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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Marek Hlasko , Ross Ufberg , Jaroslaw AndersPublisher: Cornell University Press Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780875806976ISBN 10: 087580697 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 01 October 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsA self-taught writer with an uncanny gift for narrative and dialogue...[Hlasko was] a born rebel and troublemaker of immense charm. -Roman Polanski, in Roman Ross Ufberg renders Hlasko's direct, often street-smart language--with its sometimes angry and sometimes lyrical tone--with dexterity and grace. His translation has the energy and 'flow' of the original and is highly readable. --Jaroslaw Anders, author of Between Fire and Sleep: Sketches on Modern Polish Poetry and Prose The new translation of Beautiful Twentysomethings by Ross Ufberg gives justice to Hlasko's unique, yet still relatively unheard voice, and exquisitely preserves both the playfulness of his language and the bitterness of his insight. --Slavic and East European Journal A self-taught writer with an uncanny gift for narrative and dialogue...[Hlasko was] a born rebel and troublemaker of immense charm. -Roman Polanski, in Roman Author InformationRoss Ufberg is the translator and editor, with Yakov Klots, of Memoir of a Gulag Actress, by Tamara Petkevich. He is a PhD Candidate in the Slavic Languages and Literatures Department at Columbia University. He is cofounder of New Vessel Press. Jaroslaw Anders has written for The New Republic, The New York Review of Books, and other publications, and is the author of Between Fire and Sleep. He has translated several books from English into Polish and from Polish into English. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |