Cyclops
A Fiction, Classics book. Estetsko sutra: kad je ovjek otkrio rugobu materije, umjetnici postadoe obrtnici runoga....
In his semiautobiographical novel, Cyclops, Croatian writer Ranko Marinković recounts the adventures of young theater critic Melkior Tresić, an archetypal antihero who decides to starve himself to avoid fighting in the front lines of World War II. As he wanders the streets of Zagreb in a near-hallucinatory state of paranoia and malnourishment, Melkior encounters a colorful circus of characters—fortune-tellers, shamans, actors, prostitutes, bohemians, and café intellectuals—all living in a fragile dream of a society about to be changed forever.A seminal work of postwar Eastern European literature, Cyclops reveals a little-known perspective on World War II from within the former Yugoslavia, one that has never before been available to an English-speaking audience. Vlada Stojiljković’s able translation, improved by Ellen Elias-Bursać’s insightful editing, preserves the striking brilliance of this riotously funny and densely allusive text. Along Melkior’s journey Cyclops satirizes both the delusions of the righteous military officials who feed the national bloodlust as well as the wayward intellectuals who believe themselves to be above the unpleasant realities of international conflict. Through Stojiljković’s clear-eyed translation, Melkior’s peregrinations reveal how history happens and how the individual consciousness is swept up...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 568 pages
- ISBN: 9780300168846 / 300168845
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Estetsko sutra: kad je ovjek otkrio rugobu materije, umjetnici postadoe obrtnici runoga. Ranko Marinkovi, Kiklop // On je sretan, jer nita ne zna. Ranko Marinkovi, Kiklop // I tako ue u na ivot neko lice - nepoznanica. Ukrca se u nau mirnu (hm, mirnu?) plovidbu, zagonetni putnik koji nam odjednom oduzme svaki smisao za zbilju. Isie naprosto svu volju i poinju naa slatka lutanja. Po iluzijama. Ranko Marinkovi, Kiklop //
Ne mo'. Loved it. So intense. This is possibly the most extraordinary work of literature ever written.
