{"id":10220,"date":"2014-02-19T22:14:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T20:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=10220"},"modified":"2014-05-18T10:31:35","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T08:31:35","slug":"serban-andrei-mazilu-limbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=10220","title":{"rendered":"\u015eerban Andrei Mazilu: Limbo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=green>(ghidul cititorului de fantastic)<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=right>de Oliviu Cr\u00e2znic<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nclick <a href=\"http:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=10223\">here<\/a> for the English version\n<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n\u015eerban Andrei Mazilu este un t\u00e2n\u0103r scriitor rom\u00e2n care a debutat, \u00een 2013, direct \u00een limba englez\u0103 \u015fi direct peste grani\u0163\u0103, cu primul roman din seria <i>The Angellove Society<\/i>, \u015fi anume <i>Crux<\/i> (despre care am scris cu alt\u0103 ocazie), urmat de proza scurt\u0103 plasat\u0103 \u00een acela\u015fi univers, <i>Magic And Madness<\/i>. \u00cens\u0103 subiectul prezentului articol \u00eel reprezint\u0103 cea mai nou\u0103 \u015fi, \u00een opinia mea, cea mai bun\u0103 scriere (p\u00e2n\u0103 \u00een acest moment) semnat\u0103 \u201e\u015eerban Andrei Mazilu\u201d \u015fi publicat\u0103 la \u00eenceputul lui 2014: <i>Limbo<\/i>.<!--more--><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n<i>Limbo<\/i> este o nuvelet\u0103 \u00eencadrabil\u0103 \u00een subspecia literar\u0103 a fantasticului \u00eentunecat (<i>dark fantasy<\/i>), cu elemente <i>noir<\/i> \u015fi chiar <i>gothic<\/i>. P\u0103str\u00e2nd caracteristicile operelor anterioare, definitorii pentru stilul lui Mazilu (\u00een primul r\u00e2nd, fantezia debordant\u0103 \u015fi ac\u0163iunea spectaculoas\u0103, dar \u015fi replicile ironice \u2013 acestea din urm\u0103 mai pu\u0163ine acum, ce e drept, dup\u0103 cum o \u015fi cere atmosfera \u201egrea\u201d), <i>Limbo<\/i> poart\u0103 \u00eens\u0103 seria <i>The Angellove Society<\/i> \u00eentr-o nou\u0103, nea\u015fteptat\u0103 \u015fi foarte inspirat\u0103 direc\u0163ie, dovedind c\u0103 autorul nuveletei poate trece cu u\u015furin\u0163\u0103 dincolo de divertisment, oferind stil \u015fi mesaj deopotriv\u0103. \u00centr-o literatur\u0103 contemporan\u0103 (rom\u00e2neasc\u0103 \u015fi str\u0103in\u0103) care rareori transmite ceva, ultima calitate men\u0163ionat\u0103 mi se pare cu at\u00e2t mai demn\u0103 de respect \u015fi de laud\u0103&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\nPovestea \u2013 moral\u0103, incitant\u0103 \u015fi sumbr\u0103 \u2013 se desf\u0103\u015foar\u0103 \u00eentr-un ora\u015f-replic\u0103 a purgatoriului, un \u201eChicago\u201d (din anii prohibi\u0163iei) recl\u0103dit victorian, ora\u015f care d\u0103 \u015fi titlul nuveletei: \u201eLimbo\u201d este de asemenea un ora\u015f-personaj, care adun\u0103 p\u0103c\u0103to\u015fii (oameni sau mon\u015ftri), nu vede niciodat\u0103 soarele \u015fi nu ofer\u0103, aparent, nim\u0103nui vreo salvare. Uciderea brutal\u0103 a unei z\u00e2ne va \u00eendrepta investiga\u0163ia celor doi detectivi stranii \u2013 v\u00e2rcolacul masiv, capabil \u015fi obosit, \u015fi t\u00e2n\u0103ra femeie-vampir cinic\u0103, arogant\u0103 \u015fi elegant\u0103, incapabil\u0103 s\u0103 doarm\u0103 din pricina absen\u0163ei zilei \u2013 c\u0103tre o vast\u0103 \u015fi de neconceput conspira\u0163ie. Martorii pier pe traseu, nimeni nu este de \u00eencredere, \u00eengeri \u015fi demoni lucreaz\u0103 \u00eempreun\u0103 pentru izb\u0103vire sau poate pentru pierzanie, iar v\u00e2rcolacul Hank B. \u00ee\u015fi poart\u0103 p\u00e2n\u0103 la cap\u0103t crucea, sub forma propriului secret \u00eengrozitor, a c\u0103rui revelare final\u0103 \u00eel va transporta pe cititor, f\u0103r\u0103 avertisment, \u00een chiar miezul unei alte minunate pove\u015fti, una clasic\u0103 de data aceasta \u2013 deoarece, descoperim noi uimi\u0163i, Hank nu se nume\u015fte chiar \u201eHank\u201d, iar B. este o ini\u0163ial\u0103 care ascunde multe&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n\u00cen paralel, prin intermediul personajelor create \u015fi al \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103rilor redate, dar \u015fi prin subtile motto-uri inteligent plasate \u00een economia textului, \u015eerban Andrei Mazilu scoate \u00een eviden\u0163\u0103 degradarea \u015fi tarele unei rase umane care pare s\u0103 \u00ee\u015fi fi pierdut temporar \u201ebusola\u201d \u015fi care, m\u0103 tem, reflect\u0103 o imagine nu prea dep\u0103rtat\u0103 de realitatea de ast\u0103zi&#8230; Dar dac\u0103 mai exist\u0103, totu\u015fi, eroi \u015fi fiin\u0163e celeste, sau dac\u0103 r\u0103ul poate fi privit din mai multe unghiuri \u015fi transformat, uneori, \u00een ceva bun?&#8230; Amintind scenic de <i>Sin City<\/i>, de <i>Anita Blake<\/i> sau de <i>Dosarele X<\/i>, <i>Limbo<\/i> r\u0103m\u00e2ne un \u201eprodus original Mazilu\u201d prin filosofia (nu pu\u0163in\u0103!) \u015fi mitologia personale, produs care merit\u0103 din plin o traducere rom\u00e2neasc\u0103, fie aceasta realizat\u0103 de autor sau de un traduc\u0103tor priceput, care s\u0103 reu\u015feasc\u0103 s\u0103 p\u0103streze intact tensionatul tablou garantat de varianta \u00een limba englez\u0103.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(ghidul cititorului de fantastic) de Oliviu Cr\u00e2znic &nbsp; click here for the English version &nbsp; \u015eerban Andrei Mazilu este un t\u00e2n\u0103r scriitor rom\u00e2n care a debutat, \u00een 2013, direct \u00een limba englez\u0103 \u015fi direct peste grani\u0163\u0103, cu primul roman din seria The Angellove Society, \u015fi anume Crux (despre care am scris cu alt\u0103 ocazie), urmat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1044,892],"tags":[1113,1166,1159,636,984],"class_list":["post-10220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-critica","category-egophobia-41","category-ghidul-cititorului-de-fantastic","tag-critica","tag-egophobia-41","tag-ghidul-cititorului-de-fantastic","tag-oliviu-craznic","tag-serban-andrei-mazilu"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6DakB-2EQ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10220"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10231,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10220\/revisions\/10231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}