The Eternal Philistine (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
192
Utgivningsdatum
2012-03-27
Förlag
Melville House Publishing
Översättare
Benjamin Dorvel
Medarbetare
Auslander, Shalom
Dimensioner
201 x 127 x 13 mm
Vikt
200 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9781935554479

The Eternal Philistine

av Odon Von Horvath
Häftad,  Engelska, 2012-03-27
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This never-before translated work by a major yet overlooked mid-20th century writer is a brutally funny look at the human comedy on the eve of Europe's decent into Fascism.

It tells the tale of a failed used car salesman who wants to live the high life, and so decides to travel by train from Munich to Barecelona to attend the World's Fair - in hopes of meeting a beautiful, rich woman who will provide for his every whim.

It's a highly-stylized and, at times, raucously funny tale of the almost-absurd: a dark and satiric look at Europeans, and especially Germans, on the brink of cataclysm. Adrift in their acquisitive desires, they are vulnerable to the propaganda of the State - making this novel brilliantly foresightful in its understanding of politics and human nature at a crucial point in modern history.

Ödön von Horváth's scathing insight, in fact, led to his having to flee the very society he depicted when, living in Berlin, he drew the wrath of the Nazis. And yet this hilarious tour-de-force - written just after his escape, and just before his death in a tragic accident - eschews bitterness for rambunctious perseverance and compassion, and provides ample evidence of why von Horváth deserves renewed appreciation.
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