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The Return of Munchausen (New York Review Books Classics)

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Condition
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Release Year
2016
ISBN
9781681370286
Book Title
Return of Munchausen
Item Length
8in
Publisher
New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
Publication Year
2016
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.4in
Author
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Psychological, General, Satire, Literary
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
5.9 Oz
Number of Pages
160 Pages

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First inspired in the eighteenth century by the tall tales of the real Baron Hieronymus von M nchausen, the legend of Baron M nchausen-as transmitted and transformed by Rudolf Erich Raspe and Gottfried August B rger-soon eclipsed the fame of his living counterpart and has captivated the European imagination ever since. An irrepressible cavalier and raconteur, the Baron gallivants through battle (in one episode he climbs aboard an outgoing cannonball only to change his mind halfway and hop onto another one heading in the opposite direction), scoffs at death, and inflates his own stature at every turn. In Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky's update, the Baron returns in the troubled twentieth century, where he will rediscover the place of imagination amid the tenuous peace, universal mourning, and political machinations of the aftermath of World War I. "To me," he claims, "the debates of philosophers, grabbing the truth out of each other's hands, resemble a fight among beggars over a single coin." Transcending truth, the Baron instead revels in smoke and mist. He is a devotee of the impossible and a worshipper of "Saint Nobody." But lost as he is in the twists of his imagination, can the Baron heal Europe through diplomacy-or at least hold a mirror up to its absurdities?

Product Identifiers

Publisher
New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
168137028x
ISBN-13
9781681370286
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12038534280

Product Key Features

Book Title
Return of Munchausen
Author
Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, General, Satire, Literary
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
160 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
5in
Item Weight
5.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pg3476.K782v6913
Reviews
"Playful and erudite, sprinkled with philosophy and politics, funny in places and melancholy in others, this novella, like most of Krzhizhanovsky's work, remained unpublished during his lifetime; how lucky that we can read it now." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Copyright Date
2017
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2016-026846

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