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Dona Perfecta
Published in Paperback by Barrons Educational Series Inc (1960-06)
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La hipocresía personificada
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2004-02-06
Review Date: 2004-02-06
Dona Perfecta-Benito Perez Galdos
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2003-07-28
Review Date: 2003-07-28
Galdos fue un autor dominante de literatura Espanola del siglo
diez y nueve. Ningun autor tenia su alcance o gozo de tanta
popularidad durante su periodo. Su obra de la mas profunda vista
de la realidad en su pais. Es autor en valor comparable al
Ingles "Charles Dickens" . Europa ha impuesto una negligencia
extrana a la literatura que merecio en el mundo literario de su tiempo. La novela es una producta del siglo diez y nueve. Durante esta siglo la clase intermedia economica desarollo mucho.
Dona Perfecta es una modela de la virtud pero falta de la caridad. Su crueldad es enorme en cuestiones religiosas y puede cometer crimenes para su credo que hubiera condenado en otras.
Nunca duda que tiene razon en todo que hace.
diez y nueve. Ningun autor tenia su alcance o gozo de tanta
popularidad durante su periodo. Su obra de la mas profunda vista
de la realidad en su pais. Es autor en valor comparable al
Ingles "Charles Dickens" . Europa ha impuesto una negligencia
extrana a la literatura que merecio en el mundo literario de su tiempo. La novela es una producta del siglo diez y nueve. Durante esta siglo la clase intermedia economica desarollo mucho.
Dona Perfecta es una modela de la virtud pero falta de la caridad. Su crueldad es enorme en cuestiones religiosas y puede cometer crimenes para su credo que hubiera condenado en otras.
Nunca duda que tiene razon en todo que hace.
Los linros de Galdos son documentos humanos en tiempo y en espacio. El conflicto basico en las novelas es entre la realidad y la ilusion.
La edad en que escribio y vivio, Benito Perez Galdos:
a) Escribio durante El Siglo de diez y nueve.
b) Escribio con realismo.
c) Recibio su educacion en Las Palmas.
d) Era un liberal.
La vida de Benito Perez Galdos:
a) Nacio en Las Palmas
b) Nacio en 1843.
c) Durante este siglo, Espana tuvo un conflicion de politico.
d) Alfonso duodecimo era el rey de Espana.
e) Escribio algunas novelas de politicas
Donald Barthelme: Postmodernist American Writer (Studies in American Literature)
Published in Hardcover by Edwin Mellen Press (2001-07)
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What Donald Barthelme Achieved
Helpful Votes: 7 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2001-08-29
Review Date: 2001-08-29
Review of Michael Hudgens' Donald Barthleme: Postmodernist American Writer
By Roger E. Dendinger, Ph.D.
Comparing writers to visual artists, William S. Burroughs once said that writing is fifty years behind painting. From a Burroughsian perspective, painters successfully deal with technological change and resulting cultural stresses because they work outside the straightjacket of language. With mere words as the base material of their art, writers face constraints of linear narrative and logical representation unknown to painters. (Tom Wolfe's The Painted Word describes the dilemma of abstract and conceptual artists who rely on textual explanation and commentary.) As Michael Hudgens makes clear in Donald Barthleme: Postmodernist American Writer, Barthelme's achievement in overcoming the "backwardness" of writing was won in the aesthetic battleground over the nature of narrative and representation. Hudgens explicates two of Barthelme's best known novels, The Dead Father and Snow White, and the short story, "Paraguay," a work considered emblematic of literary postmodernism by both sides in this debate - by critics who scorn postmodernism as chaotic or willfully difficult and by those sympathetic to the need for exploring heterogeneous forms of expression. The nature of cultural postmodernism is a significant sub-theme of the study, and here Hudgens makes a valuable contribution to the theoretical standoff between postmodernism and its critics. He identifies elements of Barthelme's work that contrast starkly with tenets of high modernist criticism, explicating them in the context of Barthelme's stated goals as a writer. In a key chapter, he traces Barthelme's development of the technical innovations of Joyce and makes a convincing case for viewing Joyce's experimental works as a Rosetta stone for deciphering Barthelme and, by extension, other postmodernists.
