Bruges-La-Morte - Brossura

Rodenbach, Georges

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1903517230 ISBN 13: 9781903517239

Casa editrice: Dedalus Ltd, 2005

Riassunto

Bruges-La-Morte, which first appeared in 1892, concerns the fate of Hugues Viane, a widower who has turned to the melancholy, decaying city of Bruges as the ideal location in which to mourn his wife and as a suitable haven for the narcissistic perambulations of his inexorably disturbed spirit. Bruges, the 'dead city', becomes the image of his dead wife and thus allows him to endure the unbearable loss by systematically following its mournful labyrinth of streets and canals in a cyclical promenade of reflection and allusion. The story itself centres around Hugues' obsession with a young dancer whom he believes is the double of his beloved wife.
This is a poet's novel and is therefore metaphorically dense and visionary in style. It is the ultimate evocation of Rodenbach's lifelong love affair with the enduring mystery and haunting mortuary atmosphere of Bruges.

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Book by Rodenbach Georges

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• Editore: Dedalus Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1903517230
• ISBN 13: 9781903517239
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 166