The Last Window Giraffe
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The Last Window Giraffe
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Author : Péter Zilahy
language : en
Publisher: Anthem Press
Release Date : 2008
The Last Window Giraffe written by Péter Zilahy and has been published by Anthem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This dictionary-novel of dictatorship is a thrilling personal journey behind the Iron Curtain - and like nothing you have read before.
The Last Window Giraffe
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Author : Péter Zilahy
language : en
Publisher: Anthem Press
Release Date : 2008-03-10
The Last Window Giraffe written by Péter Zilahy and has been published by Anthem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-10 with Fiction categories.
This book is about the madness of everyday life under a dictatorship. It shifts in theme and time, testing the borderlines of prose and poetry, fiction and non-fiction, history and autobiography – all in the unassuming guise of a child’s ABC. Filled with his own striking photographs, Péter Zilahy gives fascinating insight into whole other universe behind the Iron Curtain. ‘The Last Window-Giraffe’ is one of the most unusual, beguiling books you will ever read.
The Last Window Giraffe
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Author : Peter Zilahy
language : en
Publisher: Sandorf Passage
Release Date : 2023-09-05
The Last Window Giraffe written by Peter Zilahy and has been published by Sandorf Passage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-05 with Fiction categories.
Peter Zilahy's The Last Window-Giraffe takes its title from the fact that the first and last letters of the Hungarian alphabet match the first letters for the words "window" and "giraffe." This genre-defying book, originally written in Hungarian, has been translated into twenty-two languages and is often cited as one of the inspirations for the Orange Revolution in the Ukraine. On the surface, this autobiographical fiction rendered by Zilahy's incisive x-ray vision--a heady mix of history, memoir, and farce of the highest order--is about the protests in Belgrade in 1996. But viewed through a wider lens it serves up the absurdity of all manner of authoritarianism that resonates as much today as it first did upon publication in 1999.
The Last Window Giraffe
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Author : Péter Zilahy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
The Last Window Giraffe written by Péter Zilahy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
The Last Window-Giraffe' is a playful and personal journey through the political unrest of the seventies and eighties. It was inspired by a Hungarian children's dictionary, entitled 'Window-Giraffe', which explained the whole world in simple terms; a world where everything was in order and all problems were easily solved. Popular across Europe for the best part of a decade, 'The Last Window-Giraffe' is a politically infused rendition of the original: quirky, astute and powerful. P ter Zilahy draws on his travels around the soft dictatorships of Eastern Europe, offering his acerbic observations on the often bizarre spectacle. In one instance he describes the carnival-like protests against the Milosevic regime in Belgrade simply and humorously. This reflects, like the format of the book, the manner in which the regime treat their people like children. NP] Filled with his own striking photographs, Zilahy gives fascinating insight into a whole other universe behind the Iron Curtain. 'The Last Window-Giraffe' is one of the most unusual, beguiling books you will ever read. For more information please see the book website: www.lastwindowgiraffe.anthempressblog.com
The Last Window Giraffe
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Author : Peter Zilahy
language : id
Publisher: Bentang Pustaka
Release Date : 2008-10-01
The Last Window Giraffe written by Peter Zilahy and has been published by Bentang Pustaka this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-01 with categories.
Ketika seluruh rakyat turun ke jalan, dunia akan melihat betapa perubahan telah di ambang pintu. Sejarah membuktikannya berulang-ulang, tak terkecuali Yugoslavia 1996-1997. Muak dengan kediktatoran pemerintahan, yang puncaknya adalah tindakan pmerintah menganulir kemenangan partai oposisi Zajedno, seluruh rakyat dari berbagai kelompok melancarkan protes. Mereka berbaris melalui rute-rute dan waktu yang telah disepakati. Aksi-aksi tersebut mulai menjadi sebuah keseharian dengan akibat-akibat logis seperti pecahnya keluarga karena perbedaan pandangan politis atau bahkan korban tewas. Situasi itu dipotret secara unik dalam novel kamus ini. Zilahy bukan sekedar memaparkan secara detail, melainkan juga memainkan setiap kata secara cerdas sehingga memancing decak kagum. Dan, seakan melengkapi peran kata sebagai pelukis fakta, ditampilkan foto-foto cantik hasil bidikannya. Kini, sempurna sudah novel kamus ini menghadirkan situasi chaotic Yugoslavia ke hadapan Anda. [Mizan, Bentang, Novel, Indonesia]
Literary Visualities
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Author : Ronja Bodola
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2017-06-26
Literary Visualities written by Ronja Bodola and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book challenges the focus on pictoriality as central constituent of visual culture from the perspective of literary studies, which in the wake of an ‘intermedial turn’ so far focused on the ways texts relate to pictures and visual media either in praesentia (e.g. word and image studies) or in absentia (e.g. ekphrasis). Instead, it emphasizes literature’s participation in visual culture at large and focuses on three areas of investigation: (1) the depiction of, for instance, visual perceptions in the literary mode of description, which is paramount to formatting the mental aspect of visual culture; (2) the readerly practice of visualising situations and events of the fictional world, which mediates between those mentefacts and techniques of writing; (3) textual visibilities which are grounded in materiality. The volume explores these three areas from a systematically integrated perspective and the essays include in-depth treatments of seminal examples taken from Western literatures (primarily English and German, but also French and American literature) from early modern times to the present. This book’s aim is to work out literature’s active role in shaping visual culture, thus demonstrating its relevance for “image studies”.
