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I would like to welcome you to this, the first ever Crispin Lyzard tribute page on the internet. What this site lacks in style (an earlier site I designed was once voted the worst on the net in a survey) it makes up for in content.
Crispin, for all those who don't know, is rapidly becoming a cult author, with a growing following in the English speaking world. His best known work is "the Designer Lenin", a work that combines a rich literary depth with piercing insights into the consciousness of alienated youth experiencing the hollowness of late capitalism. This will one day stand alongside works such as Joyce's Ulysees as an epoch-defining work. Although bleak in content, the work contains, like all Lyzard's writings, a message of hope. Lyzard clearly identifies with charaters who feel cut-off from the passage of history, who look on as helpless and isolated figures on the grand themes of our age. In the case of "the designer Lenin", the text is narated in part by Vladimir, the main charater, who must deal with the heritage of the Russian Revolution. Vladimir seeks to understand the role of his namesake as a hero - is heroism found in the action of individuals, or is it a case of being "in the right place at the right time".
The short story "The Last of the Lepers", for which the draft is available on this site, deals with similar themes. In this case the unnamed character who relates the sorry tale of the decline of a leper looks on with bitterness at the world in which he was denied any sense of heroism. "History is made by the hoards", is his final verdict on life. Even more evident here is the mocking self-parody that Lyzard uses to convey his message. Elsewhere Lyzard has explained how he emphasises the negative aspect of Marx's theory of alienation, and leaves as an exercise for his readers the process of understanding how history can be shaped in a more positive way.
In addition to this literary nugget, there is the first section of Crispin Lyzard's ontology. This should give some insight into the philosophical framework that the author uses to develop his writing. I have also managed to obtain a copy of Lyzard's deeply ironic PhD application (the application was apparently rejected swiftly).
My interest in Lyzard's work was started when I spent one of my undergraduate years at univesity in a room that he had previously inhabited. I share some of his attitudes towards Cambridge life, and have consequently added my guide to Cambridge Boeotia Clouds the Misty Brain which may be of use to anyone in a similar position. I hope that you enjoy this website, please get in touch and let me know your thoughts. I would also be interested in linking to any other sites of literary/philosophical interest.