Rather than diving into the theoretical debate over postmodernism (a profitless undertaking at best), Hudgens uses the outlines of the debate as a frame for explication. He avoids the semantic hairsplitting of language philosophy and the willful obscurantism of much post-structural cultural criticism, focusing instead on the bedrock material of traditional literary scholarship - the artist's own words and works. An example of Hudgens' method is his reference to Barthelme's interest in architectural theory, where the debate between modernists and postmodernists has produced manifestos on both sides. Barthleme's interest in architecture was both personal - his father was an architect - and philosophical. He found a corollary to his own linguistic pioneering in the contemporary theoretical struggle within architecture, a struggle pitting practitioners of established formal approaches against innovators seeking new expressive possibilities. Much as "po-mo architects" seek alternatives to the inherited language of 20th century architecture, Barthelme sought new ways of expressing his own brand of literary realism. As in other manifestations of post-modernism, the defining feature of postmodern architecture is, in the words of Fredrick Jameson, the "effacement of the frontier between high culture and so-called mass or commercial culture." High modernism in architecture is associated with Utopianism, elitistism, and authoritarianism and is credited with destroying the urban fabric of traditional neighborhoods by transplanting Utopian structures and plans into the context of pre-modern cities. Le Corbusier's statement that "architecture has for its first duty...bringing about a revision of values" may be seen as the ultimate expression of high modernist values in the realms of architecture and city planning. This magisterial view is countered by one of Bartheleme's artistic touchstones, the architect and critic, Robert Venturi, whose postmodernism presents itself as a brand of architectural populism. Venturi's Learning from Las Vegas is widely regarded as one of postmodernism's most lucid declarations. In it, he celebrates eclectic diversity and scorns the unidirectional methodology of modern architects and planners. Is a particular work a "magisterial pronouncement," a "master-narrative" in the tradition of high modernism? Is it the product of a literature of inclusion, of healthy populism, heterogeneity? Is it, that is, Venturi-like? Or, as critics such as Frederick Jameson contend, is post-modernism a faux populism with a deeply disguised political agenda? The literary critic's task is to untangle these and other issues. By combining pertinent details of Barthelme's biography with a New Critic's view of literature as an internally unified structure of meaning, Hudgens avoids theoretical campaigning and illuminates the tension in Barthleme's work between tradition and Ezra's Pound's old directive - make it new.
By Roger E. Dendinger, Ph.D.
Comparing writers to visual artists, William S. Burroughs once said that writing is fifty years behind painting. From a Burroughsian perspective, painters successfully deal with technological change and resulting cultural stresses because they work outside the straightjacket of language. With mere words as the base material of their art, writers face constraints of linear narrative and logical representation unknown to painters. (Tom Wolfe's The Painted Word describes the dilemma of abstract and conceptual artists who rely on textual explanation and commentary.) As Michael Hudgens makes clear in Donald Barthleme: Postmodernist American Writer, Barthelme's achievement in overcoming the "backwardness" of writing was won in the aesthetic battleground over the nature of narrative and representation. Hudgens explicates two of Barthelme's best known novels, The Dead Father and Snow White, and the short story, "Paraguay," a work considered emblematic of literary postmodernism by both sides in this debate - by critics who scorn postmodernism as chaotic or willfully difficult and by those sympathetic to the need for exploring heterogeneous forms of expression. The nature of cultural postmodernism is a significant sub-theme of the study, and here Hudgens makes a valuable contribution to the theoretical standoff between postmodernism and its critics. He identifies elements of Barthelme's work that contrast starkly with tenets of high modernist criticism, explicating them in the context of Barthelme's stated goals as a writer. In a key chapter, he traces Barthelme's development of the technical innovations of Joyce and makes a convincing case for viewing Joyce's experimental works as a Rosetta stone for deciphering Barthelme and, by extension, other postmodernists.
