E var\u0103, e vacan\u021b\u0103, e vremea c\u0103l\u0103toriilor. Una dintre cele mai populare \u0219i mai \u00eendr\u0103gite destina\u021bii este, cu siguran\u021b\u0103, Grecia. C\u0103tre Grecia v\u0103 invit\u0103m \u0219i noi s\u0103 c\u0103l\u0103torim \u00eempreun\u0103, iar punctul de plecare \u00eel reprezint\u0103 dou\u0103 c\u0103r\u021bi recent publicate, primite cu entuziasm at\u00e2t de c\u0103tre cititori, c\u00e2t \u0219i de c\u0103tre critici.<\/p>\n
Una dintre ele, aflat\u0103 pe lista celor mai bine v\u00e2ndute titluri la Bookfest, este Mythos. Miturile Greciei repovestite<\/em><\/strong><\/a> de Stephen Fry, celebrul actor britanic, aflat acum \u00eentr-un rol inedit: acela de autor al celor mai amuzante legende grece\u0219ti repovestite.<\/p>\n Stephen Fry, personalitate versatil\u0103, celebrul comediant britanic \u0219i-a c\u00e2\u0219tigat notorietatea ca actor de teatru \u0219i film, ca prezentator de radio \u0219i televiziune, ca regizor, dar \u0219i ca poet \u0219i scriitor.<\/p>\n Pasionat de legende \u0219i mituri, Stephen s-a decis s\u0103 rescrie pove\u0219tile zeilor \u0219i eroilor din Grecia Antic\u0103, \u00eentr-o manier\u0103 modern\u0103 \u0219i amuzant\u0103. Mai ales pentru c\u0103 \u201emul\u021bi copii de pe ambele p\u0103r\u021bi ale Atlanticului au crescut citind, ca \u0219i mine, colec\u021biile clasice de mituri grece\u0219ti. (\u2026) Ast\u0103zi se g\u0103sesc pe internet o mul\u021bime de site-uri menite s\u0103-i ajute pe tineri \u00abs\u0103 descopere\u00bb miturile grece\u0219ti \u2013 de\u0219i s-ar putea s\u0103 v\u0103 ia somnul dup\u0103 ce ve\u021bi citi despre Cadmus c\u0103 era \u00abun tovar\u0103\u0219 de treab\u0103\u00bb, Hermes era \u00abmi\u0219to\u00bb \u0219i Hades \u00abun tip cu probleme\u00bb\u201d, poveste\u0219te Fry \u00een postfa\u021ba c\u0103r\u021bii, inst\u00e2nd asupra procesului de documentare. Cartea a fost primit\u0103 elogios de criticii de la cele mai importante publica\u021bii din Regat: \u201evie \u0219i plin\u0103 de umor\u201d (The Guardian<\/em>), \u201eexcelent\u0103 pentru secolul 21\u201d (The Times<\/em>), \u201eO poveste nemaipomenit de bun\u0103\u201d (The Times Literary Supplement<\/em>).<\/p>\n Cartea, ap\u0103rut\u0103 \u00een traducerea Lumini\u021bei Gavril\u0103 poate fi comandat\u0103 \u0219i \u00een re\u021beaua Companiei de Libr\u0103rii Bucure\u0219ti at\u00e2t \u00een libr\u0103riile din cele \u0219ase sectoare ale Bucure\u0219tiului, c\u00e2t \u0219i online.<\/p>\n O alt\u0103 ocazie de a c\u0103l\u0103tori imaginar c\u0103tre Grecia o reprezint\u0103 romanul O odisee<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, semnat de Daniel Mendelsohn, unul dintre cei mai importan\u0163i esei\u015fti \u015fi critici literari americani ai momentului. Cartea a ap\u0103rut recent \u00een edi\u021bie \u00een limba rom\u00e2n\u0103, \u00een traducerea lui Bogdan-Alexandru St\u0103nescu, \u00een colec\u021bia \u201eBiblioteca Polirom\u201d.<\/p>\n Folosind drept matrice o epopee clasic\u0103, Odiseea<\/em> lui Homer, una dintre cele mai vechi \u0219i renumite opere literare din mitologia antic\u0103, romanul lui Daniel Mendelsohn este o carte despre cunoa\u0219tere.<\/p>\n C\u00e2nd Jay Mendelsohn, \u00een v\u00e2rst\u0103 de 81 de ani, se decide s\u0103 asiste la cursul despre Odiseea lui Homer \u2013 \u0163inut de fiul s\u0103u \u2013, cei doi, tat\u0103 \u015fi fiu, pornesc, f\u0103r\u0103 s-o \u015ftie, \u00eentr-o aventur\u0103 a cunoa\u015fterii reciproce, \u00eenlesnit\u0103 de lectura textului homeric. Pentru b\u0103tr\u00e2nul Mendelsohn, fost cibernetician, cursul despre Odiseea pare a fi ultima \u015fans\u0103 de a relua studiul clasicilor, pe care-l abandonase \u00een liceu, \u00een favoarea matematicii, dar \u015fi de a-\u015fi \u00een\u0163elege fiul, scriitor \u015fi clasicist. Pentru Daniel, \u00eenfruntarea s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2nal\u0103 cu tat\u0103l care \u00eei pune la \u00eendoial\u0103 interpret\u0103rile se dovede\u015fte iar\u0103\u015fi a fi o ultim\u0103 \u015fans\u0103: aceea de a p\u0103trunde secretele unui tat\u0103 de multe ori dificil, aspru \u015fi necomunicativ. Atunci c\u00e2nd cei doi se \u00eembarc\u0103 \u00eentr-o croazier\u0103 mediteraneean\u0103 ce reface traseul lui Odiseu, Daniel realizeaz\u0103 c\u0103 \u00eenc\u0103 are enorm de \u00eenv\u0103\u0163at de la b\u0103tr\u00e2nul s\u0103u tat\u0103.<\/p>\n Carte-hibrid, O odisee<\/em> exploreaz\u0103 domeniul fragil al rela\u0163iei tat\u0103-fiu, dar \u015fi tragedia b\u0103tr\u00e2ne\u0163ii, a imposibilit\u0103\u0163ii de a-\u0163i cunoa\u015fte cu adev\u0103rat p\u0103rin\u0163ii. C\u0103l\u0103toria, ca form\u0103 a descoperirii de sine, ca metafor\u0103 a vie\u0163ii, pentru c\u0103 nu exist\u0103 teren mai fertil pentru \u00eencercarea puterilor speculativ-interpretative ale min\u021bii dec\u00e2t literaturile clasice.<\/p>\n Mythos<\/em><\/strong> de Stehen Fry \u0219i O odisee<\/em><\/strong> de Daniel Mendelsohn \u2013 dou\u0103 c\u0103r\u021bi diferite, \u00eens\u0103 o bun\u0103 ocazie de a revizita mitologia greceasc\u0103, p\u0103str\u00e2nd ne\u0219tirbite semnifica\u021biile profund umane ale acestor pove\u0219ti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"E var\u0103, e vacan\u021b\u0103, e vremea c\u0103l\u0103toriilor. Una dintre cele mai populare \u0219i mai \u00eendr\u0103gite destina\u021bii este, cu siguran\u021b\u0103, Grecia. 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