| Norwegian title: | Kentauromakhi |
| Norwegian subtitle: | guddommelig europeisk blackout |
| Author: | Geir Angell Øygarden |
| Binding: | Innbundet |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Pages: | 304 |
| Publisher: | Flamme Forlag |
| Språk: | Bokmål |
| Series: | Fº |
| Serienummer: | 530 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9788282885713 |
| Kategori: | Literature and Fiction |
Overview Kentauromakhi
Barely a couple of weeks after Russia invades Ukraine, photographer Albert and author Rafael travel to Poland, then onwards by train over the Ukrainian border, to write a book. Since the war broke out, Albert has been glued to a livestream from a city square in Kyiv. He doesn’t know why, but he has to go there. What neither of them know is that someone is keeping a close eye on their journey, with a full overview of everything.
The more distance they put behind them, the more often Albert’s memory fails him. The Greek goddess of memory, Mnemosyne, who has got herself a job at Amazon’s memory warehouse, is gradually – yet spasmodically – draining him of memories. What happens to our memories after they’ve been forgotten? What happens when you can no longer see the world in colour? When the gods are unemployed and get jobs at Amazon’s memory warehouse? Kentauromakhi is a literary journey to a country heading into blackout, where in the end only memories and chimney stacks will remain.
«As a writer of irony and satire, Øygarden is unparallelled, with a striking allegoric precision. … additionally there are brilliant comic-burlesque scenes poking at the western, geopolitical self-assuredness. … a fascinating piece of text.»
KLASSEKAMPEN
Reviews Kentauromakhi
Utslettelsen av det menneskelige
«I Kentauromakhi utforsker Geir Angell Øygarden tid, myter og minner gjennom teknokapitalismens logikk. (...) en latterlig og lattervekkende satire (...) noe à la Thure Erik Lund møter Homer, fremført med et olympisk skråblikk (...) Som ironiker og satiriker er Øygarden uovertruffen, med en slående allegorisk treffsikkerhet. (...) I tillegg finnes det også strålende komisk-burleske scener med brodd mot vestlig geopolitisk skråsikkerhet (...) et fascinerende stykke tekst»
Eirik Riis Mossefinn, Klassekampen Bokmagasinet«I Kentauromakhi leverer Geir Angell Øygarden en satirisk kulturanalyse med åpenbare likheter med en roman av den franske urokråkå Michel Houellebecq (...) Rammefortellingen er vittig: Amazon har kjøpt opp tiden og eier nå alt som har skjedd og skal skje. De styrer menneskeheten, eller 'rapsen', inn mot en restart.»
Eilif Guldvog Hartvedt, Aftenposten