I re Magi

The Four Wise Men is a parable of earthly power. The narration is colourful, exotic and full of light irony. Gaspar symbolizes voluptuousness and sensuality… Balthasar is an adept of enlightenment and beauty… “One cannot meditate too much on the first lines of Genesis. God made man in his image and li Leggi tutto

The ancient and transgressive nature of this book whisper to the reader--decades have passed, fears abound of a conceptual sclerosis, or worse, of memory's evaporation. This sweeping aridity of time is sufficient to disorient. Our thoughts on Nativity Tales are nudged, altered, gauzed. Tournier crea Leggi tutto

Vilken vacker och klok bok! Tre av de vise männen är Gaspar, Balthasar och Melchior. De beskriver sina personliga resor till Betlehem för att hedra nyfödda jesubarnet. Den fjärde är en indisk maharadja, Taor, som reser av en annan anledning och anländer för sent för födelse. När resan är slut, har d Leggi tutto

Interesanta interpretare a povestii si a contextului in care cei trei magi au sosit, calauziti de steaua cazatoare, fiecare din motive subiective, in Betleem, pentru a-i aduce Pruncului Iisus, cele trei daruri (aur, smirna si tamaie), episod pe care il pomeneste doar Matei, in Evanghelia sa. Drept ur Leggi tutto

About a month ago I bought Michel Tournier's "The Wind Spirit" because of the blurbs on its back cover from Guy Davenport and Roger Shattuck. Two days later, I'd finished it (in what felt like a single long gulp), and ordered Tournier's first four translated novels online. For whatever reason - mayb Leggi tutto

Several years ago, I had the most vivid dream that a China-scholar friend was delivering a talk in Tokyo on the three wise men (strange topic for a scholar of Chinese philosophy). In the talk he was unveiling his new theory that the wise kings brought with them--not frankincense, myrrh and gold but

In theory, this has everything that I am normally drawn to: Tournier’s prose is gorgeously atmospheric, the story is tinged with a balanced amount of philosophical introspection and parabolic whimsy, the clever symbolism and irony are very much present…and yet by the end of the book I was left feeli Leggi tutto

Awesome boook! Propably the best I've ever read.

Ar merita poate 4⭐, dar are niște sincope, momente în care totul devine atât de plictisitor și dezlanat ca îți trece cheful de a da pagina.. Dar ca idee frumos, și pe alocuri chiar cu gaselnite interesante. Povestea celui de al patrulea mag a fost clar preferata mea și l-am simțit un soi de frate. P Leggi tutto

I'm starting to think I'm missing something untranslatable with all these contemporary French writers. Yes, this novel is rather well written. Yes, it retells the Bible in a clever way (although it smelled of the author waving the "I'm retelling the Bible in a clever way" flag all the way). Yes, it' Leggi tutto