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The Pastoral Symphony (1919)

by André Gide

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In beautiful, evocative prose, Gide's short novel explores such themes as love, blindness, honor, and mortality.
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Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1947, relata la historia de un pastor que vive en Neuchâtel, a finales del S. XIX. El pastor, casado acoge en su casa a una joven ciega (Gertrude), que se queda sin vínculos de ningún tipo, tras la muerte de su tía. Durante muchos años, el pastor hará lo posible para ayudarla a descubrir las riquezas de un mundo visible, vedado a sus sentidos. Para ello, empleará de un alfabeto nuevo, que irá adecuando a Gertrude. Valiéndose de imágenes sonoras y de metáforas musicales para que se imagine lo que no puede ver, le hará escuchar, al mismo tiempo, la Sinfonía Pastoral de Beethoven, para despertar y enriquecer sus emociones más profundas.
  ArchivoPietro | Oct 25, 2020 |
The moralist priest who adopts a blind girl to educate and civilized fall in the trap of love that is against his core beliefs! The kind of love that is fine for him to feel, but not as cool when it happens to others. How we prefer to shut our common sense when it comes to our own privileges and how we mix up ignorant with innocence is very well illustrated in this short novel. I actually liked this one much more than Isabelle! ( )
  GazelleS | May 11, 2016 |
A bit disappointing. Gide sets up an interesting moral quandary -- what's a devout vicar, husband and father to do when he finds out he's attracted to a blind adolescent he's adopted? Gide follows his main character along a journey of ethical questions and pseudo-ethical justifications, but he does not maintain his momentum: instead of continuing to build on this structure, he settles for what I thought was a cheap cop-out. Two and a half stars, because the ending to a solid buildup could have been much more satisfying. ( )
  Petroglyph | Sep 18, 2015 |
Histoire romantique au pire sens. Pasteur se trompe opposant un Jésus d’amour immoral à un Paul moraliste, pour justifier sa passion immorale pour une brébis ; sa mauvaise conduite alienne sa famille, pousse la brébis à la morte, e son fils au romanisme. Mauvais goût laissé à la bouche. ( )
  leandrod | Feb 9, 2015 |
Gide trata con su mano maestra y su estilo depuradísimo el amor, la religión y los conflictos que surgen del choque entre ambos. Las leyes de la pasión y las leyes de Dios arrastrando en direcciones opuestas a un pastor protestante que adopta a una muchacha ciega y analfabeta, y que cada día que pasa le despierta sentimientos más poderosos. Para perderse en sus frases, aparentemente sencillas pero afiladas y elaboradas hasta lograr un estilo sin imperfecciones. ( )
  serranouaille | May 11, 2013 |
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10 février 189
La neige qui n'a pas cessé de tomber depuis trois jours, bloque les routes. Je n'ai pu me rendre à R. où j'ai coutume depuis quinze ans de célébrer le culte deux fois par mois. Ce matin trente fidèles seulement se sont rassemblés dans la chapelle de La Brévine.
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In beautiful, evocative prose, Gide's short novel explores such themes as love, blindness, honor, and mortality.

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- Il ne faut pas chercher a m'en faire accroire, voyez-vous. D'abord parce que ca serait tres lache de chercher a tromper une aveugle. ...Et puis parce que ca ne prendrait pas, ajouta-t-elle en riant. Dites-moi, pasteur, vous n'etes pas malheureux, n'est-ce-pas?
Je portai sa main a mes levres, comme pour lui faire sentir sans le lui avouer que partie de mon bonheur venait d'elle, tout en repondant:
-Non, Gertrude, non, je ne suis pas malheureux. Comment serais-je malheureux?
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