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Beschreibung
Henryk Sienkiewicz's Pan Michael, the concluding volume of his celebrated Trilogy, returns readers to the embattled Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth of the seventeenth century, where private devotion and public duty are inseparably entwined. Centered on the diminutive yet heroic swordsman Michä Woodyjowski, the novel blends romance, military adventure, patriotic epic, and historical reconstruction. Its vigorous narrative style, rich dialogue, and sweeping set pieces place it firmly within nineteenth-century historical fiction, while its elegiac tone reflects a nation contemplating past glory under foreign partition. Sienkiewicz, later awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, wrote from the perspective of a Polish intellectual living under imperial domination. His historical novels were conceived not merely as entertainment but as acts of cultural preservation, strengthening national memory through stories of courage, sacrifice, and communal identity. In Pan Michael, his fascination with martial honor and moral steadfastness becomes especially poignant, shaped by both archival imagination and patriotic urgency. This book is recommended to readers who value expansive historical fiction animated by ethical seriousness and narrative momentum. It will particularly reward those interested in Eastern European history, heroic romance, and literature's power to sustain national consciousness.
Henryk Sienkiewicz's Pan Michael, the concluding volume of his celebrated Trilogy, returns readers to the embattled Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth of the seventeenth century, where private devotion and public duty are inseparably entwined. Centered on the diminutive yet heroic swordsman Michä Woodyjowski, the novel blends romance, military adventure, patriotic epic, and historical reconstruction. Its vigorous narrative style, rich dialogue, and sweeping set pieces place it firmly within nineteenth-century historical fiction, while its elegiac tone reflects a nation contemplating past glory under foreign partition. Sienkiewicz, later awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, wrote from the perspective of a Polish intellectual living under imperial domination. His historical novels were conceived not merely as entertainment but as acts of cultural preservation, strengthening national memory through stories of courage, sacrifice, and communal identity. In Pan Michael, his fascination with martial honor and moral steadfastness becomes especially poignant, shaped by both archival imagination and patriotic urgency. This book is recommended to readers who value expansive historical fiction animated by ethical seriousness and narrative momentum. It will particularly reward those interested in Eastern European history, heroic romance, and literature's power to sustain national consciousness.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9788027382224
ISBN-10: 802738222X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Übersetzung: Curtin, Jeremiah
Hersteller: e-artnow
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: e-artnow s.r.o., Za Sidlistem 22, ?-143 00 Prague, kristoferpaetau@gmail.com
Maße: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
Von/Mit: Henryk Sienkiewicz
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.05.2023
Gewicht: 0,482 kg
Artikel-ID: 126984997