영어로 읽는 고전 _ 리 브래킷의 별의 사나이들
리 브래킷의 "별의 사나이들"은 1950년대 초에 쓰인 과학소설입니다. 이야기는 자신의 삶에서 단절감과 고독을 느끼는 마이클 트레헌을 중심으로 하며, 그는 케렐이라는 신비로운 낯선 사람과 샤이른이라는 매혹적인 소녀를 만나면서 세계를 가로지르는 정체성의 미스터리에 휘말리게 됩니다. 트레헌이 자신의 가족 뿌리를 찾고 자신의 존재와 씨름하면서, 그는 자신이 수수께끼 같은 바르다 민족과 연결된 비밀 혈통의 일부이며 성간 생명체에 대한 진실과 관련되어 있다는 것을 발견하게 됩니다.
소설의 시작에서 트레헌은 브르타뉴에서의 운명적인 저녁을 회상하는데, 그곳에서 그는 자신과 현저한 닮음을 보이는 인상적인 낯선 사람 케렐을 만납니다. 이 만남은 트레헌이 가족의 과거를 밝혀내려는 탐구를 촉발시키며, 그를 지역의 편견들과 맞서게 하고 케렐과 그를 매혹시키고 두렵게 하는 유산 모두와 연결된 샤이른의 매력을 발견하게 합니다. 트레헌이 고대 혈통, 외계 세계들, 그리고 그가 새롭게 발견한 정체성의 기이하고 강력한 저류와 그것이 수반하는 책임들을 헤쳐나가면서 놀라운 변화의 가능성을 포함한 더 큰 서사에 끌려들어가면서 긴장감이 고조됩니다.
Classics Read in English _ The starmen by Leigh Brackett
Leigh Brackett's "The Starmen" is a science fiction novel from the early 1950s. The narrative centers on Michael Trehearne, a man experiencing disconnection and solitude in his life, who becomes entangled in a mystery of identity spanning worlds when he encounters Kerrel, a mysterious stranger, and Shairn, a captivating young woman. As Trehearne searches for his family origins and wrestles with his existence, he discovers that he is part of a secret lineage connected to the enigmatic Vardda people and the truth about interstellar life.
At the novel's opening, Trehearne recalls a fateful evening in Brittany where he meets Kerrel, a striking stranger bearing remarkable resemblance to himself. This encounter sparks Trehearne's quest to uncover his family's past, leading him to confront local prejudices and discover the allure of Shairn, who shares connections to both Kerrel and a heritage that both fascinates and frightens him. Tension escalates as Trehearne becomes drawn into a larger narrative involving ancient bloodlines, alien worlds, and the potential for extraordinary transformation as he navigates the strange and powerful undercurrents of his newly discovered identity and the responsibilities it entails.
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Michael Trehearne was to remember that evening as the end of the world, for him. The end of his familiar life in a familiar Earth, and the first glimmering vision of the incredible. It began with the man who spoke to him on the heights behind St. Malo, by the light of the Midsummer Fires.
There was a great crowd of tourists there, come to watch the old Breton festival of the sacred bonfire. Trehearne was among them, but not of them. He stood alone. He was always alone. He was thinking that the ritual being performed in the wide space of stony turf was just too quaint to be endured and wondering why he had bothered with it, when someone said to him with casual intimacy,
"In four days we shall be through with all this, going home. A good thought, isn't it?"
Trehearne turned his head, and looked into a face so like his own that he was startled.
The resemblance was that of a strong racial stamp, rather than any blood kinship. If two Mohawks were to meet unexpectedly in the hills of Afghanistan they would recognize each other, and it was the same with Trehearne and the stranger.
