The Snows of Yesteryear: Portraits for an Autobiography (Penguin Modern Classics) - Softcover

Rezzori, Gregor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141192739 ISBN 13: 9780141192734

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2010

Synopsis

The Snows of Yesteryear (1989) is Gregor von Rezzori's haunting evocation of his childhood in Czernowitz, in present-day Ukraine. Growing up after the First World War, Rezzori portrays a twilit world suspended between the dying ways of an imperial past and the terrors of the twentieth century. He recalls his volatile, boar-hunting father, his earthy nursemaid, his fragile, aristocratic mother, his adored governess and the tragic death of his beloved sister, in a luminous story of war, unrest, eccentricity, folk tales, dark forests, night flights, and what it is like to lose your home.

About this title

Product Description:

Physical description: 290 p. : ports. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Rezzori, Gregor von - Childhood and youth.

Review:

One of those rare and lovely books . . . in the precision and quality of Rezzori's prose, in his passion for the perfect detail, and in his power to capture the reader's heart (Alan Furst)

[The series] sheds remarkable light on the literature, culture and politics of the region...anyone coming fresh to the field will be captivated by the richness, variety, humour and pathos of a classic literature that, through a shared historical experience, transcends national and linguistic boundaries. (CJ Schüler Independent on Sunday)

This [series] is a wonderful idea ... They are absurdist parables, by turns hilarious, unsettling and enigmatic. (Nicholas Lezard Guardian)

I urge you to go and read them. (Adam Thirlwell New Statesman)

This new series of Central European Classics is important well beyond simply providing 'good reads'. (Stephen Vizinczey Daily Telegraph)

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0141192739
• ISBN 13: 9780141192734
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304