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El Libro De Monelle (1901)

by Marcel Schwob(Favorite Author)

4.33 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Demipage

review 1: I have to admit, this isn’t a book I would normally choose to read, but I am so glad I did. I came across a great review on a blog somewhere. The author, Marcel Schwob, was inspired to write this via a relationship he had with a young woman who died from Tuberculosis. This brief relationship changed Schwob and his writing style, which up until this book he had regurgitated and reworked existing texts and tales (“All construction is made of debris”). I wasn’t able to get through this book in one sitting (although it would be easy for a person to do). When I was not reading it, I was thinking about it—the words of Monelle constantly coursing through my head…. It’s a tale of sadness and loss, which almost everyone can relate to. The language is beautiful ... moreand spellbinding, but not for popular consumption.
review 2: I recently read without a break the trilling and arresting El Libro de Monelle by Marcel Schwob (translation to Spanish by Luna Miguel) The author creates a atmosphere of enchantment where children hide, dreaming of adventures and an improbable feeling of safety. A world of golden coins, warm corners, hunger, magical creatures and violence. A space were kids know all and adults seem irreversibly naive around abandoned houses, shivering flames and crystalline laughs. A book that offers a genuine respect for the noir innocence, wisdom and unreachability of both, children and our own private Idahos. less

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