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Legenden om juleroserne
Selma Lagerlöfs klassiske fortælling om julerosen fra Göingeskoven. Her bor den fredløse røverfar med røvermor og alle røverungerne. En dag – på en af hendes tiggertogter – kommer røvermor forbi et kloster, der er kendt for sin smukke have. Munkene er stolte af havens skønne og sjældneplanter og blomster, men røvermor hævder, at Göingeskoven er meget skønnere, når den julenatforvandler sig til en blomstrende have. Abbed Hans får lov at komme på besøg hos røverfamilien den kommende julenat for ved selvsyn at opleve underet i skoven.Bogen er rigt illustreret af Aalborg-kunstneren Esben Hanefelt Kristensen.
Om forfatteren: Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940), nobelprisvinder og ophavs-kvinde til et stort antalromaner og fortællinger, bl.a. Kristuslegender (udkom i nyoversættelse og med Esben Hanefelts billeder i 2010) og selvbiografien Märbacka.
Om forfatteren: Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940), nobelprisvinder og ophavs-kvinde til et stort antalromaner og fortællinger, bl.a. Kristuslegender (udkom i nyoversættelse og med Esben Hanefelts billeder i 2010) og selvbiografien Märbacka.
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First published January 1, 1910
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Selma Lagerlöf
1,341 books699 followersSelma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was a Swedish author. In 1909 she became the first woman to ever receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings". She later also became the first female member of the Swedish Academy.
Born in the forested countryside of Sweden she was told many of the classic Swedish fairytales, which she would later use as inspiration in her magic realist writings. Since she for some of her early years had problems with her legs (she was born with a faulty hip) she would also spend a lot of time reading books such as the Bible.
As a young woman she was a teacher in the southern parts of Sweden for ten years before her first novel Gösta Berling's Saga was published. As her writer career progressed she would keep up a correspondance with some of her former female collegues for almost her entire life.
Lagerlöf never married and was almost certainly a lesbian (she never officially stated that she was, but most later researchers believe this to be the case). For many years her constant companion was fellow writer Sophie Elkan, with whom she traveled to Italy and the Middle East. Her visit to Palestine and a colony of Christians there, would inspire her to write Jerusalem, her story of Swedish farmers converting into a evangelical Christian group and travelling to "The American Colony" in Jerusalem.
Lagerlöf was involved in both women issues as well as politics. She would among other things help the Jewish writer Nelly Sachs to come to Sweden and donated her Nobel medal to the Finnish war effort against the Soviet union.
Outside of Sweden she's perhaps most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils).
Born in the forested countryside of Sweden she was told many of the classic Swedish fairytales, which she would later use as inspiration in her magic realist writings. Since she for some of her early years had problems with her legs (she was born with a faulty hip) she would also spend a lot of time reading books such as the Bible.
As a young woman she was a teacher in the southern parts of Sweden for ten years before her first novel Gösta Berling's Saga was published. As her writer career progressed she would keep up a correspondance with some of her former female collegues for almost her entire life.
Lagerlöf never married and was almost certainly a lesbian (she never officially stated that she was, but most later researchers believe this to be the case). For many years her constant companion was fellow writer Sophie Elkan, with whom she traveled to Italy and the Middle East. Her visit to Palestine and a colony of Christians there, would inspire her to write Jerusalem, her story of Swedish farmers converting into a evangelical Christian group and travelling to "The American Colony" in Jerusalem.
Lagerlöf was involved in both women issues as well as politics. She would among other things help the Jewish writer Nelly Sachs to come to Sweden and donated her Nobel medal to the Finnish war effort against the Soviet union.
Outside of Sweden she's perhaps most widely known for her children's book Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils).
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December 18, 2017
Per un cuore puro
Immaginate di essere seduti accanto al camino acceso, durante le lunghe notti invernali, magari al lume di una candela, in qualche luogo sperduto della campagna svedese. E' forse la condizione ideale per ascoltare i racconti che la grande scrittrice Selma Lagerlof ha tratto dalle leggende e dalle fiabe della sua terra.
Solo l'animo aperto al prodigio può lasciar sbocciare il meraviglioso giardino nella notte di Natale in mezzo alla foresta e cogliere i germogli della 'rosa di Natale' i cui petali bianchi ancora rallegrano gli orti d'inverno.
E "sentite un po' come avvenne" che un violinista presuntuoso guarì dalla propria arroganza in una sola notte camminando lungo un tortuoso ruscello gorgogliante. O come l'imperatrice Maria Teresa aiutò il popolo delle dune. Oppure in che modo la vecchia Agneta trovò "una ragione per vivere", pur sola nella sua casetta ai piedi della montagna, non potendo certo "fare le calze agli stambecchi, né preparare il letto alle marmotte".
Poi mi direte se non è forse vero che "tutti i pensieri umani sono vanità".
Immaginate di essere seduti accanto al camino acceso, durante le lunghe notti invernali, magari al lume di una candela, in qualche luogo sperduto della campagna svedese. E' forse la condizione ideale per ascoltare i racconti che la grande scrittrice Selma Lagerlof ha tratto dalle leggende e dalle fiabe della sua terra.
Solo l'animo aperto al prodigio può lasciar sbocciare il meraviglioso giardino nella notte di Natale in mezzo alla foresta e cogliere i germogli della 'rosa di Natale' i cui petali bianchi ancora rallegrano gli orti d'inverno.
E "sentite un po' come avvenne" che un violinista presuntuoso guarì dalla propria arroganza in una sola notte camminando lungo un tortuoso ruscello gorgogliante. O come l'imperatrice Maria Teresa aiutò il popolo delle dune. Oppure in che modo la vecchia Agneta trovò "una ragione per vivere", pur sola nella sua casetta ai piedi della montagna, non potendo certo "fare le calze agli stambecchi, né preparare il letto alle marmotte".
Poi mi direte se non è forse vero che "tutti i pensieri umani sono vanità".
March 26, 2020
Favole per menti e cuori aperti.
Parole illuminate, che ci fanno riscoprire la semplicità dell’animo di chi vede con gli occhi del cuore. Che sia un abate che cerca la Bellezza del creato in una notte di Natale, o la forza di un Amore che non può morire o di un incanto che non si può slegare.
Tutto si può imparare dalla Natura: la compassione, l’arrendevolezza, l’umiltà e la meraviglia. E la Natura della Lagerlof è splendida, meravigliosa. Rigogliosa di vita anche sotto una coltre di neve bianca e soffice.
