Blicero
Lorentzen / Nicklaus
lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de
Sat Dec 18 08:05:01 CST 1999
rj schrieb:
> It is not death -- murder, suicide, extinction, genocide etc -- but
> transcendence which Blicero seeks through and for Gottfried: "a promise,
> a prophecy, of Escape." (758.5up) It is his gift and his sacrifice. No
> more Satanic or sadistic than the Christian myth, really.
>
> Gottfried, right to the very end of the novel, "feels he must keep every
> word, that none must be lost. Blicero's words have become precious to
> him. He understands that Blicero wants to give, without expecting
> anything back, give away what he loves. He believes that he exists for
> Blicero ... " (721.6up)
Thank you! KFL
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