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The Mabinogi

Af: Matthew Francis Engelsk Paperback

The Mabinogi

Af: Matthew Francis Engelsk Paperback
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Shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry

‘Here at the turn of the leaf a horseman is riding
through the space between one world and another . . .’

The Mabinogi is the Welsh national epic, a collection of prose tales of war and enchantment, adventure and romance, which have long fascinated readers all over the world. Matthew Francis’s retelling of the first four stories (the Four Branches of the Mabinogi) is the first to situate it in poetry, and captures the magic and strangeness of this medieval Celtic world: a baby is kidnapped by a monstrous claw, a giant wades across the Irish Sea to do battle, a wizard makes a woman out of flowers, only to find she is less biddable than he expected. Permeating the whole sequence is a delight in the power of the imagination to transform human experience into works of tragedy, comedy and wonder.

The Mabinogi is an important contribution to the storytelling of the British Isles.

''I have waited a life for this book: our ancient British tales re-told, in English, by a poet, as they were in their original Welsh. This is more than translation. It picks up the harp and sings.'' Gillian Clarke

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Shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award for New Work in Poetry

‘Here at the turn of the leaf a horseman is riding
through the space between one world and another . . .’

The Mabinogi is the Welsh national epic, a collection of prose tales of war and enchantment, adventure and romance, which have long fascinated readers all over the world. Matthew Francis’s retelling of the first four stories (the Four Branches of the Mabinogi) is the first to situate it in poetry, and captures the magic and strangeness of this medieval Celtic world: a baby is kidnapped by a monstrous claw, a giant wades across the Irish Sea to do battle, a wizard makes a woman out of flowers, only to find she is less biddable than he expected. Permeating the whole sequence is a delight in the power of the imagination to transform human experience into works of tragedy, comedy and wonder.

The Mabinogi is an important contribution to the storytelling of the British Isles.

''I have waited a life for this book: our ancient British tales re-told, in English, by a poet, as they were in their original Welsh. This is more than translation. It picks up the harp and sings.'' Gillian Clarke

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 104
ISBN-13: 9780571333776
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 057133377X
Kategori: Lyrik af en forfatter
Udg. Dato: 31 maj 2018
Længde: 13mm
Bredde: 204mm
Højde: 158mm
Forlag: Faber & Faber
Oplagsdato: 31 maj 2018
Forfatter(e): Matthew Francis
Forfatter(e) Matthew Francis

Kategori Lyrik af en forfatter

ISBN-13 9780571333776

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 104

Udgave

Længde 13mm

Bredde 204mm

Højde 158mm

Udg. Dato 31 maj 2018

Oplagsdato 31 maj 2018

Forlag Faber & Faber