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Published in English. 1951. Pages. 182. The Castle of Argol (French: Au château d'Argol) is a 1938 novel by the French writer Julien Gracq. The narrative is set at a castle in Brittany, where a man has invited a friend, who also has brought a young woman.
24 de abr. de 2024 · A young man of great wealth and intelligence, Albert, purchases a castle and the surrounding landscape. He moves into Argol and immediately perceives the mystery and magic of its surroundings, particularly the nearby forest of Storrvan, a threatening overgrowth of towering trees.
Focussing on just the three, coupled with the lavish description of the castle and the area around, completely cut off from the rest of the world, enables Gracq to heighten the emotional play between the three protagonists, as though they were the only three people in the world.
The gothic setting of a lonely castle in the middle of thick, dense woods, not far from a wild and inaccessible seashore, contrasts with the contemporaneity of the characters who inhabit it: a dissolute, rich and aimless young man who invites his best friend to stay in his newly-acquired château.
1 de ene. de 1991 · 5.0 1 rating. See all formats and editions. THE GOTHIC SETTING of a lonely castle in the middle of thick, dense woods contrasts with the contemporaneity of the characters who inhabit it: a dissolute, rich and aimless young man who invites his best friend to stay in his newly-acquired chateau.
Books. The Castle of Argol. Julien Gracq. J. Laughlin, 1951 - Castles - 145 pages. "To an ancient castle in a lonely forest by the Brittany shore come three young people whom a strang fate...
En el castillo de Argol es un particular homenaje que Julien Gracq rinde a la novela gótica y al Parsifal de Wagner, considerado por el autor como una indagación en la parte demoníaca que tiene todo mito de redención, en la doble naturaleza de todo salvador: "Sereis como dioses, conocedores del bien y del mal".
