{"product_id":"soliloquy-with-shakespeare-9781845498672","title":"Soliloquy with Shakespeare","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Vladimir Holan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Arima Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Arima Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVladimir Holan esteemed Shakespeare as the greatest poet of all time and wrote this soliloquy as a dignified tribute to the genius of the Bard of Avon. As in all Holan's writings, love, sex, religion, fear and death form the constant thematic make-up of this soliloquy. His clever allegory, which he often repeats, as if to reinforce its impact, and the prolific use of the double entendr� and Shakespearean-style impertinence are absolutely fascinating. A Night with Hamlet is Holan at his best - \"chatting\" away to Hamlet. Then, after a long verse about fear, he introduces the conversation between Orpheus and Eurydice, when Eurydice - contrary to Greek mythology - is allowed to join Orpheus, as if some hope for life and love still remained. Alas, not for long, because the Stygian soliloquy soon returns. Holan refers to A Night with Ophelia as a \"fragment\", which makes us wonder whether he ever intended to finish this work, or whether he always wanted it to be just that - a fragment. We shall never know.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arima Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47883484430487,"sku":"9781845498672","price":1271.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781845498672.webp?v=1781102106","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/soliloquy-with-shakespeare-9781845498672","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}