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Interesaj noveloj, facile legeblaj.

English version follows.

SÖDERBERG Hjalmar: La kiso. Skövde: Al-fab-et-o, 1995. 56p. Broŝurita.

Hjalmar Söderberg estis populara sveda verkisto komence de la 20a jarcento, kaj liaj noveloj ŝajne restas popularaj ĝis hodiaŭ. La 14 noveloj en ĉi tiu kolekto estas ĉerpitaj el tri liaj novelaroj. Ili estas: “Hundo sen mastro”, pri la vivo de hundo, kies mastro forpasis; “La pluveto”, pri la rilato inter grizeco kaj pekado; “La sakramento de la komunio”, pri tio, por kiuj konvenas la fianekdotoj; “La tuĉdesegno”, pri la signifo de sensignifa artetaĵo; “La punkto de Arkimedo”, pri la klarigo, aŭ neklarigo, de evidenta paradokso; “La bovinoj de la paroĥestro”, pri tio, kiel la paroĥestro renkontis sian edzinon; “La kiso”, pri la unuakisaj mensaj procedoj de du gejunuloj; “Sonĝo pri maljuneco”, pri sonĝo de neplaĉa estonteco; “Gärda”, pri rerenkonto kun iama amatino; “La brulanta urbo”, pri la infana nekompreno de distingo inter bildo kaj realeco; “Poetoj kaj homoj”, pri la teĥniko de poetoj; “Åge”, pri vidvino kaj filo — ĉio, kio restas de la edzo — en parko; “Signe”, pri la krea procedo; kaj “Tombeja arabesko”, pri sveda enterigo en dana tombejo.

Interesaj noveloj, facile legeblaj.


Söderberg, Hjalmar: The Kiss. Skövde: Al-fab-et-o, 1995. 56 p. Paper.

Hjalmar Söderberg was a popular Swedish author at the beginning of the 20th century, and his short stories apparently remain popular even today. The 14 short stories in this collection are taken from three of his collections. They are: “A Dog Without a Master”, about the life of a dog whose master has died; “Drizzle”, about the relationship between greyness and sinning; “The Sacrament of Communion”, on the topic of dirty stories and for whom they are appropriate; “The Charcoal Drawing”, about the meaning of a meaningless piece of minor art; “Archimedes’ Point”, about the explanation, or lack of an explanation, for an obvious paradox; “The Parish-Master’s Cows”, about how the parish-master met his wife; “The Kiss”, about the mental processes, during the first kiss, of two young people; “A Dream of Old Age”, about a dream of a non-pleasing future; “Gärda”, about meeting one’s sometime beloved again; “The Burning City”, about a child’s failure to understand the distinction between a picture and reality; “Poets and People”, about the technique of poets; “Åge”, about a widow and her son — all that remains of the husband — in a park; “Signe”, about the creative process; and “Graveyard Arabesque”, about a Swedish burial in a Danish graveyard.

Interesting short stories, easily readable.

Don Harlow, November 17, 2007 10:20 AM

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