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Chargement... Watership Down (original 1972; édition 1976)par Richard Adams
Information sur l'oeuvreWatership Down par Richard Adams (1972)
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Lire ce livre a été bien plus une souffrance qu'un plaisir. Tout en reconnaissant son intérêt par les thèmes qu'il embrasse -la liberté, l'appel à la rébellion, la tolérance, l'humanisme- et le recours à la métaphore dans un monde animal, j'ai eu un mal (de chien? si j'osais recourir à une autre espèce animale) à m'intéresser à l'histoire, à retenir les noms des personnages... y compris à comprendre le vocabulaire du livre! Si ce roman ne bénéficiait pas d'une reconnaissance mondiale, je me demanderais à qui peut bien s'adresser ce pavé qui relate une histoire pour enfants avec des mots d'adultes. Toute cette galerie de lapins bondissants et tout occupés à leur survie, au gré d'aventures successives, parlera indéniablement plus à l'imaginaire d'un enfant de dix ans. Pour le pauvre adulte dont la force d'évocation s'est malheureusement émoussée, cela promet d'être plus difficile. ( )
Watership Down offers little to build a literary cult upon. On the American-whimsy exchange, one Tolkien hobbit should still be worth a dozen talking rabbits. This bunny-rabbit novel not only steers mostly clear of the usual sticky, anthropomorphic pitfalls of your common garden-variety of bunny rabbit story: it is also quite marvelous for a while, and after it stops being marvelous, it settles down to be pretty good- a book you can live with from start to finish. It simply isn't possible. At this date, you cannot write a story about rabbits, 413 pages long, and hold a reader riveted. But Richard Adams has done exactly that in Watership Down (Rex Collings, £3.50). This is a great book, establishing a more than plausible and totally fascinating psychology and physiology for its rabbits, together with their own mythology and language. It sounds formidable, perhaps; yet what one's aware of, reading, is a story of the most exciting kind, remaining taut over all those pages. It's set in a precise part of Berkshire (map provided) – the hejira of a group of rabbits who accept a clairvoyant companion’s prophecy that their warren will be destroyed; their establishment of a new home and their search for mates – this leading to war with a warren ruled by the protectively totalitarian General Woundwort. A whole world is created, perfectly real in itself, yet constituting a deep incidental comment on human affairs. Est contenu dansFait l'objet d'une adaptation dansA inspiréContient un guide de lecture pour étudiantPrix et récompensesDistinctionsListes notables
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HTML: Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren; he felt sure of it. They had to leave immediately. So begins a long and perilous journey of survival for a small band of rabbits. As the rabbits skirt danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band, its humorous characters and its compelling culture, complete with its own folk history and mythos. Fiver's vision finally leads them to Watership Down, an upland meadow. But here they face their most difficult challenges of all. A stirring epic of courage and survival against the odds, Watership Down has become a beloved classic for all ages. Both an exciting adventure story and an involving allegory about freedom, ethics, and human nature, it has delighted generations with its unique and charming world, winning many awards and being adapted to film, television, and theater. .Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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