Da leggere, a grandi e piccini.
Parole illuminate, che ci fanno riscoprire la semplicità dell’animo di chi vede con gli occhi del cuore. Che sia un abate che cerca la Bellezza del creato in una notte di Natale, o la forza di un Amore che non può morire o di un incanto che non si può slegare.
Tutto si può imparare dalla Natura: la compassione, l’arrendevolezza, l’umiltà e la meraviglia. E la Natura della Lagerlof è splendida, meravigliosa. Rigogliosa di vita anche sotto una coltre di neve bianca e soffice.
Da leggere, a grandi e piccini.
February 7, 2024
This Christmas legend written by Selma Lagerlöf and first published in 1905 was a genuine surprise. I had never heard of it and certainly never read it until now. It was also a surprise insofar as it didn’t progress as I would have thought. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to advise you that if you read it, expect the unexpected.
December 8, 2019
Immaginate la scena: vi siete appena preparati una tazza di cioccolata calda, vi accoccolate con il vostro plaid preferito sul divano e ve la gustate leggendo queste lievi novelle. E mentre il corpo sarà riscaldato da un rassicurante tepore, con la mente vagherete tra quei paesaggi brumosi tipicamente invernali. "La leggenda della rosa di Natale" racchiude in sé quel languore adattandolo in una forma immediata che richiama quella tipica delle fiabe popolari di fanciullesca memoria.
December 30, 2019
Due e stelle e mezzo per Selma Lagerlöf , che stavolta non restituisce la magia di altri suoi testi con racconti che gravitano intorno al Natale e al fascino che sempre ammalia il lettore. A parte il racconto che dà il titolo alla raccolta, c'è poco di convincente in questi piacevoli ma stancamente incisivi testi. Selma resta sempre una grande della letteratura contemporanea, con qualche scusabile debolezza.
November 6, 2022
ENGLISH: Saint Teresa of Jesus had to suffer with some of her confessors, who only saw the works of Satan in what God was doing for the saint. In "The Legend of the Christmas Rose," one of the characters, a lay brother in a monastery, acts the same way. Like the Pharisees who criticized Jesus Christ because he met with publicans and sinners, this lay brother cannot understand that God may give his gifts to a robber and his family.
ESPAÑOL: Santa Teresa de Jesus sufrió mucho con algunos de sus confesores, que sólo veían obras de Satanás en lo que hacía Dios sobre la santa. En "La leyenda de la rosa de Navidad," uno de los personajes, hermano lego en un monasterio, actúa igual. Al igual que los fariseos que criticaban a Jesucristo porque se reunía con publicanos y pecadores, este hermano lego no es capaz de comprender que Dios pueda dar sus dones a un ladrón y a su familia.
ESPAÑOL: Santa Teresa de Jesus sufrió mucho con algunos de sus confesores, que sólo veían obras de Satanás en lo que hacía Dios sobre la santa. En "La leyenda de la rosa de Navidad," uno de los personajes, hermano lego en un monasterio, actúa igual. Al igual que los fariseos que criticaban a Jesucristo porque se reunía con publicanos y pecadores, este hermano lego no es capaz de comprender que Dios pueda dar sus dones a un ladrón y a su familia.
January 19, 2021
மத சுய நீதியை(Religious Self-Righteousness) மையகருத்தாக கொண்ட , மத நம்பிக்கையை வலியுறுத்துகிற ஒரு ஸ்காண்டிநேவிய சிறுகதை .
க.நா.சு வின் அருமையான தமிழ் மொழிபெயர்ப்பில் .
Original Book:"The Legend of the Christmas Rose" .
Fun Fact: Christmas Rose aka Helleborus niger is the flower which blooms in the peak winter in the Scandinavian region and it is neither a rose nor it is red.
க.நா.சு வின் அருமையான தமிழ் மொழிபெயர்ப்பில் .
Original Book:"The Legend of the Christmas Rose" .
Fun Fact: Christmas Rose aka Helleborus niger is the flower which blooms in the peak winter in the Scandinavian region and it is neither a rose nor it is red.
May 31, 2017
Điểm: 8/10
Câu chuyện cổ tích hay về đêm Giáng Sinh
Tác phẩm là một câu chuyện cổ tích về điều kỳ diệu xảy ra trong đêm Giáng Sinh.
Bản in của NXB Văn Nghệ khá đẹp, có hình chìm ở mỗi trang. Tuy nhiên, tên riêng của các nhân vật và địa danh bị phiên âm tiếng Việt nên đọc khá khó chịu.
Một số tên riêng theo bản tiếng Anh:
- Đức tổng giám mục Absalon
- Viện trưởng Hans
- Rừng Göinge
- Vùng Southern Skåne
- Tu viện Övid
Câu chuyện cổ tích hay về đêm Giáng Sinh
Tác phẩm là một câu chuyện cổ tích về điều kỳ diệu xảy ra trong đêm Giáng Sinh.
Bản in của NXB Văn Nghệ khá đẹp, có hình chìm ở mỗi trang. Tuy nhiên, tên riêng của các nhân vật và địa danh bị phiên âm tiếng Việt nên đọc khá khó chịu.
Một số tên riêng theo bản tiếng Anh:
- Đức tổng giám mục Absalon
- Viện trưởng Hans
- Rừng Göinge
- Vùng Southern Skåne
- Tu viện Övid
November 28, 2021
Mysig första novell i Novellix adventskalender 2021. Det första jag läser av Selma Lagerlöf och jag gillade den.
December 21, 2022
Fiabe da leggere durante le fredde giornate d’inverno, per scaldare l’anima di ogni lettore.
Attingere alle fiabe e alle leggende svedesi, mescolare con personaggi storici realmente esistiti, aggiungere un pizzico di magia e un’abbondante manciata di malinconia: con quattro semplici ingredienti Selma Lagerlöf è riuscita a creare dei piccoli racconti in grado di arrivare nel profondo di tutti i cuori puri, a loro volta capaci di penetrare senza difficoltà la barriera che divide la realtà dall’immaginazione.
Attingere alle fiabe e alle leggende svedesi, mescolare con personaggi storici realmente esistiti, aggiungere un pizzico di magia e un’abbondante manciata di malinconia: con quattro semplici ingredienti Selma Lagerlöf è riuscita a creare dei piccoli racconti in grado di arrivare nel profondo di tutti i cuori puri, a loro volta capaci di penetrare senza difficoltà la barriera che divide la realtà dall’immaginazione.