Rather than diving into the theoretical debate over postmodernism (a profitless undertaking at best), Hudgens uses the outlines of the debate as a frame for explication. He avoids the semantic hairsplitting of language philosophy and the willful obscurantism of much post-structural cultural criticism, focusing instead on the bedrock material of traditional literary scholarship - the artist's own words and works. An example of Hudgens' method is his reference to Barthelme's interest in architectural theory, where the debate between modernists and postmodernists has produced manifestos on both sides. Barthleme's interest in architecture was both personal - his father was an architect - and philosophical. He found a corollary to his own linguistic pioneering in the contemporary theoretical struggle within architecture, a struggle pitting practitioners of established formal approaches against innovators seeking new expressive possibilities. Much as "po-mo architects" seek alternatives to the inherited language of 20th century architecture, Barthelme sought new ways of expressing his own brand of literary realism. As in other manifestations of post-modernism, the defining feature of postmodern architecture is, in the words of Fredrick Jameson, the "effacement of the frontier between high culture and so-called mass or commercial culture." High modernism in architecture is associated with Utopianism, elitistism, and authoritarianism and is credited with destroying the urban fabric of traditional neighborhoods by transplanting Utopian structures and plans into the context of pre-modern cities. Le Corbusier's statement that "architecture has for its first duty...bringing about a revision of values" may be seen as the ultimate expression of high modernist values in the realms of architecture and city planning. This magisterial view is countered by one of Bartheleme's artistic touchstones, the architect and critic, Robert Venturi, whose postmodernism presents itself as a brand of architectural populism. Venturi's Learning from Las Vegas is widely regarded as one of postmodernism's most lucid declarations. In it, he celebrates eclectic diversity and scorns the unidirectional methodology of modern architects and planners. Is a particular work a "magisterial pronouncement," a "master-narrative" in the tradition of high modernism? Is it the product of a literature of inclusion, of healthy populism, heterogeneity? Is it, that is, Venturi-like? Or, as critics such as Frederick Jameson contend, is post-modernism a faux populism with a deeply disguised political agenda? The literary critic's task is to untangle these and other issues. By combining pertinent details of Barthelme's biography with a New Critic's view of literature as an internally unified structure of meaning, Hudgens avoids theoretical campaigning and illuminates the tension in Barthleme's work between tradition and Ezra's Pound's old directive - make it new.
Barthelme's place in pomo
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2001-08-20
Review Date: 2001-08-20
Review of Donald Barthelme, Postmodern American Writer By John J. Dunn, Ph.D.
Dr. Michael Hudgens has written a scholarly and provocative book on Donald Barthelme and his position in the cultural phenomenon called Postmodernism. He has succeeded very well in analyzing Barthelme's often difficult fiction and relating it to other significant examples of Postmodernism in literature and art.
For example, his analysis of the innovative story "On Angels" is unusually perceptive. It reveals how Barthelme tries to come to terms with traditional theology in an age which often questions the existence of God. Obviously, Barthelme has been strongly influenced by his Catholic background, particularly Thomism (the five "proofs" for the existence of God, etc.). Hudgens comments cogently on both the wit and the experimental technique of this startling story. Calling The Dead Father Barthelme's best novel, he provides a detailed exegesis of this brilliant, complex work-a haunting fictional examination of the ambiguities which drive family relationships. In this chapter, Hudgens authenticates the accuracy of the author's assertion that he sought "a meditation upon external reality" in his fiction.
Besides providing clear and explicit analyses of Barthelme's novels and short stories, Hudgens traces the similarities between this fiction and other works associated with Modernism and Postmodernism. He reveals, for instance, a deep understanding of James Joyce and his many-faceted contributions to Twentieth Century literature. His tudy of "The Dead" constitutes perhaps the most powerful and insightful segment of his book. He is also obviously a member of that distinguished minority of literary scholars who actually understand Finnegans Wake. . . .
