The Snows of Yesteryear

Informationen zum Autor Gregor von Rezzori Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Presents an account of the author's childhood in Czernowitz, Ukraine. This title portrays a twilit world suspended between the dying ways of an imperial past and the terrors of the twentieth century.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gregor Rezzori, Gregor von Rezzori, Gregor Von Rezzori
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.05.2010
• EAN: 9780141192734
• ISBN: 978-0-14-119273-4
• Pagine: 304
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Serie: Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Central European Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Central European Classics
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari