{"product_id":"literature-and-film-from-east-europes-forgotten-second-world-essays-of-invitation-paperback","title":"Literature and Film from East Europe's Forgotten Second World: Essays of Invitation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGordana P. Crnkovic\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCzechoslovakia, Yugoslavia-no longer on the map. East Europe of the socialist period may seem like a historical oddity, apparently so different from everything before and after. Yet the masterpieces of literature and cinema from this largely forgotten \"Second World,\" as well as by the authors formed in it and working in its aftermath, surprise and delight with their contemporary resonance. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis book introduces and illuminates a number of these works. It explores how their aesthetic ingenuity discovers ways of engaging existential and universal predicaments, such as how one may survive in the world of victimizations, or imagine a good city, or broach the human boundaries to live as a plant.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLike true classics of world art, these novels, stories, and films-to rephrase Bohumil Hrabal-keep \"telling us things about ourselves we don't know.\" In lively and jargon-free prose, Gordana P. Crnkovic builds on her rich teaching experience to create paths to these works and reveal how they changed lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGordana P. Crnkovic \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Slavic and of Comparative Literature, Cinema and Media at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Her writings include \u003ci\u003eImagined Dialogues: Eastern European Literature in Conversation with American and English Literature \u003c\/i\u003e(2000), \u003ci\u003e Post-Yugoslav Literature and Film: Fires, Foundations, Flourishes \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(2012), over 30 articles, as well as texts of the experimental video \u003ci\u003eZagreb Everywhere\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47503325069490,"sku":"9781501370694","price":73.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ad33f418c87a9198ab130e6366e38216.webp?v=1779485919","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/literature-and-film-from-east-europes-forgotten-second-world-essays-of-invitation-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}