Berlim. Deacute;cada de 1920. Um cidadatilde;o; apoacute;s cumprir pena durante quatro anos por assassinato; vecirc;-se livre para comeccedil;ar uma nova vida. No entanto; a uacute;nica convicccedil;atilde;o que Franz Biberkopf - personagem central desta obra - tem eacute; a de se tornar e se manter decente. No iniacute;cio; guiado por esse forte sentimento; ele consegue andar no caminho do bem - ateacute; que algo acontece; ele natilde;o sabe dizer o quecirc;; e sua vida acaba seguindo um rumo diferente; mais adverso. Mas "ora; Franz Biberkopf estaacute; bem de sauacute;de; se fossem todos tatilde;o resistentes quanto ele. Nem valeria a pena narrar uma histoacute;ria tatilde;o longa sobre um homem; se ele nem ao menos consegue se firmar nas pernas". Berlin Alexanderplatz foi um marco da literatura expressionista alematilde;; em que a expressatilde;o do sentimento tem mais valor do que a razatilde;o. E o sentimento da eacute;poca era o de uma naccedil;atilde;o derrotada e humilhada; o que contribuiu para que Alfred Douml;blin desse voz a esse desafortunado personagem.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Color photographs of Mississippi -- its blacks and its whites -- in the 1960s and 1970sBy R. M. PetersonWilliam Ferris (born 1942) is a folklorist and documentarian. With regard to the latter. he arguably is the preeminent living documentarian of the American South. He began that career early. when as a twelve-year-old he was given a camera for Christmas. He immediately began taking pictures of the family farm twelve miles from Vicksburg. Mississippi. as well as those who worked on it. both black and white. Over the next half century he took thousands of photographs of the South. both in color and black-and-white. He also expanded his documentary media to recordings and film.THE SOUTH IN COLOR contains about one hundred color photographs Ferris took in the 1960s and 1970s. Most of the photographs were shot in the Mississippi Delta. in the vicinity of Vicksburg. Ferris presents them in five groupings: The Farm (the family farm as well as the nearby Rose Hill Church. where the black farmworkers and their families went); Portraits; Buildings; "Handmade Color" (hand-painted signs. murals. and folk art); and "Roads Traveled". Of those. I found the grouping of portraits especially strong. Ferris has the ability to get his subjects to face the camera naturally and straightforwardly. without some sort of pose or mask.Almost all of Ferriss previous published photographs have been black-and-white. As he writes. for a long time he "privileged black-and-white photography as the truest. most authentic medium for ethnographic work" and saw color photographs as "stepchildren within the documentary world." His Introduction contains an interesting discussion of how that view gradually changed. He now believes color photography to possess "a unique power" to document the American South. "Unlike stark black-and-white pictures. color photographs exude a warmth. an accessibility. an animation that invites the viewer to engage with them. Color photographs of faces and landscapes make us feel present in the moment."Ferris states that his photographic work and sensibilities have been shaped by the photography of William Christenberry. William Eggleston. Walker Evans. and Eudora Welty. all of whom he knew well. While Ferriss photographs might not possess the "artistic" qualities of the best photographs of his mentors. as a collection they do document time and place very well.I want to add a personal note of appreciation for Ferris. About 1973 I took a course he taught on American folklore at Yale University. While the academic aspects of the course had to do with folklore and ethnography. the lasting benefits for me came through exposure to Southern folk and blues musicians such as Lightning Hopkins. Mississippi John Hurt. and Doc Watson.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Very moving photographsBy C. Denver MullicanVery moving photographs. In an era where everyone is a photographer. these pictures bring back the time when photographs were special - and took work. I purchased this book because I was going to the Natchez Literary and Cinema Festival with a friend and the author was going to speak there. This was one of eight books we purchased from various authors - but it turned out to be our favorite one. We also met the author. very nice person who took time to discuss his works with all of those who attended the event.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Yes. Buy this book!By bluegritsIf you love the Southern United States and all its quirks...you will love this book. Willam Ferris photos are terrific. Its narrated beautifully as well.
