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Indlæser... Historikerenaf Elizabeth Kostova
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Vlad Lit: don't flirt with it, just sink your teeth right in When, after many other allusions to historians and historicism, Kostova introduced a character whose last name is Hristova, I was tempted to run out to a pharmacy for some antihristomine. What's unfortunate about this overload is that the book -- which seems to want to do for historians what ''Possession'' did for literary scholars -- is otherwise the kind of wonderfully paced yarn that would make a suitable companion to a deck chair, a patch of sun and some socklessness. In a ponderous, many-layered book that is exquisitely versed in the art of stalling, Ms. Kostova steeps her readers in Dracula lore. She visits many libraries, monasteries, relics of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, crypts, restaurants, scholars and folk-song-singing peasants. Every now and then a mysterious pale, sinister figure will materialize, only to vanish bewilderingly. The book's characters find this a lot more baffling than readers will. Stuffed with rich, incense-laden cultural history and travelogue, The Historian is a smart, bibliophilic mystery in the same vein (sorry) as A.S. Byatt's Possession--but without all that poetry. Tilhører ForlagsserienEl balancí [Edicions 62] (514) IndeholderEr forkortet iEr inspireret afIndeholder elevguideHæderspriserDistinctionsNotable Lists
Facts og eventyr, historie og nutid samt kampen mellem ondt og godt er nogle af ingredienserne i denne fantastiske roman om en ung kvindes sg̜en efter sin families mystiske fortid, som er tt̆ knyttet til historien om Vlad, den barbariske hersker, som danner baggrund for Dracula-myten. Gennem biblioteker og arkiver, klostre og forfaldne slotte gr̄ jagten fra Istanbul og dybt ind i steuropas skove for at finde sandheden om Vlads mystiske evner, som tilsyneladende lever videre. No library descriptions found. |
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