| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 349 pages). |
| Series |
A Margellos world republic of letters book |
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Margellos world republic of letters book.
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| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Claudio Magris's searing new novel ruthlessly confronts the human obsession with war and its savagery in every age and every country. His tale centers on a man whose maniacal devotion to the creation of a Museum of War involves both a horrible secret and the hope of redemption. Luisa Brooks, his museum's curator, a descendant of victims of Jewish exile and of black slavery, has a complex dilemma: will the collections she exhibits save humanity from repeating its tragic and violent past? Or might the display of articles of war actually valorize and memorialize evil atrocities? In Blameless Magris affirms his mastery of the novel form, interweaving multiple themes and traveling deftly through history. With a multitude of stories, the author investigates individual sorrow, the societal burden of justice aborted, and the ways in which memory and historical evidence are sabotaged or sometimes salvaged. |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- TRANSLATOR'S NOTE -- Blameless -- AUTHOR'S NOTE -- TRANSLATOR'S GLOSSARY |
| Subject |
Military paraphernalia -- Collectors and collecting -- Fiction.
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Italy -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Italian.
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Military paraphernalia -- Collectors and collecting.
(OCoLC)fst01021356
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Italy. (OCoLC)fst01204565
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| Added Author |
Translation of: Magris, Claudio.
Non luogo a procedere.
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| Added Title |
Non luogo a procedure. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: MAGRIS, CLAUDIO. BLAMELESS. [Place of publication not identified] : YALE UNIV Press, 2017 0300218486 (OCoLC)959035826 |
| ISBN |
9780300227901 (electronic book) |
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0300227906 (electronic book) |
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