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The Beauty of History
Engelsk Paperback
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The Beauty of History
Engelsk Paperback

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1968. Riga. News of the Prague Spring washes across Europe, causing ripples on either side of the Iron Curtain. A young Estonian woman has agreed to pose as a model for a famous sculptor, who is trying to evade military service and escape to the West. Although the model has only a vague awareness of politics - her interest in life is primarily poetic - the consequences of the politics of both past and present repeatedly make themselves felt. Chance remarks overheard prompt memories of people and places, language itself becomes fluid, by turns deceptive and reassuring.The Beauty of History is a novel of poetic intensity, of fleeting moods and captured moments. It is powerfully evocative of life within the Baltic States during the Soviet occupation, and of the challenge to artists to express their individuality whilst maintaining at least an outward show of loyalty to the dominant ideology. Written on the cusp of independence, as Estonia and Latvia sought to regain their sovereignty in 1991, this is a novel that can be seen as an historic document - wistful, unsettling, and beautiful...Viivi Luik is one of Estonia''s most highly-acclaimed and well-known writers. The Beauty of History has been published in eleven languages.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
152
ISBN-13:
9781909408272
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1909408271
Udg. Dato:
31 mar 2016
Længde:
14mm
Bredde:
129mm
Højde:
200mm
Forlag:
Norvik Press
Oplagsdato:
31 mar 2016
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge