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    The Discovery of Slowness (original German title: Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit) is a novel by Sten Nadolny, written under a double conceit: first, as a novelization of the life of British Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, and second as a hymn of praise to "slowness," a quality which Nadolny's fictional Franklin possesses in abundance. Published in Germany in 1983, its fame spread through the English translation by Ralph Freedman, first published in the United States by Viking Penguin in 1987; in Nadolny's native Germany it has also been the subject of television programs, experimental films, and even an opera composed by Giorgio Battistelli. "Slowness" — in German, "Langsamkeit" — had, before Nadolny's novel been primarily associated with mental retardation. In Nadolny's world, however, this seeming disability is in fact a powerful asset; the possessor of "slowness" can afford to wait, because he must wait. As a result, he attains victories unimaginable to the more "hurried" multitude. Nadolny's choice of a hero is apt in this regard; certainly the historical Sir John Franklin was never known for his mental alacrity, but beyond that, his "slowness" is more of a post-modern conceit. In a manner reminiscent of Roland Barthes' "autobiography" of Jules Michelet, Nadolny's Franklin is completely consistent with the known facts, all impeccably researched. Yet interwoven with the truth there is an entirely fictitious construction of Franklin as "slow," ranging from an imaginary ball-game in which the hapless John always arrives several seconds after the ball has departed to a fictitious re-creation of Franklin's efforts, at the height of Admiral Horatio Nelson's naval battles, to find and shoot a sniper from atop the masts of an enemy warship. By waiting, without panic, and carefully noting the angle at which the sniper's shots have been discharged, Franklin pinpoints his location and takes him down with a single shot. Nadolny's choice of hero becomes more problematic later in the narrative, where it seems that Franklin's sort of slowness was decidedly not what was wanted in the Barren Lands of the Arctic, where Franklin loses more than three-quarters of his expedition to starvation, murder, and exposure. Alas for both the historical Franklin and Nadolny's oddly endearing counterfeit, Franklin's death on his final Arctic expedition of 1845 leaves unresolved the ultimate merits of his slow and steady disposition. Despite this, Nadolny's novel spurred tremendous interest in Germany, most notably in the business world, where seminars for executives on how to follow the philosophy of slowness became, for a time, de rigueur.

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    The Discovery of Slowness (original German title: Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit) is a novel by Sten Nadolny, written under a double conceit: first, as a novelization of the life of British Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, and second as a hymn of praise to "slowness," a quality which Nadolny's fictional Franklin possesses in abundance. Published in Germany in 1983, its fame spread through the English translation by Ralph Freedman, first published in the United States by Viking Penguin in 1987; in Nadolny's native Germany it has also been the subject of television programs, experimental films, and even an opera composed by Giorgio Battistelli. "Slowness" — in German, "Langsamkeit" — had, before Nadolny's novel been primarily associated with mental retardation. In Nadolny's world, however, this seeming disability is in fact a powerful asset; the possessor of "slowness" can afford to wait, because he must wait. As a result, he attains victories unimaginable to the more "hurried" multitude. Nadolny's choice of a hero is apt in this regard; certainly the historical Sir John Franklin was never known for his mental alacrity, but beyond that, his "slowness" is more of a post-modern conceit. In a manner reminiscent of Roland Barthes' "autobiography" of Jules Michelet, Nadolny's Franklin is completely consistent with the known facts, all impeccably researched. Yet interwoven with the truth there is an entirely fictitious construction of Franklin as "slow," ranging from an imaginary ball-game in which the hapless John always arrives several seconds after the ball has departed to a fictitious re-creation of Franklin's efforts, at the height of Admiral Horatio Nelson's naval battles, to find and shoot a sniper from atop the masts of an enemy warship. By waiting, without panic, and carefully noting the angle at which the sniper's shots have been discharged, Franklin pinpoints his location and takes him down with a single shot. Nadolny's choice of hero becomes more problematic later in the narrative, where it seems that Franklin's sort of slowness was decidedly not what was wanted in the Barren Lands of the Arctic, where Franklin loses more than three-quarters of his expedition to starvation, murder, and exposure. Alas for both the historical Franklin and Nadolny's oddly endearing counterfeit, Franklin's death on his final Arctic expedition of 1845 leaves unresolved the ultimate merits of his slow and steady disposition. Despite this, Nadolny's novel spurred tremendous interest in Germany, most notably in the business world, where seminars for executives on how to follow the philosophy of slowness became, for a time, de rigueur.

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    The Discovery of Slowness (original German title: Die Entdeckung der Langsamkeit) is a novel by Sten Nadolny, written under a double conceit: first, as a novelization of the life of British Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, and second as a hymn of praise to "slowness," a quality which Nadolny's fictional Franklin possesses in abundance. Published in Germany in 1983, its fame spread through the English translation by Ralph Freedman, first published in the United States by Viking Penguin in 1987; in Nadolny's native Germany it has also been the subject of television programs, experimental films, and even an opera composed by Giorgio Battistelli. "Slowness" — in German, "Langsamkeit" — had, before Nadolny's novel been primarily associated with mental retardation. In Nadolny's world, however, this seeming disability is in fact a powerful asset; the possessor of "slowness" can afford to wait, because he must wait. As a result, he attains victories unimaginable to the more "hurried" multitude. Nadolny's choice of a hero is apt in this regard; certainly the historical Sir John Franklin was never known for his mental alacrity, but beyond that, his "slowness" is more of a post-modern conceit. In a manner reminiscent of Roland Barthes' "autobiography" of Jules Michelet, Nadolny's Franklin is completely consistent with the known facts, all impeccably researched. Yet interwoven with the truth there is an entirely fictitious construction of Franklin as "slow," ranging from an imaginary ball-game in which the hapless John always arrives several seconds after the ball has departed to a fictitious re-creation of Franklin's efforts, at the height of Admiral Horatio Nelson's naval battles, to find and shoot a sniper from atop the masts of an enemy warship. By waiting, without panic, and carefully noting the angle at which the sniper's shots have been discharged, Franklin pinpoints his location and takes him down with a single shot. Nadolny's choice of hero becomes more problematic later in the narrative, where it seems that Franklin's sort of slowness was decidedly not what was wanted in the Barren Lands of the Arctic, where Franklin loses more than three-quarters of his expedition to starvation, murder, and exposure. Alas for both the historical Franklin and Nadolny's oddly endearing counterfeit, Franklin's death on his final Arctic expedition of 1845 leaves unresolved the ultimate merits of his slow and steady disposition. Despite this, Nadolny's novel spurred tremendous interest in Germany, most notably in the business world, where seminars for executives on how to follow the philosophy of slowness became, for a time, de rigueur.

