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Indlæser... The enchantress of Florence : a novel (original 2008; udgave 2008)af Salman Rushdie
Work InformationThe Enchantress of Florence af Salman Rushdie (2008)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. I liked this magical-realism novel but did not love it - somewhat interesting, somewhat baffling, unclear about the point (if there was one) of the book, and difficult to get through because of my uncertainty about whether it was worth continuing. I finally got through it because I wanted to see whether the book changed into a book I valued. ( ) Un joven viajero europeo, alto y de cabello rubio que se hace llamar Mogor dell'Amore, el mogol del amor, llega a la corte del verdadero gran mogol, el emperador Akbar, con una historia que contar que empieza a obsesionar a toda la capital imperial. El extraño afirma ser hijo de una princesa mogola perdida, la hermana menor del abuelo de Akbar, Babar: Qara Koz, una gran belleza que se cree que posee poderes de encantamiento y hechicería, que es capturada primero por un uzbeko, señor de la guerra, luego por el sha de Persia y, finalmente, se convierte en amante de un tal Argalia, un soldado de fortuna florentino, comandante de los ejércitos del sultán otomano. Cuando Argalia regresa a casa con su amante mogol, la ciudad queda hipnotizada por su presencia y surgen muchos problemas. Hard to know how to rate this one. The writing is wonderful: insightful, gorgeous, humorous and playful. The characters are appealing and for the first ~50 pages I was hooked. Then the next couple hundred pages (or so, felt like a ton but probably wasn't) went by and I was pretty dang bored. Just when I decided to skim a bit (read: last desperate act before abandoning) it got really good again and became a page-turner. So, um, ymmv?? Thankfully, Rushdie has quite a few titles to pick from and (can't say this enough) the writing is fantastic! I'll be perusing all his titles for stories that keep me engaged so I can experience more of his craft.
“The Enchantress of Florence” is so pious — especially in its impiety — so pleased with itself and so besotted with the sound of its own voice that even the tritest fancies get a free pass. Salman Rushdie’s new novel, “The Enchantress of Florence,” reads less like a novel by the author of such magical works as “Midnight’s Children” and “The Moor’s Last Sigh” than a weary, predictable parody of something by John Barth. The essential compatibility of the realistic and the fantastic imagination may explain the success of Rushdie's sumptuous, impetuous mixture of history with fable. But in the end, of course, it is the hand of the master artist, past all explanation, that gives this book its glamour and power, its humour and shock, its verve, its glory. It is a wonderful tale, full of follies and enchantments. HæderspriserDistinctions
Fabulerende historisk roman der foregår dels i Mogulkejserriget i Indien under stormogulen Akbar (1542-1605), dels i renæssancens Firenze. Den handler om en ung mogulprinsesse, som bliver taget til fange og havner i Firenze som elskerinde for en berømt krigsherre. Hendes søn kommer mange år senere til Mogul, hvor hans beretning om sin mors liv vækker stor opstandelse. No library descriptions found. |
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