Hudgens expertly refutes many of the broader criticisms of Postmodernism contained in John Gardner's On Moral Fiction (1978). He is fair-minded and judicious in his response to this controversial work, but he makes a convincing case that Gardner grossly underestimates the seriousness and substantiality of much Postmodernist literature and art.
Aside from its honest and meticulous scholarship, Donald Barthelme: Postmodernist American Writer is unusually readable for a scholarly tom of this sort. Quotations are carefully selected and are integrated smoothly into the text. Hudgens' style is lucid, often even elegant and witty. He manages to avoid the tortured syntax and overly cerebral vocabulary of many learned works of criticism. Furthermore, he is never afraid to use humor or irony when a lighter note is appropriate.
Donald Barthelme: Postmodernism American Writer is a major critical study of an increasingly respected fiction writer. It will be a valued addition to the growing body of scholarship surrounding Barthelme's writing and its position in the Postmodernist movement.
The Donkey and the Rock
Published in Hardcover by (1999-03-15)
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We enjoyed this picture book...
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-03-14
Review Date: 2007-03-14
We enjoyed this retelling of an ancient folk tale by Demi. The illustrations throughout are rich with color and capture the beauty of the Tibetan culture and country. The clever king comes up with an interesting solution to the central problem in the story and this led into a good discussion with my daughter about his decision/reasoning.
Great adaption of an ancient folktale
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2000-05-01
Review Date: 2000-05-01
This story is rather simple, and yet it conveys a rather universal message that will touch adults as well as children. I not only reccomend it to those who want to expose children to stories from cultures other than their own, but also to anyone that appreciates great stories in general.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Published in Hardcover by Harcourt Children's Books (1989-04-10)
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Excellent for children and adults
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2000-12-24
Review Date: 2000-12-24
"East of the sun" is my favorite folktale. Willard transforms the tale into something even more enchanting and the illustrations by Moser are beautiful (most of them are face and upper torso shots of the characters in the play, but the illumination on the sides of the pages and acts are a nice touch). It makes a great "story" to read aloud, and better if you get people to play the different roles. I've found myself, at nearly 32, singing parts of it aloud. It's a fleshed out rendition of the tale, adding a lot of character to the flat folktale people and beasts. I've not bought anything by Willard before and was pleased to get this; Moser is one of my favorite artists--his most recent masterpiece is adding dimension and depth in illustrating the Bible. I don't think you could be disappointed with this (unless you're a folktale purist) and if you have children, they will enjoy acting it out for you.
A very hard play to do, but a great story.
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 1998-03-21
Review Date: 1998-03-21
I got the lead role in this play that we performed for the school. I had a lot of fun. I think this is a very worthwhile performence for anyone who wanted to perform a play. This was a great play to perform and I reccomend it to anyone who wants to read or perform a play.
Echoes of Voidness (A Wisdom intermediate book)
Published in Paperback by Wisdom Publications (1986-10-25)
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Lucid theory and helpful practical advice from a true master
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 1999-04-08
Review Date: 1999-04-08
I loved this book and highly recommend it to beginners and experts alike. I read it over a year ago and felt compelled to write this out of gratitude. The first section on the heart sutra (prajnaparamitra) was the clearest I have ever read (or heard) on the subject. The second section on Madhyamika I didn't spend much time on - lazy student that I am I find Tibetan logic tedious, despite its thoroughness & accuracy. The third section on Mahamudra was exceptional for the technical lucidity and clear practical guidance of an accomplished master. It was an inspiration to practice.
