söndag 26 november 2017

OSSIAN EKENGER: VIOREL MOLDOVAN















I JULI 1998 I LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS FRÅGAR SIG IAN HAMILTON VAD FOLK KOMMER ATT MINNAS AV SOMMARENS VM-SLUTSPEL. SJÄLV LÄGGER HAN SIN RÖST PÅ "THOSE SPOOKY ROMANIANS. MORE THAN ANY SINGLE SOCCER MOMENT, IT WAS THE SIGHT OF THOSE MAD-LOOKING ROBOT DANDELIONS THAT KEPT ME IN NIGHT-SWEATS. WHAT NEXT? WHAT NEXT? I WHIMPERED TO THE MOON. […] YOU MAY NOT HAVE ALLOWED THE BLEACHED ROMANIANS TO GET TO YOU, BUT SURELY NO ONE CAN DENY THAT THROUGHOUT THIS 1998 WORLD CUP THERE WAS AN ALTOGETHER UNSETTLING PREOCCUPATION WITH HAIRSTYLE. MAYBE IT WAS ALL TO DO WITH THE WORLD'S SUPPOSEDLY BEST PLAYER, RONALDO, BEING HAIRLESS BY HIS OWN DESIGN; OR WITH THE WORLD'S SUPPOSEDLY NEXT-BEST, ZIDANE, SPORTING A MONKISHLY UNASHAMED BALD PATCH."
I SIN TONSÄTTNING AV DEN RUMÄNSKE ANFALLAREN VIOREL MOLDOVAN TAR OSSIAN EKENGER FASTA PÅ OBEHAGET HAMILTON BESKRIVER.
TRYCK PÅ BILDEN FÖR NEDLADDNING.