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A bold new collection of the writings of Miroslav Krleza, in
English for the first time Miroslav Krleza was a giant of Yugoslav
literature, yet remarkably little of his writing has appeared in
English. In a body of work that spans more than five dozen books,
including novels, short stories, plays, poetry, and essays, Krleza
steadfastly pursued a radical humanism and artistic integrity.
Harbors Rich in Ships gives English-speaking readers an
unprecedented opportunity to appreciate the astonishing breadth of
Krleza's literary creations. Beautifully translated by Zeljko
Cipris, this collection of seven representative early texts
introduces a new audience to three stories from Krleza's renowned
antimilitarist book, The Croatian God Mars; an autobiographical
sketch; a one-act play; a story from his collection of short
stories; One Thousand and One Deaths; and his signature drama, The
Glembays, a satirical account of the crime-ridden origins of one of
Zageb's most aristocratic families. Born in 1893 Zagreb, then a
city in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Miroslav Krleza died in 1981
Zagreb, after it had become part of Croatia, a republic in
socialist Yugoslavia. He was educated in military academies that
served the Hapsburg monarchy, however, after fighting on the
Eastern Front during the First World War, he was sickened by the
War's lethal nationalism and became a fervent anti-militarist.
Krleza joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1918, but his
opposition to Stalin's artistic dictum of social realism, as well
as his refusal to support Stalin's purges, led to his expulsion
from the Party in 1939. He nevertheless helped found several
literary and political journals, and became a driving force in
Yugoslavia's literature. This collection will help readers of all
interests and ages see just why Krleza is considered among the best
of the literary moderns.
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Soldiers Alive (Hardcover)
Ishikawa Tatsuzo, Tatsuzao Ishikawa; Translated by Zeljko Cipris
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When the editors of Chuo koron, Japan's leading liberal magazine,
sent the prize-winning young novelist Ishikawa Tatsuzo to
war-ravaged China in early 1938, they knew the independent-minded
writer would produce a work wholly different from the lyrical and
sanitized war reports then in circulation. They could not predict,
however, that Ishikawa would write an unsettling novella so grimly
realistic it would promptly be banned and lead to the author's
conviction on charges of "disturbing peace and order." Decades
later, Soldiers Alive remains a deeply disturbing and eye-opening
account of the Japanese march on Nanking and its aftermath. In its
unforgettable depiction of an ostensibly altruistic war's
devastating effects on the soldiers who fought it and the civilians
they presumed to "liberate, " Ishikawa's work retains its power to
shock, inform, and provoke.
Making Sense of Japanese Grammar explains in a lively and highly
informative manner basic principles that underlie a wide range of
phenomena in Japanese.
A bold new collection of the writings of Miroslav Krleza, in
English for the first time Miroslav Krleza was a giant of Yugoslav
literature, yet remarkably little of his writing has appeared in
English. In a body of work that spans more than five dozen books,
including novels, short stories, plays, poetry, and essays, Krleza
steadfastly pursued a radical humanism and artistic integrity.
Harbors Rich in Ships gives English-speaking readers an
unprecedented opportunity to appreciate the astonishing breadth of
Krleza's literary creations. Beautifully translated by Zeljko
Cipris, this collection of seven representative early texts
introduces a new audience to three stories from Krleza's renowned
antimilitarist book, The Croatian God Mars; an autobiographical
sketch; a one-act play; a story from his collection of short
stories; One Thousand and One Deaths; and his signature drama, The
Glembays, a satirical account of the crime-ridden origins of one of
Zageb's most aristocratic families. Born in 1893 Zagreb, then a
city in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Miroslav Krleza died in 1981
Zagreb, after it had become part of Croatia, a republic in
socialist Yugoslavia. He was educated in military academies that
served the Hapsburg monarchy, however, after fighting on the
Eastern Front during the First World War, he was sickened by the
War's lethal nationalism and became a fervent anti-militarist.
Krleza joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1918, but his
opposition to Stalin's artistic dictum of social realism, as well
as his refusal to support Stalin's purges, led to his expulsion
from the Party in 1939. He nevertheless helped found several
literary and political journals, and became a driving force in
Yugoslavia's literature. This collection will help readers of all
interests and ages see just why Krleza is considered among the best
of the literary moderns.
Why is education potentially subversive? How does ethnocentrism
facilitate an oppressive status quo? Who actually benefits from
war? Questions such as these were integral to the work of writer
Kuroshima Denji (1898-1943), one of modern Japan's most dedicated
antimilitarist intellectuals. He was wholeheartedly committed to
fundamental change and produced numerous literary works expressing
his passionate opposition to armed force as an instrument of
imperialism. His only full-length novel, superbly translated here
as Militarized Streets, was censored by both Japan's imperial
government and the U.S. occupation authorities. Best known for his
""Siberian stories"" of the late 1920s - vivid descriptions of
agonies suffered by Japanese soldiers and Russian civilians during
Japan's invasion of the newly emerged Soviet Union - Kuroshima also
wrote powerful narratives dealing with the hardships, struggles,
and rare triumphs of Japanese peasants. The present volume
comprises much of Kuroshima's most highly acclaimed work for the
first time in English.
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