Minna

by Karl Gjellerup

Uddrag: ...to Udsigtspunkter. Jeg benaegtede, og forlangte, at vi skulde efterse Kildestedet

Genres: Nobel Prize

344 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1889

About the author

Danish writer Karl Adolph Gjellerup won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1917 with Henrik Pontoppidan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ad...

Reviews

[Елвира · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

Хареса ми, но сякаш подобава повече да се филмира, отколкото да стои като книга. Допадна ми любовта на героите към Шилер, Хайне, Вагнер. Но нито образът на Мина ми въздейства достатъчно, нито този на Харалд, нито пък на Стефенсен. Искаше ми се да са по-яростни и силни. Влюбването в двама човека едновременно също е трясъци, бури и земетръс, а тук ми се видя твърде вяло създадено. И насочено от и към вяли същества. Приятна история от любим мой период (XIX в.), но нищо повече като че ли. (И вероятно адски лоша услуга да прочетеш нещо толкова примиренчески оплетено в повърхностни меланхолни заблуждения непосредствено след Айрис Мърдок, при която Адът се изпразва, защото дяволите плъзват навред. Както незабравимо се е изразил неповторимият Шекпир в „Бурята“.)

[Old Man JP · Rating 2 out of 5]

An exceptionally boring read. It's a love story between a young man and a woman who has a past boyfriend that she still has not gotten over. I couldn't find a plot in the story as it continually droned on. The only reason I read it was to eliminate another Nobel winner that I hadn't read. I only have two more to go Carl Spitteller who has no translation available and Bob Dylan who, as far as I can tell, has not written one damn book, I'll probably find a book of his song lyrics just so I can say I read something from him. I should, also, mention that the Gjellerup book I read was a Forgotten Books reprint with an atrocious number of printing errors in it and definitely affected my reading experience. Forgotten Books is a great source for out of print and hard to find books but can have printing errors, although, normally not this bad.

[Jazzy Lemon · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story of a love affair.

[Frida · Rating 3 out of 5]

Den blev bra efter halva boken, när det började komma in på huvudpersonernas livshistoria och livsval. Från början en ganska ointressant historia om en ung man som beundrar och idealiserar en ung kvinna, utan att inse att hon är en egen person. Mönstret känns igen från andra böcker från samma tid.

[Tom]

Stopped reading for some reason, cannot remember why, and now I cannot find the book to continue.

[Simonia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lots of scenic details but a simple story.

[Lisajean · Rating 3 out of 5]

Karl Gjellerup won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917 "for his varied and rich poetry, which is inspired by lofty ideals."

Gjellerup is #46/121 on my Nobel reading challenge. I thought that Minna was a sweet, atmospheric story, but that there wasn't much depth or even stylistic interest. I'll try reading Gjellerup's poetry instead.