- Taschenbuch: 656 Seiten
- Verlag: Penguin Classics; Auflage: Reprint (14. Dezember 2010)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0140445803
- ISBN-13: 978-0140445800
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 13,3 x 2,8 x 19,8 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.4 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (9 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 345.982 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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A classic of late 18th Century fiction. Part of the }Penguin Classics{ fiftieth anniversary promotion.
Synopsis
Alphonse, a young Walloon officer, is travelling to join his regiment in Madrid in 1739. But he soon finds himself mysteriously detained at a highway inn in the strange and varied company of thieves, brigands, cabbalists, noblemen, coquettes and gypsies, whose stories he records over sixty-six days. The resulting manuscript is discovered some forty years later in a sealed casket, from which tales of characters transformed through disguise, magic and illusion, of honour and cowardice, of hauntings and seductions, leap forth to create a vibrant polyphony of human voices. Jan Potocki (1761-1812) used a range of literary styles - gothic, picaresque, adventure, pastoral, erotica - in his novel of stories-within-stories, which, like the "Decameron" and "Tales from the Thousand and One Nights", provides entertainment on an epic scale.
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At the time of which I speak, the Count of Olivarez had not yet established new settlements in the lowering mountain range of the Sierra Morena, which separates the provinces of Andalusia and La Mancha. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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At the time of which I speak, the Count of Olivarez had not yet established new settlements in the lowering mountain range of the Sierra Morena, which separates the provinces of Andalusia and La Mancha. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Almost all the hype is true -- this is a beguiling, Arabian Nights-styled classic, one of those obscurities you pick up by accident and that becomes a lifelong favorite. Obviously, Potocki's long novel has greatness in it, but so much depends on the translation. In this case, translator Ian Maclean has opted for a serious, elegant style that ignores the fact that it's a comic novel. It's a serious offense, and it's all the more glaring when you compare it to Elizabeth Abbot's faithful, entertaining version from 1960. In either case, it must be read, but Maclean's version left me more in admiration of his prose than for his overall effectiveness as a co-storyteller with Potocki.
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This is one of the greatest works of literature ever. Its author, Jan Potocki, was obvioiusly a scholar of the highest magnitude, as is seen through his detailed and honest treatment of many subjects ranging from cabbalism to ancient history to the customs of hundreds of European communities. The tales center loosely around a period of about two months during which Alphonse van Worden, a captain in the Walloon Guard, crosses the Sierra Morena on his way to Madrid. Along the way, he meets many colorful characters who share their stories, and these stories weave together and branch out into substories with such intricacy that the reader is astounded by the author's cleverness. I would recommend this to anyone who likes to be sucked into a book and not return until it's finished.
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If you like gothic horror balanced with wit and genuine occult knowledge - this is the book for you!
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Of the novels written last century, four stand out: The Manuscript Found in Saragossa; Maldoror by Lautrement; Epitaph of a Small Winner by Machado De Assis and the other I forget,... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 17. Februar 1999 veröffentlicht
I wish I could give SIX STARS to this one
A quick note: Although Jan Potocki was Polish, he wrote The Saragossa Manuscript in French under the title "Manuscrit trouve' a' Saragosse. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 28. Juni 1998 von Kate Lawrence
The greatest book in the world literature
Potocki's masterpiece is an admirable example of Rahmenerzaehlung, much more sophisticated and structured than Boccaccio's Decameron. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 22. Juni 1998 veröffentlicht
Old-Fashioned in the best sense. Highly recommended.
One of my favorite books ever. To describe 'The Manuscript Found at Saragossa' as a novel does not begin to describe the complexity, the richness and the humanity this book... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Mai 1998 von Richard Thurston
Deserves more credit
I agree somewhat with the reviewer above, but perhaps the faults lie in the problematic translation from Polish to English.
Am 23. Mai 1998 veröffentlicht
An interesting multi-layered story in 17th-century Europe.
This novel is the very definition of "multi-layered". Ostensibly the story of a Spanish knight on his travels, it rapidly becomes a tree of stories as the characters he... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. Juli 1997 veröffentlicht
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