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Carregando... The Black Sheep (1842)de Honoré de Balzac
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Dva brata ražalovani potpukovnik Filip i Žozef mladi slikar u usponu nastoje da svaki na svoj način dobiju nasledstvo od svog bogatog rođaka koga u svojim rukama drži mutivoda Flora. Ovaj roman je kod nas preveden kao "Mutivoda" što u suštini u ovom romanu predstavlja igru reči jer Flora je ona koja voli da dobro "zamuti vodu" kako bi ostvarila svoje ciljeve, ali je to takođe bilo i njeno zanimanje kao male devojčice odakle je i dobila zloglasni nadimak. Posao mutivode se sastojao u tome da u gornjem toku reke zamuti vodu i time plaši rakove i ribe kako bi se lakše hvatali u zamke. Takođe u romanu ona nije jedina mutivoda, ima ih nekoliko. Potpukovnik Filip je raspikuća, kockar, probisvet koji ne bira sredstva da dođe do bogatstva. Florin seoski ljubavnik Max je još jedan opasan mutivoda, lukav na svoj podli seljački način, rešen da po svaku cenu preko svoje ljubavnice dođe do bogatstva. Ono što krasi ovaj roman su bogato portretisani likovi u Balzakovom stilu i prikaz života u Francuskoj sa početka 19-og veka. A typical- and utterly gripping- Balzac tale of greed and self-sacrifice, fiendish plots and unrewarded virtue. Mme Bridau is a widowed mother of two. Handsome charmer Philippe has her heart, but his younger artist brother Joseph is the ever-unappreciated hero. There is much family history and many machinations, but as wastrel Philippe brings his doting mother to penury, she and Joseph are forced to seek the assistance of wealthy Uncle Rouget. And here a second strand comes into play: poor, timorous Uncle is enamoured of an unscrupulous housekeeper. And she, in turn, is being seduced by local "gang leader" Maxence, who has plans for appropriating Uncle's money... One of my favourite authors. It's Balzac, and it's reasonably short, so you know it's pretty powerful. The only interesting thing I have to say about this is stolen from the introduction to the Penguin edition; the translator points out that in this book, unlike many of Balzac's writing, the historical asides are actually relevant and important for the plot, so it's far more unified than the others. Great point. Also, Balzac got the whole 'show you someone who's horrible, then show you someone even worse so that you'll sympathize with the horrible shit' move down pat. George Martin's an amateur by comparison. On the other hand, not sure it's one of the greatest novels of all time, as some poll or other suggested. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Pertence à sérieThe Human Comedy (Études de Moeurs - Scènes de la vie de province II | 29) Studies of Manners (33) Pertence à série publicadaGallimard, Folio (163) Está contido emNotable Lists
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HTML: Brothers Philippe and Joseph Bridau couldn't be more different. One is a cruel man who puts his ruthlessness to good use in a military career, while the other is a kind-hearted, sensitive soul who grows up to be a penniless artist. When the family's fortune is at risk, the two diametrically opposed siblings wage an all-out war. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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I couldn’t help but feel confident of his perspicacity…
This layered story finds significance in the layering. Much could be written about the way finances are expressed and assessed as measures of expectation, greed and worth. The Knights of Idleness appear to spring from a provincial morality play. The source and most of the action happens at Issoudun, as Balzac explains, a place where Isis, a goddess who (ironically) protects women and is associated with marital devotion, was once worshipped in a temple. This layering is almost painterly where motifs of the spectre of death hang of over innocent beauty; nowhere more evident in the progression of Flore from budding flower to wilted carcass.
Despite intelligence and capability, women fare badly in The Black Sheep. They are devoted hostages to emotion. Perhaps a sign of the times, perhaps some provocative misogyny?
Historical context is another layer. One of the main characters (Phillipe) had been an aide-de-camp to Napoleon and much of the story is set in a France that yearns for Napoleon (he is in exile on Elba). I have long been interested in how it was that France (immediately post-revolution) was in such a need of a leader that they installed an Emperor. Perhaps it’s because I have grown a cutting from the willow that grew on Napoleon's grave in Elba. The Black Sheep has led me to my next read: a massive (900 page) biography Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts. ( )