Goethe Said Everything
Korean Title: 괴테는 모든 것을 말했다
Author: Yui Suzuki
Publisher: Leaf Books
ISBN: 9791194530701
Hardcover | 248 pages | 128 * 188 mm (B6) | 347 g
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About This Book
A distinguished Goethe scholar, Deutsch, discovers an unfamiliar Goethe quote on a black tea bag: "Love makes everything one, without causing confusion." Although he has spent his life studying Goethe, he has never seen this line before. Yet strangely, it seems to perfectly summarize the theory he has long advocated. Is a quote without a source false, or is it a new truth? This single sentence begins to shake the foundations of Deutsch's life.
Goethe Said It All is the debut novel of 23-year-old graduate student Yui Suzuki and won the 172nd Akutagawa Prize. Japanese media have hailed him as "a rising star of Japanese literature," comparing him to Umberto Eco, Italo Calvino, and Jorge Luis Borges. Written by a young author barely in his twenties, the novel combines the rich depth of classical literature with the freshness and originality of a newcomer.
Through the daily life of a single family, Goethe Said It All explores the nature of love, language, and literature. References to a wide range of thinkers, from Goethe and Nietzsche to Borges and Mallarmé, are interwoven throughout the novel, yet they blend effortlessly with endearing, sometimes awkward characters, making the work both intellectually engaging and surprisingly approachable.
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