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PETS OF THE GREAT DICTATORS & Other Works (Paperback)
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PETS OF THE GREAT DICTATORS & Other Works (Paperback)
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Loot Price R562
Discovery Miles 5 620
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Second edition enlarged. Dictators pets are too often ignored but
no longer They re all here in this hilarious collection of madcap
ditties: Lenin s cat, Hitler s dog, Qaddafi s sweet-scented camel,
Caligula s horse, Mao s cockroach (he banned real pets), Stalin s
spider, and many more. The volume also includes philosophers songs
and a Holy Roman opera, Turmoil in Brindisi about a long-forgotten
ecumenical council called by Pope Sixtus the Sixth, an equally
forgotten pope. Written over a period of 35 years, these jottings
are also a record of a lifetime of laughter. Sabrina Ramet's
collection of ditties is sidesplittingly hilarious What a great
idea to deal with the defining concept or characteristics of
world's dictators and their pets and philosophers in poems in a
humorous way What is even more important, Ramet with her poems
touches us on a deeper level as human beings with universal human
traits. -Lea Plut-Pregelj, University of Maryland. This is a unique
publication. Professor Sabrina Ramet has shown how humour can (and
should) be used to unmask and demystify dictators and
dictatorships. Funny and serious at the same time, these ditties
include many authentic touches, such as the reference to
self-criticism in the ditty about Ceausescu. The philosophers'
songs are also great fun, combining witty summaries of some of
their major ideas with wild humour. - Knut Erik Solem, Norwegian
University of Science & Technology.
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