| The Black Cauldron Contributor(s): Heinesen, William (Author), Jones, W. Glyn (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1910213810 ISBN-13: 9781910213810 Publisher: Dedalus OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics |
| Series: Dedalus Europe |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.3" W x 8.1" (0.65 lbs) 363 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Black Cauldron is not a war novel as such, but a work of magic realism which traces a series of boisterous, tragi-comic events in one of the more unusual western European societies. Spanning the tragedy of war, the clash of sectarian interests, the interplay of religion and sex, The Black Cauldron develops into a presentation in mythical form of the conflict between life and death, good and evil. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jones, W. Glyn: - W. Glyn Jones (1928-2014) had a distinguished career as an academic, a writer and a translator. He taught at various universities in England and Scandinavia before becoming Professor of Scandinavian Studies at Newcastle and then at the University of East Anglia. He also spent two years as Professor of Scandinavian Literature in the Faeroese Academy. On his retirement from teaching he was created a Knight of the Royal Danish Order of the Dannebrog. He has written widely on Danish, Faeroese and Finland-Swedish literature and his many translations from Danish include the 7 Heinesen novels.Heinesen, William: - William Heinesen (1900-1991) was born in Torshavn in the Faroe Islands, the son of a Danish mother and Faroese father, and was equally at home in both languages. Although he spent most of his life in the Faroe Islands he chose to write in Danish as he felt it offered him greater inventive freedom. Although internationally known as a poet and a novelist he made his living as an artist. His paintings range from large-scale murals in public buildings, through oil to pen sketches, caricatures and collages. It is Dedalus's intention to make available all of William Heinesen's 7 novels in English. |