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September 12, 2021 | History
An edition of The Historian (2005)

Povjesničarka

  • 3.76 ·
  • 21 Ratings
  • 67 Want to read
  • 4 Currently reading
  • 31 Have read

Deset godina minucioznog povijesnog istraživanja, mnogo osobnog iskustva i putovanja zemljama o kojima piše bili su potrebni Elizabeth Kostovoj kako bi završila svoj roman prvijenac, za koji je još na sveučilištu u Michiganu dobila nagradu za "roman u nastajanju". Eruditski stil, potresna ljubavna priča i avantura od koje zastaje dah, Povjesničarku su pretvorili u bestseler.

Kompleksna radnja ovog romana smještena je gotovo čitavim dijelom u područjima istočne Europe, koja su od srednjeg vijeka sve do današnjih dana natapana krvlju i mučena ratovima pa se jedan dio događa i u Zagrebu i u Dubrovniku.

Kada šesnaestogodišnjakinja u bogatoj knjižnici svojega oca pronađe dobro skrivenu knjigu i hrpu požutjelih pisama koja počinju riječima "Moj dragi i nesretni nasljedniče", počet će potraga najopskurnijim putevima povijesti, utemeljena na činjenici toliko apsurdnoj koliko i mogućoj: Drakula, krvožedni Vlad Tepes je živ.

Priča se istovremeno razvija u tri različita razdoblja. Prvo razdoblje: tridesetih godina prošlog stoljeća, profesor Bartolomew Rossi, nakon što mu je maštu i povjesničarski duh zaokupila neobična knjiga, krenuo je u potragu za Drakulom. Stravični i krvavi događaji ubrzo će ga natjerati da odustane, sve dok dvadeset godina kasnije istu knjigu ne pronađe Paul, njegov student. Ubrzo nakon toga, Rossi misteriozno nestaje, a Paul i tajanstvena Helen pokušat će riješiti zagonetku. Treći pripovjedni niz počinje dvadeset godina kasnije -- nekadašnji student sada je ugledni diplomat, a sudbonosnu je knjigu pronašla njegova kći. Paul je nestao, ostavivši neshvatljivu poruku: "Otišao sam pronaći tvoju majku." Majku koja je mrtva već dvadeset godina!

Hrvatski prijevod Povjesničarke potpisuje Damir Biličić, naslovnica je djelo Patti Ratchford.

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Algoritam
Language
Croatian
Pages
639

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2011, Algoritam
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The historian: a novel
2008, Little, Brown
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Edition Notes

Published in
Zagreb, Croatia
Copyright Date
2005
Translation Of
The Historian
Translated From
English

Contributors

Translator
Damir Biličić
Editor
Neven Antičević
Lektor
Rosanda Tometić

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
639p.
Number of pages
639
Dimensions
19 x 12.3 x 5 centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26382588M
ISBN 13
9789533163109

Work Description

To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history....Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters. The letters are all addressed to "My dear and unfortunate successor," and they plunge her into a world she never dreamed of-a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an inconceivable evil hidden in the depths of history.

The letters provide links to one of the darkest powers that humanity has ever known-and to a centuries-long quest to find the source of that darkness and wipe it out. It is a quest for the truth about Vlad the Impaler, the medieval ruler whose barbarous reign formed the basis of the legend of Dracula. Generations of historians have risked their reputations, their sanity, and even their lives to learn the truth about Vlad the Impaler and Dracula. Now one young woman must decide whether to take up this quest herself-to follow her father in a hunt that nearly brought him to ruin years ago, when he was a vibrant young scholar and her mother was still alive. What does the legend of Vlad the Impaler have to do with the modern world? Is it possible that the Dracula of myth truly existed-and that he has lived on, century after century, pursuing his own unknowable ends?

The answers to these questions cross time and borders, as first the father and then the daughter search for clues, from dusty Ivy League libraries to Istanbul, Budapest, and the depths of Eastern Europe. In city after city, in monasteries and archives, in letters and in secret conversations, the horrible truth emerges about Vlad the Impaler's dark reign-and about a time-defying pact that may have kept his awful work alive down through the ages.Parsing obscure signs and hidden texts, reading codes worked into the fabric of medieval monastic traditions-and evading the unknown adversaries who will go to any lengths to conceal and protect Vlad's ancient powers—one woman comes ever closer to the secret of her own past and a confrontation with the very definition of evil.

Elizabeth Kostova's debut novel is an adventure of monumental proportions, a relentless tale that blends fact and fantasy, history and the present, with an assurance that is almost unbearably suspenseful—and utterly unforgettable.

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