Beschrijving
Titel en schrijver |
Imperial Messages, Howard Schwartz |
ISBN |
0-380-00682-0 |
Uitgeverij, drukjaar en drukversie |
Uitgeverij Avon Books, 1976, Tweede druk |
Paperback of hardcover |
Paperback |
Aantal pagina’s |
347 pagina’s |
Taal en categorie |
Engels, Roman |
Korte samenvatting |
‘Imperial Messages’ is a classic anthology of 19th- and 20th-century parables from around the world. The collection has been expanded with additional stories. Schwartz advises the reader to “open this book at random” and dip into this sampling of works by both famous and lesser-known authors.
The Spider and the Fly and Isaac Bashevis Singer’s superb Jachid and Jechidah. One of the most imitated stories of Russian literature, Gogol’s The Nose, appears. As do excerpts from Kafka’s The Penal Colony, Calvino’s Invisible Cities and Borges’s Dreamtigers. Places have been found for Isak Dinesen’s The Blue Jar and Dostoyevski’s The Dream of a Ridiculous Man. Authors from Kobo Abe and Daniil Kharms to Bob Dylan and Paul Bowles are also represented. Schwartz’s diverse selection of authors and wide-ranging choice of tales make his book a valuable reference as well as a delight to read. |
Over de auteur |
Howard Schwartz (1945) is a widely regarded folklorist, author, poet, and editor of dozens of books. He has been awarded prizes several times for his work. For instance, he has won the international Koret Jewish Book Award, for the book Before You Were Born. He has won the 2005 National Jewish Book Award for Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism. Consequently he has been featured in the Jewish Children’s Book Project, local media in his hometown of Saint Louis, The Jerusalem Post, and The Canadian Jewish News, as well as in many other publications. |
Recensies |
“Not only are the stories exceptionally well-chosen. but there is a very perceptive introductory essay title “Kafka and the Modern Parables.” I use his essay in a storytelling apprenticeship program, and encourage my students to orally learn some of these stories for the telling. I encourage you to do the same. The stories are powerful, the essay is insightful, and Schwartz judgment in selecting 100 parables is superb.”
– Dr. Robert Béla Wilhelm Director, School of Sacred Storytelling |
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