Мій прадідусь і я

Mein Urgroßvater #1

by James Krüss, Ю.Я. Лiсняк (Translator), Є.А. Горева (Translator)

Короткий посiбник з героєзнавства з вiршами i розмаїтими оповiдками, що його створили на горищi ми вдвох iз прадiдусем, переписав на чистовик задля розваги i в науку дiтям та їхнiм батькам iз матерями Джеймс Крюс, а художник для наочностi оздобив численними малюнками. Переклад з нiмецької Горевої Євгенiї Антонiвни.

Автор цих двох повiстей - видатний дитячий письменник iз ФРН, лауреат Мiжнародної премiї iм. Г.К.Андерсена. Його юний герой на прiзвисько Хлопчак, спiлкуючись iз прадiдусем, пiзнає багатство i складнiсть навколишнього свiту.

Genres: Childrens, German Literature, Poetry, Classics, Humor, Writing, Novels

318 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1959

About the author

James Krüss was a German writer of children's and picture books, illustrator, poet, dramatist, scriptwriter, translator, and collector of children's poems and folk songs. In 1968 he received the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing, recognizing his "lasting contribution to children's literature".

Reviews

[Seher Andaç · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sanırım dünyanın en güzel ikinci kitabını okudum. Veee ne kadar güzel okudum ki elimdeyken zaman su gibi akıp gitti. Düş müydü gerçek miydi ya da her ikisi miydi, anlayamadım. Bildiğim, dünya yeniden sakin!!!
Boy, denizci büyük dedesinin yanında bir hafta geçirdi. Veda zamanı geldiğinde; dedesi Boy’a şöyle dedi:
“Oyun oyna ve öğren evlat! Hayat çok kısa!”
Üzerime alınıyorum ve orkide romu içmek istiyorum. İlk öğrendiğimi paylaşmak istiyorum: Dünya şiiri yaratmaz, şiir dünyayı yaratır. Ve sokaklar bizimdir, şaşmaz.

[Triinu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lastekirjanduse klassika, mida minuvanused paljulugenud inimesed ikka jutu sisse raugelt tsiteerivad.
"Mida kõike ei õpi, kui talvel ei maga!"
või
"Hernesupp on toitev söök perele."
Iseenesest on tegu raamatuga, kuhu raamjutu sees on topitud hulganisti jutte ja luuletusi, nii et lastekirjanduse kolm vaala - jutud, luuletused ja lapsesõbralik lugu - on kõik ühes rõõmuga loetav. Vaarisa ja Boyd jutustavad üksteisele lugusid - olgu, vaarisa hulga rohkem - luuletavad koos ning elavad sõbralikku helget sadamalinnakeses elavate endiste, praeguste ja arvatavalt tulevaste meremeeste (jah, täiega mereMEESTE, vanamoeliselt seksistlik, ent see ei häiri) elu.
Millal sündmused toimuvad? Raamatu originaal on ilmunud 1959, nii et vast veidi varem. Ent lugedes pole sellest aru saada - samamoodi võinuks mu meelest asjad juhtuda nii 1939 kui 1979 aastal.
Isegi 1919 poleks võimatu. 1989 ... siis vist mootorpurjekas enam veider uudne asi poleks.
Selline ajatu hõnguga raamat. Asjad juhtuvad vanasti, aga kui vanasti, pole õieti aru saada.

Et lood ja luuletused on kõik keelega seotud, ei olnud mu jaoks tunnetatav ei lapsena ega ka praegu. Teoreetiline raam on nii teoreetiline, et seda ei märkagi - miks ja kuidas peaks olema tuhtjala graatsiline kõnnak olema seotud vana kastanipuuga kaugel orus, Napoli kuninga või liivakastiga, mis nõuab luuletusi? Rääkimata porisevast üla-memmest, neljast kuldkalakesest või grokki armastavast mustalokilisest alt-vanaisast.

