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Ladataan... What's Mine's Mine (1886)Tekijä: George MacDonald
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Lyhennelty täällä:The Highlander's Last Song (tekijä: George MacDonald)
The classic novel of love and loyalty amid a vanishing way of life in the Scottish Highlands from the Victorian-era author of Robert Falconer. This Scottish masterpiece of 1886 contains wonderfully descriptive passages of the Scottish Highlands. The story centers around two families--the English Palmers and that of clan chief Alister Macruadh--and Mr. Palmer's cruel removal of Clan Ruadh from its traditional lands. This portrait of the Highland Clearances poignantly captures how and why the clan way of life disappeared from the highlands in the 18th and 19th centuries. One of MacDonald's signature tunes, God's revelation in nature, is woven throughout the narrative. Along with Robert Falconer, What's Mine's Mine also offers insight into MacDonald's controversial views on the afterlife. The pointed discussions between Calvinist Mrs. Macruadh and her sons Alister and Ian are memorable indeed. In spite of its highland flavor, this intensely Scottish tale did not employ the local dialect, which at the time was primarily Gaelic. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Trying to explain my recently cultivated love for this author is a difficult thing. No fiction author would today get away with all his "be more like Jesus and this is how you do it!" asides. He was certainly a preacher first and a novelist second; even his greatest fan C.S. Lewis admits this. What he does in these books shouldn't work, especially for a modern reader like myself. Yet the beautiful old language and the open heart of the author, loving his reader as well as his characters right there on the page, are irresistible to me. I understand at last Lewis's description that MacDonald "baptized his imagination," both in the literal sense of that word and the spiritual sense. Funny that this happened for him while reading one of MacDonald's fantasy works and for me while reading one of his romances (me who generally doesn't read them!). This book made me examine myself as a reflection of Christ and showed me ways in which old idolatries still hang on.
And I'm still thinking of Alister and Ian as old friends, missing them now their story is ended, wishing there were a sequel (something like Adventures of Clanruadh in Canada; if I discovered this book existed, I really might cry tears of happiness).
EDIT: Clarifying, since this review also shows up on the page for the Michael Philips abridgment (The Highlander's Last Song), that my review is of the unabridged work. ( )