Rarely are life and death, happiness and sadness and philosophical profundity so closely intertwined as in Mischa Mangel’s novel The Realisation. It is a memoir by a narrator in his late 30s about the comings and goings of life.
His radiant eyes seem almost to shine upon the reader when he recounts moments of happiness, returning to experiences from childhood, youth, and early adulthood—memories shaped by growing up, by sport, music, and literature.
Yet in these recollections the narrator does not shy away from the darker aspects of life: he reflects on the important people who have already passed away, on friendships that have broken off, on those who have vanished from his life, on death itself and on what happens to bodies once life has ended. Realisation is drawn from Buddhist practice: the repeated contemplation of impermanence, a means of living with deeper awareness.
»With poetic courage, Mischa Mangel confronts mortality without losing sight of life. Between the short, differently voiced passages, he skilfully unfolds a tension that drives the narrative and lends urgency to existential questions.« (Esther Kinsky)
»The wandering of thoughts and reflections is embedded in a continuous stream that is capable of triggering a veritable reading frenzy.« (Marcus Neuert, literaturkritik.de)
»The novel is a precious gem. When I read Mischa Mangel‘s book, I sense that meditation can be a good way to live in the present, to feel what is here and now.« (Christoph Fleischmann, Publik-Forum)
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