The return of Philip Latinowicz (Quartet encounters) - Softcover

Krleža, Miroslav

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Synopsis

Philip Latinowicz is a successful but disillusioned painter who returns to his hometown on Croatia's Danubian plain after an absence of twenty-three years. He hopes that revisiting his cultural roots will inspire him to create the perfect work of art and thereby restore his faith in both art and life. Haunted by his troubled childhood, however, he falls in with shady characters and discovers the emotional, intellectual, and imaginative poverty of his background.

Translated into English from Croatian by Zora Depolo, with an introduction by Stuart Morgan.

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Philip Latinowics is a successful but disillusioned painter who returns to his hometown on Croatia's Danubian plain after an absence of twenty-three years. He hopes that revisiting his cultural roots will inspire him to create the perfect work of art and thereby restore his faint in both art and life. Haunted by his troubled childhood, however, he falls in with shady characters and discovers the emotional, intellectual, and imaginative poverty of his background.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Serbo-Croation

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9780810112469: The Return of Philip Latinowicz (European Classics)

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ISBN 10:  0810112469 ISBN 13:  9780810112469
Publisher: Northwestern University Press, 1995
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