"I want you to drive my soul from me," replied the young fisherman. The witch then turned pale and shuddered and hid her face in her blue cloak. "Beautiful child. Beautiful child," he murmured, "that is a terrible thing to do."
He shook his brown curls and laughed. "My soul is nothing to me," he replied. "I can't see her, I can't touch her, I don't even know her."
What is the soul? What is it good for? What can happen if one renounces it? These are some of the questions raised in one of the most important fairy tales for adults by the great Irish writer Oscar Wilde.
A fisherman falls in love with a mermaid, but in order for them to live together, she asks him to give up his soul. In the name of his love, he manages it with the help of a witch. But what will be the price both for the wandering soul and for him?
What is more important in the end, love or wisdom? What does the soul seek in order to feel completeness and why does the unfulfilled always seal human life?
A deeply existential work about human nature, the soul and its meaning.
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