☰

Literature & Fiction

Oliver VII (Pushkin Collection)

Sold Out / Out of Stock

Oliver VII (Pushkin Collection)

"Szerb belongs with the master novelists of the twentieth century" Paul Bailey, Daily Telegraph

The bored young ruler of an idyllic Central European country plots a coup against himself and escapes to Venice in search of 'real' experience. There he falls in with a team of ambitious con-men and ends up, to his own surprise, impersonating himself.

In this wonderfully droll tale the king's journey through successive levels of illusion and reality teaches him much about the world, his foreordained role in it, and himself. Once again Szerb's gentle irony is brought to bear on some uncomfortable paradoxes of self and the human condition.

Pushkin Collection editions feature a spare, elegant series style and superior, durable components.Â The Collection is typeset in Monotype Baskerville, litho-printed on Munken Premium White Paper and notch-bound by the independently owned printer TJ International in Padstow. The covers, with French flaps, are printed on Colorplan Pristine White Paper. Both paper and cover board are acid-free and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified.Â

Country	USA
Brand	Pushkin Press
Manufacturer	Pushkin Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations, frontispiec
Model	black & white illustrations, frontispiec
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2013-08-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781908968395

You might also like...

The Pendragon Legend

The Pendragon Legend

Journey by Moonlight (NYRB Classics)

Journey by Moonlight (NYRB Classics)

The Queen's Necklace

The Queen's Necklace

The Third Tower: Journeys in Italy (Pushkin Collection)

The Third Tower: Journeys in Italy (Pushkin Collection)