Vraní koně

by Tarjei Vesaas, Milada Blekastad (Translator)

Venkovská tématika je blízká norské próze jako takové, ale i Vesaasovi coby jednotlivci. Děj Vraných koní popisuje úpadek jednoho statku, pověstného svými prvotřídními koňmi. Vztahy mezi příslušníky rodiny místo obývající se ale rozpadají a i kdysi hrdé a pevné osobnosti ze zoufalství nad neschopností napravit co bylo rozbito, podléhají čím dál více svým slabostem.

Dřevoryt a grafická úprava Cyrila Boudy

272 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1928

About the author

Tarjei Vesaas was a Norwegian poet and novelist. Written in Nynorsk, his work is characterized by simple, terse, and symbolic prose. His stories often cover simple rural people that undergo a severe psychological drama and who according to critics are described with immense psychological insight. Commonly dealing with themes such as death, guilt, angst, and other deep and intractable human emotions, the Norwegian natural landscape is a prevalent feature in his works. His debut was in 1923 with Children of Humans (Menneskebonn), but he had his breakthrough in 1934 with The Great Cycle (Det store spelet). His mastery of the nynorsk language, landsmål (see Norwegian language), has contributed to its acceptance as a medium of world class literature.