The Good Hope (Dedalus Europe 2010)
17 世紀のトースハウンを舞台に、牧師ルーカス・デベスの生涯を軸として、圧政と貧困、信念と抵抗を描く歴史小説。ファロー諸島の社会と精神風景を、書簡体の構成で生き生きと立ち上げる。
作品情報
圧政の時代に、信念を貫くことの重みが静かに積み重なる。
ウィリアム・ハイネセンが、ファロー諸島の歴史と精神を背景に、信念を試される人々の姿を描いた代表作。17 世紀の港町を舞台に、宗教、権力、良心がぶつかり合うなかで、人間の尊厳を問う。
レビュー要約
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歴史的事実と創作を組み合わせた書きぶりや、圧政に対する抵抗をめぐる主題が評価されている。書簡体の構成やゆるやかな展開を味わう読者がいる一方で、重厚さを先に感じる読者もいる。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Dedalus Ltd
- 発売日
- 2011-10-31
- ページ数
- 384ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 13.34 x 2.54 x 19.69 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781903517987
- ISBN-10
- 9781903517987
- 価格
- 3930 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Mystery & Thrillers/Thrillers/Psychological & Suspense
First published in 1964 The Good Hope won The Nordic Prize for Literature. It is the first English translation of one of the greatest novels in the Danish language. . The Good Hope is an epistolary novel based on the life of the Reverend Lucas Debes, a larger than life character called Peder Ba, rresen in the novel. It tells a story of brutal oppression, poverty and terrible diseases, but also of resistance and of having the courage of one's convictions. It is a dramatic fantasy in which Heinesen's customary themes -- the struggle against evil, sectarianism, superstition and oppression --emerge on a higher plane, set against the backcloth of the Faroe Islands in the 1690s. The Good Hope is a masterpiece which took 40 years to write.
William Heinesen (1900-1991) was born in Torshavn in the Faroe Islands, the son of a Danish mother and Faroese father, and he was equally at home in both languages. Although he spent most of his life in the Faroe Islands he chose to write in Danish as he felt it offered him greater inventive freedom. Internationally known as a poet and a novelist he made his living as an artist. His paintings range from large-scale murals in public buildings, through oil to pen sketches, caricatures and collages. Emeritus Professor of Scandinavian Literature at the University of East Anglia he is the world's foremost authority on the novels of William Heinesen. His many translations from Danish include 4 novels by William Heinesen.
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A rare and brilliant writer. One wonders with his achievements he was not a Nobel Prize for Literature winner.
関連する文学賞
- 北欧評議会文学賞 第5回（1965年 第2回開催） ・Winner