Kipling is best known for his portraits of colonialised India and the cultures that pervade the country, Perhaps he may provide a biased white man's view of the locals, But damn these are good stories, If you think he only knows how to write about India, his more romantic stories set in England can dissuade you of that thought, Highlights: A Matter of Fact, The Phantom Rickshaw, The Man Who Would Be King, The Finest Story in the World, The Brushwood Boy, Swept and Garnished, On the Gate: A Tale of '.
Seventeen of the author's best tales, compiled for the first time in one volume, range from comic ghost stories "Haunted Subalterns" to psychological terror "The Wandering Jew" and chilling accounts of the returning dead "The Lost Legion".
Also includes what is widely considered Kipling's finest horror tale, the celebrated title story,
Una serie de cuentos de tinte fantástico, pero que al mismo tiempo son retratos de su tiempo y lugar: la India colonial, con toda la vibrante complejidad derivada del choque tan peculiar entre dos culturas.
Además, la narrativa de Kipling es vibrante, original y dinámica, contagiando al lector de las mismas emociones vertidas en cada cuento, No me ha vuelto loco pero es una lectura entretenida, Las historias están bien construidas y ambientadas, A good collection of Kipling's short stories not necessarily horror, but certainly different from what most people associate him with, The tales are arranged in the order he wrote them, and the later ones are generally better than his earlier attempts, Kiplings writing style was of its time, and his attempts at writing accents phonetically can be a bit difficult to read till you ge the hang of it.
As to be expected in a collection like this, some stories are better than others, Pues leído solo el relato "la marca de la bestia",
Primera incursión con Kipling creo y aunque la narrativa no me ha disgustado, el final no me ha dicho nada, me ha parecido muy muy blando y en cierto modo, demasiado bueno para "el implicado".
Además, durante la lectura ciertas frases me han evocado un tono un poco racista y eso que no suelo fijarme en esas cosas, si lo hago es porque la historia me aburre.
Lo bueno es que es corto, se lee en un suspiro y no da miedo soy muy miedosas,
En fin,estrellas sobreporque es un relato bastante flojo,
Reto la mansión encantada, temática hombres lobo, Relato cortito y ameno, fácil de leer, Ocurre lejos de los escenarios que comúnmente vemos en los hombres lobo, Fue una lectura interesante. Atraído por el óleo de Despujols que ilustra la portada me aventuré a leer por primera vez a Kipling, y, . . parece que tardaré en volver, En la sinópsis se habla de una India inagotable, de intensos olores en los bazares, de muchedumbres en calles abrasadas y de laberintos sofocantes, y únicamente he encontrado un conjunto de desventuras con componente fantástico y de terror muy blandito de hijos de la reina Victoria que se vieron desplazados al Raj, haciendo gala de su elegante superioridad moral, social y económica sobre los indígenas.
Оформление и картини перфектни. Разкази средна хубост, няколко са отлични, няколко по средата . започнах я през, стоя си после на рафта и я довърших едва вчера. Като цяло, хубавите разкази са в края. A collection of short stories from Rudyard Kipling that was of some interest, but turned out to be very uneven, “The City of Dreadful Night”, on Lahore, “The Dream of Duncan Parrenness” on the loss of innocence, and “The Mark of the Beast” were all pretty good, but there were many others that were poor “In the House of Suddhoo”, “Haunted Subalterns”, “By Word of Mouth”.
Just a couple of quotes:
On growing up, from “The Dream of Duncan Parrenness”:
“Yet there be certain times in a young mans life, when, through great sorrow or sin, all the boy in him is burnt and seared away so that he passes at one step to the more sorrowful state of manhood”
On work, from “The Phantom Rickshaw”:
“Heatherlegh is the dearest doctor that ever was, and his invariable prescription to all his patients is, Lie low, go slow, and keep cool.
He says that more men are killed by overwork than the importance of this world justifies, ” Basic good classic. If you're like me then you wouldn't have realised that this famous classic author had ever written in the horror field, I hadn't actually read any of his work before and so it was high time I read something by him, this looked like a good place to start.
The stories are presented in chronological order and hence there's a definite sense of change and progression reading through them in order, In my opinion, we see the Kipling developing his skills as a writer and the stories generally improve as they go on, Also, later on there is a definite shift away from India as the setting, I suppose reflecting the fact that he moved away from India later on in life.
Some stories definitely left a stronger impression than others, Besides the unquestionably excellent title story, I loved "The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes" in which an English officer accidentally falls into a sand trap in the desert and finds a community of scavengers living in it with apparently no way out.
An interesting examination of human nature,
"The Wandering Jew" was a haunting tale of someone who is driven to try and gain extra days of life my travelling constantly eastwards around the world.
In "They" the protagonist, lost while driving, encounters a blind lady living in a house with mysteriously shy children,
He eventually discovers they are not quite what they seem,
And in "The House Surgeon" we see a house haunted, not by the dead, by by the grief of the a living, tortured soul.
All in all, a pleasing collection in which the stories can be read back to back as they vary considerably and served up with an informative introduction by S.
T. Joshi. No es tan reseñable como otras obras de Kipling, pero me encanta como narraba este señor, El ambiente extremo de la India que mezcla con las consecuencias de ser ingleses en ese mundo tan lejano,
Todos los relatos han tenido algo, pero me quedo con la agilidad de "la marca de la bestia", la intriga de "la litera fantastica" y la originalidad de "la extraña cabalgada de Morrowbie Jukes".
