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How to Quiet a Vampire
EN NWISBN: 9780810117198 bzw. 0810117193, in Englisch, Northwestern University Press, neu.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, in-stock.
How to Quiet a Vampire is a study of terror and intellect in the tradition of Joseph Heller and George Steiner. Published to acclaim in 1977, this controversial novel of ideas follows Konrad Rutkowski, professor of medieval history and former Gestapo officer, as he returns to the scene of his war crimes determined to renounce, or perhaps justify, his Nazi past. In a series of letters, Rutkowski lays out his ambivalent reactions to war and unthinkable violence, connecting his own swirling ideas to those of the major figures of European thought: Plato, St. Augustine, Descartes, Nietzsche, Freud, and others. But the novel is more than an intellectual meditation. Borislav Pekic was himself a frequent political agitator and occasional prisoner, and he drew on his first hand knowledge of police methods and life under totalitarianism to paint a chilling portrait of an intellectual acting as a tool of repression. At the same time he questions whether Rutkowski's ideology puts him outside the philosophical tradition he so admires-or if the line separating European thought from totalitarianism is not as clear as we like to think.
How to Quiet a Vampire is a study of terror and intellect in the tradition of Joseph Heller and George Steiner. Published to acclaim in 1977, this controversial novel of ideas follows Konrad Rutkowski, professor of medieval history and former Gestapo officer, as he returns to the scene of his war crimes determined to renounce, or perhaps justify, his Nazi past. In a series of letters, Rutkowski lays out his ambivalent reactions to war and unthinkable violence, connecting his own swirling ideas to those of the major figures of European thought: Plato, St. Augustine, Descartes, Nietzsche, Freud, and others. But the novel is more than an intellectual meditation. Borislav Pekic was himself a frequent political agitator and occasional prisoner, and he drew on his first hand knowledge of police methods and life under totalitarianism to paint a chilling portrait of an intellectual acting as a tool of repression. At the same time he questions whether Rutkowski's ideology puts him outside the philosophical tradition he so admires-or if the line separating European thought from totalitarianism is not as clear as we like to think.
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The Time of Miracles
EN USISBN: 0810111179 bzw. 9780810111172, in Englisch, Northwestern University Press, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Lagernd, zzgl. Versandkosten.
christian books and bibles,contemporary,fiction,genre fiction,historical,literary,literature and fiction,religion and spirituality,world literature, The Time of Miracles (Writings from an Unbound Europe), Borislav Pekic spent six years in jail as a political prisoner, his only reading material the Bible. In 1965, ten years after his pardon, his first novel, The Time of Miracles, was published and became an overnight sensation. A set of parables based on the miracles of the New Testament, the book rewrites the story of Jesus from the perspective of Judas (who is obsessed with the idea prophecy must be fulfilled) and from that of the individuals upon whom miracles were performed--without their consent and, in most cases, to their eventual dissatisfaction. Filled with humor and poignancy, The Time of Miracles is a trenchant commentary on the power of ideology in one's life, upon what it means to hold beliefs, and upon the nature of faith.
christian books and bibles,contemporary,fiction,genre fiction,historical,literary,literature and fiction,religion and spirituality,world literature, The Time of Miracles (Writings from an Unbound Europe), Borislav Pekic spent six years in jail as a political prisoner, his only reading material the Bible. In 1965, ten years after his pardon, his first novel, The Time of Miracles, was published and became an overnight sensation. A set of parables based on the miracles of the New Testament, the book rewrites the story of Jesus from the perspective of Judas (who is obsessed with the idea prophecy must be fulfilled) and from that of the individuals upon whom miracles were performed--without their consent and, in most cases, to their eventual dissatisfaction. Filled with humor and poignancy, The Time of Miracles is a trenchant commentary on the power of ideology in one's life, upon what it means to hold beliefs, and upon the nature of faith.
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TERRE D'EBENE. : La Traite des Noirs (1998)
FR USISBN: 9782908957297 bzw. 2908957299, in Französisch, 276 Seiten, Les Editions du Rochers, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Frankreich, Expédition sous 1 à 2 jours ouvrés.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, RecycLivre.
Poche, Étiquette: Les Editions du Rochers, Les Editions du Rochers, Groupe de produits: Book, Publié: 1998-02-24, Studio: Les Editions du Rochers, Vente de rang: 590902.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, RecycLivre.
Poche, Étiquette: Les Editions du Rochers, Les Editions du Rochers, Groupe de produits: Book, Publié: 1998-02-24, Studio: Les Editions du Rochers, Vente de rang: 590902.
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TERRE D'ÉBÈNE (1994)
FR USISBN: 9782908957297 bzw. 2908957299, in Französisch, INTERFORUM, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Kanada, Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, momox ca.
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