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Mariamne
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Interesa historia (sed eble tute fikcia) rakonto.

English version follows.

LAGERKVIST Pär: Mariamne. Elsvedigis Bertil Nilsson. Skövde: Al-fab-et-o, 1995. 56p. Broŝxurita.

Jen romaneto pri tiu Herodo, kiu ordonis la masakron de la infanoj por malaperigi la Mesion. La nobelpremiita verkinto priskribas lin kiel efektive paranojan. Kaj tiu paranoja reganto de Judio enamiĝxas kun bonkora juna juda virino, Mariamne, filino de la opozicia familio la Makabeoj, kiu akceptas fariĝxi lia edzino esperante, kiel multaj aliaj edzinoj, ŝanĝi sian edzon. La rezulto estas kompreneble tragedia.

Interesa historia (sed eble tute fikcia) rakonto.


Lagerkvist, Pär: Mariamne. Translated by Bertil Nilsson. Skövde: Al-fab-et-o, 1995. 56 p. Paper.

This is a novella about that Herod who ordered the massacre of the children in order to get rid of the Messiah. The author, a Nobel Laureate, describes him as genuinely paranoid. And this paranoid ruler of Judea falls in love with a good-hearted young Jewish woman, Mariamne, daughter of the opposition family the Maccabees, who agrees to become his wife in the hope, like that of many other wives, of changing her husband. The result is, of course, tragic.

An interesting historical (but perhaps completely fictional) tale.

Don Harlow, March 20, 2007 08:58 PM

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