Arsonist by Hostovsky Egon (26 results)

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Awarded the Czechoslovak State Prize for Literature in 1936, The Arsonist explores the world of youth against the backdrop of a small eastern Bohemian border town being menaced by an invisible firebug. Time and re, their ability to reshape and destroy, are central. Encoded in echo, wind, and smoke -- in the gesture and in the whisper -- the true nature of events is too intangible and eeting, too pregnant with the unknown, to provide any genuine certainty, and this is the real source of the townsfolk's terror. Their misguided attempts to identify the elusive arsonist ultimately reveal the emptiness and inflexibility of their own lives. One of the most distinctive voices in 20th-century Czech letters, Hostovsky's mix of mysticism, irony, and wit, all leavened by the inuence of Expressionism on his early work, results in a richly textured narrative amid an atmosphere of growing peril that serves as a harbinger of the catastrophe to come. This is the first English translation. The Arsonist explores the world of a small eastern Bohemian border town being menaced by an invisible firebug. The true nature of events is too intangible and fleeting, too pregnant with the unknown, to provide any genuine certainty, and this is the real source of the townsfolk's terror. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Tato kniha byla vydana ceskym nakladatelstvim Twisted Spoon Press, ktere sidli v Praze a vydava dila ceskych a slovanskych autoru v anglickem jazyce. Oficialni anotace nakladatelstvi: Egon Hostovsky (1908--1973) was one of the most distinctive and prolific figures in Czech prose. The Arsonist, published in 1935 and awarded Czechoslovakia's State Prize for Literature in 1936, explores the world of youth against the backdrop of an eastern Bohemian bordertown being menaced by fire. The elusive nature of the arsonist and the frustration of the town's residents in identifying him, as the reality of what threatens them is encoded in wind, smoke, and clouds, reveal the emptiness and inflexibility of their lives. For it is the intangible and unknown that is the real source of their terror. And fire transforms and reshapes all that come in contact with it. This is the first English translation.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Awarded the Czechoslovak State Prize for Literature in 1936, The Arsonist explores the world of youth against the backdrop of a small eastern Bohemian border town being menaced by an invisible firebug. Time and ?re, their ability to reshape and destroy, are central. Encoded in echo, wind, and smoke -- in the gesture and in the whisper -- the true nature of events is too intangible and ?eeting, too pregnant with the unknown, to provide any genuine certainty, and this is the real source of the townsfolk's terror. Their misguided attempts to identify the elusive arsonist ultimately reveal the emptiness and inflexibility of their own lives. One of the most distinctive voices in 20th-century Czech letters, Hostovský's mix of mysticism, irony, and wit, all leavened by the in?uence of Expressionism on his early work, results in a richly textured narrative amid an atmosphere of growing peril that serves as a harbinger of the catastrophe to come. This is the first English translation.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Awarded the Czechoslovak State Prize for Literature in 1936, The Arsonist explores the world of youth against the backdrop of a small eastern Bohemian border town being menaced by an invisible firebug. Time and re, their ability to reshape and destroy, are central. Encoded in echo, wind, and smoke -- in the gesture and in the whisper -- the true nature of events is too intangible and eeting, too pregnant with the unknown, to provide any genuine certainty, and this is the real source of the townsfolk's terror. Their misguided attempts to identify the elusive arsonist ultimately reveal the emptiness and inflexibility of their own lives. One of the most distinctive voices in 20th-century Czech letters, Hostovsky's mix of mysticism, irony, and wit, all leavened by the inuence of Expressionism on his early work, results in a richly textured narrative amid an atmosphere of growing peril that serves as a harbinger of the catastrophe to come. This is the first English translation. The Arsonist explores the world of a small eastern Bohemian border town being menaced by an invisible firebug. The true nature of events is too intangible and fleeting, too pregnant with the unknown, to provide any genuine certainty, and this is the real source of the townsfolk's terror. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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Condition: Very Good. First edition thus. Hardback. Octavo. 165pp. Original blue cloth with red titles. Slight wear otherwise very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. Name to half-title and title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. First Edition. Publisher: Twisted Spoon Press, Prague, 1996.FINE hardcover book in FINE dust-jacket. Pristine. As new. Unread. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Text in English. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.…

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Hardcover. Condition: gut. 1996. The Arsonist In deutscher Sprache. pages.

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