Othello
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Publisher Description
Venetsialainen Othello on maineikas sotasankari. Kun hän vielä saa vaimokseen ihanan Desdemonan, ei kateudelta voida välttyä. Erityisen kateellinen Othellolle on paholaismainen Jago, joka ryhtyykin pian punomaan suunnitelmia Othellon petkuttamiseksi. Kaikki Jagon juonet eivät ota tulta alleen, mutta lopulta Othello tarttuu Jagon syöttiin kohtalokkaalla tavalla. Onko Desdemona todella niin viaton kuin uskotaan? Manipuloinnin ja mustasukkaisuuden vyyhdin tiukentuessa tapahtumat vyöryvät kohti traagista loppuaan. -
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
More than a retelling, this aptly termed "reconceptualization" provocatively modernizes Shakespeare's play. As in the original, the middle-aged general Othello the ``moor'' and young European noblewoman Desdemona fall in love and marry secretly. But Lester (To Be a Slave; John Henry) transplants the action from Venice and Cyprus to Elizabethan England and turns Iago and Emily into Africans like Othello, so that the three of them share a distinctly non-European point of view. Iago's envy of Othello and ability to whip him into a jealous rage at Desdemona are thus cast in a new light, though the tragic outcome remains the same. While the ending feels abrupt, Lester's novel succeeds in holding up a mirror to contemporary society. Phrases and passages directly based on Shakespeare's language are printed in a different typeface, a device that may distract the reader but eases comparisons with the original work. Ages 8-12.
