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Ladataan... HistoriantutkijaTekijä: Elizabeth Kostova
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I must admit I was disappointed with the story. Perhaps because I've been overexposed to Vampires, thanks Buffy et al. Dracula actually made an appearance on Buffy. And the audiobook I was listening to had these corny accents for some of the characters, I was making fun of it. But the plot is good and the theme of historians and historical research is pretty consistent through the whole book. To misquote Dr Johnson worth reading Perhaps but not going to read. Whatever that means. Huvudpersonen hittar en bunt gömda gamla brev som avslöjar att hennes far, som var historiker, forskade kring den medeltida härskare och dennes skräckvälde som ligger till grund för legenden om Drakula. Dottern återupptar faderns farliga efterforskningar. Don't bother, read Dracula instead. Much shorter, better written, definitely spookier. Su nombre despierta terror en el corazón de los hombres. A lo largo de siglos, se le ha considerado un mito. Ahora, alguien se atreve a buscarlo a través de los rincones más oscuros de Europa y Asia y buceando en lo más remotos pasajes de la historia. Durante años, Paul fue incapaz de contarle a su hija la verdad sobre la obsesión que ha guiado su vida. Ahora, entre sus papeles, ella descubre una historia que comenzó con la extraña desaparición del mentor de Paul, el profesor Rossi. Tras las huellas de su querido maestro, Paul recorrió antiguas bibliotecas de Estambul, monasterios en ruinas en Rumania, remotas aldeas en Bulgaria... Cuanto más se acercaba a Rossi, más se aproximaba también a un misterio que había aterrorizado incluso a los poderosos sultanes otomanos, y que aún hace temblar a los campesinos de Europa del Este. Un misterio que ha dejado un rastro sangriento en manuscritos, viejos libros y canciones susurradas al oído. Para Paul y su hija llegar al final dela búsqueda puede significar un destino mucho peor que la muerte. Porque a cada paso que dan, se convencen más de que él les está esperando. Y en sus corazones, retumba una pregunta angustiosa... ¿Es posible que la tumba de Vlad el Emperador esconda algo más que el cuerpo de un asesino legendario?
Vlad Lit: don't flirt with it, just sink your teeth right in When, after many other allusions to historians and historicism, Kostova introduced a character whose last name is Hristova, I was tempted to run out to a pharmacy for some antihristomine. What's unfortunate about this overload is that the book -- which seems to want to do for historians what ''Possession'' did for literary scholars -- is otherwise the kind of wonderfully paced yarn that would make a suitable companion to a deck chair, a patch of sun and some socklessness. In a ponderous, many-layered book that is exquisitely versed in the art of stalling, Ms. Kostova steeps her readers in Dracula lore. She visits many libraries, monasteries, relics of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires, crypts, restaurants, scholars and folk-song-singing peasants. Every now and then a mysterious pale, sinister figure will materialize, only to vanish bewilderingly. The book's characters find this a lot more baffling than readers will. Stuffed with rich, incense-laden cultural history and travelogue, The Historian is a smart, bibliophilic mystery in the same vein (sorry) as A.S. Byatt's Possession--but without all that poetry. Kuuluu näihin kustantajien sarjoihinEl balancí (Edicions 62) (514) Sisältää nämä:The Historian, Part 1/2 (tekijä: Elizabeth Kostova) The Historian, Part 2/2 (tekijä: Elizabeth Kostova) Lyhennelty täällä:Saanut innoituksensa tästä:Dracula (tekijä: Bram Stoker) Sisältää opiskelijan oppaan
To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history....Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of-a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an inconceivable evil hidden in the depths of history. The letters provide links to one of the darkest powers that humanity has ever known-and to a centuries-long quest to find the source of that darkness and wipe it out. It is a quest for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the legend of Dracula. Generations of historians have risked their reputations, their sanity, and even their lives to learn the truth about Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Now one young woman must decide whether to take up this quest herself-to follow her father in a hunt that nearly brought him to ruin years ago, when he was a vibrant young scholar and her mother was still alive. What does the legend of Vlad the Impaler have to do with the modern world? Is it possible that the Dracula of myth truly existed-and that he has lived on, century after century, pursuing his own unknowable ends? The answers to these questions cross time and borders, as first the father and then the daughter search for clues, from dusty Ivy League libraries to Istanbul, Budapest, and the depths of Eastern Europe. In city after city, in monasteries and archives, in letters and in secret conversations, the horrible truth emerges about Vlad the Impaler's dark reign-and about a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive down through the ages.Parsing obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions-and evading the unknown adversaries who will go to any lengths to conceal and protect Vlad's ancient powers-one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil. Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is an adventure of monumental proportions, a relentless tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present, with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful-and utterly unforgettable. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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In the end, I have to say that the structure Kostova used for the novel just kind of ruined it for me, and the style she adopted too often left me feeling like I was reading a run-of-the-mill diary or travelogue vs. what I'd hoped would be a powerful story. I've often loved epistolary fiction, but in this case, I feel like Kostova did her concept an incredible disservice by choosing to go about telling the story in the fashion she did. I'm only glad this wasn't my first read from her, or I'd likely never even have considered picking up another.
I'm afraid I cannot recommend this book. I know some folks who adore it, but even after a lengthy book discussion, I still can't quite figure out the attraction beyond its attention to history and geographical/European cities' details...but all in all, I just keep coming back to the fact that I never really felt any narrative tension, attachment to character, or surprise at what came to pass. (