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エドガー・ライス・バロウズが描いたのは「野性と文明」の相克という深遠なテーマです。貴族の血筋と類人猿の魂を持つターザンは、本能と知性が共存する人類の理想像です。活字の中では、彼が独学で言葉を学び自己を確立する内面的な葛藤が、凄まじい筆致で描かれます。 映画『ターザン：REBORN』等の映像では身体能力が強調されますが、原作には頁を捲る指が震えるほどの知的興奮があります。映像の「動」とテキストの「静」。両者を味わうことで、ジャングルの深淵で輝く、気高くも孤独な魂の真髄に触れることができるでしょう。