September 17, 2025
Christ Legends by Selma Lagerlof
Nine out of 10
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlof has won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909 - https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lis... - “in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings”, which this reader has had the chance to appreciate in some of her stories – The Silver Mine - http://realini.blogspot.com/2015/09/t... - The Musician - http://realini.blogspot.com/2015/10/t... - and a few more, some even covered under Christ Legends, with notes available at the same address or at https://www.goodreads.com/
This reader has had some qualms about these Legends, given that on the one hand we should maybe appreciate what religion does for people, when it is inspiring acts of kindness, ascetic, self-sacrifice, magnanimity, bravery and virtues in general, but there is the dark side, the disastrous impact it can have, probably best exposed by the ultimate expert on Self Esteem – by the way, the man in the White House does not have self-esteem as some think, on the contrary he lacks it, for one has It walks with ease, does not need to boast (indeed that is for the Needy, weak) he or she has a relaxed attitude, knowing oneself and the value one has, without the desperately advertising and exaggerating it like the ‘very stable genius’.
Nathaniel Branden has written the classic Six Pillars of Self-Esteem - http://realini.blogspot.com/2013/06/s... - which we should all read, but for Christ Legends, more relevant might be his less known book, which is equally outstanding, Psychological Effects of Religion - http://realini.blogspot.com/2016/04/p... - in which he details the overwhelming problems posed by faith – though in this opus he speaks mainly about Christianity and Catholicism in particular – from the presence of an Almighty figure, right from childhood, looking over the shoulder with a threatening, overpowering presence, ready to pounce, willing to commit one to hell in adulthood for masturbating as a teenager, the idea that this world is of almost no importance – when for those like me, it is the Only chance We have – and thus encouraging the faithful to skip it and wait for the Real Thing, Heaven and it is Immeasurable, Infinite Delights…these would be just two of the issues remembered now by this reader…
In opposition, we would have the Expert on Religion, that appears to be the best we have in the present, Karen Armstrong, author of A History of God - http://realini.blogspot.com/2016/07/a... - The Case for God - http://realini.blogspot.com/2016/11/n... - and a few other classics on this particular subject, who would convince even apostates like the undersigned that there is indeed A Case for God, for we must not read the texts as literam – such as the fools that are called Creationists – in fact, the illustrious Karen Armstrong mentions the damage they do, which appears to be greater than those outside the frame have managed to inflict – but see them as they have been intended- Myths, Messages from an age when storytelling and myths were at the center and the idea that God created the world in seven days – literally – is just as preposterous as other beliefs extracted from the Holy book – Eve as resulting from the Physical rib of Adam and many other Legends taken as Absolute Truth by the ignorant…
In fact, what is laudable in the literature of Selma Lagerlof – as seen by this atheist – is the fact that she may present a similar case to that made by Karen Armstrong, familiarizing readers with generous - magnanimous might be more appropriate- acts of kindness, that are paradoxically often ‘selfish’- in the words of Harvard Professor Tal Ben-Shahar, being kind is about the most selfish act, in that the good returns multiplied to make the generous earthling happier – such as the story of the man who is looking for fire at night, for his poor wife and child, and when he comes to meet aggressive dogs, they are unable to bark and though they put their mouths on his limbs, they cannot bite and when the man climbs on the sheep, they do not move and to make this phenomenon ever more Super Natural, he takes the burning coals with his bare hands, mystifying the shepherd who asks what kind of night is this …the shepherd will be able to See, only when he becomes generous and then the Full Magic is revealed as in what may be an epiphany and Angels are present everywhere, to the Glory of god some will say…
The other legend that has attracted the attention of this apostate is the one wherein Peter and Jesus have conversations in heaven - albeit for the latter I am rather doubtful, for he is referred to as the Lord, after a while, making me doubt if I remember correctly the first passage and if this is that Holy Trinity concept of which I am not sure, with Jesus is the son of god, but they are all one and the same…or are they not – and Peter is quite upset, which is so much against the notion of Heaven and when asked repeatedly about it, he states that he had expected to meet with his loved ones, as is the basis of Paradise, but his mother is missing and we learn that in her life, she had been a miser, unwilling to give anything, hence, her place is not among the kind, magnanimous and the compassionate…
However, we might be – well, not you…me – to say that connections work in Eden – just like we used to say in the communist days ‘it is not what you know, it is Whom you know that matters’- for an angel is sent to get the mother of the nomenclaturist Peter, but when the messenger gets there, a few unfortunates try to cling to this hope of redemption, escape from hell, only to find that the mother of the saint is still lacking compassion completely and she throws away all, except one poor soul, that is still attached…the angel had some traction when there were many desperate in his load, but paradoxically, the more his weight is diminished, the less speed he has in his wings, and when finally the last condemned is viciously pushed by the vile mother, the seraphim seems unable to advance anymore and finally, Eden works better than worldly tyrannies, where the son of the apparatchik gets promoted – see the case of North Korea, where all are equal, but the son of the original Kim ruled and then his son…
There are two other awkward, nefarious, devilish aspects that affect the pleasure of the undersigned when reading religious texts and Legends – yes, the notion that the Holy book says one thing and the servants of the church do something else is familiar…do what the priest says not what he does – one would be ‘international’, the fact that evangelicals have been instrumental in putting Trump in the highest office – I will not even deign to elaborate on why this is hellish and he is The Chosen of Beelzebub, not the Lord – and the other atrocious, religion related fact is local and refers to the Demon that rules the church that holds some 80 or maybe 90% of the population, if many just notionally, in its hold and who travels in a…Maybach
Nine out of 10
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlof has won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909 - https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lis... - “in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings”, which this reader has had the chance to appreciate in some of her stories – The Silver Mine - http://realini.blogspot.com/2015/09/t... - The Musician - http://realini.blogspot.com/2015/10/t... - and a few more, some even covered under Christ Legends, with notes available at the same address or at https://www.goodreads.com/
This reader has had some qualms about these Legends, given that on the one hand we should maybe appreciate what religion does for people, when it is inspiring acts of kindness, ascetic, self-sacrifice, magnanimity, bravery and virtues in general, but there is the dark side, the disastrous impact it can have, probably best exposed by the ultimate expert on Self Esteem – by the way, the man in the White House does not have self-esteem as some think, on the contrary he lacks it, for one has It walks with ease, does not need to boast (indeed that is for the Needy, weak) he or she has a relaxed attitude, knowing oneself and the value one has, without the desperately advertising and exaggerating it like the ‘very stable genius’.