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    "Absolutely
    Author : Sten Nadolny
    stunning."?Times Literary
    Pages : 325 pages Supplement"[The Discovery
    Publisher : Paul Dry of Slowness] is about a guy
    Books 2005-05-01 who is so incredibly slow in
    Language : English his perception that he . . .
    ISBN-10 : 1589880242 actually sees shadows
    ISBN-13 : moving. [T]he amazing thing
    9781589880245 that I remember from reading
    that book is, whenever I
    looked up from that book, I
    felt I had this view from the
    book in my real world. This
    book made my life more
    interesting."?Christoph
    Niemann (as described in the
    Netflix series Abstract: The
    Art of Design)"This
    remarkable, superbly
    translated novel derives from
    the life of the real 19th
    century explorer John
    Franklin?[whose] adventures
    are conveyed with
    spellbinding
    skill."?Publishers WeeklyThe
    Discovery of Slowness?a
    huge commercial and critical
    success across Europe, where
    it is considered the popular
    author s
    masterpiece?recounts the life
    of the nineteenth-century
    British explorer Sir John
    Franklin (1786-
    1847).Through the author s
    acute reading of history and
    his marvelous storytelling
    prowess, the reader follows
    John Franklin s development
    from awkward schoolboy and
    ridiculed teenager to
    expedition leader, governor
    of Tasmania, and icon of
    adventure. Slow and
    deliberate from boyhood,
    Franklin appeared destined to
    be a misfit. But he escaped
    from the ever-expanding
    world of industry and Empire
    to the sea s silent landscape,
    where the universe seemed
    more manageable. At age
    fourteen he joined the navy.
    After surviving the harrowing
    battles of Copenhagen and
    Trafalgar, he embarked on
    several voyages of discovery
    into the Canadian North, and
    served as governor of Van
    Diemen s Land (now
    Tasmania). Everyone with
    whom he came into contact
    sensed that Franklin was a
    rare man, one who was ?out
    of his time?? and who moved
    to a different, grander beat.
    That beat eventually led
    Franklin to sail once more?on
    his final, fateful voyage?into
    the Arctic in search of the
    Northwest Passage.The
    Discovery of Slowness is a
    riveting account of a
    remarkable and varied life.
    And it is also a profound and
    thought-provoking
    meditation on time. The
    result is an unforgettable and
    deeply moving reading
    experience that justifies the
    novel s reputation as one of
    the classics of contemporary
    world literature.***"Nadolny
    evinces remarkable empathy
    with his unlikely Odysseus
    and Ralph Freedman s
    translation captures the
    crystalline freshness of the
    author s
    imagery."?Washington Post
    Book World"The Discovery
    of Slowness is a masterpiece
    of characterization, a portrait
    of inwardness in the most
    outward-thrusting of
    lives."?The New
    Republic"Fluid and
    suspenseful, a thought-
    provoking reminder of
    contemporary society s
    tendency to speed through
    everyday life."?The
    Providence Journal-
    Bulletin"Amazing?His book
    is a historical painting, a
    seafarer s novel, a love story,
    an outcast s story all in one.
    This variety appears very
    harmonious, just as it
    incidentally, almost secretly,
    reflects on our right to
    discover the world at our
    own, personal
    pace."?Frankfurter
    Allegemeine Zeitung"Sir
    John Franklin is the
    embodied contrast to the
    frenetic agitation of the
    modern world. The discovery
    of slowness is the slowness
    of discovery."?New York
    Review of Books"Nadolny s
    vision is conveyed with
    restraint and charm?He has
    written a Utopia of
    character."?New York Times
    Book Review"Its appeal lies
    in its observation of the
    texture of life, seen by a
    character who has to work
    everything out from first
    principles. It needs to be read
    slowly, to be absorbed as
    much as
    understood."?Scotland On
    Sunday"This is more than an
    adventure; it s a meditation
    on time and perception?Not
    to be rushed, or
    forgotten."?The
    Herald"Nadolny brilliantly
    sets the narrative pace to the
    rhythms of the frozen
    landscape, and to the
    slowness which is bred by
    hunger. "?Robert
    MacFarlane"This is both a
    wonderful historical novel
    and a spell-binding individual
    portrait?This is a marvellous
    translation of a masterly
    work."?The ObserverSten
    Nadolny (b. 1942) was an
    historian and filmmaker,
    before writing four novels
    and two collections of essays.
    He lives in Berlin and has
    been awarded four prizes:
    Ingeborg Bachmann (1981),
    Hans-Fallada (1985), Premio
    Vallombrosa (1986), Ernst
    Hoferichter (1995). The
    Discovery of Slowness
    (1983) has been translated
    into all major languages.

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