Contemporary World Fiction
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Author : Juris Dilevko
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2011-03-17
Contemporary World Fiction written by Juris Dilevko and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This much-needed guide to translated literature offers readers the opportunity to hear from, learn about, and perhaps better understand our shrinking world from the perspective of insiders from many cultures and traditions. In a globalized world, knowledge about non-North American societies and cultures is a must. Contemporary World Fiction: A Guide to Literature in Translation provides an overview of the tremendous range and scope of translated world fiction available in English. In so doing, it will help readers get a sense of the vast world beyond North America that is conveyed by fiction titles from dozens of countries and language traditions. Within the guide, approximately 1,000 contemporary non-English-language fiction titles are fully annotated and thousands of others are listed. Organization is primarily by language, as language often reflects cultural cohesion better than national borders or geographies, but also by country and culture. In addition to contemporary titles, each chapter features a brief overview of earlier translated fiction from the group. The guide also provides in-depth bibliographic essays for each chapter that will enable librarians and library users to further explore the literature of numerous languages and cultural traditions.
Mengikat Makna Update Membaca Dan Menulis Yang Memberdayakan
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Author : Hernowo
language : en
Publisher: Kaifa
Release Date : 2009-10-01
Mengikat Makna Update Membaca Dan Menulis Yang Memberdayakan written by Hernowo and has been published by Kaifa this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Mengikat Makna Update diinspirasi oleh teknologi Web 2.0. Buku ini akan memudahkan masyarakat memasuki & menikmati dunia baca tulis yang memberdayakan.
Cultures And Traditions Of Wordplay And Wordplay Research
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Author : Esme Winter-Froemel
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2018-10-22
Cultures And Traditions Of Wordplay And Wordplay Research written by Esme Winter-Froemel and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The book series is dedicated to the study of the multifaceted dynamics of wordplay as an interface phenomenon. The contributions aim to bring together approaches from various disciplines and present case studies on different communicative settings, inluding everyday language and literary communication, and thus offer fresh perspectives on wordplay in the context of linguistic innovation, language contact, and speaker-hearer-interaction. La collection vise à analyser la diversité de la dynamique du jeu de mots en tant que phénomène d’interface. Les contributions réunissent les approches de différentes disciplines et présentent des études de cas de situations de communication variées, incluant tant le langage quotidien que la communication littéraire. Ainsi, elles offrent de nouvelles perspectives sur le jeu de mots dans le contexte de l’innovation linguistique, du contact linguistique, et de l’interaction locuteur-interlocuteur. Editorial Board: Salvatore Attardo (Texas A&M University Commerce, USA), Dirk Delabastita (Université de Namur, Belgium), Dirk Geeraerts (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium), Raymond W. Gibbs (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA), Alain Rabatel (Université de Lyon 1 /ICAR, UMR 5191, CNRS, Université Lumière-Lyon 2, ENS-Lyon, France), Monika Schmitz-Emans (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany), Deirdre Wilson (University College London, UK)
Alter Ego
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Author : Guido Snel
language : en
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Release Date : 2004
Alter Ego written by Guido Snel and has been published by Amsterdam University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Social Science categories.
Frank, illuminating and poignant immigrant tales from twenty of Europe's writers, artists, politicians and scholars looking back at their roots, their journeys and their divided loyalties.