Üks päris hea avastus veel: ükski vähegi tähtsamatest raamjutu tegelastest pole korraga lapseeast väljas ja alla 60 aasta vana. Normaalsed täiskasvanud peaaegu ei puutu asjasse, ainult vahel harva vilksavad.

[Nele Koschek · Rating 4 out of 5]

Meine liebsten Gedichte sind „Die unberechenbare Yacht“ und „Das Tal Ramunde“

[Sena Karataşlı · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ortaokulda arkadaşımdan ödünç alıp okumuştum. Çok beğendiğimi ve kitabın beni büyülediği hatırlıyorum. Kitabın baskısı şu anda yok. Birkaç sene önce nadir kitap sitesindeki bir sahaftan satın aldım. Tekrar okumak nasip olur umarım. Ne düşünüp ne hissedeceğimi merak ediyorum. :)

[Shailyn T · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this and James Kruss's The Happy Islands Behind the Winds every summer since I was able to read. Highly recommended.

[dete · Rating 5 out of 5]

оттогава усетих един интерес към езика като такъв.

[Ninemiki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best creative book ever for kids - lots of poems and wordplays - in German.

[Lorem Ipsum · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ich will nach Helgoland

[Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance · Rating 4 out of 5]

The boy comes to stay with his great-grandfather and the two spend their days together telling stories and writing poems. The boy grows steadily stronger in his writing under the kind eye of an old writer and storyteller. The book is filled with great wisdom about writing and storytelling that any writer-to-be could benefit from.

[Adi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Очарователна, семпла, по детски наивна. Бой и прадядо му ми разказаха странни истории и за кратко навлязох в техния чаровен свят.

[Inga · Rating 5 out of 5]

Erneut gelesen: Mein Urgroßvater und ich von James Krüss, ausgezeichnet mit dem Deutschen Jugendbuchpreis. Der 10jährige Boy und sein Urgroßvater sitzen in einem Schuppen, erzählen sich Geschichten und dichten gemeinsam und um die Wette. James Krüss schrieb die ersten Geschichten über diese beiden schon 1956 in Der Leuchtturm auf den Hummerklippen. Vielleicht gibt es die Welt dieser beiden auch nicht mehr, diese heile Inselwelt (Sylt, dort wuchs auch James Krüss auf) mit Fischern und urigen Charakteren, alle mit einem Spitznamen versehen, jeder kennt jeden. Nach Mein Urgroßvater und ich wünscht man sich aber, es gäbe sie noch!

"Haltet die Uhren an, vergesst die Zeit, ich will euch Geschichten erzählen!"
- James Krüss

[Hanneleele · Rating 5 out of 5]

See andis luulesoovi ja -teadmist.

[Uri Cohen · Rating 4 out of 5]

For starters, here's an *English* description of this children's book, from the inside front flap:

The boy’s two sisters had the measles, and he was to stay with the grandmother and the great-grandfather. The great-grandfather had once been a sailor and a fisherman, and it was natural that he should tell stories and make rhymes of far places and wondrous things – the boy liked nothing better. So for a whole week there was rhyming and storytelling enough to satisfy both, with other delights in between. And then at the end there was a surprise for the great-grandfather, a surprise for which all of his 84 years had not prepared him.

While there isn't a lot of plot in the book – which was written in German in 1960 and translated into English in 1964 – there is an interesting portrayal of life in the early 1900s on the Island of Helgoland (usually spelled Heligoland), where the author, James Krüss, really did grow up.

For each of the seven days that the narrator gets to spend with his great-grandfather (and get fed by his skeptical grandmother), they spend time writing and sharing poems and stories with each other. But that's not all! They discuss pointers on how to write stories and poems and challenge each other to write poems with specific constraints.

Here's an example. The two of them challenge each other to write a poem which has exactly one word each for each letter of the alphabet (and which makes some sense). Here's what the kid comes up with:

The Robber ABC
“Alvin Baker carries dollars
Every Friday,” gunman hollers.
“In his jacket’s keeping lies
Money neatly organized.”
Pistols-poised, quick robbers steal,
Those uncouth villains with xanthic (yellow) zeal.

