![]() ![]() Belladonna addresses some of the twentieth century's worst human atrocities in a powerful fusion of fiction and reality, the hallmark of one of Europe's finest contemporary writers. ![]() Andreas Ban stands for a true hero of our times a castaway intellectual of a society which subdues every critical thought under the guise of political correctness. ![]() In defying illness and old age, Andreas Ban is cynical and powerful, and in his unravelling of his own past and the lives of others, he uncompromisingly lays bare a gamut of taboos. When he retires with a miserable pension and finds out that he is ill, he gains a new perspective on the debris of his life and the lives of his friends. Andreas Ban, a psychologist who does not psychologize anymore and a writer who no longer writes, lives alone in a coastal town in Croatia. One of the truly outstanding novels of recent years EILEEN BATTERSBY. Prize for Literature ** ** Shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize ** An excoriating work of fiction that references the twentieth century's darkest hours Andreas Ban is a writer and a psychologist, an intellectual proper, but his world has been falling apart for years. 'From the author of the highly acclaimed Trieste, a fierce novel about history, memory, and illness. Belladonna is brutal, beautiful, and unforgettable. One of the truly outstanding novels of recent years" EILEEN BATTERSBY, Los Angeles Review of Books ** Winner of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2018** ** Shortlisted for the inaugural E.B.R.D. "Belladonna is brutal, beautiful, and unforgettable. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |