Richard Brem wrote: > I would say that "Desinvolture" describes a certain "Unbefangenheit" or > "Unschuld der Macht" (a feeling of innocence or innate nonchalance regarding > power). Someone used the term "kalten Arsches" - that comes close, but there > is too much consciousness > or cleverness in that. Meyer points out that from the second version of the _Abenteuerliche Herz_ EJ is creating a new vision of man - as anarch, as partisan, as distant observer, as a private person who seeks to survive the storms of world history. Already Stendahl had used desinvoltura, a sort of quiet resolve (Gelassenheit) in the face of reality and power. One could possibly describe the whole adventure of the two brothers in _On the Marble Cliffs_ in the dangerous landscape of the Oberfoerster as some kind of desinvolture. Personally I prefer Gelassenheit to Unbefangenheit but who can say but EJ himself. Best wishes Bertil Haggman bertil.haggman@helsingborg.se
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