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   Šašo

   • Christopher Moore

   • 304 stránok
   • 11 hodin čítania

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   Obsah Shakespearovej známej drámy Kráľ Lear je všeobecne známy. Starnúci kráľ sa chce dozvedieť, ako ho majú rady tri dcéry. Dve dcéry ho okiadzajú a sklamú, zatiaľ čo tretia, ktorá je úprimná, je odvrhnutá. Z tohto základu vychádza aj román Christophera Moora, kde príbeh rozpráva kráľov dvorný šašo. Na britskom dvore sa odohráva rovnaká pretvárka a intrigy, avšak kráľ nie je poľutovaniahodný starček, ale ešte väčší pokrytec než jeho dcéry. Šašovský rozprávač umožňuje príbehu nadobudnúť absurdné rozmery. Moore hýri nápadmi, situačnou komikou a slovnými kalambúrmi, pričom sa nebojí prekračovať tabuizované témy. Jeho humor je nespútaný a rabelaisovský, pričom autor priznáva, že by najradšej poslal Leara do priepasti, aby prestal s žalostnými monológmi. Moore sa inšpiruje nielen Kráľom Learom, ale aj ďalšími Shakespearovými hrami. V románe sa objavujú tri čarodejnice z Macbetha, paródie na Hamleta a duch v podobe ženy, manipulácia s jedmi a zázračnými prostriedkami na udržanie lásky. Moorov Šašo je netradičný pokus o literárnu persifláž, ktorý zaujme čitateľa poznajúceho Shakespeara, ale aj tých, ktorí ocenia autorov humor, ktorý je v súčasnej literatúre vzácny. Možno ich to privedie aj k spoznaniu Shakespearových diel.

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   The Serpent of Venice

   • Christopher Moore

   • 352 stránok
   • 13 hodin čítania

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   New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore channels William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe in The Serpent of Venice, a satiric Venetian gothic that brings back the Pocket of Dog Snogging, the eponymous hero of Fool, along with his sidekick, Drool, and pet monkey, Jeff. Venice, a long time ago.

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   Shakespeare for Squirrels

   • Christopher Moore

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   Set adrift by his pirate crew, Pocket of Dog Snogging--last seen in The Serpent of Venice--washes up on the sun-bleached shores of Greece, where he hopes to dazzle the Duke with his comedic brilliance and become his trusted fool. But the island is in turmoil. Egeus, the Duke's minister, is furious that his daughter Hermia is determined to marry Demetrius, instead of Lysander, the man he has chosen for her. The Duke decrees that if, by the time of the wedding, Hermia still refuses to marry Lysander, she shall be executed . . . or consigned to a nunnery. Pocket, being Pocket, cannot help but point out that this decree is complete bollocks, and that the Duke is an egregious weasel for having even suggested it. Irritated by the fool's impudence, the Duke orders his death. With the Duke's guards in pursuit, Pocket makes a daring escape. He soon stumbles into the wooded realm of the fairy king Oberon, who, as luck would have it, IS short a fool. His jester Robin Goodfellow--the mischievous sprite better known as Puck--was found dead. Murdered. Oberon makes Pocket an offer he can't refuse: he will make Pocket his fool and have his death sentence lifted if Pocket finds out who killed Robin Goodfellow. But as anyone who is even vaguely aware of the Bard's most performed play ever will know, nearly every character has a motive for wanting the mischievous sprite dead. With too many suspects and too little time, Pocket must work his own kind of magic to find the truth, save his neck, and ensure that all ends well

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