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Stone Tablets by Zukrowski, Wojciech
by Zukrowski, Wojciech | PB | Acceptable
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- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
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- Product Group
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- IsTextBook
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- ISBN
- 9781589881075
- Book Title
- Stone Tablets
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publisher
- Dry Books, Incorporated, Paul
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Literary
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Item Weight
- 27.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 733 Pages
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New Delhi, 1956: Hungarian diplomat Istvan Terey is caught between love, politics, and the commands of his religion.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Dry Books, Incorporated, Paul
ISBN-10
1589881079
ISBN-13
9781589881075
eBay Product ID (ePID)
215244209
Product Key Features
Book Title
Stone Tablets
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literary
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
733 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
27.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Pg7158.Z78k313 2016
Reviews
"A novel of epic scope and ambition."-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "When Wojciech Zukrowski first published Stone Tablets in 1966, it was banned by the communist authorities in Poland. It's easy to see why. The book is a love story between a Hungarian and an Australian set in postwar India. But it is also about the bloody legacy of Stalinism and is a novel that, through its characters, rejects the fundamental constructs of the author's society: communism, imperialism and even the institution of marriage. The title--a reference to the utility of the old laws, those stone tablets brought down the mountain by Moses--alludes to a journey in which sacred orders are broken. Now, 50 years since its release, this masterwork has been translated into English for the first time by Stephanie Kraft."-- Wall Street Journal "A romance fraught with personal and political risk is at the core of this historically important yet previously untranslated novel by a Polish diplomat stationed in India during the Cold War...inspired by the author's own experiences, Zukrowski's precise descriptions of India are memorable, and there is a certain throwback appeal to the depictions of diplomacy conducted through telegrams and glasses of whiskey. But it is Zukrowski's trenchant critique of Stalinism and political message, bold for its time, that make this novel truly noteworthy."-- Booklist "History and the present are well balanced in the novel: with its unusual perspective -- (central) European, but situated in a barely post-colonial then-still-Third World outpost, with world-events (Hungary, Suez) all at a distance, while the local and personal are in constant tumult -- Stone Tablets is a very fine novel of that time."-- The Complete Review "A high-paced, passionate narrative in which every detail is vital."--Leslaw Bartelski Zukrowski is "a brilliantly talented observer of life, a visionary skilled at combining the concrete with the magical, lyricism with realism...a distinguished stylist."--Leszek Zulinski, "A high-paced, passionate narrative in which every detail is vital."--Leslaw Bartelski Zukrowski is "a brilliantly talented observer of life, a visionary skilled at combining the concrete with the magical, lyricism with realism...a distinguished stylist."--Leszek Zulinski, "A novel of epic scope and ambition."-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A romance fraught with personal and political risk is at the core of this historically important yet previously untranslated novel by a Polish diplomat stationed in India during the Cold War...inspired by the author's own experiences, Zukrowski's precise descriptions of India are memorable, and there is a certain throwback appeal to the depictions of diplomacy conducted through telegrams and glasses of whiskey. But it is Zukrowski's trenchant critique of Stalinism and political message, bold for its time, that make this novel truly noteworthy."-- Booklist "History and the present are well balanced in the novel: with its unusual perspective -- (central) European, but situated in a barely post-colonial then-still-Third World outpost, with world-events (Hungary, Suez) all at a distance, while the local and personal are in constant tumult -- Stone Tablets is a very fine novel of that time."-- The Complete Review "A high-paced, passionate narrative in which every detail is vital."--Leslaw Bartelski Zukrowski is "a brilliantly talented observer of life, a visionary skilled at combining the concrete with the magical, lyricism with realism...a distinguished stylist."--Leszek Zulinski, "A novel of epic scope and ambition."-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A high-paced, passionate narrative in which every detail is vital."--Leslaw Bartelski Zukrowski is "a brilliantly talented observer of life, a visionary skilled at combining the concrete with the magical, lyricism with realism...a distinguished stylist."--Leszek Zulinski, "A novel of epic scope and ambition."-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "When Wojciech Zukrowski first published Stone Tablets in 1966, it was banned by the communist authorities in Poland. It's easy to see why. The book is a love story between a Hungarian and an Australian set in postwar India. But it is also about the bloody legacy of Stalinism and is a novel that, through its characters, rejects the fundamental constructs of the author's society: communism, imperialism and even the institution of marriage. The title--a reference to the utility of the old laws, those stone tablets brought down the mountain by Moses--alludes to a journey in which sacred orders are broken. Now, 50 years since its release, this masterwork has been translated into English for the first time by Stephanie Kraft."-- Wall Street Journal "A romance fraught with personal and political risk is at the core of this historically important yet previously untranslated novel by a Polish diplomat stationed in India during the Cold War...inspired by the author's own experiences, Zukrowski's precise descriptions of India are memorable, and there is a certain throwback appeal to the depictions of diplomacy conducted through telegrams and glasses of whiskey. But it is Zukrowski's trenchant critique of Stalinism and political message, bold for its time, that make this novel truly noteworthy."-- Booklist "The novel has a vivid love story, a well-paced cinematic plot, and colorful secondary characters. As a work of fiction set in India, it still has few equals . . . The novel has been translated by Stephanie Kraft. Her achievement here borders on the miraculous."-- The Polish Review "History and the present are well balanced in the novel: with its unusual perspective -- (central) European, but situated in a barely post-colonial then-still-Third World outpost, with world-events (Hungary, Suez) all at a distance, while the local and personal are in constant tumult -- Stone Tablets is a very fine novel of that time."-- The Complete Review "A high-paced, passionate narrative in which every detail is vital."--Leslaw Bartelski Zukrowski is "a brilliantly talented observer of life, a visionary skilled at combining the concrete with the magical, lyricism with realism...a distinguished stylist."--Leszek Zulinski, "A novel of epic scope and ambition."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "When Wojciech Zukrowski first published Stone Tablets in 1966, it was banned by the communist authorities in Poland. It's easy to see why. The book is a love story between a Hungarian and an Australian set in postwar India. But it is also about the bloody legacy of Stalinism and is a novel that, through its characters, rejects the fundamental constructs of the author's society: communism, imperialism and even the institution of marriage. The title--a reference to the utility of the old laws, those stone tablets brought down the mountain by Moses--alludes to a journey in which sacred orders are broken. Now, 50 years since its release, this masterwork has been translated into English for the first time by Stephanie Kraft."--Wall Street Journal "A romance fraught with personal and political risk is at the core of this historically important yet previously untranslated novel by a Polish diplomat stationed in India during the Cold War...inspired by the author's own experiences, Zukrowski's precise descriptions of India are memorable, and there is a certain throwback appeal to the depictions of diplomacy conducted through telegrams and glasses of whiskey. But it is Zukrowski's trenchant critique of Stalinism and political message, bold for its time, that make this novel truly noteworthy."--Booklist "History and the present are well balanced in the novel: with its unusual perspective -- (central) European, but situated in a barely post-colonial then-still-Third World outpost, with world-events (Hungary, Suez) all at a distance, while the local and personal are in constant tumult -- Stone Tablets is a very fine novel of that time."--The Complete Review "A high-paced, passionate narrative in which every detail is vital."--Leslaw Bartelski Zukrowski is "a brilliantly talented observer of life, a visionary skilled at combining the concrete with the magical, lyricism with realism...a distinguished stylist."--Leszek Zulinski
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2016
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2016-001450
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