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The Walnut Mansion

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Author : Miljenko Jergović
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300179278
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Walnut Mansion written by Miljenko Jergović and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic novel of twentieth-century Balkan life, from the decline of the Ottoman Empire through the bloodshed of the Bosnian War This grand novel encompasses nearly all of Yugoslavia's tumultuous twentieth century, from the decline of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires through two world wars, the rise and fall of communism, the breakup of the nation, and the terror of the shelling of Dubrovnik. Tackling universal themes on a human scale, master storyteller Miljenko Jergovic traces one Yugoslavian family's tale as history irresistibly casts the fates of five generations. What is it to live a life whose circumstances are driven by history? Jergovic investigates the experiences of a compelling heroine, Regina Delavale, and her many family members and neighbors. Telling Regina's story in reverse chronology, the author proceeds from her final days in 2002 to her birth in 1905, encountering along the way such traumas as atrocities committed by Nazi Ustashe Croats and the death of Tito. Lyrically written and unhesitatingly told, The Walnut Mansion may be read as an allegory of the tragedy of Yugoslavia's tormented twentieth century.

The Walnut Mansion

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Author : Miljenko Jergovic
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300184816
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Walnut Mansion written by Miljenko Jergovic and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This grand novel encompasses nearly all of Yugoslavia’s tumultuous twentieth century, from the decline of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires through two world wars, the rise and fall of communism, the breakup of the nation, and the terror of the shelling of Dubrovnik. Tackling universal themes on a human scale, master storyteller Miljenko Jergovic traces one Yugoslavian family’s tale as history irresistibly casts the fates of five generations. What is it to live a life whose circumstances are driven by history? Jergovic investigates the experiences of a compelling heroine, Regina Delavale, and her many family members and neighbors. Telling Regina’s story in reverse chronology, the author proceeds from her final days in 2002 to her birth in 1905, encountering along the way such traumas as atrocities committed by Nazi Ustashe Croats and the death of Tito. Lyrically written and unhesitatingly told, The Walnut Mansion may be read as an allegory of the tragedy of Yugoslavia’s tormented twentieth century.

Kin

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Author : Miljenko Jergovic
Publisher : Archipelago
ISBN 13 : 1939810523
Total Pages : 929 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Kin written by Miljenko Jergovic and published by Archipelago. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 929 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kin is a dazzling family epic from one of Croatia's most prized writers. In this sprawling narrative which spans the entire twentieth century, Miljenko Jergović peers into the dusty corners of his family's past, illuminating them with a tender, poetic precision. Ordinary, forgotten objects - a grandfather's beekeeping journals, a rusty benzene lighter, an army issued raincoat - become the lenses through which Jergović investigates the joys and sorrows of a family living through a century of war. The work is ultimately an ode to Yugoslavia - Jergović sees his country through the devastation of the First World War, the Second, the Cold, then the Bosnian war of the 90s; through its changing street names and borders, shifting seasons, through its social rituals at graveyards, operas, weddings, markets - rendering it all in loving, vivid detail. A portrait of an era.

Embodied Narration

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Author : Heike Hartung
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3839443067
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Embodied Narration written by Heike Hartung and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do liminal embodied experiences such as illness, death and dying affect literary form? In recent years, the concept of embodiment has been theorized from various perspectives. Gender studies have been concerned with the cultural implications of embodiment, arguing to move away from viewing the body as a prediscursive phenomenon to regarding it as an acculturated body. Age studies have extended this view to the embodied experience of ageing, while drawing attention to the ways in which the ageing body, through its materiality and plasticity, restricts the possibilities of (de)constructing subjectivity. These current debates on embodiment find a strong counterpart in literary representation. The contributions to this anthology investigate how and to what extend physical borderline experiences affect literary form.

