After Alice: A Novel
Autor Gregory Maguireen Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 oct 2015
Traducerea din limba engleză a acestui roman ne aduce o perspectivă proaspătă asupra unui univers arhicunoscut, reușind să păstreze jocurile de cuvinte frustrante și ingenioase care definesc spiritul lui Lewis Carroll. Observăm cum Gregory Maguire nu se mulțumește doar să reviziteze Lumea Minunilor, ci construiește o punte fascinantă între Oxfordul anului 1860 și subsolul suprarealist al realității. Ne-a atras atenția în mod deosebit construcția lumii: în timp ce Alice se prăbușește în gaura iepurelui, prietena ei, Ada, o urmează la scurt timp, aducând cu sine o minte riguroasă care încearcă să aplice logica cauzalității într-un spațiu definit de absurd. Imaginați-vă tensiunea și miza supraviețuirii din Unbirthday de Liz Braswell, mutată într-un decor de epocă victoriană, unde rigorile sociale de la suprafață contrastează violent cu ego-urile abrazive din subteran. Suntem de părere că After Alice se înscrie perfect în linia operelor anterioare ale autorului, precum celebrul roman Wicked. Dacă în Wicked Maguire deconstruia mitologia din Oz pentru a oferi o voce „Vrăjitoarei celei Rele”, aici el fragmentează povestea clasică a lui Alice pentru a explora ce se întâmplă cu cei rămași în urmă. Stilul este dens, intelectual și plin de considerații filozofice despre viață și moarte, sugerând că întoarcerea lui Alice din acest „underworld” este la fel de improbabilă ca învierea lui Lazăr. Este o experiență de lectură care solicită atenția, dar răsplătește cititorul prin profunzimea construcției sale metaforice.
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ISBN-10: 0062437674
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Harper Collins SUA
Colecția William Morrow
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De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm această carte cititorilor care caută un fantasy literar cerebral, nu doar o simplă aventură. Este o lectură ideală pentru cei care au apreciat „Wicked” și vor să vadă cum un autor contemporan poate dialoga cu literatura clasică. Veți câștiga o perspectivă nouă asupra Oxfordului victorian și o explorare fascinantă a ideii de „lume de dedesubt”, totul într-un stil narativ sofisticat care onorează originalul lui Carroll.
Despre autor
Gregory Maguire (născut la 9 iunie 1954) este un romancier american renumit pentru abilitatea sa de a reinterpreta poveștile clasice pentru copii într-o cheie matură și complexă. Este autorul bestsellerului internațional Wicked, care a transformat-o pe Elphaba Thropp dintr-o antagonistă într-un personaj tragic și înțeles greșit, inspirând unul dintre cele mai longevive musicaluri de pe Broadway. Opera sa, care include titluri precum Elphie sau Six Haunted Hairdos, explorează frecvent teme de moralitate și perspective alternative asupra binelui și răului, consolidându-i reputația de maestru al ficțiunii revizioniste.
Descriere scurtă
When Alice toppled down the rabbit-hole 150 years ago, she found a Wonderland as rife with inconsistent rules and abrasive egos as the world she left behind. But what of that world? How did 1860s Oxford react to Alice’s disappearance?
In this brilliant new work of fiction, Gregory Maguire turns his dazzling imagination to the question of underworlds, undergrounds, underpinnings—and understandings old and new, offering an inventive spin on Carroll’s enduring tale. Ada, a friend of Alice’s mentioned briefly in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, is off to visit her friend but arrives a moment too late—and tumbles down the rabbit-hole herself.
Ada brings to Wonderland her own imperfect apprehension of cause and effect as she embarks on an odyssey to find Alice and see her safely home from this surreal world below the world. The White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat, the bloodthirsty Queen of Hearts—droll and imperious as always—interrupt their mad tea party to suggest a conundrum: If Eurydice can ever be returned to the arms of Orpheus, or if Lazarus can be raised from the tomb, perhaps Alice can be returned to life. In any case, everything that happens next is After Alice.