A bargain at any price
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 1998-01-17
Review Date: 1998-01-17
This small book (143 pages) provides some of the clearest and most helpful presentations of emptiness that can be found in English translation, both in terms of theory and practice. Part One contains the text of the classic Heart Sutra with an excellent commentary by Geshe Rabten. Part Two contains a translation of "A Guide to the Middle Way," which is a 6th century commentary by Chandrakirti to Nagarjuna's famous "Fundamental Stanzas on the Middle Way," a key text in the development of Mahayana Buddhist thought. Part Three contains Geshe Rabten's teachings on the "Root Text for the Gelugpa Oral Tradition of Mahamudra," by the first Panchen Lama, Lobsang Chokyi Gyaltsen. This is the main text upon which the Gelugpa tradition of Mahamudra is based, and it provides clear and practical instructions for developing calm abiding meditation by taking the mind itself as the object, and then gaining a direct experiential realization of emptiness.
Eclipse
Published in Audio Cassette by John Bartholomew & Son (1994-08)
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beware the title -- it is really "Debt of Dishonour"
Helpful Votes: 15 out of 15 total.
Review Date: 1999-08-01
Review Date: 1999-08-01
Debt of Dishonour was the first Robert Goddard book I ever read -- I was hooked and read all the US-published titles. I ordered "Take No Farewell" and anxiously awaited reading it! I only read the first few pages when I realized it was, in fact, "Debt of Dishonour" -- published in England under another title! Alas . . . I'll just have to wait for Mr. Goddard to write another wonderful story!
THe listed "review" is actually about "Debt of Dishonor".
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 1999-03-29
Review Date: 1999-03-29
Please recheck your sources. If you look at "Debt of Dishonor", you will notice that it is the same synopsis.
Ecological Methodology
Published in Hardcover by Harpercollins College Div (1989-01)
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Excellent reference text
Helpful Votes: 18 out of 18 total.
Review Date: 2000-11-10
Review Date: 2000-11-10
Krebs' text is a thorough and outstanding reference for any ecologist. This is is the ideal balance of technical background and practical application of methods commonly used in ecology. Ive found other sources either too cursory or far too involved with derivations of formulae, etc. Krebs hits the major points for the methods he discusses, describes the strengths and weaknesses, and gives the original citations (for most) so the reader can seek more information if necessary.
A must-have book for young ecologists
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2004-03-28
Review Date: 2004-03-28
This is a wonderful book. As a graduating senior in Ecology, I can say that there is no way I could have completed my research without this book. Krebs is cited in journal articles constantly, and there is a reason - this reference work is thorough, well written and gives many examples to follow. I also recommend the EcoMeth software mentioned in the text, it is well worth the cost. Just browsing through the book will give you ideas on how to analyze your data. It even provides wonderful advice for those just in the process of setting up their experiments. All in all, it's top notch!
Eight Bells (Original title: Eight Bells and All's Well)
Published in Mass Market Paperback by W. W. Norton (1968)
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DAN GALLERY IS AN ADMIRABLE ADMIRAL...
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-07
Review Date: 2007-12-07
"Eight Bells is the story of Gallery's life in the Navy. The things that happened were enough for three careers. With his brash and breezy writing style, his rapid-fire quips and his irreverent comments, he has produced a book which will not disappoint those who have come to expect high-spirited rollicking, entertainment from him." -- Navy News
"As exciting as fiction... his book is witty, improbable and outrageous." -- St. Louis Globe Democrat
On almost every page the author induces a smile, a grin and sometimes a downright belly laugh... The reader will find this really down to earth story a real treat." -- Virginia Pilot
"DAN GALLERY IS AN ADMIRABLE ADMIRAL.." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
"As exciting as fiction... his book is witty, improbable and outrageous." -- St. Louis Globe Democrat
On almost every page the author induces a smile, a grin and sometimes a downright belly laugh... The reader will find this really down to earth story a real treat." -- Virginia Pilot
"DAN GALLERY IS AN ADMIRABLE ADMIRAL.." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
Admiral Gallery's Autobiography
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-08-26
Review Date: 2007-08-26
"Eight Bells is the story of Gallery's life in the Navy. The things that happened were enough for three careers. With his brash and breezy writing style, his rapid-fire quips and his irreverent comments, he has produced a book which will not disappoint those who have come to expect high-spirited rollicking, entertainment from him." -- Navy News
"As exciting as fiction... his book is witty, improbable and outrageous." -- St. Louis Globe Democrat
On almost every page the author induces a smile, a grin and sometimes a downright belly laugh... The reader will find this really down to earth story a real treat." -- Virginia Pilot
DAN GALLERY IS AN ADMIRABLE ADMIRAL.." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
"As exciting as fiction... his book is witty, improbable and outrageous." -- St. Louis Globe Democrat
On almost every page the author induces a smile, a grin and sometimes a downright belly laugh... The reader will find this really down to earth story a real treat." -- Virginia Pilot
DAN GALLERY IS AN ADMIRABLE ADMIRAL.." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
Eight Bells (Original title: Eight Bells and All's Well)
Published in Mass Market Paperback by Paperback Library, Inc., New York, NY (1968)
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DAN GALLERY IS AN ADMIRABLE ADMIRAL...
