{"product_id":"a-novel-of-london-paperback","title":"A Novel of London - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMilos Crnjanski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWill Firth\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDavid Norris\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere at long last in English, almost five decades after the publication of the original, is the classic of European modernism that established Serbian writer Milos Crnjanski as one of the great eastern European voices of the 20th century. Published in Belgrade in 1971 as \u003cem\u003eRoman o Londonu\u003c\/em\u003e, the novel follows an aging Russian émigré, Nikolai Repnin, as he attempts to make a life in the British capital in the 1940s, painting a starkly revelatory portrait of the war-battered city through the eyes of a person living in a constant state of rejection and alienation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is far more, however, than just a novel about London. As Repnin wanders the streets and the bureaucracy of the bombed-out city, reminiscing about his opulent past in Russia and subsequent odyssey through Europe's cities after the Revolution, he encounters a host of émigrés from around the world, whose stories also unfold. A pan-European portrait of class structures and the real effects of the war emerges, a vision whose depth and scope may be unmatched in 20th century literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Crnjanski has the genius of archetypes of history and human behavior. In \u003cem\u003eA Novel of London\u003c\/em\u003e he has woven a subtle meditation on the evil of our century... [but] also an immense poem of love and sacrifice.\" --\u003cem\u003eL'Age d'Homme\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...a powerful recreation of the migrant experience in the twentieth century.\" --David Norris, from the Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Crnjanski does not deride the citizens of London in his alternating theses and antitheses.... Rather, he does it more tastefully and gently, with a smile of amusement, intimately, and with his characteristic irony.\" --Mirnes Sokolovic\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 666\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.47 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45700631593157,"sku":"9781944884666","price":51.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/C-_EF3-7JX9781944884666.webp?v=1783516196","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/a-novel-of-london-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}