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Title: The Deluge: An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia, Vol. 1 by Henry K. Sienkiewicz, Jeremiah Curtin, Henryk K. Sienkiewicz ISBN: 1589630211 Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL) Pub. Date: January, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $37.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.85
Rating: 5
Summary: Eyes have not seen...
Comment: Nor ears heard what Sienkewicz has prepared for those who love his works! Number two in the trilogy on the history of Poland, this is the best I have read in a long, long time. It stands alone as a story, but many of its characters have been proven in war in other stories of Sienkiewicz. If for that alone, it is worth reading this book after "With Fire and Sword". It tells the love story of a man and a woman tragically separated by foolishness, pride, confusion and the Swedish invation of Poland in the 1500s which divided a nation against itself and drew the best and worst out of its citizens. Above all, this is a romantic novel, but with enough battles, action and virtues to outdo the Illiad. You will cry and laugh as you read it; you will hope against hope; you will feel in the middle of the battle; you will want to unsheath your sword and run after the neighbours... In sum, another Sienkiewicz masterpiece. Written from a Catholic perspective, this book summarizes well the soul of the Polish nation and its love for the Church.
Rating: 5
Summary: THe highest quality literature I have read
Comment: The DEluge as with the rest of SIenkiewicz's works is literature of the highest quality. It summarizes the heart and soul of a nation and few other nations can claim to have such an outstanding piece of literature that touches the nations souls as does SIenkiewicz. The DEluge is thelargest of the three books of the Trilogy butlike the others you will simply not be able to put it down. The character development is so real - it is as if you know these people in your personal life - the plots - the action - the human drama - the history - it is simply outstanding. I do not understand why a mini series has not been made out of these novels - It is work of the highest quality which seems to have laid undiscoverd for nealy a century now!
The DEluge centers about Swedens march into POland. POland initially accepted their incursion, however, as the situation worsens the POles srrike back. The Swedish war machine was beleived to be unstoppable throguhout Europe and they did march through Poland but they made a mistake - attacking the town of Czestochowa (pronounced Ches toe hova) which had significant religous importance to the POles. The POles were rallied by a Bishop who held out against the Swedes under great odds and touched the soul of Poland. It is something we need to learn in our country - that we must put country above our personal needs to exist and win in the world. Sienkiewicz brings this point home again and again throughout the novel. Mike Niziol
Rating: 3
Summary: Lost in the Translation
Comment: By all means, buy this edition if it is your only way to enter the marvelous world that Sienkiewicz has given to Poland and to posterity. Discover why the Trilogy has been a best-seller in its native land for more than a century. Epic adventure, star-crossed love, villains, heroes, treachery, heartbreak and humor. Sienkiewicz wrote to lift up the hearts of his people, and if he doesn't lift yours, double-check to make sure you still have a pulse.
But beg or borrow if you can, and steal if you must, the translation by W.S. Kuniczak that was published in the early 1990s. Discover what happens when a novelist translates. Kuniczak is true not just to the sentences, but to the spirit of the work. He blows the dust out of the century-old writing and lets it shine. And for readers not on intimate terms with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 17th Century (admit it), he effortlessly drops in helpful hints.
Here's how Curtin starts:
There was in Jmud a powerful family, the Billeviches, descended from Mendog, connected with many, and respected, beyond all, in the district of Rossyeni. ... Their native nest, existing to this day, was called Billeviche; ... In later times they branched out into a number of houses, the members of which lost sight of one another. They all assembled only when there was a census at Rossyeni of the general militia of Jmud on the plain of the invited Estates.
And Kuniczak:
In the part of the old Grand Duchy of Lithuania that was known as Zmudya, and which antedated the times of recorded history, there lived an ancient family named Billevitch, widely connected with many other houses of Lithuanian gentry, and respected more than any other in the Rosyen region. ... Their family seat, known as Billevitche ... so that in time they split into several branches that seldom saw each other. Some of them got together now and then when the Zmudyan gentry gathered for the annual military census near Rosyen on a plain called Stany...
Honestly, which version would you rather spend 1700 pages with? The native nest or the family seat?
(And just by the by, when will a smart publisher sell the Sienkiewicz Trilogy alongside Tolkien? Why do they squirrel it away with the Serious Literature in Translation that mostly gathers dust? There's millions and millions of dollars in these books, lying around, waiting for someone to market them properly.)
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Title: Fire in the Steppe by W.S. Kuniczak, Henryk K. Sienkiewicz ISBN: 0781800250 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: May, 1992 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: With Fire and Sword: A Tale of the Past by Henryk Sienkiewicz, Samuel A. Binion ISBN: 1410100588 Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL) Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Teutonic Knights by Henryk Sienkiewicz ISBN: 0781804337 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: January, 1996 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Quo Vadis by W. S. Kuniczak, Henryk K. Sienkiewicz ISBN: 0781805503 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Trilogy Companion: A Reader's Guide to the Trilogy of Henryk Sienkiewicz by Jerzy R. Krzyanowski, Jerzy Krzyzanowski ISBN: 0870522213 Publisher: Hippocrene Books Pub. Date: February, 1992 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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