Zsófia Bán

Night School

A Reader for Grownups

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Zsófia Ban's Night School: A Reader for Adults uses a textbook format to build an encyclopedia of life-subject by subject, from self-help to geography to chemistry to French. With subtle irony, Ban's collection of lectures guides readers through the importance and uses of the power of Nohoo (or know-how), tells of the travels of young Flaubert to Egypt with his friend Maxime, and includes a missive from Laika the dog minutes before being blasted off into space, never to be seen again. A wildly clever book that makes our all-too-familiar world appear simultaneously foreign and untamed, and brings together lust, taboos, and the absurd in order… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Tucker, Jim (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-1-940953-92-2
EAN: 9781940953922
Produktnummer: 29530042
Verlag: Open Letter
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 6'824 KB

Über den Autor

Zsófia Bán grew up in Brazil and Hungary, and is the author of two works of fiction and four essay collections. She's won the Glass Marble Prize, Tibo Déry Prize, Palládium Prize, Mozgó Világ Prize, Attila József Prize, and Balassa Péter Prize for her writing. A former writer-in-residence at the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) program, she is currently a professor of American Studies at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest.Jim Tucker, a classical philologist living in Budapest, translated works from German, French, and Italian before making the acquaintance of George Konrád for whom he has translated some 35 essays from the Hungarian, in addition to works by numerous other authors.Péter Nádas is one of Hungary's greatest authors, and has had seven volumes translated into English, including The Book of Memories and Parallel Stories.