Brandur: Sjonleikur I Hendingum (1898)

By Henrik Ibsen

Book Overview

Brandur er sjonleikur sem var skrifa������ur af Henrik Ibsen og birtist fyrst �����ri������ 1898. Sagan fjallar um Brand, prest sem hefur sterka tr������ ����� sj�����lfum s�����r og ����� �����v������ a������ gera �����a������ sem r�����tt er, ������h����������� �����v������ hva������a �����hrif �����a������ getur haft ����� l������f annarra. Hann berst gegn l������gm�����lum samf�����lagsins og kirkjunnar og hefur ������gn um a������ skapa n�����tt samf�����lag byggt ����� �����eim styrkleika sem hann tr������ir �����. �����essi sjonleikur er �����ekktur fyrir dj������pa sko������un ����� mannlegum eiginleikum eins og tr������, sj�����lfst�����������i og �����hrifum samf�����lagsins ����� einstaklinginn. Brandur er einn af �����ekktustu verkum Ibsens og hefur veri������ ����������tt ����� m������rg tungum�����l og sett upp ����� fj������lda svi������a v������������a um heim.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1104041987
• ISBN13: 9781104041984
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Patience hardens

This is unmistakeably Hill's _Brand_: the technical grace of his Englishing of Ibsen shows an acute awareness of the responsibility of the translator to both the original text and the language into which it is to be translated. Hill's translation enriches not only the English language but the ability of English (and non-Norwegian) speakers to appreciate Ibsen's brooding, symbolically charged drama of the challenge of faith in the midst of common life. Is Brand's fidelity to his "dear Christ hurt with thorns" obdurate or obstinate? In this play, the repudiation of social morality in the name of higher things is put to the question: what if devotion to such "higher things" also leads to, or becomes a mask for, moral isolation, the cauterization of social feeling? Uncompromising and yet compromised, Brand is a caution, and _Brand_ a cautionary tale...

One of the best books I have read....

This book captures the essence of humanity. I recommend to anyone who wants to find themself.