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The Banquet In Blitva
Miroslav Krleza
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Description for The Banquet In Blitva
Paperback. Colonel Barutanski, Lord of Blitva, has freed his country from foreign oppression and now governs with an iron fist. He despises the sycophants beneath him but also recognises amongst his people an arch foe. A tale designed to ignite thought on political, ethical and artistic issues. Translator(s): Levinger-Goy, Jasna; Goy, E.D. Series: Literature in Translation S. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGS; FA; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Krleza's epic condemnation of hypocrisy and totalitarianism in pre - World War II Europe; Miroslav Krleza is considered one of the most important Central European authors of the twentieth century. In his career as a poet, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, essayist, journalist, and travel writer he wrote over fifty books. He also suffered condemnation - as a leftist and a practitioner of modernism - and saw his books proscribed in the late 1930s. The first two books of the trilogy The Banquet in Blitva were written in the thirties to comment on political, psychological, artistic, and ethical issues. Such commentary had ... Read more
Krleza's epic condemnation of hypocrisy and totalitarianism in pre - World War II Europe; Miroslav Krleza is considered one of the most important Central European authors of the twentieth century. In his career as a poet, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, essayist, journalist, and travel writer he wrote over fifty books. He also suffered condemnation - as a leftist and a practitioner of modernism - and saw his books proscribed in the late 1930s. The first two books of the trilogy The Banquet in Blitva were written in the thirties to comment on political, psychological, artistic, and ethical issues. Such commentary had ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Series
Literature in Translation S.
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810118621
SKU
V9780810118621
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Ref
99-19
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