![]() "The world is dark and frozen, according to Nordic noir, and so is the human heart. "Nesbø's much-heralded gifts are on display-using his talent for conjuring the chilly Munch-like atmospherics of Oslo in the winter and his eye for grisly, alarming details that slam home the horror of the evil that men do." "Jo Nesbø is my new favorite thriller writer." The result displays in a strikingly original way both the timelessness of Shakespeare’s art and the suppleness of noir to range well beyond the strictures of formula.” “Nesbø infuses the mythic elements of the tragedy with bold strokes of horrific, Don Winslow–like drug-war realism. “ Macbeth is a modern-day drug-war, power-struggle, double-cross, lawmen-versus-gangsters recast of Shakespeare’s Scottish play.” “The legions of readers who adore the dark Scandinavian noir of Jo Nesbø will also love Macbeth, his adaptation of Shakespeare’s famous play.” "Nesbø has adhered to his contract, delivering a book that plays off of Shakespeare's work but succeeds as his own." “Nesbo manages the balancing act of being true to the original play without slighting his own interests as a writer: bleak settings, loyalty (or the lack thereof) among crooks, clever escapes from tight spots, the affinities between policemen and the criminals they chase.” James Shapiro, New York Times Book Review (cover) offers a dark but ultimately hopeful Macbeth, one suited to our troubled times.” ![]() ![]() Ultimately, it remains one of the most remarkable portrayals of the shadowy and unlit spaces of the human heart.“Inventive and deeply satisfying. Since it was first performed in the 1600s, Macbeth has remained one of the most widely enacted plays in the world, been translated into hundreds of world languages, given contemporary twists, adapted for film, television, studied in schools and universities and been the subject of psychological, sociological and political research. The overarching greed for power at any cost, the breakdown of morality, corruption and unbridled ambition, cruelty and its effect on the soul, omens and portents, superstitions and violence are some of the dark themes explored. It deals with issues that are relevant even today. Macbeth is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy. Plots, treason, murder, ghosts, war and suicide follow, in a terrible mélange. Macbeth's ambitious and evil wife, Lady Macbeth, is willing to go to any lengths to achieve her ends. The two men are skeptical, but their disbelief begins to vanish when messengers arrive with the news that Macbeth has been elevated to the rank of Thane of Cawdor! This sets off a train of devastating events. As they cross a dark and lonely heath, they encounter three women who predict that Macbeth will be named Thane of Cawdor and one day reign as King of Scotland and that Banquo will beget an illustrious line of noble descendants who will one day rule the land, though Banquo himself will never reign. The play begins with Macbeth and Banquo, two army generals in the employ of their king, Duncan, returning victorious from two different wars. The Tragedy of Macbeth is also one that explores the nature of the supernatural in our lives. Though Shakespeare did use some of the material found in Holinshead, the final product is entirely his own and he fleshed-out and created most of the principal characters himself in a play that is considered his darkest, most ominous and most powerful tragedy. ![]() This book was extensively used by contemporary playwrights like Shakespeare and Marlowe as inspiration for their themes, characters and events. It is based partly on historical facts and recounts the tale of Macbeth, who was a king in Scotland, according to The Holinshead Chronicles, a book published in 1577. ![]() Enter Three Witches” The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare holds the reader fast in a stirring, monumental experience that plumbs the depths of the human soul and reveals its most morbid secrets. Right from its famous opening scene which begins, “Thunder and lightning. ![]()
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