Set in europe before wwii, professor of language and philosophy dominic matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the nazis. The work of mircea eliade is the best starting point. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Too muddled, the writing workmanlike but not very good the typical fiction of someone with something to say rather than a story to tell, youth without youth is of some interest, but not a very good read. In his 1949 book, the myth of the eternal return, mircea eliade explores the role of repetition, imagination, and participation in creating history. Adapted from a novella by romanian historian of religion mircea eliade, youth without youth is an outr metaphysical folly that instantly shoots towards the top of the list of shockingly bad films. Youth without youth is coppolas rendering of a novella by the romanian emigre philosopher mircea eliade. Legendary director francis ford coppola returns to the directors chair after a tenyear hiatus with this adaptation of romanian author mircea eliades tome. He was a precocious child and published works for the first time at the age of. Youth without youth is a 2007 fantasy drama film written and directed by francis ford coppola, based on the novella of the same name by romanian author mircea eliade. Professor mircea eliade 19071986 was one of the worlds leading authorities on the history of religions.
But something is lost in the process as well youthful freedom. William allen, author of starkweather and the fire in the birdbath and other disturbances. See all books authored by mircea eliade, including the sacred and the profane. Publication date 1987 topics religion publisher harcourt brace jovanovich. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Not only does dominic find love again, but her new abilities hold the key to his researchcoppolas adaptation of mircea eliades surreal novella is a mysterious, romantic, melancholic and humorous journey to the outer limits of space, time and identity. Set in europe before wwii, professor of language and philosophy dominic matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70.
William allen, author of starkweather comparisons with borges, cortazar, calvino, and others are beside the point. Not only does dominic find love again, but her new abilities hold the key to his researchcoppolas adaptation of mircea eliade s surreal novella is a mysterious, romantic, melancholic and humorous journey to the outer limits of space, time and identity. L homme sans age byphilou, refinedyouth, jugend ohne jugend. Legendary director francis ford coppola returns to the directors chair after a tenyear hiatus with this adaptation of romanian author mircea eliades tome detailing the arduous journey of a professor whose life is thrown into chaos as world war ii looms ominously on the horizon. Mircea eliade 19071986 was one of the twentieth centurys most groundbreaking and influential historians of religion. Mircea eliade books list of books by author mircea eliade. It does not devolve upon us to show by what historical processes and as the result of what. When the seventy yearold scholar is stricken by lightning, his age begins to reverse as his mind. February 24 1907 april 22, 1986 was a romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the university of chicago his theory that hierophanies form the basis of religion, splitting the human experience of reality into sacred and profane space and time, has proved influential. It should be said at once that the completely profane world, the wholly desacralized cosmos, is a recent discovery in the history of the human spirit.
Set in world war ii europe, a professor is changed by a cataclysmic event and explores the mysteries of life. Dvd cover of the 2007 film of eliades novel youth without youth, directed by francis ford coppola. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Another archived video by a user namedchristopher t. Romanian philosopher mircea eliade was born in 1907 in bucharest. Noted for his vast erudition, eliade had fluent command of five languages romanian, french, german, italian, and english and a reading knowledge of three others hebrew, persian, and sanskrit. While on the run, the professor meets a young woman who.
Anyone having the urge to express hishers opinion on religion should read about the history of religion. Rereading mircea eliades youth without youth, a story of. Youth without youth by buy youth without youth epub. Mircea eliade 19071986 romanianborn historian of religion, fiction writer, and one of the preeminent interpreters of world religion in this century. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Read the sacred and the profane the nature of religion online, read in mobile or kindle. Hermeneutics, politics, and the history of religions. Eliade surely means to shake up contemporary thought, too, but his reader likely will also prefer or resort to the beer. Archaic techniques of ecstasy bollingen, and more on. After being burnt by lightning, dominic is taken to a hospital where he is swathed in gauze like a mummy. Dreams become reality and reality feels like a dream find films by director.
William allen, author of starkweather and the fire. Youth without youth by mircea eliade 9780226204154. In this surreal, philosophydriven fantasy, eliade tests the boundaries of literary genre as well as the readers imagination. Youth without youth mircea eliade, matei calinescu, mac linscott ricketts and francis ford coppola. Eliade was an intensely prolific author of fiction and nonfiction alike, publishing over 1,300 pieces over 60 years.
Tinerete fara tinerete is a 1976 novella by romanian author mircea eliade. Mircea eliade, francis ford coppola foreword by, mac linscott ricketts translator, matei calinescu editor. Download the sacred and the profane the nature of religion ebook free in pdf and epub format. Born in romania, he eventually became the chairman of the department of the history of religions at the university of chicago.
Youth without youth 2007 a love story wrapped in a mystery. Youth without youth by mircea eliade overdrive rakuten. Suspenseful, witty, and poignant, youth without youth illuminates eliade s longing for past loves and new texts, his erotic imagination, and his love of a thrilling mystery. Great read but borges would have written the story in less than 10 pages. Mircea eliade has 288 books on goodreads with 157898 ratings. He was also a prominent author, and his latest work to be filmed is youth without youth 2007, directed by francis ford coppola. Three novellas by mircea eliade in his own unique genre of literature fantastique, full of mythological themes, philosophical explorations, and camouflaged meaning. He studied in cernavoda, bucharest, finished philosophy courses at the university of bucharest at the age of 21, and went to calcutta, india, to study sanskrit and yoga. Download pdf youth without youth free online new books. Youth without youth and other novellas eliade, mercea on.
Mircea eliade is currently considered a single author. Youth without youth is not only a very personal approach to a barely known novella by mircea eliade, but also a homage to romanian culture and civilization. The article argues that mircea eliades 1976 novella youth without youth which has been recently turned into a film by francis ford coppola offers an intriguing. Francis ford coppola interview youth without youth. Eliade, mircea, coppola, francis ford, calinescu, matei, ricketts, mac linscott. The unlikely source material is a novella by mircea eliade, a prolific, romanianborn historian of religion 190786, who wrote about myth, ritual. Mircea eliade was a romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the university of chicago. Buy youth without youth by eliade, mircea, coppola, francis ford, calinescu, matei, ricketts, mac linscott isbn. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. An introduction to mircea eliade norse mythology for. Pdf the sacred and the profane the nature of religion. With tim roth, alexandra maria lara, bruno ganz, andre hennicke. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. He was the author of a great number of books, the most significant of which are generally held continue reading an introduction to mircea.
Its been a while since i have written anything for imdb. The encyclopedia of religion by eliade, mircea, 19071986. Mircea eliade left me with the rare sense that i had been entertained by a genius. Meanwhile, a man who has spent his life studying languages, poetry, and historya man who thought his life was overlies in a hospital bed, inexplicably alive. Youth without youth reads like a surreal collaboration by jorge luis borges, kurt vonnegut, jr. In this landmark book the renowned scholar of religion mircea eliade lays the groundwork for a western understanding of yoga, exploring how its guiding principle, that of freedom, involves remaining in the world without letting oneself be exhausted by such conditionings as time and history. Suspenseful, witty, and poignant, youth without youth illuminates eliades longing for past loves and new texts, his erotic imagination, and his love of a thrilling mystery. He also wrote numerous works of fiction, including bengal nights and youth without youth, both of which were adapted for the screen. Drawing on years of study and experience in india, eliade provides a comprehensive.