Marketa Lazarova

Marketa Lazarova

Medieval Bohemia, the petty nobility nothing more than highwaymen, literally robber barons, and the king has to dispatch troops to restore order. Marketa LazarovÃ¡ was promised to God at birth, destined to live her life in a convent, but she is abducted by one of the neighboring KozlÃk clan and discovers her sensual self. Told in shifting perspectives, mixing the archaic with the modern, the elevated with the vulgar, VanÄuraâ€™s tale is a compressed epic, less historical novel (the history of his ancestors) than paean to honor, courage, life, carnality, and above all a love that undermines conventional notions of the profane as it shifts to a sacred outside the sanctions of religious dogma. In so doing, he shows the nexus between Crown and Church to subjugate those who prefer to follow their own natures over following imposed laws and precepts. Cinematic in approach to draw the reader into the action, as if it were happening right before oneâ€™s eyes, Marketa LazarovÃ¡ deserves its place among the classics of interwar modernism, and it was awarded Czechoslovakiaâ€™s State Prize for Literature upon its publication in 1931. Yet the novel has been largely known by FrantiÅ¡ek VlÃ¡Äilâ€™s 1967 film adaptation, generally considered one of the greatest achievements of Czech cinema, and unavailable in English until now.
Country USA
Brand Twisted Spoon Press
Manufacturer Twisted Spoon Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9788086264431
ReleaseDate 2016-07-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9788086264431

Country	USA
Brand	Twisted Spoon Press
Manufacturer	Twisted Spoon Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9788086264431
ReleaseDate	2016-07-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9788086264431

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