Nathaniel Branden has written the classic Six Pillars of Self-Esteem - http://realini.blogspot.com/2013/06/s... - which we should all read, but for Christ Legends, more relevant might be his less known book, which is equally outstanding, Psychological Effects of Religion - http://realini.blogspot.com/2016/04/p... - in which he details the overwhelming problems posed by faith – though in this opus he speaks mainly about Christianity and Catholicism in particular – from the presence of an Almighty figure, right from childhood, looking over the shoulder with a threatening, overpowering presence, ready to pounce, willing to commit one to hell in adulthood for masturbating as a teenager, the idea that this world is of almost no importance – when for those like me, it is the Only chance We have – and thus encouraging the faithful to skip it and wait for the Real Thing, Heaven and it is Immeasurable, Infinite Delights…these would be just two of the issues remembered now by this reader…
In opposition, we would have the Expert on Religion, that appears to be the best we have in the present, Karen Armstrong, author of A History of God - http://realini.blogspot.com/2016/07/a... - The Case for God - http://realini.blogspot.com/2016/11/n... - and a few other classics on this particular subject, who would convince even apostates like the undersigned that there is indeed A Case for God, for we must not read the texts as literam – such as the fools that are called Creationists – in fact, the illustrious Karen Armstrong mentions the damage they do, which appears to be greater than those outside the frame have managed to inflict – but see them as they have been intended- Myths, Messages from an age when storytelling and myths were at the center and the idea that God created the world in seven days – literally – is just as preposterous as other beliefs extracted from the Holy book – Eve as resulting from the Physical rib of Adam and many other Legends taken as Absolute Truth by the ignorant…
In fact, what is laudable in the literature of Selma Lagerlof – as seen by this atheist – is the fact that she may present a similar case to that made by Karen Armstrong, familiarizing readers with generous - magnanimous might be more appropriate- acts of kindness, that are paradoxically often ‘selfish’- in the words of Harvard Professor Tal Ben-Shahar, being kind is about the most selfish act, in that the good returns multiplied to make the generous earthling happier – such as the story of the man who is looking for fire at night, for his poor wife and child, and when he comes to meet aggressive dogs, they are unable to bark and though they put their mouths on his limbs, they cannot bite and when the man climbs on the sheep, they do not move and to make this phenomenon ever more Super Natural, he takes the burning coals with his bare hands, mystifying the shepherd who asks what kind of night is this …the shepherd will be able to See, only when he becomes generous and then the Full Magic is revealed as in what may be an epiphany and Angels are present everywhere, to the Glory of god some will say…
The other legend that has attracted the attention of this apostate is the one wherein Peter and Jesus have conversations in heaven - albeit for the latter I am rather doubtful, for he is referred to as the Lord, after a while, making me doubt if I remember correctly the first passage and if this is that Holy Trinity concept of which I am not sure, with Jesus is the son of god, but they are all one and the same…or are they not – and Peter is quite upset, which is so much against the notion of Heaven and when asked repeatedly about it, he states that he had expected to meet with his loved ones, as is the basis of Paradise, but his mother is missing and we learn that in her life, she had been a miser, unwilling to give anything, hence, her place is not among the kind, magnanimous and the compassionate…
However, we might be – well, not you…me – to say that connections work in Eden – just like we used to say in the communist days ‘it is not what you know, it is Whom you know that matters’- for an angel is sent to get the mother of the nomenclaturist Peter, but when the messenger gets there, a few unfortunates try to cling to this hope of redemption, escape from hell, only to find that the mother of the saint is still lacking compassion completely and she throws away all, except one poor soul, that is still attached…the angel had some traction when there were many desperate in his load, but paradoxically, the more his weight is diminished, the less speed he has in his wings, and when finally the last condemned is viciously pushed by the vile mother, the seraphim seems unable to advance anymore and finally, Eden works better than worldly tyrannies, where the son of the apparatchik gets promoted – see the case of North Korea, where all are equal, but the son of the original Kim ruled and then his son…
There are two other awkward, nefarious, devilish aspects that affect the pleasure of the undersigned when reading religious texts and Legends – yes, the notion that the Holy book says one thing and the servants of the church do something else is familiar…do what the priest says not what he does – one would be ‘international’, the fact that evangelicals have been instrumental in putting Trump in the highest office – I will not even deign to elaborate on why this is hellish and he is The Chosen of Beelzebub, not the Lord – and the other atrocious, religion related fact is local and refers to the Demon that rules the church that holds some 80 or maybe 90% of the population, if many just notionally, in its hold and who travels in a…Maybach
August 4, 2020
Tracked down for the illustrations, because Mikolaycak's art often reminds of that of Trina Schart Hyman, one of my very favorites. I also hope to enjoy it for the link to Sweden, as I am of 3/8's Swedish ancestry.
The artwork did not disappoint me... lovely and provocative. The story is long; this is a picture-book for older children (not rug-rats). I believe Christians of any denomination will like the story; I did, too, even though I'm an atheist.
3.5 rounded up because I appreciate the individuality of each character, including the nameless children, and fierceness of the mother.
Author's note includes the name of the Christmas Rose, Helleborus niger. I'm off to look it up.
The artwork did not disappoint me... lovely and provocative. The story is long; this is a picture-book for older children (not rug-rats). I believe Christians of any denomination will like the story; I did, too, even though I'm an atheist.
3.5 rounded up because I appreciate the individuality of each character, including the nameless children, and fierceness of the mother.
Author's note includes the name of the Christmas Rose, Helleborus niger. I'm off to look it up.
June 28, 2023
Una selezione di antiche fiabe svedesi raccolte e confezionate dalla celebre autrice Selma Lagerlöf, prima donna della storia a essere insignita del premio Nobel per la letteratura.
Lo stile della scrittura risulta senza dubbio ancora gradevole, anche se i racconti risentono dei tanti (più di cento!) anni trascorsi.
La redenzione è il filo conduttore - forse l'unico - che tiene legati i sette frammenti che compongono l'opera. La componente religiosa è molto forte, quasi a sfiorare l'ingombrante.
