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Summer of Caprice
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Artikel-Nr:
9788024632896
Veröffentl:
2017
Erscheinungsdatum:
15.01.2017
Seiten:
204
Autor:
Vladislav Vancura
Gewicht:
91 g
Format:
185x127x8 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Vladislav Vančura (1891-1942) was one of the most important Czech writers of the twentieth century. He was also active as a film director, playwright, and screenwriter. Mark Corner is a translator, author, and lecturer in religious and European studies who lives and works in Brussels.
Summer of Caprice, a captivating comic novel first published in 1926, is a classic of Czech literature, yet it is little known elsewhere. Commonly considered untranslatable due to the complexities of the text, which is characterized by a playful narrative and an exceptional mastery of language, and its profound cultural context, it is rendered here in English that beautifully captures Vladislav Vancura's experimental style--or, as the author himself called it, his "poetism in prose." Mixing the archaic with the innovative, raw colloquialisms with biblical quotations, Summer of Caprice opens an uproarious window onto the Czech spirit, humor, and way of life.