The Elephant读书介绍
| 类别 | 页数 | 译者 | 网友评分 | 年代 | 出版社 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 书籍 | 176页 | 1985 | Grove Pr |
| 定价 | 出版日期 | 最近访问 | 访问指数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD 6.95 | 1985-02-01 … | 2022-04-21 … | 73 |
The Elephant is a collection of devastating satirical sketches by a Polish writer, and it has been called everything from "a short marvel" to "a brilliant literary coup."
Mrozek takes deadly aim at the bureaucrats in his own society and, with buoyant and delicious fantasy, makes the absurd seem real and the real absurd. More than a political commentator, as all good satirists he addressed himself to man's foibles everywhere. His tales go to the heart of all that is false in modern life, both East and West.
"Mrozek's brief fables are like Kafka, but they are funnier and recorded at one remove from life instead of two."
- Adrian Mitchell, The Spectator (London)
作者简介Slawomir Mrozek (b. 1930)
Polish dramatist, prose writer, and cartoonist, whose works explore alienation, abuse of power, conformity, and the limitations of human freedom under a totalitarian system. Mrozek often uses surrealistic humor and grotesque situations to reveal the distorted beliefs of his characters. His most famous plays include Tango (1964), a multileveled family s...
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