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Afrika, Sudan, ca 1920
En engelsk kvindelig missionær på knap 30 år er taget til Afrika for at lære de små børn der at elske Jesus. En ung sort pige lytter andægtigt og tager så sin trækølle i hånden og går ud for at møde Gud. Hun møder først en variant af Noahs Gud, dvs en der slår
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Knobkerry (trækølle med en ret stor kugle for enden) er her oversat til kastekølle. Historien på ca 80 sider er efterfulgt af et efterskrift på 20 sider, hvor George Bernard Shaw skriver en del om King James oversættelsen af biblen, som er et smukt litterært værk, der skjuler at det er et sammensurium af forskellige skrifter skrevet af forskellige forfattere til forskellige tider.
En engelsk kvindelig missionær på knap 30 år er taget til Afrika for at lære de små børn der at elske Jesus. En ung sort pige lytter andægtigt og tager så sin trækølle i hånden og går ud for at møde Gud. Hun møder først en variant af Noahs Gud, dvs en der slår
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ihjel uden videre og er træls. Hun går videre.???
Knobkerry (trækølle med en ret stor kugle for enden) er her oversat til kastekølle. Historien på ca 80 sider er efterfulgt af et efterskrift på 20 sider, hvor George Bernard Shaw skriver en del om King James oversættelsen af biblen, som er et smukt litterært værk, der skjuler at det er et sammensurium af forskellige skrifter skrevet af forskellige forfattere til forskellige tider.
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Publication
Kbh, Thaning & Appels Forlag, 1946.
Description
The Black Girl in Search of God is a tale in the manner of Voltaire's Candide showing the stages of development of God, from the monster bogeyman to the Prince of Peace.
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LibraryThing member Lukerik
A satire designed to shock and outrage as many people as possible. It did the job back in the day just as well as it does now, though I doubt any mainstream publisher would touch it as a new book. The immediate cancelling would be the least of their worries. I suspect the depiction of Mohammed
There’s something nasty about the book as you would expect from a satire. It’s saved by some clever writing and some very funny moments. The brutal character assassination of the missionary with which Shaw opens the book had me in stitches.
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would lead to Charlie Hebdo moments for all concerned. There are text only editions on the market. Don’t bother with these. John Farleigh’s engravings really bring something to the text.There’s something nasty about the book as you would expect from a satire. It’s saved by some clever writing and some very funny moments. The brutal character assassination of the missionary with which Shaw opens the book had me in stitches.
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LibraryThing member ponsonby
Even for GBS, this is a very unusual product, the short story of a young black woman, who represents questioning but not gullible innocence, looking for God and getting mostly unsatisfactory answers from those she meets. As with plays like Man and Superman, Shaw liked to have a vehicle for
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intellectual cut and thrust. The best part of the book is the wood engravings; any connoisseur of beauty would buy it for those alone. Show Less
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1932 (The Black Girl in Search of God)
1907 (Aerial Football: The New Game)
1932 (Beauty's Duty)
1902 (Cannonfodder)
1905 (Death of an Old Revolutionary Hero)
1932 (The Domesticity of Franklyn Barnabas)
1932 (Don Giovanni Explains)
1910 (A Dressing Room Secret)
1916 (The Emperor and the Little Girl)
1885 (The Miraculous Revenge)
1885 (the Serenade)
1890 (Still After the Dolls House)
1888 (Sunday on the Surry Hills)
1905 (The Theatre of the Future)
Physical description
107 p.; 20 cm
Local notes
Omslag: Hans Scherfig
Omslaget viser en ung sort pige med nøgen overkrop
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra engelsk "The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search For God" af Jørgen Budtz-Jørgensen, Dagny Sandvad
Illustrationer: Hans Scherfig
Efterskrift: Bernard Shaw
Verdenslitteraturens humor, bind 12
Omslaget viser en ung sort pige med nøgen overkrop
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra engelsk "The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search For God" af Jørgen Budtz-Jørgensen, Dagny Sandvad
Illustrationer: Hans Scherfig
Efterskrift: Bernard Shaw
Verdenslitteraturens humor, bind 12
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Pages
107
DDC/MDS
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