Báseň o hašiši

by Charles Baudelaire

Text nejznámějšího z "prokletých" básníků, esej o účincích hašiše. České vydání po více než osmdesáti letech.

"Baudelaire podrobně popisuje jednotlivá stádia opojení a vystřízlivění, tedy mechanismy kolotoče, z nehož vyskočit příšerně bolí. Próza je to velmi střízlivá, ale skvěle napsaná."

(Josef Chuchma, Mladý svět)
"Tento rozsahem nevelký Baudelairův spisek je lahůdkou pro literární gurmány."

(Vladimír Sůva, Knihy)

Genres: Poetry, Fiction

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1851

About the author

Public condemned Les fleurs du mal (1857), obscene only volume of French writer, translator, and critic Charles Pierre Baudelaire; expanded in 1861, it exerted an enormous influence over later symbolist and modernist poets.

Reputation of Charles Pierre Baudelaire rests primarily on perhaps the most important literary art collection, published in Europe in the 19th century. Similarly, his early experiment Petits poèmes en prose (1868) ( Little Prose Poems ) most succeeded and innovated of the time.

From financial disaster to prosecution for blasphemy, drama and strife filled life of known Baudelaire with highly controversial and often dark tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Long after his death, his name represents depravity and vice. He seemingly speaks directly to the 20th century civilization.

Reviews

[Jakub · Rating 2 out of 5]

I believe this book might have been useful at the time when nobody knew much about weed. But these days there is nothing useful for me that I would take out of the book. I don´t want to scorn by that, it wouldn´t be fair… I´m convinced it could be intersting in the days of 19th century, but these days when everybody smokes grass it is only relic.

We are used to hearing about shooting at high scholls, people being killed on the streets and I ought to be fascinated by this book? No.

So it comes to no surprise that I wasn´t enthralled by the book

[Annina Ponticelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lo stile mi è piaciuto un po’ di meno dell’altro volume, e mi ha fatto passare la voglia di drogarmi. Alla fine, con o senza sostanza, l’uomo non è mai altro che se stesso. solo che quando si inizia a pensare sotto al flusso di un supporto come l’hashish, ecco, è allora che non si riesce più a pensare senza. Perché la vita umana è una parabola che non sempre ritorna al punto di partenza. E un uomo che crede di poter raggiungere il paradiso (sacrificando, in questo caso, la salvezza) è un uomo morto.

[Justin · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don’t know why I listened to this every day.

[Pierre · Rating 4 out of 5]

Questo volume, dopo un'introduzione francamente evitabile (ma chi ha avuto l'idea di farla scrivere a un tossicologo, così cieco di fronte alla poesia?), presenta il breve saggio Del vino e dell'hashish, in cui le due sostanze vengono paragonate in quanto entrambe alterano e amplificano la sensibilità poetica dell'individuo, accentuandone le predisposizioni naturali; Baudelaire, tuttavia, tra i due concede la sua preferenza al vino, in quanto, a differenza della canapa indiana, non va a incidere negativamente sulla volontà.

Nella seconda parte, il volume presenta Il poema dell'hashish, un piacevole poema in prosa in cui Baudelaire, dopo aver descritto con vividezza e capacità stilistica i sintomi dell'hashish sull'individuo, torna a condannare il suo uso, sempre a causa dei suoi effetti negativi sulla volontà umana.

Questa sua presa di distanza da una sostanza di cui comunque faceva uso non deve stupire: è noto che la sua poetica indaga gli strumenti imperfetti con cui l'essere umano cerca di sfuggire dallo spleen, dal tedio esistenziale, e i cosiddetti paradisi artificiali (alcool e droghe) sono proprio alcuni di questi strumenti, insufficienti e temporanei. Saranno altri i mezzi con cui poter giungere più vicini all'infinito, al divino cui il poeta tende.

Una lettura interessante, che mi sento di consigliare. Letto per la challenge "7 libri in 7 giorni".

