Miroslav Krleza

On the Edge of Reason

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Until the age of fifty-two, the protagonist of On the Edge of Reason suffered a monotonous existence as a highly respected lawyer. He owned a carriage and wore a top hat. He lived the life of an orderly good-for-nothing among a whole crowd of neat, gray good-for-nothings. But, one evening, surrounded by ladies and gentlemen at a party, he hears the Director-General tell a lively anecdote of how he shot four men like dogs for trespassing on his property. In response, our hero blurts out an honest thought. From this moment, all hell breaks loose.Written in 1938, On the Edge of Reason reveals the fundamental chasm between conformity and individu… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-0-8112-2204-4
EAN: 9780811222044
Produktnummer: 32966743
Verlag: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Seitenangabe: 192 S.
Masse: H20.3 cm x B12.7 cm

Über den Autor

During his long and distinguished career, the Croatian writer Miroslav Krleza (1893-1981) battled against many forms of tyranny. He wrote over forty novels, plays, and volumes of poetry and is widely considered to be the greatest Croatian writer of the twentieth century.