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Fantasy & SciFi
"The Quest of Iranon" is a fantasy short story by American writer H.P. Lovecraft. It was written on February 28, 1921, and was first published in the July/August 1935 issue of the magazine Galleon. It was later reprinted in Weird Tales in 1939.
The story is about a golden-haired youth who wanders into the city of Teloth, telling tales of the great city of Aira, where he was prince. While Iranon enjoys singing and telling his tales of wonder, few appreciate it. A city solon even orders Iranon to cease his singing & music, and become apprenticed to the cobbler - or leave the city by sunset. When a disenfranchised boy named Romnod suggests leaving Teloth to go to the famed city of Oonai (which he thinks may be Aira, now under a different name), Iranon takes him up on his offer.
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4.3
Fantasy & SciFi
"The Quest of Iranon" is a fantasy short story by American writer H.P. Lovecraft. It was written on February 28, 1921, and was first published in the July/August 1935 issue of the magazine Galleon. It was later reprinted in Weird Tales in 1939.
The story is about a golden-haired youth who wanders into the city of Teloth, telling tales of the great city of Aira, where he was prince. While Iranon enjoys singing and telling his tales of wonder, few appreciate it. A city solon even orders Iranon to cease his singing & music, and become apprenticed to the cobbler - or leave the city by sunset. When a disenfranchised boy named Romnod suggests leaving Teloth to go to the famed city of Oonai (which he thinks may be Aira, now under a different name), Iranon takes him up on his offer.
© 2020 Bookstream Audiobooks (Lydbog): 9783991162759
Release date
Lydbog: 27. november 2020
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Niklas
13. jul. 2021
Eventyret er skrevet som en efterligning af klassisk, arabisk/islamisk, eventyr stil og er litterært betydeligt bedre end Lovecrafts generelle niveau.Historiens pointe handler om at livet må bestå af kunst og skønhed og ikke blot arbejde. Dette kan læses på to måder. 1. En moderne læsning vil nok kunne finde noget progressivt i det og læse det som en hyldest til at vi som samfund også skal skabe skønhed og kunst og arbejde for at leve, ikke leve for at arbejde (hvilket historien også siger direkte). 2. Samtidig skal man også læse det med opmærksomhed på de feudale/feudal socialistiske reaktionære idealer Lovecraft besad, hvor man så ned på arbejde og hvor en gentleman aldrig ville gøre en god dags arbejde. Lovecraft selv, trods voksende fattigdom, foretræk at leve hele sit liv på en utilstrækkelig arv fremfor at arbejde og historien skal nok også læses som hans generelle modstand mod det moderne samfund og hans støtte til forfalds myterne (set i forfaldet for Iranons oprindelige by).
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