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The Circle and the Equator
ISBN: 9781742589237 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In the dying days of the Russian Empire, a Scottish sound recordist disappears into the Caucasus mountains; a former hero of the Algerian resistance experiments with traditional Chinese medicine; a French anatomical artist models disfigured soldiers returned from the Crimea. In 1960s Poland, a grandmother hatches a plan when a Hollywood star comes to town; while during the war in Vietnam, fate and superstition guide a Filipino cook toward a new vocation; and in Weimar Berlin, a young man's efforts to rehabilitate himself are derailed by a charismatic artist. Confronting, moving, and... In the dying days of the Russian Empire, a Scottish sound recordist disappears into the Caucasus mountains; a former hero of the Algerian resistanc... |
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Emotions, Language and Identity on the Margins of Europe
ISBN: 9781137403476 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Nations usually define themselves in positive terms; they proclaim themselves strong and victorious, or developed and prosperous. But what does it mean when the opposite is true - when negative feelings like regret, nostalgia, melancholy and fatalism are said to be the true essence of a culture? And what does it mean when these feelings are encapsulated in a single, untranslatable word?
Bringing together three such word-concepts from Europe's periphery - saudade in Portugal, the Czech litost of Milan Kundera and Orhan Pamuk's huzun of Istanbul - this book investigates claims that... Nations usually define themselves in positive terms; they proclaim themselves strong and victorious, or developed and prosperous. But what does it mea...
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