Y, introducciones como la de "Mi verdadera historia de fantasmas" , me parecen tan espectaculares que me hacen querer leerlo en ingles, Любопитни за времето си найранният разказ от селекцията е писан през, найкъсниятистории с призраци, щипка мистика Индия е оказала влияние върху автора спомени от минал живот, могъщи амулети, отмъстителни божества и техни служители и пр. , които съвсем разбираемо са една идея помудни, отколкото ги предпочитам. И все пак, около/от общоте разказа "Завръщането на Имрей", заглавният "Клеймото на звяра", "Странната разходка на Мороуби Джукс", "По време на наводнение" и "Всъщност", доста ми се всладиха, а оформлението на Пепи Станимиров превръща тази книга в абсолютно бижу!
Ето го и пълното съдържание:
За автора
Бисарата от Пури
Моята история с истински приказки
Дочуто
Рикшата фантом
Найхубавата история на света
Завръщането на Имрей
Клеймото на Звяра
Лечител за къщата
Знакът на Дана Да
"Вратата на стоте болки"
Къщата на Съдху
Неговата законна съпруга
Странната разходка на Мороуби Джукс
По време на наводнение
Всъщност
Сънят на Дънкан Паръннес
Пред изкопания гроб
Скитникът евреин The Foreword by Roger Burlingame is most helpful to the understanding the context of this collection of stories.
Some of Mr. Burlingame's insight comes from having met Kipling, Kipling was a visitor to Mr, Burlingame's childhood home as Kipling was a friend of his father's, Mr. Burlingame points out that people find the endings of some Kipling stories obscure, Working out for oneself the meaning comes with thinking about the story after it is finished, This Kipling quote sums up the nature of the stories: "I write of all matters that lie within my understanding, and of many the do not.
But chiefly I write of Life and Death, and men and women, and Love and Fate, according to the measure of my ability, "
. It is easy to enjoy stories of the glory of Empire but hard if the reader can't actually side with the Masters, "Without Benefit of Clergy" reveals the point of view of a native woman with whom the reader has much sympathy, A sad ending is inevitable, This falls in the category of "Love and Fate, "
. "The Mark of the Beast" is in the werewolf genre but with a twist, leprosy,
. "They" The title itself is in quotes and should be understood to mean "They, whoever They may be, " This is definitely a story in the realm of "Twilight Zone, " It is also "Life and Death, "
. "The Brushwood Boy" Not the best story in the lot, but my favorite, The heroine's name is Miriam, This is heavy on the romantic and mystical, This is "Love and Fate", but points to a happy conclusion,
. "." Before The Little Engine that Could and Thomas, This story is from the point of view of,a little engine in the roundhouse in the United States, He chats and competes with the other engines, Also before. Makes you wonder where Ian Fleming came up with that number,
. "The Man Who Was"
, "Georgie Porgie"
. "An Habitation Enforced"
. "The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney"
, "The Man Who Would be King" The movie version was so good I couldn't help but hear the voices of Michael Caine and Sean Connery as I read.
. "Brother SquareToes" About smuggling and the American Colonies,
. "GarmA Hostage" A story of a dog named Garm, Although not from Garm's point of view we know what Garm is thinking because his caretaker can sense Garm's point of view,
. "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" Autobiographical,
. "The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes" Another from the Zone, but it has a happy ending,
. "The Gardener" You won't get the ending unless you know the Gospels, It is a very, very short story by Kipling standards, "The Brushwood Boy" is almost a novella,
Спомням си, когато преди време художникът Петър Станимиров пусна в социалните мрежи една от своите илюстрации, изобразяваща кобра, плъзнала се току що плъзнала се през прага на някаква къща. Предположението ми веднага бе, че идва ред на Ръдиард Киплинг да се присъедини към Колекция Върхове” на изд. ИзтокЗапад”. Вече предвкусвах поредния прекрасно илюстриран луксозен том, в който щях да си припомня приключенията на РикиТикиТави и останалите класически разкази за обитателите на индийската фаунана. Оказах се прав, но не напълно. Това е един нов и непознат за мен Киплинг” предупреди ме Петър Станимиров, и се оказа напълно прав. Клеймото на звяра” е сборник с общо осемнадесет жанрово разнообразни разказа на този класик, които ще разширят и обогатят представите ви за неговото творчество. Прочетете ревюто на "Книжни Криле": sitelink wordpress. com/ Reseña: sitelink fabulantes. com/la
"En el cuento, Kipling se pregunta quién es el civilizado, si el pulcro inglés venido de la metrópoli o el hindú de costumbres extravagantes.
Para ello, construye a Fleete, el personaje que desencadena el oscuro suceso que refiere el relato, Fleete, con dinero y propiedades, es “alto, afable, pesado e inofensivo” y, por supuesto, tiene un limitado conocimiento de los costumbres nativas, Se considera superior moralmente a los hindúes, y se queja de su lenguaje incomprensible, Es el prototipo de inglés que no entiende nada, que considera un disparate integrarse y que se cree autorizado a tratar como ganado a quienes no tienen la fortuna de haber nacido en su maravilloso país ni en hablar su idioma.
Durante una borrachera de órdago en Nochevieja, Fleete comete el imperdonable sacrificio de estampar la brasa de su cigarrillo en la frente de una imagen sagrada del diosmono Hanuman.
El hecho provoca una alteración mayúscula en el pequeño templo en el que Fleete, el tolerante jefe de policía Strickland y el narrador, han acabado recalando los fieles reclaman venganza, y se la cobran mediante un leproso, “El Hombre de Plata”, que acaba maldiciendo al sacrílego con “la marca de la bestia”: “Él Fleete ha terminado con Hanuman” profieren, “pero Hanuman no ha terminado con él”.
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