Un altro mare di Claudio Magris. Al confine tra la scrittura diurna e la scrittura notturna
A Different Sea by Claudio Magris. On the Border between the Diurnal and the Nocturnal Writing

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to illustrare and to explain the special position of the short novel A Diffrent Sea (1991) among all the works by Claudio Magris. The border motif, typical, in fact, for the whole author’s literary production, turns out to be very helpful in the analysys of the novel. In this particular case, the motifs presence is highly evident and dominant. The novelists attempt to reconstruct the life of Enrico Mreule, a protagonist that seeks to reach the state of Michelstaedter’s persuasion, leads to the creation of a biography of a man living “on the border”: a border between life and death, between defeat and fulfillment, between two famous Magris’ cathegories: utopia and disenchantment. Another important feature of the novel is it’s hybridity, which can be seen best from the perspective of Magris’ whole literary work. The diurnal an the nocturnal trend of writing, highlighted by Magris (and indicated by critics in his single works), are mixed together in A Different Sea, and their skillful counterpoint makes the book romanzo del confine, a novel of the border par excellence.

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