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Peronnik. Ein bretonisches Gralsmärchen.
Peronnik's story, of northwestern French tradition, clearly recalls the myth of Parsival and the classic legend of the Grail. Outwardly poor and simple, Peronnik is sharp of wit and pure of heart. His inner qualities enable him to pass the seven trims of courage at which all the brave knights have hitherto failed. They are tests of spiritual strength. Peronnik, like the legend of the Grail, shows the progress from innocence to true humanity and reflects the universal human aspiration to truth and the secrets of life and death.
24 pages, Hardcover
First published November 28, 1984
About the author
Émile Souvestre
620 books3 followersÉmile Souvestre was a French novelist who was a native of Morlaix, Finistère. He was the son of a civil engineer and was educated at the college of Pontivy, with the intention of following his father's career by entering the Polytechnic School.
His best work is to be found in Les Derniers Bretons (4 vols, 1835-1837) and Le Foyer breton (1844), where the folk-lore and natural features of his native province are worked up into story form, and in Un Philosophe sous les toils, which received in 1851 a well-deserved academic prize. He also wrote a number of other works—novels, dramas, essays and miscellanies
His best work is to be found in Les Derniers Bretons (4 vols, 1835-1837) and Le Foyer breton (1844), where the folk-lore and natural features of his native province are worked up into story form, and in Un Philosophe sous les toils, which received in 1851 a well-deserved academic prize. He also wrote a number of other works—novels, dramas, essays and miscellanies
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