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Sto caricando le informazioni... A Tale from Bali (1937)di Vicki Baum
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. H2.2.5 The Tale of Bali is Vicki Baum's most deeply felt and powerful novel, and it has every likelihood of becoming her most popular. Some of its scenes, such as the great burning at Tabanan, and the final charge of the Balinese against the Duch troops, are of genuinely epic quality; the book as a whole has the stature of a true work of art. " Une plongée entre romance historique et étude ethnographique dans une civilisation exotique. Le début est laborieux, freiné par la présentation de nombreux personnages qu’on mélange longtemps et un vocabulaire local rendu abscons par l'absence de tout index. On mange, on aime, on prie, on meurt. Culture du riz, polygamie, sacrifices et combats de coqs, sous l’œil menaçant du colon hollandais. Un passé ancré qui fait encore le Bali d'aujourd'hui. "Ce qui est, ne peut jamais finir. La vie est indestructible. Elle n'est et ne peut être diminuée ni altérée. Seul le corps fragile passe. L'esprit est impérissable, éternel, indissoluble." nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Set against the backdrop of the Dutch invasion of Bali just over a century ago, and the resulting "mass suicides" of the Balinese royalty, the moving story unfolds of the peasant Pak and his family and friends, and the tragedy that is their shared fate. Written within living memory of the bloody events called the puputan (the "ending"), Love and Death in Bali is the story of a passionate yet peaceful and deeply spiritual people who defy the Dutch imperial forces through an act that would bring them certain death--and certain rebirth. The looting of a Chinese trading ship gives the Dutch colonial forces the perfect excuse to intervene in island affairs, but they encounter astonishing resistance. In the battle of Badung, wave upon wave of Balinese clothed in white ceremonial garb charged into the blazing Dutch guns, kris daggers in hand, prepared to die. Who among them will survive, and how will their lives be forever changed? Love and Death in Bali, first published in German in 1937, is considered by many to be the finest novel ever written about this island paradise where everyone, regardless of caste or position, is woven into the fabric of an ancient culture, connected by customs and, above all, by strong religious beliefs. now reissued in a completely re-edited edition under its original title, with an introduction by anthropologist and award-winning author Nigel Barkley. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)833.912Literature German literature and literatures of related languages German fiction Modern period (1900-) 1900-1990 1900-1945Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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