THE PRIZE-WINNING SATIRICAL BESTSELLER - MORE THAN 500,000 COPIES
SOLD WORLDWIDE "I enjoyed The Capital so much . . . A major book"
New York Times "First-class satire" Guardian "A deliciously vicious
and timely satire" Financial Times "Mischievous yet profound"
Economist "Thoroughly entertaining" Spectator "[A] polyphonic EU
satire" The Times A "HOUSE OF CARDS" FOR THE EU The Capital is a
brilliantly entertaining satire, a crime story, a comedy of manners
. . . and a wild pig chase. This is the tale of a continent, a city
and its inhabitants as they navigate their way through the
confusing tangle of 21st-century life.
************************************* Brussels. A hive of tragic
heroes, manipulative losers, involuntary accomplices. No wonder the
European Commission is keen to improve its image. The fiftieth
anniversary of the European Commission approaches, and the
Directorate-General for Culture is tasked with organising an
appropriate celebration. When Fenia Xenopoulou's assistant comes up
with a plan to put Auschwitz at the very centre of the jubilee, she
is delighted. But she has neglected to take the other E.U.
institutions into account. Meanwhile the city is on the lookout for
a runaway pig. And what about the farmers who take to the streets
to protest against restrictions blocking the export of pigs to
China? ************************************** See what the critics
are saying about The Capital: "Omniscient" New York Times "An
exceptional work" Kirkus Reviews "Deliciously witty" Metro "Elegant
. . . brilliantly constructed" Die Zeit "Robert Menasse is
pioneering the genre of Eurolit" Financial Times WINNER OF THE
GERMAN BOOK PRIZE Translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch
General
| Imprint: |
MacLehose Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
February 2020 |
| First published: |
2017 |
| Authors: |
Robert Menasse
|
| Translators: |
Jamie Bulloch
|
| Dimensions: |
196 x 128 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
432 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-85705-864-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-85705-864-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780857058645 |
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