Fabeln und Kleingeschichten

Title

en_US Fabeln und Kleingeschichten

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: German

en_US 1. Auflage

en_US Karel ?apek; Deutsch von Eckhard Thiele

Creator

en_US Čapek, Karel

Contributor

en_US Lück, Günther

Date

2016-01-25T20:11:39Z

en_US 2009-07

en_US 1986

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:11:39Z

Date Issued

en_US 1986

Abstract

en_US This book is a translation of the Czech original Badjky a podpovidky. The first hundred pages or so contain fables. The earliest seem to be in dated groups. The longer the fables, the harder they are for me to understand. But after perhaps twenty such, ?apek turns to something closer to aphorisms, and these are much easier to enjoy. Try the scientific inchworm, who says Haha, out of me should a butterfly develop? Outdated dreams of old women, my good man! Nothing other than illusion. A fairy tale for kids. It is scientifically proven that we inchworms are nothing but digestive systems without wings. Life ends, and that is it! (23). Or the sparrow who says So what's special about a nightingale? We sparrows are much more populous (25). The Important Fly goes this way: You do not know? That is the fly that sat down on the king's forehead! (27). The aphorisms take a sharper turn in the 1930's. The ruler speaks: I command you to pay me, and you pay me to command you (29). The cactus says Just be well armed. Look how men fear me. They actually serve me (29). The fly says, apparently to a fellow fly Tough times, but in the war, girl, there were lots of nice corpses! (30). The mouse says Bird? Such a relique. I don't understand how someone can be a bird (33). The mirror: I get it! The world exists only in my perception. Outside of me is nothing (45). Attila: I also want peace, but a Hun peace. The leader of armies: Aim your weapons at those who defend themselves and naturally also at those who do not defend themselves (65). And the book: I answer only those questions that are in me (77). Two late sets of fables are from the future world and from the civil war. In one of the former a child asks his father what peace is. I don't know. Don't ask me such stupid stuff! (85). From the latter: You soldiers, you have done all that you could for the greatness of our people. Only half of them are left (87). Next follows Diese Zeiten. It includes Two Tigers and the Jungle: We have met in the interest of peace. We have agreed to hunt together (93). The artist's colored designs along the way are fresh, modern, question-raising.

Identifier

en_US 3351000405

en_US 7787 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/83043

Language

en_US ger

Publisher

en_US Aufbau-Verlag

en_US Weimar

Subject

en_US PG5038.C3 G4 1986

en_US Karel ?apek

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole