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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
368
Utgivningsdatum
2012-05-29
Förlag
Yale University Press
Dimensioner
193 x 130 x 28 mm
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386 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780300179958

The Fifth Impossibility

Essays on Exile and Language

av Norman Manea
Häftad,  Engelska, 2012-05-29
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A passionate exploration of language, censorship, and exile by the celebrated Romanian writer Norman Manea Manea demonstrates that he is an indispensable analyst of what it means to be a Romanian, and a Romanian Jew, and a writer, under fascism and communism.David Mikics, New Republic Deported to a concentration camp from 1941 until the end of World War II, Norman Manea again left his native Romania in 1986 to escape the Ceausescu regime. He now lives in New York. In this selection of essays, he explores the language and psyche of the exiled writer. Among pieces on the cultural-political landscape of Eastern Europe and on the North America of today, there are astute critiques of fellow Romanian and American writers. Manea answers essential questions on censorship and on linguistic roots. He unravels the relationship of the mother tongue to the difficulties of translation. Above all, he describes what homelessness means for the writer. These essaysmany translated here for the first timeare passionate, lucid, and enriching, conveying a profound perspective on our troubled society.
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"Manea demonstrates that he is an indispensable analyst of what it means to be a Romanian, and a Romanian Jew, and a writer, under fascism and communism... The Fifth Impossibility [is] an ample offering of his work, his memories, his wise and acute challenges."-David Mikics, New Republic -- David Mikics New Republic "Engaging, well-crafted, and at times striking ... timely and insightful essays on writing, politics, and exile."-Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly "Compelling subtlety and insight."-Reginald Gibbons, TriQuarterly -- Reginald Gibbons TriQuarterly

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Norman Manea is Francis Flournoy Professor of European Culture and writer-in-residence at Bard College. Deported from his native Romania to a Ukrainian concentration camp during World War Two, he was again forced to leave Romania in 1986, no longer safe under an intolerant Communist dictatorship. Since arriving in the West he has received many important awards, including, in 2016, Romanias highest distinction, the the Presidential Order "The Romanian Star" in the highest level, of Great Officer. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in New York City.

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