Adiós, señorita Logan

by J.M. Barrie, Javier Miralles (Translator)

Adiós, señorita Logan se publicó por primera vez como un suplemento del diario the Times de Londres, en la espera de la Navidad de 1931, en lo que fue un regalo sin duda para los habituales del prestigioso periódico. La enorme fama que obtuvo su autor tras la publicación de Peter pan ha impedido a los lectores acercarse a otras obras del J. M. Barrie. En esta novela corta Barrie despliega todo su sentido del humor y abunda en sus temas habituales como son la dicotomía entre realidad y fantasía, las trampas de la juventud, o la forma en que entendemos los sucesos singulares. La novela cuenta la vida de un joven sacerdote anglicano que llega a una aldea escocesa, un lugar remoto donde las leyendas y la magia son tan reales como las piedras o los ríos.

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction

122 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1932

About the author

James Matthew Barrie was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan. He was born and educated in Scotland and then moved to London, where he wrote several successful novels and plays.

The son of a weaver, Barrie studied at the University of Edinburgh. He took up journalism for a newspaper in Nottingham and contributed to various London journals before moving there in 1885. His early Auld Licht Idylls (1889) and A Window in Thrums (1889) contain fictional sketches of Scottish life representative of the Kailyard school. The publication of The Little Minister (1891) established his reputation as a novelist. During the next decade, Barrie continued to write novels, but gradually, his interest turned towards the theatre.

In London, he met Llewelyn Davies, who inspired him about magical adventures of a baby boy in gardens of Kensington, included in The Little White Bird, then to a "fairy play" about this ageless adventures of an ordinary girl, named Wendy, in the setting of Neverland. People credited this best-known play with popularizing Wendy, the previously very unpopular name, and quickly overshadowed his previous, and he continued successfully.

Following the deaths of their parents, Barrie unofficially adopted the boys. He gave the rights to great Ormond street hospital, which continues to benefit.

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

i read this book when i was taking a class in my year abroad. i had never heard of the title, but had loved the author, being a huge fan of the peter pan stories.

i borrowed this book from a colleague and fell in love with it. i read it about every year at least. the language to me is beautiful, the premise is stunning and the whole thing is very artfully done. a very lovely ghost story.
if it is hard to find i would recommend looking through the used books at barnes and noble.com etc. i found mine through them, from an antique store. so it is around, just might be hard to find.

[AC · Rating 3 out of 5]

You've got to have a tolerance for archaic slang to get through this highly conversational little story set in a winter-bound Scottish village. But if you are cool with not entirely understanding the meaning of many sentences, you find a tidy little gothic story with a satirically funny ending.

[Raquel Rueda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un libro bastante curioso, aunque no ha sido del todo para mí.

[Las mariquitas también leen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adiós, señorita Logan es una obra inédita del archiconocido autor J. M. Barrie, célebre por su personaje estrella, Peter Pan, el cual donó los derechos de esta saga a un hospital para niños en Londres.

En apenas 120 páginas, Barrie nos ofrece un gran sentido del humor, crítica y misterio.

Un ministro anglicano (del tipo religioso, no político), Adam Yestreen, es destinado a una pequeña aldea escocesa, donde tendrá que pasar largas semanas mientras el valle esté cerrado debido a las fuertes nevadas. Para evitar el aburrimiento, los ingleses le retan a escribir un diario que les enseñará cuando estos vuelvan en agosto.

En él, nos narra los eventos ocurridos en la rectoría, ajeno a las supersticiones y habladurías que aluden a unos Extraños que campan a sus anchas durante los fríos meses de invierno, incluso llegando a atacar a la población.

Con lo que más he disfrutado en esta historia ha sido con el sutil velo que hay entre la realidad y el mundo sobrenatural. Queda por parte del lector el creer una versión u otra.

La edición está aderezada con varias ilustraciones de Javier Miralles, especialista de la obra del escritor escocés, un gran complemento a esta historia de fantasmas.

[mi.terapia.alternativa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Adiós,señorita Logan subtitulada Un cuento de invierno, es una obra inédita, una historia brevisima del autor de Peter Pan que se publicó por primera vez como suplemento del diario The Times en Navidad de 1931.

Adam Yestreen es un sacerdote anglicano que escribe un diario desde el valle escocés al que ha sido destinado durante el primer invierno que pasa allí en las semanas "en que nadie podría entrar ni nadie podría salir" debido a las grandes nevadas. Es el mes de diciembre de 18...

Se encuentra en un lugar remoto en el que las leyendas se creen a pie juntillas y él luchará para no caer en la creencia popular pero irá cediendo ante estos misterios sobrenaturales y ante la "presencia" de los Extraños.

Realidad y fantasía, la juventud y la escasa experiencia de la vida, la naturaleza y las condiciones climáticas e incluso unas pinceladas insinuadas del conflicto anglo-escocés son los ingredientes de este texto brevisimo que si os gustan las historias de fantasmas no debéis dejar escapar.

[Koo Drain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Farewell Miss Julie Logan was a book club read - and it was fab. I struggled a little at first as there are a lot of Scottish words that were unfamiliar to me. There is a glossary, however, and after a while of looking up everything I became more in tune with the writing and felt I was understanding the meaning even if I couldn't exactly translate some of the words. Everyone at the book club enjoyed the book although there was some differing opinion on certain aspects of the 'strangers'. Being the only English member of the book club I was amused by some of the references to 'the English' in the book but was entirely charmed by the story and the way it was written.

[Stephen Huntley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Of Farewell Miss Julie Brogan. Delightful short story. Gentle, clever, evocative and completely satisfying. You'll need to regularly refer to the Scottish/English translation appendix accompanying the text, but that's no bad thing; it forces you to read at a leisurely pace and subsequently immerse yourself in the words.

[Dale · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed this little book; a Scottish ghost story done in local dialect which is sometimes unintelligible, but utterly charming. This has led me to indulge i more of Barrie's lesser known works. The perfect little read for a winter's afternoon with a cup of tea.

[Brett · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed it. Easily my favorite Scottish ghost story.