The bells of Bruges (le carillonneur) / Georges Rodenbach ; translated by Mike Mitchell and with an introduction by Nicholas Royle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodenbach, Georges, 1855-1898.

Contributor:

Mitchell, Mike (Translator)

Series:

Dedalus European classics

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Bruges (Belgium)--Fiction.

Bruges (Belgium).

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

243 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Sawtry, UK : Dedalus ; Gardena, Calif. : Distribluted in the United States by SCB Distributors, 2007.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

There are three loves in the life of Joris Borluut, the town carillonneur of Bruges. He marries the fiery Barbe, whose dark beauty is a reminder of Belgiums Spanish heritage. Repelled by her harshness and violence, he starts an affair with her sister, the gentle, soulful, fair-haired Godelieve. When her sister discovers their affair, Godelieve enters a Beguine convent and Joris devotes himself to his first love, the old city of Bruges. His opposition to a proposal to sacrifice part of the old town to economic advance loses him his position as town architect, and he withdraws to the belfry and his beloved carillon that, for him, expresses the soul of Bruges.

ISBN:

1903517540

9781903517543

OCLC:

74525903