| Northern Lights Contributor(s): Jancar, Drago (Author), Biggins, Michael (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0810118394 ISBN-13: 9780810118393 Publisher: Northwestern University Press OUR PRICE: $16.78 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2001 Annotation: Josef Erdman arrives in Maribor, Slovenia, on the eve of World War II. Though claiming to be a salesman, it soon becomes apparent that Josef has no purpose in the town, and that a newcomer can expect nothing but distrust from the townspeople. Maribor is full of tensions that are played out in pub brawls and in the rivalry between the Slovenes and Germans at the top of the social hierarchy. Trying to fit in, Josef soon falls in with a group of engineers and begins an affair with Margarita, the wife of a friend; as Josef lingers without any obvious business, however, he draws the attention of the local police chief, who believes him to be a communist. The longer Josef stays, the more incomprehensible the town becomes, the further he falls, and the less certain he is of his sanity. Against this backdrop of ethnic hatred and personal descent, Josef witnesses the fiery shimmer of the aurora borealis and imagines the town has been set aflame -- an omen of the coming of war. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00012337 |
| Series: Writings from an Unbound Europe (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 4.68" W x 7.88" (0.62 lbs) 257 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Josef Erdman arrives in Maribor, Slovenia, on the eve of World War II. Though he claims to be a salesman, it soon becomes apparent that Josef has no purpose in the town--and that a newcomer can expect nothing but distrust from the townspeople. Against this backdrop he witnesses the fiery shimmer of the aurora borealis and imagines the town set aflame--an omen of the coming war. |