On the Edge of Reason - Couverture souple

Krleza, Miroslav

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0811222047 ISBN 13 : 9780811222044

Editeur : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2020

Synopsis

Until the age of fifty-two, the protagonist of On the Edge of Reason suffered a monotonous existence as a highly respected lawyer. He owned a carriage and wore a top hat. He lived the life of "an orderly good-for-nothing among a whole crowd of neat, gray good-for-nothings." But, one evening, surrounded by ladies and gentlemen at a party, he hears the Director-General tell a lively anecdote of how he shot four men like dogs for trespassing on his property. In response, our hero blurts out an honest thought. From this moment, all hell breaks loose.

Written in 1938, On the Edge of Reason reveals the fundamental chasm between conformity and individuality. As folly piles upon folly, hypocrisy upon hypocrisy, reason itself begins to give way, and the edge between reality and unreality disappears.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

During his long and distinguished career, the Croatian writer Miroslav Krleza (1893-1981) battled against many forms of tyranny. He wrote over forty novels, plays, and volumes of poetry and is widely considered to be the greatest Croatian writer of the twentieth century.

Zora Depolo also translated Krleza's The Return of Philip Latinowicz.

Joshua Cohen was born in 1980 in Atlantic City. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction 2022 for The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family. He lives in New York City.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0811222047
• ISBN 13: 9780811222044
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 192
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• Personne responsable: non disponible