[Godot · Rating 5 out of 5]

Receptár prima nápadov ako sa sfetovať alebo nesfetovať, filozofické názory na drogy a spoločnosť a navyše pohľad na roky prekliatych. Očarujúce.

[Sammy Petrova]

Maybe useful in the past, but today... Just a lecture by a famous writer

[S · Rating 4 out of 5]

Baudelaire's phenomenology of the hashish experience describes the drug as a sort of black magic, one that allows artist or poet to transcend the typical chains of daily life and catch a glimpse at the beauty of eternity at the cost of sacrificing their will and vitality. It reads both in praise of the drugs' ability to deliver a satisfaction for what Baudelaire calls the "longing for infinity," but ends on a cautionary note in which the terms of a somewhat dated morality are used to warn against the dangerous effects of the drug in which, similar to opium, one's stupor leads them to become trapped in their gaze into the face of Narcissus. Here's where Crowley, it seems, got excited. The drug's ability to transform the user into the above and the below suggested the prevalence its role in Thelemic magic.

[A F · Rating 4 out of 5]

a short and very captivating read, i found myself immediately enjoying baudelaire's style (though i don't know the accuracy of the translation) and his description of the weed experience made me laugh out loud at times due to its sheer relatability. however my laughter quickly seized when he went on to describe his moral and philosophical issues with (particularly regular) weed consumption. it made me take a hard look at my own habits and i must admit that i saw myself in some of the less favorable descriptions of the weed user. i will definitely have to read this again to deepen my understanding of his ideas, but it has already started to challenge my beliefs. very glad to have read it.

[Evelína · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read a few of the reviews underneath. A lot of them don't think it's useful. To be sure, I think it can be, but today it can also be better ways to prepare a weed. But i don't wanna talk about what's inside this book. In my opinion this peace had been really well written. For me, it was readable and interesting, which is tricky, because i dont like classics authors. After the fact that it's not a poem, i was surprised and happy. Also it's necessary to say that learn about this weed is fine and I'm glad i read it.

[Matyáš Sáva · Rating 4 out of 5]

další z edice Malé knihy - bylo to krátký a zábavný a na to, že to není fikce to mělo na konci překvapivý zvrat. pro jednou jsem i hodně ocenil ten několika stránkovej životopis o autorovi na konci. baudelaire se prostě v 19. století sebral a udělal si kariéru na tom, že psal o tom, jaký to je dělat drogy.

oblíbené citáty:
"Měl jsem špatný oběd, nicméně jsem Bůh."

"Každá dokonalá prostopášnost potřebuje dokonalé volno. Opatřit si je stává se dnes složitějším než sehnat pověstnou trávu."

[Sofia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Invecchiato un po’ male. Gli effetti della droga sono espressi in maniera teatrale, quasi melodrammatica. Poteva essere un libro utile quando l’hashish non era così tanto in voga, ad oggi risulta un po’ artefatto. Riflessione finale un po’ inconsistente, ma senza dubbio portavoce della poeticità intrinseca di Baudelaire.

[Bessa · Rating 4 out of 5]

კაცო, ესენი თურმე ან ჩაის კოვზით ჭამდნენ გაშიშს ან ყავაში ურევდნენ (ერთ ჩაისავე კოვზსა) და სვამდნენ - ვინ იფიქრებდა სიუჟეტის ასეთ განვითარებას?!

[Benjamin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Timely description for our times since pot is becoming legal in more regions.

[loftoflotof · Rating 3 out of 5]

nezgrabno napisano
3/3

[Barongia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interessante come affronta il confronto tra le due sostanze, la prima parte magari un po’ lenta, la seconda incalza di più con testimonianze

[Tatao Burduli · Rating 1 out of 5]

"Smokes hash once"

[Carlos Olate · Rating 3 out of 5]

No todos los poemas son odas o elegías, algunos funcionan a modo de sutil recomendación.

[Federica Dei Cas · Rating 1 out of 5]

'Un uomo che beve soltanto acqua ha un segreto da nascondere ai propri simili'

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