Rakes of the Old Court
A Novel
Seiten
2021
Northwestern University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8101-4348-7 (ISBN)
Northwestern University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8101-4348-7 (ISBN)
Widely regarded as the greatest Romanian novel of the twentieth century, Mateiu Caragiale's Rakes of the Old Court follows four characters through the bars and brothels of Bucharest. The novel's shimmering, spectacular prose describes gripping vignettes of love, ambition, and decay.
Widely regarded as the greatest Romanian novel of the twentieth century, Mateiu Caragiale's Rakes of the Old Court (Craii de Curtea-Veche) follows four characters through the bars and brothels of Bucharest. Guided by an amoral opportunist, the shadowy narrator and his two affluent friends drink and gamble their way through a city built on the ruins of crumbled castles and bygone empires. The novel's shimmering, spectacular prose describes gripping vignettes of love, ambition, and decay.
Originally published in 1929, Rakes of the Old Court is considered a jewel of Romanian modernism. Now canonical, Mateiu's work has been celebrated for its opulent literary style and enigmatic tone.
Widely regarded as the greatest Romanian novel of the twentieth century, Mateiu Caragiale's Rakes of the Old Court (Craii de Curtea-Veche) follows four characters through the bars and brothels of Bucharest. Guided by an amoral opportunist, the shadowy narrator and his two affluent friends drink and gamble their way through a city built on the ruins of crumbled castles and bygone empires. The novel's shimmering, spectacular prose describes gripping vignettes of love, ambition, and decay.
Originally published in 1929, Rakes of the Old Court is considered a jewel of Romanian modernism. Now canonical, Mateiu's work has been celebrated for its opulent literary style and enigmatic tone.
Mateiu Caragiale (1885-1936) was a Romanian writer of fiction and poetry. The illegitimate son of prominent playwright Ion Luca Caragiale, Mateiu had a contentious relationship with his family. Heavily influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, his works describe characters of uncertain ancestry, airs of fog and mystery, and plots of decadence and abasement. Sean Cotter is a professor of literature and translation studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Erscheinungsdatum | 01.09.2021 |
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Reihe/Serie | Northwestern World Classics |
Übersetzer | Sean Cotter |
Verlagsort | Evanston |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 333 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker |
ISBN-10 | 0-8101-4348-8 / 0810143488 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8101-4348-7 / 9780810143487 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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