Excerpt from The Burgomaster of Stilemonde: A Play in Three Acts That's because you're tired. You must rest a little and have your wound seen to. We'll find you a bed somewhere, either at my place or here, which is God's own house. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

メーテルリンクが贈る本作は、極限下の戦争という舞台で「静かなる魂の気高さ」を問う至高の悲劇です。象徴主義の巨匠がリアリズムの筆致で描いたのは、不条理な暴力に屈しない人間の良心と、逃れられない運命との対峙。市長が下す崇高な決断は、単なる美談を超え、読者の倫理観を根底から揺さぶる哲学的な深淵を湛えています。 映像化作品では、緊迫した戦時下の空気感や、沈黙の中に漂う恐怖が視覚的に補完され、物語の持つ悲劇性が一段と際立っています。しかし、テキストならではの思索の深み、言葉の裏に隠された繊細な心理描写は、活字を通じてこそ魂に響くものです。映像の臨場感と書籍の思索性、その相乗効果が、正義の在り方を現代に厳しく問い直してくれるでしょう。