ქალი ჩრდილის გარეშე

by Hugo von Hofmannsthal

მისტიურობითა და იდუმალებით მოცული სულთა სამყაროს მეუფისგან დედოფალს ეუწყება, რომ თუკი, ის 3 დღის განმავლობაში არ დაორსულდება, მისი მეუღლე, ქვად იქცევა. ქალი ჩრდილის გარეშე, ესაა ლიბრეტო რიჰარდ შტრაუსის ამავე სახელწოდების ოპერისთვის, რომელიც მისმა ახლო მეგობარმა და თანამშრომელმა, ჰუგო ფონ ჰოფმანშტალმა 1911-17 წლებში დაწერა.

Genres: Fiction, German Literature, Fairy Tales

216 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1919

About the author

Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal established his reputation with lyric poems and a number of plays, including Yesterday (1891) and Death and the Fool (1893).

This Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist flourished.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_vo...

Reviews

[Patrizia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Una prosa densa e poetica fa da supporto a una fiaba delicata e profonda, ricca di significati simbolici.
Le vite di due coppie diversissime tra loro, un imperatore e una fata sua sposa da un lato, un povero tintore e la sua moglie insoddisfatta dall’altro, si intrecciano diventando reciprocamente fondamentali.
Sulla fata grava la maledizione di un destino tremendo se non riuscirà a trovare un’ombra che la leghi alla terra. La ricerca sarà lunga e costellata di ostacoli. Per ottenere quello che le serve, dovrà imparare a comprendere gli uomini, a capire i loro sentimenti, a provare il loro dolore.
Stringerà un patto con la moglie del tintore, disposta a cedere la propria ombra in cambio di una promessa di felicità.
Sarà una scoperta per entrambe. La fata diventerà una donna a tutti gli effetti, la moglie del tintore imparerà ad apprezzare la realtà, smettendo di inseguire l’ombra di desideri inconsistenti.

[amapola · Rating 5 out of 5]

Elogio dell'ombra

L'amore tra la principessa delle fate e l'imperatore potrà giungere a compiutezza solo se entro un anno essa riuscirà a proiettare la propria ombra sul suolo, e per riuscirci la possibilità è una sola: accettare di essere umana, carnale, mortale.
Una bellissima fiaba (scritta per l'opera di Strauss), ricca di simbolismi e metafore, partorita da una fantasia sfrenata e resa con prosa sontuosa.
Un’autentica rivelazione per me Hugo von Hofmannsthal, uno scrittore che ancora non conoscevo, ma che ora intendo approfondire.

https://youtu.be/Uajy44j0ONM

[Ringa Sruogienė · Rating 2 out of 5]

Jau seniai neskaičiau tokios neįdomios knygos. Neradau nė kruopelės, kas būtų užkabinę, pradžiuginę ar sugluminę. Tai tik tiek.
Metų iššūkio sąraše užims vietą: "Knyga su pavadinime parašytu žodžiu "Moteris".

[Expecto · Rating 2 out of 5]

რახან დავიწყე,ბარემ დავამთავრებ წიგნი იყო.

[Aistė · Rating 2 out of 5]

Apsakamuose be proto daug neaiškių simbolių. Panašu, kad autorius jų net neužšifruoja tuo tikslu, kad jie būtų išgvildenami, o greičiau lieja savo minčių ir vaizduotės srautą. Skaitydama jaučiausi kaip kostiumuotoje nevykusioje dramoje. Rašytojas labai narciziškas, mylintis save ir prabangą, tačiau kaip ir daugelis jaunuolių ieškantis savęs, egzistencinės prasmės ir, žinoma, pripažinimo. Tiesa, gamtos aprašymai, žodžių žaismas ir sakinių struktūra, kaip ir būdinga to meto rašytojams, yra žavinga 🙂

[Paola · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mia edizione: Guanda 4 ed. 1986 Biblioteca la Fenice.
Da rileggere.

[prostderpoesie · Rating 2 out of 5]

n ziemlich düsteres feenmärchen, in dem eine der protagonistinnen abtreibung aus ästhetischen gründen befürwortet - sehr intense geschrieben

[Simon David Dressler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ich sitze grad im Zug nach Amsterdam und hab die Erzählung als Vorbereitung auf den Opernbesuch morgen Abend gelesen. Der Text ist zum Teil seeehr blumig geschrieben, sodass man streckenweise nicht so ganz versteht, was eigentlich grad abgeht, aber die Szenen im Haus der Färber sind so unfassbar schön und intensiv geschrieben; allein dafür lohnt es sich. Die Topoi von Unfruchtbarkeit, Emanzipation und Geschlechterkampf werden auf eine Weise verhandelt, die zwischen abstrakt und unfassbar konkret wechselt, und ich glaube, dass die eher blumigen Passagen dafür unerlässlich sind. Ich bin sehr gespannt, wie die Oper den Text behandelt, momentan kann ich es mir noch nicht so richtig vorstellen. Mein Opernguide Ole N. hat mir aber Großes versprochen!

[Hadrian · Rating 1 out of 5]

5/10

[Dalius · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pasakojimai apie grožį, kuris nebūtinai išgelbės pasaulį

[Susi Johnston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hofmannsthal is not prominent in the collective literary mind at the moment. That's a shame. Time to rediscover him. Relevant today. Perhaps more than ever.

[Gobro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una scrittura così penetrante da tramutarsi in linguaggio onirico

[Vy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Je pense sincèrement que j'aurais à le relire, je suis un peu confuse.

[Helen Noah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Das muss man mögen: altertümliche Sprache, verwirrender bzw. kein plot. Charaktere, die aus heutiger Sicht kaum verständlich denken und agieren.

[Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wowsers. I would give this a 6/5 if I could. It will go down as one of my all time favorites.
It's probably not fair to compare this to other books though, because this is the libretto to one of Strauss's most complex operas. And the music is incredible.
It's the fairy tale story, about what happened after the "happily ever after". It's about becoming human. It's about the divinity, sanctity and beauty of marriage and family. It's about the struggle against evil. It's about holding on to hope. It's about putting overs before oneself. It's about patience and forgiveness. It's about all the best things, in all the best ways, with incredible prose (and if you care to listen to or watch the opera, beautiful music)!
Small spoiler:
In one of the most powerful climaxes of all, the heroine profoundly overcomes herself to save her husband and the voices of their yet-unborn children ring out "Hear, we command you. Wrestle and struggle, that our lives may gloriously dawn! The tests you have steadfastly born are made for us into shining crowns! ... Was there ever a feast, to which we, the invited, were not also the hosts?"