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The Doll (New York Review Books Classics), Prus, Boleslaw, 9781590173831
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9781590173831
- Book Title
- Doll
- Publisher
- New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.7 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Literary, Romance / Historical / Victorian, Historical
- Item Weight
- 25 oz
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Number of Pages
- 704 Pages
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Product Information
Boleslaw Prus is often compared to Chekhov, and Prus's masterpiece might be described as an intimate epic, a beautifully detailed, utterly absorbing exploration of life in late-nineteenth-century Warsaw, which is also a prophetic reckoning with some of the social forces--imperialism, nationalism, anti-Semitism among them--that would soon convulse Europe as never before. But The Doll is above all a brilliant novel of character, dramatizing conflicting ideas through the various convictions, ambitions, confusions, and frustrations of an extensive and varied cast. At the center of the book are three men from three different generations. Prus's fatally flawed hero is Wokulski, a successful businessman who yearns for recognition from Poland's decadent aristocracy and falls desperately in love with the highborn, glacially beautiful Izabela. Wokulski's story is intertwined with those of the incorrigibly romantic old clerk Rzecki, nostalgic for the revolutions of 1848, and of the bright young scientist Ochocki, who dreams of a future full of flying machines and other marvels, making for a book of great scope and richness that is, as Stanislaw Baraoczak writes in his introduction, at once "an old-fashioned yet still fascinating love story . . ., a still topical diagnosis of society's ills, and a forceful yet subtle portrayal of a tragically doomed man ."
Product Identifiers
Publisher
New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
159017383x
ISBN-13
9781590173831
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10038427132
Product Key Features
Book Title
Doll
Number of Pages
704 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Literary, Romance / Historical / Victorian, Historical
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.7 in
Item Weight
25 oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"This utterly oddball, fiercely enjoyable novel dissects the self-destructive romanticism of a brilliant, self-made tycoon who falls in love with a glamorous airhead. The book, with Proustian patience and subtlety, analyzes the delusions of infatuation seen through the lens of class." -Phillip Lopate, Salon " The Doll demonstrates 19th-century realism at its best." -Czesław Miłosz ". . . a great panoramic novel of 19th-century Poland." -Timothy Garton Ash, The Independent, Balances notions of love with genuine feelings of concern and remorse. This singular and timeless Polish masterpiece stands among world literature's enduring achievements.
Lccn
2010-033548
Dewey Decimal
Fic
Lc Classification Number
Pg7158.G6l323 2011
Copyright Date
2011
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