Cox (novel)

Cox oder Der Lauf der Zeit ("Cox or The passage of time") is a 2016 novel by the Austrian writer Christoph Ransmayr. It is set in the 18th century and revolves the English master clockmaker Alister Cox, who is invited by the Qianlong Emperor to come and work in the Forbidden City, where he is given a succession of seemingly impossible requests.

Cox oder Der Lauf der Zeit
First edition (German)
AuthorChristoph Ransmayr
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman
PublisherS. Fischer Verlag
Publication date
2016
Pages304
ISBN978-3-10-082951-1

The Cox character is inspired by the real inventor James Cox. The real Cox never visited China, although the Qianlong Emperor did own one of his works.

Reception

Gisa Funck of Deutschlandfunk wrote: "In Cox oder Der Lauf der Zeit, Ransmayr describes the clash between two highly different cultures. And a strength of this in several respects masterful novel lies in how he tells us about the strangeness of the Chinese empire, without suppressing the local perspective."[1]

The French translation was longlisted for the 2017 Prix Femina in the foreign novel category.[2]

See also

References
  1. Funck, Gisa (2016-11-20). "Parabel über Kunst und Macht". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 2017-09-26. Ransmayr beschreibt in Cox oder Der Lauf der Zeit den Zusammenprall zweier höchst unterschiedlicher Kulturen. Und eine Stärke dieses in mehrfacher Hinsicht meisterhaften Romans besteht darin, dass er von der Fremdartigkeit des chinesischen Kaiserreichs erzählt, ohne die Einheimischen-Perspektive zu unterschlagen.
  2. http://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/le-femina-livre-ses-premieres-selections-2017


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