Da considerarsi una lettura non troppo impegnativa durante il clima natalizio. Non consigliata a chi non ama le raccolte di racconti brevi.
Lo stile della scrittura risulta senza dubbio ancora gradevole, anche se i racconti risentono dei tanti (più di cento!) anni trascorsi.
La redenzione è il filo conduttore - forse l'unico - che tiene legati i sette frammenti che compongono l'opera. La componente religiosa è molto forte, quasi a sfiorare l'ingombrante.
Da considerarsi una lettura non troppo impegnativa durante il clima natalizio. Non consigliata a chi non ama le raccolte di racconti brevi.
February 6, 2015
L'ho comprato per Natale, poi non sono riuscito a leggerlo in tempo. Letto durante le festività avrebbe avuto mezza stella in più. I racconti sono brevi, originali pur raccontando argomenti molto tradizionali. Mi sto scervellando, perché c'è un termine giusto che al momento proprio non ricordo. Insomma, si tratta di brevi parabole con l'intento di educare ed elevare moralmente il lettore, senza però risultare leziosi. Regalatevelo o regalatelo per il prossimo natale: letto a giugno potrebbe apparire un po' troppo zuccheroso.
November 23, 2021
Another story in a new Christmas anthology “A Scandinavian Christmas” The collection also has three other works of this author who became the first female recipient of the Nobel prize for literature in 1909.
Set at a time of outlaws living deep in the forest to avoid capture and face justice.
Existing on theft and intimidation to survive; the fugitive’s wife and unruly children descend on the local population. In this story they chance on an open gate to an otherwise closed community of monks.
The lady is overcome by the beauty of their flower and herb garden. Even with some force the brothers are unable to expel the trespassers. Hearing the commotion the senior Abbot comes to see what is disturbance in their peaceful environment.
He finds the woman transfixed within the beauty before her. She is refuted by the lay gardener when she claims this wonderful formal garden is nothing compared to the spectacle she has seen in the forest on Christmas Eve.
This is a second story within this Nordic collection of tales about the Christmas Rose. A flower that goes against the rules of nature by flowering in the heart of winter.
I loved the approach this wise man takes with the women; he doesn’t mirror the scoffing of others but discerns her honesty and longs to see this Christmas miracle.
A story full of faith and scepticism. The chances taken to see God at work and the promises of humankind although honoured pale into comparison with the riches and glory of the Divine.
A seasonal message devoid of the entrapment of secular celebration wishing each reader a fresh perspective on what Christmas is truly about for everyone.
Set at a time of outlaws living deep in the forest to avoid capture and face justice.
Existing on theft and intimidation to survive; the fugitive’s wife and unruly children descend on the local population. In this story they chance on an open gate to an otherwise closed community of monks.
The lady is overcome by the beauty of their flower and herb garden. Even with some force the brothers are unable to expel the trespassers. Hearing the commotion the senior Abbot comes to see what is disturbance in their peaceful environment.
He finds the woman transfixed within the beauty before her. She is refuted by the lay gardener when she claims this wonderful formal garden is nothing compared to the spectacle she has seen in the forest on Christmas Eve.
This is a second story within this Nordic collection of tales about the Christmas Rose. A flower that goes against the rules of nature by flowering in the heart of winter.
I loved the approach this wise man takes with the women; he doesn’t mirror the scoffing of others but discerns her honesty and longs to see this Christmas miracle.
A story full of faith and scepticism. The chances taken to see God at work and the promises of humankind although honoured pale into comparison with the riches and glory of the Divine.
A seasonal message devoid of the entrapment of secular celebration wishing each reader a fresh perspective on what Christmas is truly about for everyone.
September 17, 2022
ENGLISH: Saint Teresa of Jesus had to suffer with some of her confessors, who only saw the works of Satan in what God was doing for the saint. In "The Legend of the Christmas Rose," one of the characters, a lay brother in a monastery, acts the same way. Like the Pharisees who criticized Jesus Christ because he met with publicans and sinners, this lay brother cannot understand that God may give his gifts to a robber and his family.
ESPAÑOL: Santa Teresa de Jesus sufrió mucho con algunos de sus confesores, que sólo veían obras de Satanás en lo que hacía Dios sobre la santa. En "La leyenda de la rosa de Navidad," uno de los personajes, hermano lego en un monasterio, actúa igual. Al igual que los fariseos que criticaban a Jesucristo porque se reunía con publicanos y pecadores, este hermano lego no es capaz de comprender que Dios pueda dar sus dones a un ladrón y a su familia.
ESPAÑOL: Santa Teresa de Jesus sufrió mucho con algunos de sus confesores, que sólo veían obras de Satanás en lo que hacía Dios sobre la santa. En "La leyenda de la rosa de Navidad," uno de los personajes, hermano lego en un monasterio, actúa igual. Al igual que los fariseos que criticaban a Jesucristo porque se reunía con publicanos y pecadores, este hermano lego no es capaz de comprender que Dios pueda dar sus dones a un ladrón y a su familia.
November 28, 2021
Det är en fin berättelse om hur de som anses onda faktiskt inte alltid är det och de som ses som goda kan bli onda. Jag gillar den.
December 8, 2023
Racconti carini senza nulla di straordinario, tranne “Vineta”, l’ultimo della raccolta. Quello è decisamente straordinario
January 12, 2017
Puoi trovare questa recensione anche sul mio blog ---> La siepe di more
La leggenda della rosa di Natale è una raccolta di sette racconti e il primo di questi, l’unico strettamente natalizio, è quello che dà al volumetto il suo titolo, che rimane comunque adeguato considerato lo spirito che si respira nelle storie.
Queste, infatti, hanno tutte un sapore fiabesco e si impegnano a trasmettere un insegnamento morale tipico del periodo natalizio, soprattutto per chi lo festeggia in maniera religiosa. Tutti gli altri (me inclusa, in effetti) forse troveranno alcuni insegnamenti non proprio condivisibili, ma consiglio loro di considerarle delle storie provenienti dalla tradizione, della quale si fa tesoro solo di quel tanto che ancora ha senso alla luce delle nuove conoscenze.
Sarebbe un peccato perdersele solo per motivi ideologici, per così dire, perché Selma Lagerlöf ha una penna molto interessante e molto delicata: ogni storia mi dipingeva in testa quadretti ad acquarello molto belli, dai tratti morbidi e, in parte, luminosi.