The Historic Mansions and Buildings of Philadelphia

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Author : Thompson Westcott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Historic Mansions and Buildings of Philadelphia written by Thompson Westcott and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

House of Outrageous Fortune

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Author : Michael Gross
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451666217
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book House of Outrageous Fortune written by Michael Gross and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Michael Gross’s new book…packs [in] almost as many stories as there are apartments in the building. The Jackie Collins of real estate likes to map expressions of power, money and ego… Even more crammed with billionaires and their exploits than 740 Park” (Penelope Green, The New York Times). With two concierge-staffed lobbies, a walnut-lined library, a lavish screening room, a private sixty-seat restaurant offering residents room service, a health club complete with a seventy-foot swimming pool, penthouses that cost almost $100 million, and a tenant roster that’s a roll call of business page heroes and villains, Fifteen Central Park West is the most outrageously successful, insanely expensive, titanically tycoon-stuffed real estate development of the twenty-first century. In this “stunning” (CNN) and “deliciously detailed” (Booklist, starred review) New York Times bestseller, journalist Michael Gross turns his gimlet eye on the new-money wonderland that’s sprung up on the southwest rim of Central Park. Mixing an absorbing business epic with hilarious social comedy, Gross “takes another gossip-laden bite out of the upper crust” (Sam Roberts, The New York Times), whichincludes Denzel Washington, Sting, Norman Lear, top executives, and Russian and Chinese oligarchs, to name a few. And he recounts the legendary building’s inspired genesis, costly construction, and the flashy international lifestyle it has brought to a once benighted and socially déclassé Manhattan neighborhood. More than just an apartment building, 15CPW represents a massive paradigm shift in the lifestyle of New York’s rich and famous—and is a bellwether of the city’s changing social and financial landscape.

Beacon Hill

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Author : Allen Chamberlain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Beacon Hill written by Allen Chamberlain and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beacon Hill is part of Boston.

Some records of the Ashtead estate, and of its Howard possessors [by F.E. Paget].

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Author : Francis Edward Paget
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Some records of the Ashtead estate, and of its Howard possessors [by F.E. Paget]. written by Francis Edward Paget and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Le Grand Meaulnes

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Author : Alain-Fournier
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780140182828
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Le Grand Meaulnes written by Alain-Fournier and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1990-03 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic French novel written by a soldier, who would later die during World War I, tells the story of Auguste Meaulnes and the "domain mysterieux."

The Good House

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Author : Tananarive Due
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743296168
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book The Good House written by Tananarive Due and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author Due's spine tingling tale of supernatural suspense "weaves a stronger net than ever" (Kirkus Reviews") as a woman searches for the inherited power that can save her hometown from the forces of evil.

The World's Work

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Author : Walter Hines Page
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 910 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The World's Work written by Walter Hines Page and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of our time.

The Country Gentleman

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 976 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Country Gentleman written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Circus Train

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Author : Amita Parikh
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593539990
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (935 download)

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Download or read book The Circus Train written by Amita Parikh and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Bestseller and #1 LibraryReads Pick Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in this World War II debut about a magnificent travelling circus, a star-crossed romance, and one girl’s coming-of-age during the darkest of times. “A powerful reminder that to live is not just to survive, but to be seen and known for ourselves.” —Pam Jenoff, author of The Orphan’s Tale When all is lost, how do you find the courage to keep moving forward? 1938. Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the circus, even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Theo. Brilliant and curious, Lena—who uses a wheelchair after a childhood bout with polio—yearns for the real-world magic of science and medicine, her mind stronger than the limitations placed on her by society. Then her unconventional life takes an exciting turn when she rescues Alexandre, an orphan with his own secrets and a mysterious past. As World War II escalates around them, their friendship blossoms into something deeper while Alexandre trains as the illusionist’s apprentice. But when Theo and Alexandre are arrested and made to perform in a town for Jews set up by the Nazis, Lena is separated from everything she knows. Forced to make her own way, Lena must confront her doubts and dare to believe in the impossible—herself.

Genealogy of the Wharton Family of Philadelphia

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Author : Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Genealogy of the Wharton Family of Philadelphia written by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A New Home for an Old House

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Author : Drexel & Co
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New Home for an Old House written by Drexel & Co and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

American Sheep Breeder and Wool Grower

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book American Sheep Breeder and Wool Grower written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Brücke

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Brücke written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: