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Flisar, Evald

 
9781908236388: A Swarm of Dust
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ISBN 10: 1908236388 ISBN 13: 9781908236388
Editorial: Istros Books, 2018

Sinopsis

Born into a Roma family in 1960s' Yugoslavia, Janek Hudorovec has grown up with a terrible secret. Given the opportunity to 'make something of himself', he abandons the familiar wild and tactile world of nature and enters the controlled, rational life of university and the city. Here Janek proves himself to be not a conscious rebel but a spontaneous one; under the influences of  impulses he cannot control. While his teachers try to understand and categorize him, it is only his fellow student, Daria, who seems able to provide a rational insight into the causes of  his behaviour and offer him true affection. Yet the battle that Janek must fight with his past leads him back to the gypsy village, and a terrible denouement. This tragic story of self-punishment explores the idea that man and nature, if they are to survive, together and separately, must forever remain in conflict. Flisar's ability to describe Janek’s inner states through juxtaposition with the outer world create a mesmerizing claustrophobia, as the reader is pulled inexorably into the nightmarish world of a man in anguish.   

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Acerca del autor

EVALD FLISAR is a novelist, playwright, essayist, editor and seasoned traveller. Flisar was president of the Slovene Writers’ Association from 1995 – 2002, and since 1998 is the editor of the oldest Slovenian literary journal Sodobnost (Contemporary Review). He is the author of eleven novels, two collections of short stories, three travelogues, two books for children and fifteen stage plays. Winner of the Prešeren Foundation Prize, the highest state award for prose and drama, the prestigious Župančič Award for lifetime achievement, three awards for Best Radio Play, and many more. His previous novels, ‘My Father’s Dreams and Three Loves, One Death were published with Istros in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

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Editorial
Istros Books
Año de publicación
2018
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1908236388
ISBN 13 
9781908236388
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
160
Contacto del fabricante
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