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Blameless
Claudio Magris
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Description for Blameless
Hardback. From one of Europe's most revered authors, a tale of one man's obsessive project to collect the instruments of death, evil, and humanity's darkest atrocities in order to oppose them Translator(s): Appel, Anne Milano. Series: The Margellos World Republic of Letters. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 28. .
From one of Europe's most revered authors, a tale of one man's obsessive project to collect the instruments of death, evil, and humanity's darkest atrocities in order to oppose them Claudio Magris's searing new novel ruthlessly confronts the human obsession with war and its savagery in every age and every country. His tale centers on a man whose maniacal devotion to the creation of a Museum of War involves both a horrible secret and the hope of redemption. Luisa Brooks, his museum's curator, a descendant of victims of Jewish exile and of black slavery, has a ... Read more
From one of Europe's most revered authors, a tale of one man's obsessive project to collect the instruments of death, evil, and humanity's darkest atrocities in order to oppose them Claudio Magris's searing new novel ruthlessly confronts the human obsession with war and its savagery in every age and every country. His tale centers on a man whose maniacal devotion to the creation of a Museum of War involves both a horrible secret and the hope of redemption. Luisa Brooks, his museum's curator, a descendant of victims of Jewish exile and of black slavery, has a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
The Margellos World Republic of Letters
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300218480
SKU
V9780300218480
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About Claudio Magris
Claudio Magris, professor emeritus of modern German literature, University of Trieste, is a recipient of the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels, the FIL Prize Guadalajara, and the Kafka Prize among scores of other literary awards. His best-selling novel Danube has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Anne Milano Appel, an award-winning translator, recently received the Italian Prose Translation Award.
Reviews for Blameless
[A] richly enjoyable writer . . . The prose gallops but demands that you read it slowly and thoughtfully, the author's intelligence being resistant to summary. -Allan Massie, Wall Street Journal [A] remarkable novel. -New Yorker Magris achieves an intense and captivating narrative rhythm through contrast and complementarity. He brings deep, nuanced scrutiny to bear on ... Read more