Considering that the narrator is 11, that's not bad!

It must have been incredibly challenging for the translator (Edelgard von Heydekampf Brühl) to change the language of each poem from German to English while conforming completely to the specific constraints of that poem's challenge. Especially since all the poems (except in the final chapter) rhyme as well!

The implication of My Great-Grandfather and I is that you, the kid reader, can emulate the narrator and try your hand at writing. That makes this book stand out! I'm glad I found out about it (from 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up). And I think it should be better known.

[Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeld · Rating 5 out of 5]

LV19. Raamat, mille pealkirjas on mainitud meest. N: vend, isa, onu, vanaisa, vanamees, mees, poeg, noormees... James Krüss, Minu vaarisa ja mina ehk suur ja väike Boy, 224 lk, Eesti Raamat 1979. Illustreerinud Eberhard Binder ja eesti keelde tõlkinud Linda Ariva ja luuletused on tõlkinud Harald Rajamets.

Lugu on ühest poisist, kes kolib nädalaks oma vaarisa ja tegelikult ka üla-memme juurde, sest tema õdedel on leetrid. Suguvõsa elab Helgolandi saarel ja väike Boy käib loo käigus külas ka ala-memmel ja tema paadimeestest onud jõuavad ka koju. Boy on külas seitse päeva, iga päev luuletavad nad koos vaarisaga, vaarisa räägib ühe loo ja siis areneb lugu ka Helgolandil.

Lustlikud lood ja eriti meeleolukad luuletused on jällegi tõlkekunsti meistriteosed. Millised värsid. vaadake kasvõi pildil olevat lugu võlur Korindist. Või lugege lugu kolmest jutuvestjast.

See lugu on minust lapsepõlves mööda läinud ja aitäh mu endisele eesti keele ja stilistika õppejõule ja hilisemale kolleegile, kes selle raamatu mulle kinkis. Loodan, et leian kellegi, kellega neid lugusid edasi jagada ja soovitan kõigile! 5/5

[Ingrid · Rating 3 out of 5]

Miskipärast mingid selle lapsepõlves loetud raamatu detailid muudkui ujusid kuskilt välja ja kummitasid, nii et lõpuks võtsin kätte üle lugeda. Veider, et mingid asjad ei muutu: luuletustest kippus pilk ikka sama moodi üle libisema ja saare elu episoodid ja inimesed olid endiselt kõige huvitavam osa (vähikuur ja korkide lõikamine ja trepp kiltmaalt alla mere äärde). Üldse ei mäletanud seda, et seal nii palju keelest juttu oli.

[Amber Scaife · Rating 2 out of 5]

A boy stays with his great-grandfather and his grandmother while his sisters are recovering from the measles, and he and his great-grandfather spend their days making up stories and poems.
Meh. This one just didn't catch my attention at all, I'm afraid. Maybe it just hasn't aged well...?

[Elaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unglaublich lustig, gemütlich und lehrreich!

[Jelka · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty clever and charming except for some racist language and the misogynistic attitude of the great-grandfather.

[Peter Schnitzler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eines der schönsten Kinderbücher überhaupt!

[Piret Koodi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nägin selle raamatu põhjal suvelavastust. Raamatut lugedes oli tunne, nagu vaataks uuesti etendust. Münus ja südamlik lugu.

[Saskia E · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ein wahrer Schatz, auch für Erwachsene mit Spaß an Wortspielen geeignet!

[Caroline · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you're into poetry, humorous writing and linguistics, don't miss out on this book. Such a light, fun and distinctly northern atmosphere, featuring poems that don't take themselves too seriously as well as poems that unironically celebrate the beauty of language.

[Indigoaalane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ei mäletanud sellest raamatust mitte midagi. Ma ei saa mingil põhjusel lugeda raamatutes jutu sees olevaid luuletusi. Jätan need automaatselt vahele. Seekord sundisin jõuga, ja päris tore oli.

[NeDa · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Какво ли не се научава, когато не спиш през зимата." : )))