
Format:Paperback
The author cleverly uses a series of notebooks in this existential exploration of death. From the initial diagnosis to the apparent end, the reader journeys through the beekeeper's life through a series of reflections and painful ruminations in the present. While avoiding his reality, the beekeeper discovers the joys and sorrows of his journey in an exploration of the self.
The book begins with an explanation of the notebooks. This is helpful to the reader's understanding the flow of the book. Before his death, the beekeeper kept notes in three notebooks. These notebooks are arranged in a way that tells the beekeeper's story. The author tells his story beginning with adolesence and continuing with a failed marriage, an abandon teaching career, and new life as a beekeeper. While many of his thoughts are enlightening, no role is more important to the book than his being a "beekeeper". Particularly in seeing the death of bees and their ruination, we seen the beekeeper's true insight to life as his body and profession wither.
On many levels, "The Death of a Beekeeper" is a clever book. Yet on some levels, the storyteller holds back too much. Perhaps the author's sense of realism in writing this book prevented him from revealing too much. As well written as it is, the reader can not help but wonder what more there is.
The book begins with an explanation of the notebooks. This is helpful to the reader's understanding the flow of the book. Before his death, the beekeeper kept notes in three notebooks. These notebooks are arranged in a way that tells the beekeeper's story. The author tells his story beginning with adolesence and continuing with a failed marriage, an abandon teaching career, and new life as a beekeeper. While many of his thoughts are enlightening, no role is more important to the book than his being a "beekeeper". Particularly in seeing the death of bees and their ruination, we seen the beekeeper's true insight to life as his body and profession wither.
On many levels, "The Death of a Beekeeper" is a clever book. Yet on some levels, the storyteller holds back too much. Perhaps the author's sense of realism in writing this book prevented him from revealing too much. As well written as it is, the reader can not help but wonder what more there is.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Incredible Book!
25 May 1999
Format:Hardcover
As the previous reviewer said, this book is a very powerful story of a man trying to deal with cancer and at times can make you cry, but also laugh. Lars's descriptive powers are incredible. There is one part where a friend of his dives to the bottom of deep stream, and by the end of the chapter, I could feel the cold and wet of the stream. Overall excellent book- HIGHLY RECCOMENDED!!!
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