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2007-12-06
Review Date: 2007-12-06
"Eight Bells is the story of Gallery's life in the Navy. The things that happened were enough for three careers. With his brash and breezy writing style, his rapid-fire quips and his irreverent comments, he has produced a book which will not disappoint those who have come to expect high-spirited rollicking, entertainment from him." -- Navy News
"As exciting as fiction... his book is witty, improbable and outrageous." -- St. Louis Globe Democrat
On almost every page the author induces a smile, a grin and sometimes a downright belly laugh... The reader will find this really down to earth story a real treat." -- Virginia Pilot
"DAN GALLERY IS AN ADMIRABLE ADMIRAL.." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
"As exciting as fiction... his book is witty, improbable and outrageous." -- St. Louis Globe Democrat
On almost every page the author induces a smile, a grin and sometimes a downright belly laugh... The reader will find this really down to earth story a real treat." -- Virginia Pilot
"DAN GALLERY IS AN ADMIRABLE ADMIRAL.." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
DAN GALLERY IS AN ADMIRABLE ADMIRAL..
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-05-06
Review Date: 2007-05-06
Eight Bells (Original title: Eight Bells and All's Well)
"Eight Bells is the story of Gallery's life in the Navy. The things that happened were enough for three careers. With his brash and breezy writing style, his rapid-fire quips and his irreverent comments, he has produced a book which will not disappoint those who have come to expect high-spirited rollicking, entertainment from him." -- Navy News
"As exciting as fiction... his book is witty, improbable and outrageous." -- St. Louis Globe Democrat
On almost every page the author induces a smile, a grin and sometimes a downright belly laugh... The reader will find this really down to earth story a real treat." -- Virginia Pilot
"DAN GALLERY IS AN ADMIRABLE ADMIRAL.." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Eight Bells is the story of Gallery's life in the Navy. The things that happened were enough for three careers. With his brash and breezy writing style, his rapid-fire quips and his irreverent comments, he has produced a book which will not disappoint those who have come to expect high-spirited rollicking, entertainment from him." -- Navy News
"As exciting as fiction... his book is witty, improbable and outrageous." -- St. Louis Globe Democrat
On almost every page the author induces a smile, a grin and sometimes a downright belly laugh... The reader will find this really down to earth story a real treat." -- Virginia Pilot
"DAN GALLERY IS AN ADMIRABLE ADMIRAL.." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
El Peso de Una Misa: Un Relato de Fe
Published in Hardcover by Topeka Bindery (2003-10)
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Beauty and Substance
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2005-08-25
Review Date: 2005-08-25
Exquisitely written and illustrated, "El peso de una misa" is a rare gem of a book that will be appreciated by all ages and even all faiths, because though the theme is Christian, it speaks of the importance of God in our lives, and the triumph of faith over secularism. The story is based on an event that is said to have occurred in a Luxembourg butcher shop a few generations ago. In this telling it is placed in a bakery, as Jesus our Lord is the Bread of Life, and there are many other symbolic aspects to the tale, which increase our interest, and add freshness to the story every time we read it.
