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Title: The Coming Spring
Condition: New
Author: Stefan Żeromski
Translator: Bill Johnston
Contributor: Bill Johnston (Translated by)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 9637326898
EAN: 9789637326899
ISBN: 9789637326899
Publisher: Central European University Press
Genre: Fiction
Release Date: 10/06/2007
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: HU
Item Height: 210mm
Item Length: 126mm
Item Weight: 594g
Book Series: CEU Press Classics
Description: Zeromski, whose vivid, assured style is instantly recognizable, was a writer with a strong social conscience, taking up the concerns of the poor and downtrodden. "The Coming Spring" (Przedwio nie), Zeromski's last novel, tells the story of Cezary Baryka, a young Pole who finds himself in Baku, Azerbaijan, then a predominantly Armenian city, as the Russian Revolution breaks out. He becomes embroiled in the chaos caused by the revolution, and barely escapes with his life. Then, he and his father set off on a horrendous journey west to reach Poland. His father dies en route, but Cezary makes it to the newly independent Poland. Cezary sees the suffering of the poor, yet his experiences in the newly formed Soviet Union make him suspicious of socialist and communist solutions. He is an outsider among both the gentry and the working classes, and he cannot find where he belongs. Furthermore, he has unsuccessful and tragic love relations. The novel ends when, despite his profound misgivings, he takes up political action on behalf of the poor.
Release Year: 2007

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