Fire and Knowledge
Fiction and Essays
Picador · Print & ebook · July 22, 2008
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice The U.S. publication of A Book of Memories in 1997 introduced to our shores the work of an extraordinary novelist, Péter Nádas.
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- Who it’s for
- Short stories, essays, and criticism trace Nádas’s engagement with European change and language.
- Themes
- Europe after 1989, Language and politics, Literary criticism
- Genres
- Eastern European Collections, Essay Collections, Short Stories (Single Author)
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice The U.S. publication of A Book of Memories in 1997 introduced to our shores the work of an extraordinary novelist, Péter Nádas.
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Now, in Fire and Knowledge, a superb collection of short stories, essays, and literary criticism, we discover other aspects of Nádas's major presence in European life and letters: as a trenchant commentator on the events that have transformed Europe since 1989, as a stunning literary critic, and as a subtle interpreter of language and politics in societies both free and unfree. Here, in full, is a rich and rewarding compilation of brilliantly original, touching, witty, and thought-provoking works by one of our greatest living writers.
Europe After 1989
Short stories, essays, and criticism trace Nádas’s engagement with European change and language.
Come here for
- Commentary on Europe’s transformations since 1989
- Literary criticism and reflections on language and politics
Expect
- Essays on events that transformed Europe since 1989
- Literary criticism and interpretations of language and politics
Where it sits
| Short Stories (Single Author) | 53% |
|---|---|
| Essay Collections | 49% |
| Eastern European Collections | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Eastern European Collections
- Authors
- Peter Nadas
- Publisher
- Picador
- Published
- July 22, 2008
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Europe after 1989 · Language and politics · Literary criticism
- Reading lane
- Eastern European Collections