About this book
Fidessa by Louis Couperus opens like a dream: a moonlit nymph, a silver unicorn and an armored knight collide in a tale where myth and longing entwine. Couperus, one of the Netherlands’ finest fin-de-siècle stylists, offers a lyrical fairy tale infused with romance, symbolism and a haunting sense of fate.
The narrative follows Fidessa, a nymph who sings and dances with her sisters on dew-soaked meadows, is swept away through ink-dark woods on the back of a unicorn, and is eventually carried into the world of men by the enigmatic knight Sans-Joye. Couperus’s prose evokes luminous landscapes, courtly intrigue, and the fragile boundary between dream and reality without ever losing its emotional core. Themes of desire, identity and the cost of rescue drift through the story like mist, while the author’s refined psychological insight gives the romance unexpected depth.
Ideal for listeners who love classic fairy tales, literary romance, and richly atmospheric storytelling, Fidessa is a perfect audiobook for those who savor poetic language and timeless myth retellings.
