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Bezig met laden... L'île magique (origineel 1929; editie 1929)door William Seabrook (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkThe Magic Island door William Seabrook (1929)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Unlike vampire movies, which can all be said to owe their existence to the novel Dracula, there never was one major zombie novel. However, this book was very influential, and inspired many early zombie films, such as White Zombie (starring Bela Lugosi). Exactly how accurate the book is, is a separate issue. ( ) William Seabrook est un des rares étrangers à avoir été réellement adopté par une communauté indigène de Haïti. C'est ainsi qu'il a pu personnellement assister aux cérémonies du culte vaudou où la sorcellerie, la sexualité et la mort sont étroitement liées. Depuis la parution de son ouvrage, de nombreux auteurs ont tenté de décrire les pratiques du vaudou et ses cérémonies occultes, mais ils n'y avaient jamais été intimement mêlés. William Seabrook, seul, fut admis à visiter les caches les plus secrètes de l'île, et à assister aux manifestations terrifiantes de la magie haïtienne. II reçut même le baptême du sang de la main de Maman Célie et fut amené à rencontrer un mort-vivant, un véritable zombi, rappelé à la vie par les sorciers vaudou. This is a really good book if you are in to travel literature type stuff. The book covers a long trip to Haiti by Mr. Seabrook and his various adventures upon the island. In the first part of the book you get alot of good first had account of voodoo rituals and songs. In the second major part of the book you get the rest of his adventures throughout the island with a variety of people American and Haitian with stories which cover politics, history, and just everyday life. Nothing in the book is boring and kept me coming back for another round of reading. He makes a great many keen observations within the book which are worth the reading all for themselves alone. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"The best and most thrilling book of exploration that we have ever read - an immensely important book." - New York Evening Post "A series of excellent stories about one of the most interesting corners of the American world, told by a keen and sensitive person who knows how to write." - American Journal of Sociology "It can be said of many travellers that they have travelled widely. Of Mr. Seabrook a much finer thing may be said - he has travelled deeply." - The New York Times Book Review This fascinating book, first published in 1929, offers firsthand accounts of Haitian voodoo and witchcraft rituals. Journalist and adventurer William Seabrook introduced the concept of the walking dead ? zombies ? to the West with his illustrated travelogue. He relates his experiences with the voodoo priestess who initiated him into the religion's rituals, from soul transference to resurrection. In addition to twenty evocative line drawings by Alexander King, this edition features a new Foreword by cartoonist and graphic novelist Joe Ollmann, a new Introduction by George A. Romero, legendary director of Night of the Living Dead, and a new Afterword by Wade Davis, Explorer in Residence at the National Geographic Society. AUTHOR: Journalist and explorer William Seabrook (1884-1945) possessed a fascination with the occult that led him across the globe to study magic rituals, train as a witch doctor, and sample human flesh. In addition to publishing more than a dozen books, he wrote for The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Reader's Digest, and Vanity Fair. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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