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The King David Report
(STEFAN HEYM,BATHSHEBA,TORGNR LINDGREN)

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A retelling of one of the oldest stories in the world, Bathsheba
is an account of the later part of King David''s rule. It is an earthy,
emotional novel full of vividly memorable characters, who attain mythic status
while retaining their humanity. The familiar figures ? Uriah the Hittite,
Tamar, Absalom, David, Amnon, Joab, Mephibosheth, Nathan and, above all,
Bathsheba herself ? and a couple of original minor characters are given room to
grow and really come to life. More than just the story is taken from the Old
Testament; Lindgren''s language has the cadence of biblical models and he
handles the powerful (and easily misused) tool of mytho-poetic abstraction with
skill.

Despite a similar setting, Stefan Heym''s The King David Report is a
very different novel. It tells the story behind the creation of the biblical
account of King David''s rule. Ethan the historian is called upon by King
Solomon to write The One and Only True and Authoritative, Historically
Correct and Officially Approved Report on the Amazing Rise, God-fearing Life,
Heroic Deeds and Wonderful Achievements of David, Son of Jesse. He has to
balance his own commitment to the truth with the conflicting views of various
court factions as to what should be included. The result is both a kind of
historical mystery, with the real events of the reign of David
gradually revealed through Ethan''s investigations, and a political satire
(Stefan Heym was an East German, familiar with historical revisionism). This
aspect isn''t labored, however, and the result is an entertaining, humorous
novel with a serious kernel. The King David Report is one of my favorite
historical novels.

Both The King David Report and Bathsheba will be enjoyed
by devotees of historical fiction; both are fine novels in any context. While
both Lindgren and Heym have used the text of the Old Testament as a launching
pad, reading between the lines of the biblical account and offering their own
guess at the reality behind the words, their novels evoke very different
worlds. The King David Report stresses the similarities between the
past and the present; the world of Bathsheba is both more immediate
and more alien. My advice is to avoid making a choice and to read both.

 



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