Сири Хустведт — библиография

Fresh from Minnesota and hungry for all New York has to offer, twenty-three-year-old S.H. embarks on a year that proves both exhilarating and frightening - from bruising encounters with men to the increasingly ominous monologues of the woman next door.
Forty years on, those pivotal months come back to vibrant life when S.H. discovers the notebook in which she recorded her adventures alongside drafts of a novel. Measuring what she remembers against what she wrote, she regards her younger self with curiosity and often amusement. Anger too, for how much has really changed in a world where the female presidential candidate is called an abomination?

Iris Vegan, a graduate student living alone and impoverished in New York, encounters four strong characters who fascinate and in different ways subordinate her: an inscrutable urban recluse who employs her to record the possessions of a murdered woman; a photographer whose eerie portrait of Iris takes on a life of its own; an old woman in hospital who tries to claim a remnant of the ailing Iris; and a professor she has an affair with. An exploration of female identity in an age when the old definitions as some man s daughter/wife/mother no longer apply, fuelled with eroticism and a sense of menace.

Kui luuletaja Mia Fredrickseni abikaasa palub parast 30 aastat kestnud abielu pausi, kuna tal on suhe kauni prantslannast kolleegiga, murdub Mia vaim. Hullumeelsus annab maad raevule, mida naine soidab maandama oma lapsepolvekoju. Jark-jargult laseb Mia end tommata teiste eludesse: eaka ema hakkajad sobrannad, nooruke kahe lapse ema naabermajast, salalikud teismelised tudrukud tema luulekursuselt. Meesteta suve lopuks teab Mia, mille nimel tasub voidelda – ja kelle maaratud tingimustel. „Meesteta suvi“ on provokatiivne ja intelligentne tragikomoodia naistest ja tudrukutest, armastusest ja abielust ning igipolisest sugudevahelisest voitlusest.

Maruvihasena, et New Yorgi kunstimaailm talle kui naiskunstnikule t?helepanu ei p??ra, korraldab Harriet Burden eksperimendi: ta varjab kolmel n?itusel oma identiteedi erinevate meeskunstnike „maskide“ taha. N?ituste edu n?ib kinnitavat Burdeni eeldust, et mehena on kunstimaailmas t?helepanu p?lvida oluliselt lihtsam. Ent lugu l?peb veelgi ebameeldivama pu?ndiga: kui Harriet oma maskid langetab, ei j?? sugugi k?ik teda kui autorit uskuma. „L??mav maailm“ on ?les ehitatud kui salap?rase kunstniku Harriet Burdeniga seotud tekstide kogumik. Burdeni lugu rullub lahti mitme allika kaudu, mille hulgas on tema enda (mitte t?ienisti usaldusv??rsed) p?evaraamatud ning ta laste, armukese ja hea s?bra tunnistused. Iga seletus on ometigi erinev ja saladusi tuleb j?rjest juurde. Burdeni loo kaudu arutleb USA kirjanik Siri Hustvedt kunsti ja loominguga seotud k?simuste ?le, sh selle ?le, kui v?rdsed ikkagi on nais- ja meesloojate v?imalused ennast teostada.