Rose Field - Philip Pullman
‘Lyra: what will you do when you find this place in the desert, the opening to the world of the roses?’‘Defend it,’ Lyra said. ‘Die defending it.’When readers left Lyra in The Secret Commonwealth she was alone,…
Ve své knize spisovatel, scenárista a dramaturg David Jan Novotný vychází z příběhů obsažených v První knize Mojžíšově, Genesis. Svá převyprávění těchto příběhů nazývá "neomidrašem", novým midrašem. Odkazuje tím k důležité součásti židovské tradice, midrašům, výkladům starozákonních textů. Se svou hlubokou znalostí židovské historie, tradice i hebrejštiny dokáže Novotný biblické příběhy nejen nově vykládat a hledat jejich smysl, ale dokáže i nahlédnout za ně, dovyprávět je a jejich prostřednictvím úsměvnou formou nahlížet na svět zcela současný. Kniha začíná doslova od Adama a provádí čtenáře Kainovým údělem, nasvítí jinak příběhy praotců a kapitoly o Josefovi utká v cosi jako drobnou novelu.
‘Lyra: what will you do when you find this place in the desert, the opening to the world of the roses?’‘Defend it,’ Lyra said. ‘Die defending it.’When readers left Lyra in The Secret Commonwealth she was alone,…
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