Zenobia by Gellu Naum
An existentialist anti-novel by a member of the Romanian literary avant-garde. It demonstrates a commitment to surrealistic aesthetics, and has a clear lack of an obvious plot, minimal development of character, variations of time sequence, and experiments with vocabulary and punctuation.
High metaphysical hilarity from a hitherto unknown master whose work in its strongest moments recalls the best of Beckett, Gombrowicz, and Ionesco" —Kirkus Reviews
"Experiments with style and vocabulary abound, and Zenobia benefits from a lush translation that lets the reader enjoy the language fully." —Library Journal
"Fascinated with surralism or not, any reader would find in Zenobia a rewarding attempt to go beyond the power of words, images, and logic. Like the best in the surrealist tradition, it seeks to narrate the unnarratable and challenges its readers to comprehend the incomprehensible." —World Literature Today
"One of the most exciting experimental fictions produced in Romania in the last fifteen years or so." —Mihai Miroiu
"Experiments with style and vocabulary abound, and Zenobia benefits from a lush translation that lets the reader enjoy the language fully." —Library Journal
"Fascinated with surralism or not, any reader would find in Zenobia a rewarding attempt to go beyond the power of words, images, and logic. Like the best in the surrealist tradition, it seeks to narrate the unnarratable and challenges its readers to comprehend the incomprehensible." —World Literature Today
"One of the most exciting experimental fictions produced in Romania in the last fifteen years or so." —Mihai Miroiu
Gellu Naum was a well-known Romanian poet, dramatist, novelist, children's author, and translator who lived from August 1, 1915 until September 29, 2001. He is well known for founding the Romanian Surrealist group. His wife, the artist Lyggia Naum, was the basis for and protagonist in his 1985 novel Zenobia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780810112551 |
| ISBN 10 | 0810112558 |
| Title | Zenobia |
| Author | Gellu Naum |
| Series | Delete |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Northwestern University Press |
| Year published | 1995-07-30 |
| Number of pages | 220 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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