Tuttavia, non aspettatevi di leggere le storielle della Disney: lo stile di Lagerlöf sarà anche delicato, ma con i temi trattati ci va giù pesante e, nonostante la lievità della forma, la sostanza rischia di farvi venire il magone...
La leggenda della rosa di Natale è una raccolta di sette racconti e il primo di questi, l’unico strettamente natalizio, è quello che dà al volumetto il suo titolo, che rimane comunque adeguato considerato lo spirito che si respira nelle storie.
Queste, infatti, hanno tutte un sapore fiabesco e si impegnano a trasmettere un insegnamento morale tipico del periodo natalizio, soprattutto per chi lo festeggia in maniera religiosa. Tutti gli altri (me inclusa, in effetti) forse troveranno alcuni insegnamenti non proprio condivisibili, ma consiglio loro di considerarle delle storie provenienti dalla tradizione, della quale si fa tesoro solo di quel tanto che ancora ha senso alla luce delle nuove conoscenze.
Sarebbe un peccato perdersele solo per motivi ideologici, per così dire, perché Selma Lagerlöf ha una penna molto interessante e molto delicata: ogni storia mi dipingeva in testa quadretti ad acquarello molto belli, dai tratti morbidi e, in parte, luminosi.
Tuttavia, non aspettatevi di leggere le storielle della Disney: lo stile di Lagerlöf sarà anche delicato, ma con i temi trattati ci va giù pesante e, nonostante la lievità della forma, la sostanza rischia di farvi venire il magone...
January 3, 2023
"𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰 𝘷𝘦𝘥𝘰 𝘶𝘯 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘮𝘪 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢. 𝘏𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘷𝘶𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪 𝘨𝘭𝘪 𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘪 𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪 𝘥𝘪 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰."
Una raccolta di racconti che, come per Il libro di Natale della stessa autrice, ricalca le leggende e le credenze popolari della terra svedese.
È una bellissima raccolta di racconti che, pur mantenendo un alone di magia, va oltre alla semplice narrazione, per affermare l'importanza di alcuni valori e dare adito a riflessioni morali e spirituali. Molto accurate le descrizioni paesaggistiche, di questa terra di foreste, corsi d'acqua e vento, che risvegliano vista ed anche udito. Quasi tutte le storie sono poi pervase dalla presenza dell'elemento religioso, anche se ciò non appesantisce la lettura. Tra le qualità prese in esame ritroviamo interessanti leggende, l'umiltà che supera di gran lunga l'arroganza e la vanesia, il bisogno di essere perdonati da chi amiamo, il talento insito in una persona indipendentemente dalla sua situazione economica, la ricchezza che è spesso causa di scontri e infelicità, la gioia che può scaturire dalla fantasia. Una lettura piacevole!
Una raccolta di racconti che, come per Il libro di Natale della stessa autrice, ricalca le leggende e le credenze popolari della terra svedese.
È una bellissima raccolta di racconti che, pur mantenendo un alone di magia, va oltre alla semplice narrazione, per affermare l'importanza di alcuni valori e dare adito a riflessioni morali e spirituali. Molto accurate le descrizioni paesaggistiche, di questa terra di foreste, corsi d'acqua e vento, che risvegliano vista ed anche udito. Quasi tutte le storie sono poi pervase dalla presenza dell'elemento religioso, anche se ciò non appesantisce la lettura. Tra le qualità prese in esame ritroviamo interessanti leggende, l'umiltà che supera di gran lunga l'arroganza e la vanesia, il bisogno di essere perdonati da chi amiamo, il talento insito in una persona indipendentemente dalla sua situazione economica, la ricchezza che è spesso causa di scontri e infelicità, la gioia che può scaturire dalla fantasia. Una lettura piacevole!
August 6, 2008
I'm reading a Christmas story in the summertime. But that's OK, because this story is about a summer garden that miraculously blooms in winter on the eve of the celebration of Christ's birth in the forest. Selma Lagerlof and Ellin Greene tell a tale of an impoverished family that is banished to live in the forest. When the family tells the village abbot of the miraculous garden, he agrees to help the poor family receive forgiveness from the village bishop by bringing the bishop a flower from the garden. But alas, the abbot with his gentle heart is not the only one who enters the garden.
This is a story of kindness to the poor, forgiveness for outcasts, humility for the black-hearted, and of the beauty and fragility of nature. Water colored pictures of a Scandinavian village and forest are beautiful and honor a winter blooming flower known as "The Christmas Rose".
This is a story of kindness to the poor, forgiveness for outcasts, humility for the black-hearted, and of the beauty and fragility of nature. Water colored pictures of a Scandinavian village and forest are beautiful and honor a winter blooming flower known as "The Christmas Rose".
February 7, 2019
‘அவள் இதைச் சொன்ன குரல் எப்படியிருந்தது தெரியுமா? டென்மார்க் தேசத்து ராணியே அவ்வளவு பெருமையுடன் தான் யார் எ��்பதை சொல்லிருக்க மாட்டாள்’
‘தேவமலர்’ சிறுகதையிலிருந்து எழுதியவர் ‘ஸெல்மா லாகர்லெவ்’ (தமிழில் கா.நா.சு)
ஒரு சிறந்த மாந்த்ரீக யதார்த்த வகை கதை. நம்பிக்கை இல்லையென்றால், கடவுளே எதிரில் வந்தாலும் நம்ப மாட்டோம் என்பதைக் கூறும் கதை. கதையின் போக்கு மற்றும் மொழிபெயர்ப்பு மிகச்சிறப்பாக உள்ளது. எவ்வித வாசிப்பு தடையும் இல்லாமல் படித்த முதல் மொழி பெயர்ப்பு கதை.
பொதுவாக ��ிற மொழி இலக்கியங்களை படிக்கும் போது அதன் மொழி பெயர்ப்பு நம்மிடம் போக்கு காட்டி, திணரடிக்கும். ஆனால், இதன் மொழி பெயர்ப்பு மிக எளிமையாக உள்ளது. தமிழில் இருந்து பிற இலக்கியங்களை வாசிக்க ஆசைப்படும் வாசகன் இந்தக் கதையிலிருந்து தொடங்கலாம்.
