Prince Gnana itibaren Mallian, Punjab , India

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11/02/2024

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2018-08-18 17:41

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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Zafer Yayınları

Borrowed from the Library. The writing of this book is really quite lovely, particularly when considering that I read it in translation from the French. The word choice and syntax are delightful, and I was surprised by the number of words I had to look up. I appreciate an author who can use seemingly meaningless earlier plot points and draw them back in showing them to be important in the character development or eventual working out of the story. This book has a lot going for it: political, social, and religious intrigue during the court of Louis XIV in France, a love story or two, kings, priests, and commoners. Unfortunately, the story lulls, and I'm not certain I ever really cared what happened to the main characters ... which caused a little reading here and there (particularly before bed), but no "I can't stop reading this right now" mania. (Which could be good or bad based on your perspective [grin]) Jean-Baptiste Poncet is a successful, practicing, if not licensed, apothecary based in Cairo, Egypt. A Doctor is needed in Abyssinia, the Christian modern-day Ethiopia. The Jesuits and Capuchin priests desperately want to get into Abyssinia to "correct" their theological understanding. They've convinced King Louis to try and send an embassy to the Abyssinian King. The Ambassador, Monsieur le Maillet, in Cairo must gather this emissary, and choses Poncet. Poncet, unsurprisingly, falls desperately in love with the ambassador's daughter Alix and agrees, reluctantly, to be the emissary in the hopes of achieving a commendation which will convince le Maillet to give his daughter's hand. Poncet's plan goes awry. He "realizes" that all was wrong because he denied his "freedom" by bowing the knee to le Maillet, that he should have married Alix with or without her father's consent. Poncet's nature was to be free, and that he was denying his nature by submitting to some other authority. And, here, I suppose is where I'm frustrated by the book. Clearly, Rufin's view of "freedom" has more relation to license than liberty. The dust jacket says, "... Rufin yokes the elegant language of the French enlightenment with the storytelling of Alexandre Dumas to bring us a splendid parable of liberty, religious fanaticism, and the possibility of happiness." I'm just pretty sure I don't agree with his conclusions about those things.

2018-08-18 20:41

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Tarafından yazılmış kitap Tarafından: Beyaz Balina Yayınları

In the Heart of the Sea tells a story of courage, luck, and misfortune that rivals any similar story that could possibly happen in our present age. The account of the sinking of the whaleship Essex was first written by the ship’s first mate, Owen Chase, soon after his salvation from the horrific experience of being lost at sea for three months in a small open whaleboat; and upon his deliverance to his Nantucket home. The author tells this story with skill. He seamlessly combines known facts with the more famous account written by Owen Chase and a lesser known, relatively new account that was recorded by the fourteen-year-old cabin boy, Thomas Nickerson. Nickerson’s account was written about 50 years after the sinking of the Essex and remained undiscovered until 1960. While the events and the various narratives that are combined in In the Heart of the Sea result in a good yarn, the influences of the tragedy of the Essex on the writing of Moby-Dick is what made this book completely intriguing. The author provides references to the events and the mentalities of the survivors that were ultimately used by Melville. He also describes Melville’s introduction to Chase’s account while on his first whaling voyage 1840 and mentions Melville’s 1852 meeting with the Captain of the Essex in Nantucket, the year after Moby-Dick was published. Overall, In the Heart of the Sea, provides a very enjoyable prequel to Melville’s Moby-Dick, which will forever keep the stories of human fortitude, bravery, and desperation that are associated with the Essex disaster alive. And, if one wishes to “enhance” the experience of Moby-Dick with actual history, then this book is a highly recommended means to fulfill that desire.

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