Vu

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Ar droad y mileniwm, mae cyfarwydd yn edrych yn ôl dros 2,000 o flynyddoedd er mwyn diddanu'r Dywysoges Scheherazade. Mewn cywaith argraffiadol llawn haenau, mae beirdd, arlunwyr a chwaraewyr yn ymgodymu ag anturwyr, dewiniaid a gofodwyr, gan ruthro tuag at y sgrin arian fawr a bygythiad theori'r llinyn.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

At the turn of the millennium, a storyteller looks back over 2000 years to entertain the Princess Scheherazade. In a many-layered impressionistic collage, poets, painters and players jostle with explorers, sages and scientists, hurtling towards the silver screen and the apprehension of string theory.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

Chapter I At night Scheherazade sent for me The long oars of the Greeks drip diamond drops Chapter II I explore a network of little alleys The scratch of a feather pen Chapter III Candles shed their gentle light Dante stands in a dark wood; the sun is silent Chapter IV An antique wooden globe set spinning We no longer stand at the centre of the universe Chapter V We enter on turbulent times Michelangelo creates God, stretching out a finger Chapter VI Shakespeare leaves Stratford-upon-Avon Scattered deep red roses shed their scent Chapter VII The old storyteller rests beneath a palm tree The little Infanta is faintly surprised Chapter VIII The cry of the peacock: the hour of the tale Watteau’s couples on their tender quest for love Chapter IX Candide sets out on his adventures A pale blue ribbon falls from a closed grey volume Chapter X Turning the corner to come upon Farquharson’s Mozart dances with his beloved Constanze Chapter XI The apartment is lit by soft globes of silvery light The novel is a mirror travelling along a highway Chapter XII Alone in my cell, reveries return me to Wiltshire Flaubert sets out his ideal Chapter XIII Late afternoon in the courtyard Amfortas raises the Grail cup Chapter XIV A soft-stepping youth has entered my dusky cell Max Planck formulates quantum theory Chapter XV Gardeners with long rakes slowly advance No war, asserts the young man from Freiburg Chapter XVI The old storyteller sits cross-legged as before The train from Chartres stops at Illiers - Combray Chapter XVII A scattering of meditatively inclined scholars Jazz comes in from Canal Street Chapter XVIII Low-lit lamps cast an opaque, reddish glow Hitler wipes cream from his mouth Chapter XIX Chartres is liberated! The bells ring out The Angel of History abandons the Germans Chapter XX The white ferry departs the land of the gods Messiaen notates the cries and songs of the birds

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

Kenneth Sinclair was born in Scotland and now lives in Wiltshire. His plays have been performed in Cambridge and Hampstead, and on the BBC. His collection of poetry, A Breath Taken, was published in 2021 by Wordcatcher in Cardiff.

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

I've never seen a book like this. The words are so beautiful, so image-rich, that they are almost poetry, gorgeous metaphor-filled erudite references to literary and artistic wonders. Every paragraph is a jewel, an 'iridescent text that causes others... to quiver a little'. They flit like butterflies, never quite anchored, like Japanese tanka court poetry, little bubbles linked not so much by narrative but by theme or emotive effect. A cornucopia for the senses. SUSIE HELME, HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY Epic in scope, the literary novel, Vu, is made up of woven-together historical tales used to deliver a thorough picture of the past. Using the framework of Arabian Nights, Kenneth Sinclair's novel is a history of the world told in a dreamy stream of elegant prose. BRENDAN MCKELVY, CLARION FOREWARD REVIEW