‘தேவமலர்’ சிறுகதையிலிருந்து எழுதியவர் ‘ஸெல்மா லாகர்லெவ்’ (தமிழில் கா.நா.சு)
ஒரு சிறந்த மாந்த்ரீக யதார்த்த வகை கதை. நம்பிக்கை இல்லையென்றால், கடவுளே எதிரில் வந்தாலும் நம்ப மாட்டோம் என்பதைக் கூறும் கதை. கதையின் போக்கு மற்றும் மொழிபெயர்ப்பு மிகச்சிறப்பாக உள்ளது. எவ்வித வாசிப்பு தடையும் இல்லாமல் படித்த முதல் மொழி பெயர்ப்பு கதை.
பொதுவாக ��ிற மொழி இலக்கியங்களை படிக்கும் போது அதன் மொழி பெயர்ப்பு நம்மிடம் போக்கு காட்டி, திணரடிக்கும். ஆனால், இதன் மொழி பெயர்ப்பு மிக எளிமையாக உள்ளது. தமிழில் இருந்து பிற இலக்கியங்களை வாசிக்க ஆசைப்படும் வாசகன் இந்தக் கதையிலிருந்து தொடங்கலாம்.
January 5, 2023
una raccolta di racconti semplici, ma molto profondi. Vi si trova un po di tutto: la vita, i sentimenti, le relazioni, gli sguardi, le parole, tutto è fresco, delicato, riflessivo. Una lettura che risveglia profondi sentimenti e riflessioni.
November 28, 2021
Väldigt mysig novell ❤ Från novellix adventskalender
January 2, 2023
I racconti che compongono questo titolo sono dei veri e propri gioielli.
L'autrice è stata molto abile a trasmettere le sensazioni e le vicende in così poche pagine.
Viene voglia di leggerlo davanti a un camino acceso e con una bella cioccolata calda fumante.
L'autrice è stata molto abile a trasmettere le sensazioni e le vicende in così poche pagine.
Viene voglia di leggerlo davanti a un camino acceso e con una bella cioccolata calda fumante.
December 25, 2025
Koselig liten fortelling om tro, tillit og utenforskap.
December 23, 2017
Nice little Christmas story.
March 26, 2017
Chiunque ami lo stile di Selma Lagerlöf, la semplicità rassicurante della sua prosa, e le tradizionali atmosfere nordiche intrise di magia e folclore, non potrà non apprezzare La leggenda della rosa di Natale, raccolta di racconti pubblicata qualche anno fa da Iperborea, con un titolo volutamente (?) fuorviante. Sì, perché a dispetto di quanto verrebbe spontaneo desumere, il libro ha in sé ben poco di natalizio, o per lo meno di ciò che comunemente intendiamo con questo aggettivo.
Ad eccezione del racconto eponimo, infatti - dove peraltro il Natale difficilmente può dirsi protagonista assoluto - nessuna delle storie narrate risulta ambientata durante le festività né vi allude in alcun modo, rivelando invece nella fede e nel richiamo alla solidarietà tra gli esseri umani, il filo conduttore della narrazione.
Sette sono i racconti a cui la scrittrice svedese, miscelando come di consueto leggenda e realtà, religiosità e tradizione, affida ogni volta un messaggio particolare, un insegnamento morale, una verità senza tempo, una riflessione valida oggi come allora sulla condizione dell'essere umano.
Benché nessun racconto, seppur di piacevole lettura, riesca a spiccare in modo particolare, alcuni brani si distinguono comunque in quanto acerbo preludio alle grandi opere della Lagerlöf: è il caso di Vineta , la cui protagonista, incapace di accettare la morte del marito, sceglie di negare la realtà rifugiandosi nei sogni e nel ricordo, in un modo non dissimile dal padre di Klara Gulla nel bellissimo romanzo L'imperatore di Portugallia.
Il tono fiabesco però non deve trarre in inganno: non ci sono finali consolatori nelle storie proposte in questa raccolta, c'è il riflesso della vita, piuttosto, con le sue prove, con le sue difficoltà, con quell'epilogo spesso amarissimo la cui bontà può essere scorta, appunto, soltanto attraverso lo sguardo della fede, come avviene nel caso de La vecchia Agneta , che muore sola tra l'indifferenza dei compaesani, ma che poi, in Cielo, viene accolta con gioia dalle anime di cui si era occupata in vita.
È proprio nella pienezza di questa disposizione d'animo, declinata in ogni sua forma e ispirata ora dal Divino, ora dall'essere umano, ora da una mera convinzione, che l'autrice individua la chiave di lettura privilegiata della realtà, una nuova prospettiva attraverso cui interpretare e tentare di comprendere gli eventi della vita e scorgere, anche nel più cupo dei dolori, la luce della speranza o della redenzione.
Ad eccezione del racconto eponimo, infatti - dove peraltro il Natale difficilmente può dirsi protagonista assoluto - nessuna delle storie narrate risulta ambientata durante le festività né vi allude in alcun modo, rivelando invece nella fede e nel richiamo alla solidarietà tra gli esseri umani, il filo conduttore della narrazione.
Sette sono i racconti a cui la scrittrice svedese, miscelando come di consueto leggenda e realtà, religiosità e tradizione, affida ogni volta un messaggio particolare, un insegnamento morale, una verità senza tempo, una riflessione valida oggi come allora sulla condizione dell'essere umano.
Benché nessun racconto, seppur di piacevole lettura, riesca a spiccare in modo particolare, alcuni brani si distinguono comunque in quanto acerbo preludio alle grandi opere della Lagerlöf: è il caso di Vineta , la cui protagonista, incapace di accettare la morte del marito, sceglie di negare la realtà rifugiandosi nei sogni e nel ricordo, in un modo non dissimile dal padre di Klara Gulla nel bellissimo romanzo L'imperatore di Portugallia.
Il tono fiabesco però non deve trarre in inganno: non ci sono finali consolatori nelle storie proposte in questa raccolta, c'è il riflesso della vita, piuttosto, con le sue prove, con le sue difficoltà, con quell'epilogo spesso amarissimo la cui bontà può essere scorta, appunto, soltanto attraverso lo sguardo della fede, come avviene nel caso de La vecchia Agneta , che muore sola tra l'indifferenza dei compaesani, ma che poi, in Cielo, viene accolta con gioia dalle anime di cui si era occupata in vita.
È proprio nella pienezza di questa disposizione d'animo, declinata in ogni sua forma e ispirata ora dal Divino, ora dall'essere umano, ora da una mera convinzione, che l'autrice individua la chiave di lettura privilegiata della realtà, una nuova prospettiva attraverso cui interpretare e tentare di comprendere gli eventi della vita e scorgere, anche nel più cupo dei dolori, la luce della speranza o della redenzione.
