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franklyfrank's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
leajyshi's review against another edition
4.0
手稿是烧不毁的，手稿的缺席也是烧不毁的。“世界是一片雷区，也是唯一的家。”人也是文本和脚注，被狐狸象征，被象征玩弄，被象征偷渡到敞开的小说和敞开的死亡里去……
medievaljuliana's review against another edition
I'm not sure who decided to label this a "novel," to be honest. There's definitely a common thread, but it remains quite elusive (one could say fox-like?) beyond the I-narrator who seems to be the same throughout the whole volume. Even the titular fox becomes more assumed than present most of the time, unless you consider all main character-topics of each chapter to be a fox-like figure in the Isaiah Berlin sense (which Ugresic herself brings to the text).
All of the chapters feel a little dream-like, in part because of the fragmentary take on the narrative, but also because of how real places become undefined, almost fuzzy around the edges. I guess I would see this as a series of fictionalized memoirs? essay-like fictions?
Despite this categorization difficulty, or perhaps because of it, I recommend it for anyone interested in story-telling and migration (voluntary and forced), and how time and place move through us.
And it got me curious to read more of her work, which is always a plus.
All of the chapters feel a little dream-like, in part because of the fragmentary take on the narrative, but also because of how real places become undefined, almost fuzzy around the edges. I guess I would see this as a series of fictionalized memoirs? essay-like fictions?
Despite this categorization difficulty, or perhaps because of it, I recommend it for anyone interested in story-telling and migration (voluntary and forced), and how time and place move through us.
And it got me curious to read more of her work, which is always a plus.
boginja_opste_prakse's review against another edition
napisacu review kad je opet budem citala jer evo ceraju me izgleda
lenawadera's review against another edition
5.0
Kocham, kocham, kocham. Ta książka została napisana dla mnie, nie mam co do tego najmniejszych wątpliwości. Fakt ten potęguje magiczność, z jakim „Lis” zjawiła się w moich ramionach – zleciała na mnie z półki ukochanego antykwariatu i literalnie walnęła mnie w czubek głowy. Tyle dobra, tyle refleksji, tyle krytyki literackiej i czułostek w stronę słów poprzetykanych między wierszami – w pewnym momencie poczułam autentyczny lęk, że tego w sobie nie zmieszczę. Uczucie, jakbym wróciła do domu. Do swoich słów. Pomieszanie z poplątaniem, ale nie umiem o takich książkach logicznie i według strukturki. Tak po prostu – moja rzecz.
scarletohhara's review against another edition
4.0
More like a 3.5.
I struggled to finish this book, but it is because of the plot or the lack of it thereof. I enjoyed reading a few essays and a few others were too hard to comprehend on the first read.
I love this author and her subjects, though.
I struggled to finish this book, but it is because of the plot or the lack of it thereof. I enjoyed reading a few essays and a few others were too hard to comprehend on the first read.
I love this author and her subjects, though.
pearloz's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting blend of fiction and non-fiction here, a trope I've been reading and enjoying a lot lately. There's no real overarching plot here but rather six vaguely related parts; there are sections about real authors and their fictionalized lives (an author who died in real life is depicted to have faked his death), about mine hunters, about Nabokov's butterfly collecting hobby (in particular focusing on one of his students who went on a butterfly hunting road trip w/ N and his wife). So the novel seems to be about larger stories' footnotes/side or background characters with the theme of the "Fox" woven throughout. It's actually very hard to talk about this book, but I will seek more of her books out.
jowixx's review against another edition
3.0
Kurcze, nie wiem.
Ugresic pisze o literaturze, tej nieco zapomnianej, peryferyjnej, z przypisów. W nieoczywisty sposób kojarzy motywy, postacie i zdarzenia. Obszernie problematyzuje swoją geobiografię. Jest brawurowo zgorzkniała, rozgoryczona, szczera. A ja chyba jestem trochę rozczarowana, bo chciałam esejów o świecie, a dostałam eseje o bardzo subiektywnym byciu w literackim światku. To czytelnik musi wymyślać, jak łączą się z rzeczywistością przemyślenia autorki. Czasem łatwo to uchwycić i wtedy lektura wydaje się bardzo wzbogacająca, kiedy indziej jest jakby słuchało się dalekiej ciotki narzekającej pro forma na współczesność.
Dlatego nie wiem. Książka Ugresic jest w poprzek.
Ugresic pisze o literaturze, tej nieco zapomnianej, peryferyjnej, z przypisów. W nieoczywisty sposób kojarzy motywy, postacie i zdarzenia. Obszernie problematyzuje swoją geobiografię. Jest brawurowo zgorzkniała, rozgoryczona, szczera. A ja chyba jestem trochę rozczarowana, bo chciałam esejów o świecie, a dostałam eseje o bardzo subiektywnym byciu w literackim światku. To czytelnik musi wymyślać, jak łączą się z rzeczywistością przemyślenia autorki. Czasem łatwo to uchwycić i wtedy lektura wydaje się bardzo wzbogacająca, kiedy indziej jest jakby słuchało się dalekiej ciotki narzekającej pro forma na współczesność.
Dlatego nie wiem. Książka Ugresic jest w poprzek.
sve100's review against another edition
5.0
Лисицата е тотемното животно на писателите - тя е хитра, прави номера, промъква се тук и там и прескача националните граници (дори и границата между живота и смъртта). Тя е неуловима и поради това самотна, но пък й остава утехата да съчинява истории и да изгражда светове.
(Мисля, че с всяка изминала книга все повече харесвам Дубравка Угрешич).
(Мисля, че с всяка изминала книга все повече харесвам Дубравка Угрешич).