- Gebundene Ausgabe: 228 Seiten
- Verlag: Wildside Pr (12. Dezember 2002)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1592240623
- ISBN-13: 978-1592240623
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 15,2 x 22,9 x 1,7 cm
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The great erotic fantasy of the 1920s. Full final text, Lane edition with 13 plates by Frank Pape.<BR>
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This was a notorious book of the 1920's, and it describes
the odyssey of Jurgen, a middle-aged pawnbroker and a
"monstrous clever fellow", who is miserable with his wife,
and one day he is given an opportunity to search through
many realms of fantasy and imagination looking for the
perfect mate. The book is an ironic exploration of man's
perennial dissatisfaction. Plenty of angst, but also
a lot of humor and fun.
Opening line: "In the old days lived a pawnbroker named
Jurgen, but what his wife called him was very often much
worse than that. She was a high-spirited woman, with no
especial gift for silence." If you like that line, read
the book. If you don't, then forget it.
the odyssey of Jurgen, a middle-aged pawnbroker and a
"monstrous clever fellow", who is miserable with his wife,
and one day he is given an opportunity to search through
many realms of fantasy and imagination looking for the
perfect mate. The book is an ironic exploration of man's
perennial dissatisfaction. Plenty of angst, but also
a lot of humor and fun.
Opening line: "In the old days lived a pawnbroker named
Jurgen, but what his wife called him was very often much
worse than that. She was a high-spirited woman, with no
especial gift for silence." If you like that line, read
the book. If you don't, then forget it.
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In the 1920s, James Branch Cabell (rhymes with "rabble") was considered by many to be one of the greatest American writers, based on this novel. Tastes changed with the coming of the Great Depression; worse, Cabell never again came close to writing a book of this quality, despite his many attempts. Whether or not Cabell is a great writer (and I incline to the view that writers should be judged by their best rather than their mediocre works), Jurgen is a great book, full of insight and a joy to read. The eponymous protagonist is a middle-aged pawnbroker who is given an opportunity to relive his youth. In his travels he encounters, among others, Guenevere, the Master Philologist, the Philistines, his father's Hell, and his grandmother's Heaven. In the end he has an opportunity to question Koshchei who made all things as they are. I heartily recommend this novel. Although it is in an older fantasy tradition, it is at least as readable and enjoyable as the best contemporary fantasy, and its literary quality is far greater. I have re-read it many times.
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A first rule of thumb when approaching Cabell's 18-volume opus, the Biography of Manuel; every book will be about Cabell's relationship with his wife. Cabell is obsessed with marriage, and objectifies all of his female characters to fit one of his imagined female roles; nag, whore, or unapproachable beauty. Cabell's characters always return to their nagging wives, for familiarity's sake if nothing else, with never a suggestion that it might be possible to have a long-term relationship between a man and a woman in which both are creators and in which both learn from each other.
The book Jurgen is from the same mold. Jurgen the pawnbroker moves from one of Cabell's stereotypical women to another. The book became well-known because of the godawful sex sequences, in which Cabell archly refers to Jurgen's sword, staff, or stick -- the resulting call for censorship made the book famous, but that doesn't mean it was Cabell's best. I thought The Silver Stallion and, in some respects, even The Cream of the Jest or The High Place to be better examples of Cabell's writing.
I would recommend that anyone who likes fantasy read at least one of Cabell's books, because he writes like no one else. This book had the usual Cabell wittiness and sardonic feel, so if it's the only one you can find, certainly try it.
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