Widely regarded as the greatest Romanian novel of the twentieth
century, Mateiu Caragiale's Rakes of the Old Court (Craii de
Curtea-Veche) follows four characters through the bars and brothels
of Bucharest. Guided by an amoral opportunist, the shadowy narrator
and his two affluent friends drink and gamble their way through a
city built on the ruins of crumbled castles and bygone empires. The
novel's shimmering, spectacular prose describes gripping vignettes
of love, ambition, and decay. Originally published in 1929, Rakes
of the Old Court is considered a jewel of Romanian modernism. Now
canonical, Mateiu's work has been celebrated for its opulent
literary style and enigmatic tone.
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