Boleslaw Prusis often compared to Chekhov, and Prus's masterpiece might be described as an intimate epic, a beautifully detailed, utterly absorbing exploration of life in late-nineteenth-century Warsaw, which is also a prophetic reckoning with some of the social forces--imperialism, nationalism, anti-Semitism among them--that would soon convulse Europe as never before. But The Doll is above all a brilliant novel of character, dramatizing conflicting ideas through the various convictions, ambitions, confusions, and frustrations of an extensive and varied cast. At the center of...
Boleslaw Prusis often compared to Chekhov, and Prus's masterpiece might be described as an intimate epic, a beautifully detailed, utterly abso...
" ...] THE PHARAOH AND THE PRIEST INTRODUCTION In the northeastern corner of Africa lies Egypt, that land of most ancient civilization. Three, four, and even five thousand years ago, when ...]."
" ...] THE PHARAOH AND THE PRIEST INTRODUCTION In the northeastern corner of Africa lies Egypt, that land of most ancient civilization. Three, four, a...