My family's role in the world revolution and other prose / Bora Ćosić ; translated by Ann Clymer B...
My family's role in the world revolution and other prose / Bora Ćosić ; translated by Ann Clymer Bigelow.
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Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 1997.
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Date
1997.
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N891.82354/C834.3/1
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English
Croatian (Old Code)
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250 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents
My Family's Role in the World Revolution -- Russians by Trade -- The Romeo's Trade - A Major One -- Us and the Electricians -- Our Embroiderers -- How They Fixed Our Hair -- A Story about Dogcatchers -- In Praise of Young Pilots and Others -- Diary of an Apatrid -- Hamsun's Baedeker -- Final Convers...
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Publisher
Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 1997.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
With humor reminiscent of Bohumil Hrabal and experimentation reminiscent of James Joyce, Cosic exposes the underside of the Communist revolution, revealing its destructive effects: chaos, bewilderment, and fear. This volume also includes several of Cosic's short stories, as well as recent essays in which he denounces the most recent war that has le...
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My family's role in the world revolution and other prose / Bora Ćosić ; translated by Ann Clymer Bigelow.
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Writings from an unbound Europe.
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N891.82354/C834.3/1
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ISBN
0810113686 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780810113671 (cloth : alk. paper)
0810113678 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780810113688 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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891.82354
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991005679599702626