Recenzii
“Maguire firmly sets Wonderland in time and place and weaves an intricate web of symbolism and allegory…The novel is full of the magic, wonder, and fresh twists that his fans have come to expect, and Maguire-and Wonderland-lovers alike will enjoy this fantastic return.”
“Continuing his tradition of rewriting fairy tales with an arch eye and offbeat point of view, Maguire turns his attention to Lewis Carroll and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. . . . A brilliant and nicely off-kilter reading of the children’s classic, retrofitted for grown-ups—and a lot of fun.”
“[Maguire’s] playful vocabulary may be Carroll-esque, but his keen wit is closer to Monty Python, with a fine, unforced sense of play… his erudition is a joy, his sense of fun infectious.”
“In one vexing day, Ada, Lydia, and Miss Armstrong must adapt to deal with their circumstances and find new facets of themselves. Maguire fans should be pleased with his take, at turns clever and philosophical, on the Lewis Carroll classic.”
“The author of Wicked, the beloved retelling of the Wizard of Oz, has done it again. In honor of Alice and Wonderland’s 150th anniversary, Gregory Maguire is offering a new perspective on the classic tale… We guarantee you’ve never imagined Alice and Wonderland quite like this.”
“Through means of jokes, puns, and slightly scandalous ditties, combined with the elevated vocabulary that was very common in Victorian literature, Maguire evokes both the time period and Carroll himself… this book is a wonderful companion to Lewis Carroll’s classic tales.”
“AFTER ALICE will inspire readers to think anew about both historical realities and classic fantasies.”
“Maguire plays with the ancient archetypes at work in Wonderland while injecting them with fresh perspective.”
“Maguire’s style takes on an almost lyrical quality. In After Alice Maguire masterfully mimics the quick, witty, and often nonsensical dialogue of Carroll’s original story.”
“[S]tunningly clever in its conflation of fairy tales, the mix and match of characters, woven throughout with references to philosophical ideas, the social issues of the day, and attitudes of the time…Maguire impressively channels Carroll’s penchant for humorous wordplay, literary nonsense, and logic games.”
“Gregory Maguire has done it again! Just as he did with Wicked, Maguire has turned the beloved children’s tale Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland into an adult world with real problems and real rules yet still full of magnificent possibilities.”
“This new expedition into Wonderland promises a bit of history, a touch of adventure and a dazzling amount of imagination.”
Descriere
After Alice by Gregory Maguire, the bestselling author of WICKED, is a wonderful retelling of what happened next after Alice disappeared down the rabbit hole. An entertaining spin on Lewis Caroll's classic tale of Alice in Wonderland, this novel will delight fans of Angela Carter. When Alice fell down the rabbit-hole, she found Wonderland as rife with inconsistent rules and abrasive egos as the world she left behind.
But how did Victorian Oxford react to Alice's disappearance? Gregory Maguire turns his imagination to the question of underworlds, undergrounds, underpinnings -and understandings old and new, offering an inventive spin on Carroll's enduring tale. Ada, a friend mentioned briefly in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, sets out to visit Alice but, arriving a moment too late, tumbles down the rabbit-hole herself. Ada brings to Wonderland her own imperfect apprehension of cause and effect as she embarks on an odyssey to find Alice and bring her safely home from this surreal world below the world.
The White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat and the bloodthirsty Queen of Hearts interrupt their mad tea party to suggest a conundrum: if Eurydice can ever be returned to the arms of Orpheus, or if Lazarus can be raised from the tomb, perhaps Alice can be returned to life. Either way, everything that happens next is After Alice.
Notă biografică
Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of The Brides of Maracoor; The Oracle of Maracoor; A Wild Winter Swan; Hiddensee; After Alice; Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked?the beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award?winning Broadway musical of the same name?Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. He lives with his family in New England.