{"id":20215,"date":"2014-07-31T13:18:03","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T11:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revistacultura.ro\/nou\/?p=20215"},"modified":"2014-07-31T13:18:03","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T11:18:03","slug":"trecutul-in-actualitate-un-metaroman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revistacultura.ro\/nou\/trecutul-in-actualitate-un-metaroman\/","title":{"rendered":"Trecutul \u00een actualitate: un metaroman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gabriel Chifu, Punct \u015fi de la cap\u0103t,<\/em> Editura Polirom, Ia\u015fi, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reputat scriitor total, apar\u0163in\u00e2nd genera\u0163iei optzeciste, Gabriel Chifu a publicat de cur\u00e2nd cea de-a noua carte de proz\u0103, Punct \u015fi de la cap\u0103t. Prolificitatea sa \u00een plan literar rezid\u0103 \u00een numeroasele volume pe marginea c\u0103rora criticii au glosat, surprinz\u00e2nd, cel mai adesea, originalitatea acestora. Debut\u00e2nd pe scena literar\u0103 prin poezie, scriitorul se orienteaz\u0103 treptat \u015fi c\u0103tre spa\u0163iul romanesc, unde \u00ee\u015fi configureaz\u0103 un traseu specific, \u00een care evolueaz\u0103 lent, dar sigur.<\/strong><\/em>
\nPunct \u015fi de la cap\u0103t, tom de aproximativ 360 de pagini, nu se abate de la modalit\u0103\u0163ile de construc\u0163ie din romanele anterioare, miz\u00e2nd pe aceea\u015fi incursiune \u00een istoria contemporan\u0103. Totodat\u0103, romanul e remarcabil prin dezinvoltura cu care trateaz\u0103 probleme fundamentale, dar \u015fi prin infiltrarea dimensiunii morale.
\nLa nivel compozi\u0163ional, se poate distinge organicitatea sa, \u00een ciuda faptului c\u0103, la o prim\u0103 vedere, lucrurile par s\u0103 fie contrare. Punct \u015fi de la cap\u0103t este, \u00eentr-adev\u0103r, o fresc\u0103 a atrocit\u0103\u0163ilor petrecute \u00een timpul comunismului, \u00eens\u0103 capitolul introductiv, \u00cen c\u0103utarea pove\u015ftii, subliniaz\u0103 faptul c\u0103 romanul are \u00een subsidiar, f\u0103r\u0103 doar \u015fi poate, o supratem\u0103 a pove\u015ftii, devenind un metaroman, prin problematizarea \u00eenf\u0103ptuirii actului scriitoricesc. Astfel, suntem p\u0103rta\u015fi la o poveste-Ouroboros care se \u00eencheag\u0103 pe m\u0103sur\u0103 ce se deconstruie\u015fte, ideea de ciclicitate fiind indus\u0103 \u00eenc\u0103 din titlu.
\nChiar din prima pagin\u0103 a romanului este introdus Valentin Dumnea, personajul-narator, \u201eaflat \u00een c\u0103utarea unei pove\u015fti adev\u0103rate\u201c. Acesta pare \u201esustras\u201c din romanul lui Salman Rushdie, Harun \u015fi Marea de Pove\u015fti, unde, indubitabil, \u00ee\u015fi g\u0103se\u015fte un echivalent pe m\u0103sur\u0103 \u00een Rashid Khalifa. Este elocvent\u0103 aceea\u015fi absen\u0163\u0103 sisific\u0103 a inspira\u0163iei, care epuizeaz\u0103 complet subiectul: \u201e\u00cen a\u015fteptarea inspira\u0163iei, sunt ca o c\u00e2rti\u0163\u0103, sunt un ins legat la ochi care sap\u0103 aiurea \u00eentr-un teritoriu arid, sper\u00e2nd s\u0103 dea \u00eentr-o bun\u0103 zi peste pepita de aur\u201c. \u201eScriitora\u015ful cel viteaz\u201c consider\u0103 c\u0103 \u00eens\u0103\u015fi lipsa unui cititor model z\u0103d\u0103rnice\u015fte inten\u0163ionalitatea sa \u00een plan scriitoricesc: \u201eNu sunt \u00een stare s\u0103 scriu o carte vie, care s\u0103 fie apreciat\u0103 de acel cititor ideal, presupun\u00e2nd c\u0103 el ar mai fi de g\u0103sit pe undeva (…) sunt \u00eengropat \u00een lenea, \u00een \u00eencetineala, \u00een neputin\u0163a \u015fi \u00een ignoran\u0163a creierului meu \u00eempu\u0163inat\u201c.
