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Book 9789533584126
Igor Štiks
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Igor Štiks’s fourth novel, mysteriously titled with only one letter, W, is his most elaborate so far – and definitely his most exciting – a feat of storytelling in which historic tragedies are woven through with humour and erotic passion. It is both a murder mystery – in which nothing is as it seems and where we don’t learn the truth until the very last page – and a reflection on a century of revolutionary struggles. In it, Štiks asks some of the crucial questions of our era: what are the lessons of past heroic struggles for a world of ... Read more
Igor Štiks’s fourth novel, mysteriously titled with only one letter, W, is his most elaborate so far – and definitely his most exciting – a feat of storytelling in which historic tragedies are woven through with humour and erotic passion. It is both a murder mystery – in which nothing is as it seems and where we don’t learn the truth until the very last page – and a reflection on a century of revolutionary struggles. In it, Štiks asks some of the crucial questions of our era: what are the lessons of past heroic struggles for a world of ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publisher
fraktura
Condition
New
Number of Pages
337
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9789533584126
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9789533584126
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About Igor Štiks
Igor Štiks is author of A Castle in Romagna and The Judgment of Richard Richter (originally published as Elijah’s Chair), which have been translated into 15 languages. He has won many prizes for his fiction and plays and was made a Chevalier of the Ordre of Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture. He is also the author ... Read more
Reviews for Book 9789533584126
Igor Štiks is one of the most promising voices in European literature. (Aleksandar Hemon.) Igor Štiks’s novel W is at once a thriller and a philosophical discussion that deals with the European left from the second half of the 20th century. Štiks talks about abandoned ideas that might be important today. This book was written by a great prose stylist ... Read more