The Last Mazurka: A Tale of War, Passion and Loss - Softcover

Tarnowski, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184513219X ISBN 13: 9781845132194

Verlag: Aurum Press, 2007

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Críticas:

"'I read it from beginning to end with admiration. It is rich, well-organized and stoical. Everything in it is finely judged. It deserves to find many readers.' V. S. Naipaul 'This sensitive memoir is one man's act of solidarity with his people: past, present and to come...[a] splendid portrait' Sunday Times 'This is he best way into history - real flesh and blood struggling to live and to love in their collapsing world of war and exile. And written with exquisite precision.' Norman Davies 'It makes one wish one could have met the characters in the flesh... a fascinating history and a moving personal memoir.' Piers Paul Read"

Reseña del editor:

This is the paperback edition of Andrew Tarnowski's critically-acclaimed memoir, a beautifully-written saga which is the first book to both chart Poland's brutal 20th-century history and to reveal the secret world of an intriguing clan. "The Last Mazurka" is a good old-fashioned tale of love and passion, warring families, jealousy, violence, hidden secrets and betrayal, all set against the back drop of the Great War and the Second World War, with snowy landscapes, wolf hunts, grand lords and a healthy splash of vodka. Written with rich detail and dialogue, unexpected humour, and brutal honesty, it is full of extraordinary anecdote, vibrant characters and intriguing locations (Poland, London, Paris, Scotland, Cairo, Belgrade, Palestine). But it is also a tale of exile and loss, of devastation, self-destruction and downfall. Tarnowski has written with honesty and tenderness, never shying away from the painful and sometimes unedifying details. The result is a brilliant snapshot of a lost world. Never was Tolstoy's dictum 'each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way' so apt.

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• Verlag: Aurum Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 184513219X
• ISBN 13: 9781845132194
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368