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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Children of Llyr (originale 1971; edizione 1971)di Evangeline WALTON
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![]() Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. ![]() ![]() I gotta be honest, I did not like this book. I'm giving it 3 stars because it is a necessary re-telling of this branch of the Mabinogion that brings characters and motivations and inner dialogues to the modern reader. And there are parts where Walton's language is still so sparse that the action kind of slips by the wayside. Really, though, I think it is the story itself. One horrible tragedy, after another, evil and damage to innocents, harm with no hope. There are just some things that I don't need to read about. The story does not glorify violence, far from it, but the violence just does not stop. All that is good and lovely is crushed: Branwyn, sister to Bran the Blessed, High King of the Isle of the Mighty, accepts the marriage proposal of Matholuch, King of Ireland. Which starts a series of events that culminates in Bran, his brother Manawyddan, and all the forces of the Isle of the Mighty traversing the Irish Sea to get retrieve Branwyn from her abusive husband and end her enslavement in the kitchens of the King. And the terror and bloodshed does not end there. Anyway, if you are interested in the larger "Mabinogion" then this book spells out the details in all of the other translations of this story. So be aware and read with caution. A haunting apocalyptic retelling of the Second Branch of the Mabinogi. Walton is true to the tale as written in the medieval books that survive, but also draws on contemporary nuclear fears and the images developed by Arthurian writers and by Eliot. Perhaps more than any of Walton's adaptations, Children of Llyr makes it clear how these ancient tales and their progeny continue to shape the mind of the Anglo-Celtic world and diaspora. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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