The Nihilesthete, by Richard Kalich
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The Nihilesthete, by Richard Kalich
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The Nihilesthete is a novel with great intensity that depicts the relations between artists and their enemies.
The Nihilesthete, by Richard Kalich- Published on: 2015-10-27
- Released on: 2015-10-27
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Amazon.com Review "Only when something is dead can we possess it. Only when it's dead can we really control it." Haberman is a social worker in Harlem. It's an appalling job with brutal paperwork, a nit-picking boss, and clients whose lives are relentlessly depressing. He is deeply entrenched in his resentment of anyone who aspires to be something more, who creates and gives and believes in life. Then one day he meets his destiny: a limbless, mentally deficient man named Brodski who appears to have a spark of appreciation for art. A relationship begins, an emotionally intimate relationship in which Haberman travels out to the borders of his sanity and beyond, and Brodski desperately grows and changes and reaches for Beauty--all without words, in a bleak endgame that Samuel Beckett might've imagined. "The Nihilesthete speaks with a singular honesty, power and eloquence about our spiritually diminished modern world," wrote the Mid-American Review.
From Publishers Weekly In this suffocatingly gloomy first novel, Haberman, a social caseworker based in Harlem, morbidly attaches himself to one of his wards: Brodski, a hideously deformed quadriplegic whose speech consists of garbled sounds. Somehow Haberman, a man in his mid-50s who once may have entertained the notion of becoming an artist, senses that Brodski is an incipient painter and makes it the mission of his desolate life to help the quadriplegic realize his ambition. Equipped with all sorts of prosthetic devices, Brodski paints magnificentlyin the style, we are solemnly informed, of abstract expressionism, or primitive minimalism, where "less is more." But despite his initial good will, Haberman is driven by malign jealousy to deprive his protege of everything that makes life bearable. This parable of art and the forces that seek to destroy it is so static and literal minded that the reader is not so much harrowed as oppressed by its grim story. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Wow! By ben Wow. In the Nihilisthete Richard Kalich has achieved what every novelist—actually, every writer—tries to do but most all fail to do. He’s captured the essence of the human spirit—triumphant! What a book. Brodski represents every person. The Haberman character represents the world. “What’s that? He’s lifting his arm stumps? A smirk on his face? A beatific smile! He’s…He’s…in his own head HE’S PAINTING!!! NOOOOOOOOOoooooooo!!!”-The Nihilesthete, p. 187 That’s really all I have to say about it. I am so glad to have read it. I could go on with all of these examples, but the essence is clear. I’m a far cry from an intellectual so I am unable to probe in to what this represents in our culture with much depth. I suppose it shows that even though we are having everything taken away from us, and we are in a transient culture that is obsessed with the ephemeral, the human spirit still shines on. It’s such a strange coincidence that the most grotesque, sick and twisted novel I have ever read—and perhaps of all time—is also, coincidentally, one of the most beautiful. I imagine as well that the Haberman character could represent the culture of the past clawing against the progression of the present, and the new passion of the present and youth culture, in any era, however it ultimately loses, of course… Through the awful imagery the book is able to probe into the blackest areas of the human brain, and we can see the spirit still shine on… the energy against it fails. Deep down, Haberman knows he can never win. It is perhaps the act of accessing the spark in humanity that is the act of winning. The section about John Lennon’s death was very fascinating—the audacity to say something like that, to confront that part of the human soul... It’s amazing the author still has his sanity—maybe because he did confront it is the reason why. The courage of the novel is the recognition of the hatred and disgust and filth and bile and fury and envy and sadism and destruction and depravity and wasteland in human beings, and the triumph of our spirits that endure through all of it and still go on, forever searching…painting…even in our heads…when all is lost…a beatific smile… “…yet somehow managing, miraculously managing, to hold himself erect for the fraction of time necessary to dab the canvas before he collapses under his own weight again. And after using his last smidgen of oil color he paints with piss, s***, dust, dirt, pus, food remains, blood, biting his lip, anything to give him color; anything that allows him to paint; sometimes even mixing it all together ina compound on the floor to give his work an impasto effect. For four accursed hours I’ve watched beauty unfold before me as no man has ever seen it unfold before. As it never HAS unfolded before. One stroke at a time. One momentous stroke. He sustains his ability to call forth all that is left in him, painting each stroke as his last, radiant, exultant with each stroke. His triumph is that of the man who knows the best in him is being expressed. Who knows what it is to be alive, really alive, in the present moment. What does it matter that he’s going to die. He’s lived as few others have. Oh, what I wouldn’t have given to have lived like that. Even for a moment. Especially for a moment. Had I only known a moment like that, my whole life might have been different.”-The Nihilesthete, p. 185 Haberman loves Brodski. Brodski loves Haberman.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. plumb the depths of sadistic insanity By A Customer In _Nihilesthete_ by Richard Kalich, a sadisticcaseworker in Harlem finds the perfect victim -a limbless, mentally-deficient man who can only communicate by mewing like a cat. The caseworker, who delights in raising people's spirits then dashing them to pieces, learns that his victim is a lover of beauty. One cannot help but be caught up in a sense of doom while watching the caseworker elevate his victim's soul to seemingly impossible heights, all the while knowing that the final outcome will be cruel and heartrending. The caseworker's descending spiral into insanity is an intense counterpoint to his victim's increasing triumph over the cruelty he experiences. Disturbing, yes... dark, yes... but highly recommended for cutting-edge fiction fans who enjoy peering into the depths that a person's soul can reach.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Unique By Amazon Customer The Nihilesthete is the journal of Robert Haberman, New York City social worker, unrepentant sadist, and connoisseur of pain. Walking home from the subway one evening, Haberman encounters a limbless, mentally deficient man in a wheelchair. The man, named Brodski, is a dream come true for Haberman--the perfect victim.Fate throws them together when Haberman is assigned as Brodski's case worker. Haberman insinuates himself between Brodski and Mrs. Rivera, a kindly woman who has cared for the handicapped man throughout his life. Haberman introduces Brodski (who can communicate only with sounds similar to a cat's meow) to a new life, exposing him to art and the beauty of the outside world. Haberman becomes the center of Brodski's existence, a virtual god. He revels in his power, anticipating Brodski's inevitable fall.Haberman eventually gains custody of Brodski, thus acquiring the power to indulge his fantasies. He slowly deprives his victim of everything he cherishes, taking back all the gifts he has given. He designs tortures to break Brodski's will, subjecting him to constant humiliation and pain. Brodski, however, never loses his dignity. As Haberman steps up his efforts to break him, Brodski gains strength, and the two become embroiled in a battle of wills where the outcome is anything but certain.The Nihilesthete is unique, a welcome antidote to the slew of vampire novels and idiotic theme anthologies which crowd bookstore shelves. Kalich's dark, disturbing vision is grotesque, but strangely fascinating--you'll feel more like a voyeur than a reader. Like Tim Lucas' Throat Sprockets, The Nihilesthete will shock and unnerve readers, but who, after all, reads horror for its soothing effect?
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