Josephine Nobisso, the author of many books and winner of numerous awards, writes in a lucid style with a rich and varied vocabulary. Not only will this lovely book bolster your child's faith, it will also increase his knowledge and usage of the Spanish language, and is one of the many reasons to own this book.
Katalin Szegedi began her career as an illustrator in her native Hungary in 1991, and her art that accompanies this story is marvelous in its expressiveness and technical skill. There is a grace and sense of movement in the figures, intricate patterns in the clothing, and terrific perspective and detailing in the architectural structures. The subtle colors are also beautifully balanced and contrasted. I especially like the depiction of the baker's son, who has a lively sweetness in his eyes and mouth, and a lovable innocence.
"El peso de una misa" has won several awards, and it will touch your heart and lift your spirit. The quality of the book is excellent, with thick semi-gloss paper and sturdy construction for both the hardcover and paperback editions. Inspired and full of beauty, "El peso de una misa" is a worthy book choice for the children in your life.
Josephine Nobisso, the author of many books and winner of numerous awards, writes in a lucid style with a rich and varied vocabulary. Not only will this lovely book bolster your child's faith, it will also increase his knowledge and usage of the Spanish language, and is one of the many reasons to own this book.
Katalin Szegedi began her career as an illustrator in her native Hungary in 1991, and her art that accompanies this story is marvelous in its expressiveness and technical skill. There is a grace and sense of movement in the figures, intricate patterns in the clothing, and terrific perspective and detailing in the architectural structures. The subtle colors are also beautifully balanced and contrasted. I especially like the depiction of the baker's son, who has a lively sweetness in his eyes and mouth, and a lovable innocence.
"El peso de una misa" has won several awards, and it will touch your heart and lift your spirit. The quality of the book is excellent, with thick semi-gloss paper and sturdy construction for both the hardcover and paperback editions. Inspired and full of beauty, "El peso de una misa" is a worthy book choice for the children in your life.
Delightful! Ten stars!
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2005-07-29
Review Date: 2005-07-29
'The Weight of a Mass' might well have been the title of a dry and dusty tome of physics, something that lists values in tables how much certain things weigh. This is at the heart of the deliberate pun in the title - weight can indeed be a physical attribute (the pull of gravity on an object, being weighed on a scale, as the metaphor is embodied in this text) but also the moral, ethical and spiritual weight we give to things that matter in our lives.
This is a fable in the true sense of the word - it is a story that stands by itself as a good tale, but the meanings throughout add depth and breadth, and, appropriately this case, weight. It is ostensibly a book for children, but will also delight adults who have a care for the meaning found in sacraments, liturgy, parables and narratives.
Narrative theology, the understanding of God and our relationship with God inherent and expressed in story form, has long been a favourite of mine. Parables of Jesus are a key example of this, but children's stories and fairy tales of many cultures have also carried the burden of conveying meaning through accessible and memorable situations and images. Few who read or hear the story of the Good Samaritan forget it, as the images transcend the simple plot into much more meaningful applications across time and cultures. The same is true for this story.
The idea in Josephine Nobisso's story is simple at first glance - there is a prominent baker in the town who is rather stingy. A widow comes, seeking a few scraps of bread, and gets rebuffed by the baker. She promises to dedicate her hearing of the mass to him, at which point he mocks her belief and decides to put this to the test, literally testing the weight of 'one mass', written on a small piece of paper, against the goods in his shop.
The imagery is readily accessible - bread is used in communion service, and this is what the baker makes. However, the bread the baker makes somehow becomes something different weighed against the paper; it literally changes into something unexpected, and indeed, the weight of 'one mass' is something that cannot be calculated by the baker's scale, efficient and official though it might be.
