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The Golovlyov Family
The Golovlyov Family
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Recognized as a classic since its first publication in Russia in 1880, The Golovlyov Family recounts the history of a family of landowners through three generations.
Arina Petrovna, matriarch of the estate, maintains strict control of her world -- until the balance of power is upset by her scheming, hypocritical son, whose nickname is "little Judas."
What follows is a disquieting story of isolation and disintegration, in a place reminiscent of the elusive Macondo in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. In this masterful translation "to be preferred at all costs . . . Cioran does have an edge . . . in the closeness to the original as well as sensitivity to telling phrases and expressions" (Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English).
Arina Petrovna, matriarch of the estate, maintains strict control of her world -- until the balance of power is upset by her scheming, hypocritical son, whose nickname is "little Judas."
What follows is a disquieting story of isolation and disintegration, in a place reminiscent of the elusive Macondo in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude. In this masterful translation "to be preferred at all costs . . . Cioran does have an edge . . . in the closeness to the original as well as sensitivity to telling phrases and expressions" (Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English).
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