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Mesilased MOBI ½ ã ePUB alternate universe.co mesilased download, Mesilased PDF17th Century Dorpat present day Tartu Estonia was a hotbed of spiritual learning as well as a city of depravity Philosophical theories were debated by university students while poverty stricken starving peasants lived on the outskirts of the city Laurentius Hylas traveled from Holland with his parakeet Clodia to attend university in Dorpat Constant rainfall severe at times
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Mesilased MOBI ½ ã ePUB alternate universe.co mesilased download, Mesilased PDF“The Willow King” by Meelis Friedenthal does not give up its secrets easily Just as the dozens of images of birds human faces and figures that are hidden inside the curlicue willow leaves of its cover art will not be obvious to the eye until you have examined it closelyYou can take it as the supernatural story of Laurentius Hylas who is a hapless university student suffering from melancholy who sickens further physically as he arrives in late 17th century Dorpat present day Tartu Estonia until he embraces his role of the titular monarch You could also take it in a realist sense where the supernatural elements are fantasies and delusionsI read “The Willow King” in its excellent new English translation by Matthew Hyde Curiously this is the only international translation to date as of January 2017 that alters the original Estonian title “Mesilased”
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Mesilased MOBI ½ ã ePUB alternate universe.co mesilased download, Mesilased PDFLaurentius Hylas arrives in 17th Century Dorpat present day Tartu Estonia to further his studies There is constant rainfall crops have been ruined and the peasants are starving At the Uni studies of medicine are mixed with philosophy as the great thinkers consider where is the soul how illness permeates the body and where God fits into everything Laurentius is also suffering from depression and is yet to find a way to cure his fevers But he has weird dreams and visions featuring his dead parrot and the Willow King who is believed to steal the souls of the weak The book gives an impressive coverage of the moral and academic debates of the times where
Mesilased MOBI ½ ã ePUB alternate universe.co mesilased download, Mesilased PDFOuch My brain hurts but in a wow that was a great book and I learned a lot kind of way I have recently been working on lectures for the fall semester and had just re familiarized myself with Hippocrates' theory of the four humours Who knew I'd be reading a book with melancholy as a theme? There is very much a sense of conflict between physical and spiritual explanations fo
Mesilased MOBI ½ ã ePUB alternate universe.co mesilased download, Mesilased PDF35 starsOriginally published in Estonian as Mesilased The Bees this novel was awarded the 2013 European Union Prize for Literature and is now presented in an English translation by Matthew Hyde Dense and allusive it evokes the philosophical world of the late 17th century through the story of Laurentius Hylas a young student who comes to study at the university of Dorpat modern Tartu I can't say that I enjoyed the book which is intellectually rigorous and unrelentingly bleak but I did appreciate Friedenthal's ability to capture the contradictions of the early modern mindFor the full review due to be published on 2 May 2017 please see my blog
Mesilased MOBI ½ ã ePUB alternate universe.co mesilased download, Mesilased PDFWell that happened There is every chance it was a bad translation or I somehow missed something But this was dull A dull story about a dull sickly guy that once or twice hinted at witchcraft and the supernatural but never enough to actually be interesting I can't believe I made it to the end if I'm totally honest
Mesilased MOBI ½ ã ePUB alternate universe.co mesilased download, Mesilased PDFI loved it I felt like I was learning something new melancholy European history Estonian history philosophy like my mind was spinning with the ideas this book evoked in me It made me reevaluate what is fantasy and fantasy genre for me