May 15, 2020
(தமிழில்- க.நா.சு)
மனிதன் உருவாக்கியதைவிட இயற்கை உருவாக்குவதில் நுணுக்கமும் ஆழ்ந்த தேர்ச்சியும் இருக்கும். இயற்கையுடன் போட்டிபோட்டு வெற்றி பெறுவது இயலாத காரியம் அது அனுமதிக்காதவரை...
தன் தோட்டத்தை விட அழகான ஒன்று இருக்கிறது என்று கேள்விப்பட்ட மதகுருவை அங்கே சென்று பார்க்கத் தூண்டுவது தன்னிடம் இருப்பதை விட உயர்வானதா என்று அறிந்து கொள்ளும் ஆவலே தவிர வேறு எந்தக் காரணமும் இல்லை...தன் கண்ணில் கண்டதில் திளைத்திருந்தாலும் தான் கொடுத்த வாக்கை மறக்காதவராகத் திருடன் விடுதலைக்காகத் தேவ வனத்தில் இருந்து பூக்களைப் பறிக்க முற்படுவது அவரின் உயரிய நிலையைக் காட்டுகிறது.
மனிதனின் மனம் சந்தேகத்துடனே அணுகும் என்பதை மெய்பிப்பது போல மதகுருவின் சிஷ்யன் போடும் சத்தத்தால் தேவகுமாரர்களே விலகி சென்றுவிடுகின்றனர். அந்த நேரத்தில் நடக்கும் நிகழ்வே மனிதர்களின் அறியாமையை விளக்கிவிடுகிறது.
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மனிதன் உருவாக்கியதைவிட இயற்கை உருவாக்குவதில் நுணுக்கமும் ஆழ்ந்த தேர்ச்சியும் இருக்கும். இயற்கையுடன் போட்டிபோட்டு வெற்றி பெறுவது இயலாத காரியம் அது அனுமதிக்காதவரை...
தன் தோட்டத்தை விட அழகான ஒன்று இருக்கிறது என்று கேள்விப்பட்ட மதகுருவை அங்கே சென்று பார்க்கத் தூண்டுவது தன்னிடம் இருப்பதை விட உயர்வானதா என்று அறிந்து கொள்ளும் ஆவலே தவிர வேறு எந்தக் காரணமும் இல்லை...தன் கண்ணில் கண்டதில் திளைத்திருந்தாலும் தான் கொடுத்த வாக்கை மறக்காதவராகத் திருடன் விடுதலைக்காகத் தேவ வனத்தில் இருந்து பூக்களைப் பறிக்க முற்படுவது அவரின் உயரிய நிலையைக் காட்டுகிறது.
மனிதனின் மனம் சந்தேகத்துடனே அணுகும் என்பதை மெய்பிப்பது போல மதகுருவின் சிஷ்யன் போடும் சத்தத்தால் தேவகுமாரர்களே விலகி சென்றுவிடுகின்றனர். அந்த நேரத்தில் நடக்கும் நிகழ்வே மனிதர்களின் அறியாமையை விளக்கிவிடுகிறது.
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January 16, 2019
ஒரு மொழிபெயர்ப்பை எப்படி அதன் ஜீவன் இழக்காமல் படைப்பது என்ற வித்தையில் க.நா.சு ஒரு வித்தகர். ஒரு மத நம்பிக்கை சார்ந்த கதையாய் வரையறுக்கப்பட்ட கதை ஒட்டுமொத்த மானுடத்தின் மாண்பை அழகாய் வெளிப்பட்டிருக்கும் விதத்தில் பிரகாசிக்கிறது. நிகழ்வுகளில் ஏற்படும் உணர்வுகளை பிரதிபலிக்கும் வர்ணனை, அதை உயிருடன் மொழிப்படுத்தியிருக்கும் நயம், எல்லாம் சேர்ந்து இதை ஒரு உன்னத அனுபவமாக்குவதில் வெற்றிபெற்றிருக்கின்றனர், ஸேல்மாவும், க.நா.சுவும்.
உதாரணமாய் இந்த வரிகளைப்பாருங்கள்,
"மாரிக் காலத்துக் குளிர் மறைந்து விட்டது. வஸந்தத்தின் உஷ்ணம், மனசுக்கும் உடம்புக்கும் குளுமையான உஷ்ணம் பரவியிருந்தது எங்கும். தெய்வீகமான ஒளி எங்கும் பரவி நின்றது. ஒரு சிறு குட்டையில் நீந்திக் கொண்டிருந்த வாத்துகள் க்ளக் க்ளக் என்று குரல் எழுப்பிக் கொண்டிருந்தன. வஸந்தத்தின் மகரந்தப்பொடி, மாயப்பொடி காற்றிலே நிறைந்திருந்தது. தாமரைகள் ஆகாயத்திலே மிதந்து வருவது போல பலவித வர்ணமான வண்ணத்தப் பூச்சிகள் அங்கும் இங்கும் பறந்தன. ஓங்கி வளர்ந்திருந்த ஒரு மரத்தின் பொந்திலிருந்து தேனடை நிரம்பி வெளியே வழிந்து சொட்டிக் கொண்டிருந்தது."
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உதாரணமாய் இந்த வரிகளைப்பாருங்கள்,
"மாரிக் காலத்துக் குளிர் மறைந்து விட்டது. வஸந்தத்தின் உஷ்ணம், மனசுக்கும் உடம்புக்கும் குளுமையான உஷ்ணம் பரவியிருந்தது எங்கும். தெய்வீகமான ஒளி எங்கும் பரவி நின்றது. ஒரு சிறு குட்டையில் நீந்திக் கொண்டிருந்த வாத்துகள் க்ளக் க்ளக் என்று குரல் எழுப்பிக் கொண்டிருந்தன. வஸந்தத்தின் மகரந்தப்பொடி, மாயப்பொடி காற்றிலே நிறைந்திருந்தது. தாமரைகள் ஆகாயத்திலே மிதந்து வருவது போல பலவித வர்ணமான வண்ணத்தப் பூச்சிகள் அங்கும் இங்கும் பறந்தன. ஓங்கி வளர்ந்திருந்த ஒரு மரத்தின் பொந்திலிருந்து தேனடை நிரம்பி வெளியே வழிந்து சொட்டிக் கொண்டிருந்தது."
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