Salome by Oscar Wilde (1894): A Review
Title : Salome Author : Oscar Wilde Publication Year : 1893 in French / 1894 in English Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pages : 102 Source : audiobook Genre : Drama, Historical Fiction, Symbolist Tragedy, Biblical Adaptation I began Salomé as an audiobook, but within the first few minutes, I realised that listening alone would not be enough. The language was too striking, the imagery too rich, and the lines too insistent on being highlighted. The audiobook performance [LATW] intensified everything: the desire, religious fervour, political tension, violence, and approaching disaster. The music [ Original music by Djivan Gasparyan and Lian Ensemble ] accompanying the Dance of the Seven Veils was especially powerful. “Divine” may be an unfortunate word for this particular court, but it is the right one. Wilde takes a brief biblical episode and turns it into a psychologically intense tragedy. In the Gospels, Herodias’s daughter is unnamed and largely acts according to her mother’s ...