There are various characters in the story who symbolise different people in our regular lives. The baker-shop story is actually a story within a story (another well-established biblical tradition), the larger story being the preparation for a royal wedding, in which the baker features as the provider of the wedding cake. The baker's son represents a person with vocation to service, charity, and possibly priesthood.
The book is available in both hardback, paperback, and in Spanish. In each case, the printing and production values are very high; the colours are deep and rich without being overpowering, with wonderful graphics by Katalin Szegedi, whose work has won her native Hungary's 'Most Beautiful Children's Book' prize.
Perhaps most remarkable is the real-life connection that Josephine Nobisso explains in the postscript (which reminded me somewhat of Jesus' needing to tell the disciples what the elements of the parables meant). While the story is original, Nobisso credits the story of Father Stanislaus of Luxembourg, where a conversation between a butcher and a captain of the guard was interrupted by a poor woman making the same offer with regard to the mass for a morsel of meat. A similar miracle occurred there that inspired the captain of the guard to lifelong faithfulness in attending the mass, such that his own son became a priest - that son being the same Fr. Stansilaus.
This is a simply wonderful and remarkable book, the weight of which will remain with me for a long time to come.
This is a fable in the true sense of the word - it is a story that stands by itself as a good tale, but the meanings throughout add depth and breadth, and, appropriately this case, weight. It is ostensibly a book for children, but will also delight adults who have a care for the meaning found in sacraments, liturgy, parables and narratives.
Narrative theology, the understanding of God and our relationship with God inherent and expressed in story form, has long been a favourite of mine. Parables of Jesus are a key example of this, but children's stories and fairy tales of many cultures have also carried the burden of conveying meaning through accessible and memorable situations and images. Few who read or hear the story of the Good Samaritan forget it, as the images transcend the simple plot into much more meaningful applications across time and cultures. The same is true for this story.
The idea in Josephine Nobisso's story is simple at first glance - there is a prominent baker in the town who is rather stingy. A widow comes, seeking a few scraps of bread, and gets rebuffed by the baker. She promises to dedicate her hearing of the mass to him, at which point he mocks her belief and decides to put this to the test, literally testing the weight of 'one mass', written on a small piece of paper, against the goods in his shop.
The imagery is readily accessible - bread is used in communion service, and this is what the baker makes. However, the bread the baker makes somehow becomes something different weighed against the paper; it literally changes into something unexpected, and indeed, the weight of 'one mass' is something that cannot be calculated by the baker's scale, efficient and official though it might be.
There are various characters in the story who symbolise different people in our regular lives. The baker-shop story is actually a story within a story (another well-established biblical tradition), the larger story being the preparation for a royal wedding, in which the baker features as the provider of the wedding cake. The baker's son represents a person with vocation to service, charity, and possibly priesthood.
The book is available in both hardback, paperback, and in Spanish. In each case, the printing and production values are very high; the colours are deep and rich without being overpowering, with wonderful graphics by Katalin Szegedi, whose work has won her native Hungary's 'Most Beautiful Children's Book' prize.
Perhaps most remarkable is the real-life connection that Josephine Nobisso explains in the postscript (which reminded me somewhat of Jesus' needing to tell the disciples what the elements of the parables meant). While the story is original, Nobisso credits the story of Father Stanislaus of Luxembourg, where a conversation between a butcher and a captain of the guard was interrupted by a poor woman making the same offer with regard to the mass for a morsel of meat. A similar miracle occurred there that inspired the captain of the guard to lifelong faithfulness in attending the mass, such that his own son became a priest - that son being the same Fr. Stansilaus.
This is a simply wonderful and remarkable book, the weight of which will remain with me for a long time to come.
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El capítulo final (33) resume de manera perfecta la historia:
"Esto se acabó. Es cuanto por ahora podemos decir de las personas que parecen buenas y no lo son".
Aunque Galdós escribió esta novela hace ya dos siglos, el lenguaje es clarom asequible, y el retrato psicológico es no sólo universal, sino que trasciende culturas.