Journey to Russia by Miroslav Krleza
When Miroslav Krleza traveled through Russia for six months between the end of 1924 and the beginning of 1925, the celebrated Croatian writer was there to figure out what it all meant. The sprawling country was still coming to terms with the events of the 1917 revolution and reeling from Lenin's death in January 1924. During this period of profound political and social transition, Krleza opened his senses to train stations, cities, and villages and collected wildly different Russian perspectives on their collective moment in history.Krleza's impressionistic reportage of mass demonstrations and jubilant Orthodox Easter celebrations is informed by his preoccupation with the political, social, and psychological complexities of his environment. The result is a masterfully crafted modernist travelogue that resonates today as much as it did when first published in 1926.
"Krlezais a shrewd observer of man as social animal, and his wry, sardonic style fits cleanly into the Eastern European tradition of bureaucratic satire by the likes of Kafka, Karel Capek and Jaroslav Hasek " - -Publishers Weekly on On the Edge of Reason
"A great Croatian writer is seen at his most animated and unsparing in a venomous satire. . on political aggrandizement and xenophobia. . . . Much worth reading as an introduction to an unjustly neglected European master." -- Kirkus Reviews on The Banquet in Blitva
"The Croatian Miroslav Krleza is among the most neglected of the world's writers." -- Antioch Review
"Miroslav Krleza's Journey to Russia is a book that ought to be some kind of immortal classic." Nell Zink, Author of Doxology and The Wallcreeper
"A great Croatian writer is seen at his most animated and unsparing in a venomous satire. . on political aggrandizement and xenophobia. . . . Much worth reading as an introduction to an unjustly neglected European master." -- Kirkus Reviews on The Banquet in Blitva
"The Croatian Miroslav Krleza is among the most neglected of the world's writers." -- Antioch Review
"Miroslav Krleza's Journey to Russia is a book that ought to be some kind of immortal classic." Nell Zink, Author of Doxology and The Wallcreeper
Krleza, Miroslav: - During his long and distinguished career, the Croatian writer Miroslav Krleza (1893-1981) battled against many forms of tyranny. He wrote over forty novels, plays, and volumes of poetry and is widely considered to be the greatest Croatian writer of the twentieth century.
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| ISBN 13 | 9789533510293 |
| ISBN 10 | 9533510293 |
| Title | Journey to Russia |
| Author | Miroslav Krleža |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Sandorf Passage |
| Year published | 2021-04-20 |
| Number of pages | 244 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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