\nRaport\u00e2ndu-ne la ceea ce se \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103 cu exactitate \u00een roman (dac\u0103 putem vorbi de exactitate, c\u0103ci mult a\u015fteptata poveste e destul de echivoc\u0103, fiind pus\u0103 pe seama unui b\u0103tr\u00e2n senil, acompaniat de necru\u0163\u0103torul Alzheimer), traseul narativ este \u00eendeajuns de incitant. Valentin Dumnea este \u00eenvestit de prietenul s\u0103u, psihiatrul Mihai Deleanu, cu misiunea de a-i c\u0103uta adev\u0103ra\u0163ii p\u0103rin\u0163i. Odat\u0103 acceptat\u0103, aceast\u0103 sarcin\u0103 devine subiectul romanului a\u015fteptat cu ardoare. Antren\u00e2ndu-se \u00een ac\u0163iunea detectivistic\u0103, acest Sherlock Holmes al zilelor noastre, este luat \u00een posesie de povestea retrospectiv\u0103. Odat\u0103 rupt \u015firagul de \u201em\u0103rgici\u201c, se contureaz\u0103 o aventur\u0103 psihologic\u0103 f\u0103r\u0103 precedent: \u201eSim\u0163eam cum m\u0103 transform, \u00eenc\u0103rc\u00e2ndu-m\u0103 cu ceva inexprimabil \u015fi pre\u0163ios, care venea de la el spre mine. Povestea adev\u0103rat\u0103 \u015fi puternic\u0103, povestea vie, dup\u0103 care alergasem toat\u0103 via\u0163a f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 fiu \u00een stare s\u0103 o g\u0103sesc, acum \u00eemi era d\u0103ruit\u0103 dintr-odat\u0103\u201c. Invazia duhului povestirii \u00een sinele auctorial se r\u0103sfr\u00e2nge \u00een mod contrar asupra informatorului \u201ematusalemic\u201c. Un Ghilgame\u015f reloaded, Bazil Dumitrescu este prins tot mai str\u00e2ns \u00een ghearele senilit\u0103\u0163ii, pe m\u0103sur\u0103 ce transpune \u00een alteritate sensul anistoric al pove\u015ftii.
\nDar cum r\u0103m\u00e2ne cu deconspirarea misterului genealogic? Totul este l\u0103sat \u00een suspensie \u00een ceea ce prive\u015fte latura patern\u0103. Mihai Deleanu este un fel de \u201efiu a doi ta\u0163i\u201c, date fiind leg\u0103turile amoroase pe care mai t\u00e2n\u0103ra sa mam\u0103, Vera, \u201efeti\u015fcan\u0103 nostim\u0103 foc\u201c, de altfel, le \u00eentre\u0163ine simultan cu doi b\u0103rba\u0163i diametral opu\u015fi, Octavian Cadar \u015fi Damian Bordea. Moment \u00een care intr\u0103 \u00een scen\u0103 dimensiunea moral\u0103 a scrierii, cei doi concet\u0103\u0163eni din Limanu-de-Sus \u00eenscriindu-se at\u00e2t de bine \u00een tiparele dostoievskiene: omul ridicol vs. omul din subteran\u0103, competitiv \u015fi complexat. Destinele lor se desf\u0103\u015foar\u0103 pe fundalul unei epoci atroce, iar experien\u0163a \u00eenchisorii comuniste este redat\u0103 din unghiuri diferite. Octavian se opune categoric regimului; perioada petrecut\u0103 \u00een \u00eenchisoare reprezint\u0103 o c\u0103l\u0103torie \u00een abisalitatea fiin\u0163ei, la finalul c\u0103reia \u00ee\u015fi descoper\u0103 sinele, \u00eentorc\u00e2ndu-se din moarte precum Laz\u0103r: \u201ePu\u015fc\u0103ria \u00eel ajutase, \u00eel salvase, c\u0103ci \u00eel f\u0103cuse s\u0103-\u015fi descopere noi dimensiuni, \u00eenainte fusese un ins oarecare, s\u0103rac, un mecanism uman precar (…) abia prin suferin\u0163\u0103 devenise el \u00eensu\u015fi\u201c. Nu acela\u015fi lucru se \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103 cu Damian Bordea, c\u0103ci \u00eencercarea sa de a deveni un apropiat al regimului \u015fi de a-\u015fi asuma rolul de educator, de supraom, \u00een speran\u0163a c\u0103 se va salva, \u00eei va aduce c\u0103derea definitiv\u0103.
\n\u015ei iat\u0103 cum \u201escriitora\u015ful ignorant\u201c, Valentin Dumnea, \u201eajunge limanul\u201c prin povestea ce-\u015fi are originea nici mai mult, nici mai pu\u0163in dec\u00e2t \u00een Limanu-de-Sus. E cert c\u0103 lucrurile nu pot sta altfel nici \u00een cazul autorului biografic, Gabriel Chifu, care \u201eajunge \u015fi el limanul\u201c, c\u0103ci, mix\u00e2nd c\u00e2te pu\u0163in din toate (calm, teroare, ironie, umor), Punct \u015fi de la cap\u0103t devine un roman memorabil, transpun\u00e2nd o poveste tr\u0103it\u0103, ce ofer\u0103 varii piste de analiz\u0103.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gabriel Chifu, Punct \u015fi de la cap\u0103t, Editura Polirom, Ia\u015fi, 2014   Reputat scriitor total, apar\u0163in\u00e2nd genera\u0163iei optzeciste, Gabriel Chifu a publicat de cur\u00e2nd cea de-a noua carte de proz\u0103, Punct \u015fi de la cap\u0103t. Prolificitatea sa \u00een plan literar rezid\u0103 \u00een numeroasele volume pe marginea c\u0103rora criticii au glosat, surprinz\u00e2nd, cel mai adesea, originalitatea… Cite\u0219te mai mult »Trecutul \u00een actualitate: un metaroman<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5926,10868],"class_list":["post-20215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultura-literara","tag-gabriel-chifu","tag-punct-si-de-la-capat"],"views":1428,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28770,"url":"https:\/\/revistacultura.ro\/nou\/cultura-664\/","url_meta":{"origin":20215,"position":0},"title":"Cultura 664","author":"hrnicu","date":"iulie 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"| Imagine copert\u0103: Palatul Cultural Blaj - sursa: Municipiul Blaj | SOCIETATE Un \u201epicnic nobil la castel\u201d a anticipat \u00een suburbiile Clujului, la R\u0103scruci, anun\u021barea premiilor Europa Nostra din acest an. 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