Arutelu:Rõõmulaul

The "hero" of the sixth novel, Hymn of Joy, is David Cambrianus, the son of a Welsh peasant, who lives roughly between 1360-s and 1420-s in a France torn by the Hundred Year War. His stormy life has only few sunny moments of happiness — even the latter tend to end in disasters. In his childhood a remarkable singer, David on his long travels learns to master various musical instruments, loves many girls (from the castles to the streets), works for many masters (from outlaws to the King of France) and finally becomes what a few centuries later everybody would call a composer. The dream of his life is to write a "Hymn of Joy", to praise the Lord and all that is good and beautiful in life. As an old man, after losing his whole family in war and riots, he finally composes (perhaps in a feverish illusion?) his masterpiece — about three men praising the Lord in the burning fiery furnace... (for this novel K. R. received the Visnapuu prize.) -- nii kirjutas Jyri Kork Ohpuu 2. veebruar 2007, kell 08:43 (UTC)