Andrejs Upits (19 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Undated. Not the1st edition, but the 1st edition of this translation. Translated from the Lettish by T. Zalite. VG in VG jacket.

Fiction, Latvia. No publication date given, 196-? Translated from Lettish by T. Zalite. 362 pages. -- Hardcover. Condition: Very-good-minus (corners bumped, spine lettering partly rubbed; no dust jacket). -- Author (1877-1970) Latvian novelist, short story writer, playwright of gloomy, unrelieved Naturalism.

Paperback. Condition: New. Andrejs Upits's classic novel Gold, set in Latvia still under Tsarist rule and on the brink of the First World War, is perhaps more topical in recent decades than it has been for a long time. In fact it was dusted off in the 1990s precisely because of its description of how society behaves in untrammelled free markets. The poor and hardworking Sveilis family suddenly inherit great wealth, and this leads them on a journey in which desire and disappointment are always in control, and the author avoids many of the readers' expectations and all stock narratives. Upits is forensic in his naturalistic analysis of a society contending with extremes of both wealth and poverty, and how this is undermining what was left of a moral society. High on a bull market and a flood of quality alcohol, the nouveau riche are in expansive mood but what they experience is not happiness but jaded insatiability they are unable to control. These hellraisers and presumed winners in the struggle for wealth are the subject of this highly original novel, and the losers are barely mentioned except in its brief first section. The pace and the detailed observation of psychological developments carries readers along through a narrative whose power resides in its lack of moralism. They are left to make their own judgements.

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Paperback. Condition: New. Andrejs Upits's classic novel Gold, set in Latvia still under Tsarist rule and on the brink of the First World War, is perhaps more topical in recent decades than it has been for a long time. In fact it was dusted off in the 1990s precisely because of its description of how society behaves in untrammelled free markets. The poor and hardworking Sveilis family suddenly inherit great wealth, and this leads them on a journey in which desire and disappointment are always in control, and the author avoids many of the readers' expectations and all stock narratives. Upits is forensic in his naturalistic analysis of a society contending with extremes of both wealth and poverty, and how this is undermining what was left of a moral society. High on a bull market and a flood of quality alcohol, the nouveau riche are in expansive mood but what they experience is not happiness but jaded insatiability they are unable to control. These hellraisers and presumed winners in the struggle for wealth are the subject of this highly original novel, and the losers are barely mentioned except in its brief first section. The pace and the detailed observation of psychological developments carries readers along through a narrative whose power resides in its lack of moralism. They are left to make their own judgements.

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Condition: Gut. 154 S., mit 8 S. erläuterndem Nachwort vom Autor, seltene deutsche Ausgabe Da die Bücher aus Lettland verschickt werden, beträgt die Versandkostenpauschale unabhängig der Menge 6 EUR bis 30 kg nach Deutschland und 12 EUR innerhalb der EU-Länder! dt. Erstausgabe etwas kleiner A5.

Paperback. Condition: New. Andrejs Upits's classic novel Gold, set in Latvia still under Tsarist rule and on the brink of the First World War, is perhaps more topical in recent decades than it has been for a long time. In fact it was dusted off in the 1990s precisely because of its description of how society behaves in untrammelled free markets. The poor and hardworking Sveilis family suddenly inherit great wealth, and this leads them on a journey in which desire and disappointment are always in control, and the author avoids many of the readers' expectations and all stock narratives. Upits is forensic in his naturalistic analysis of a society contending with extremes of both wealth and poverty, and how this is undermining what was left of a moral society. High on a bull market and a flood of quality alcohol, the nouveau riche are in expansive mood but what they experience is not happiness but jaded insatiability they are unable to control. These hellraisers and presumed winners in the struggle for wealth are the subject of this highly original novel, and the losers are barely mentioned except in its brief first section. The pace and the detailed observation of psychological developments carries readers along through a narrative whose power resides in its lack of moralism. They are left to make their own judgements.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Set in Latvia still under Tsarist rule just before the First World War, Gold is higly topical and describes untrammelled free markets not only push working people into greater poverty, but also degrade the humanity of the wealthy. In fact the book is all about high society and the nouveau riche in the capital city Riga. A classic novel.

Paperback. Condition: New. Andrejs Upits's classic novel Gold, set in Latvia still under Tsarist rule and on the brink of the First World War, is perhaps more topical in recent decades than it has been for a long time. In fact it was dusted off in the 1990s precisely because of its description of how society behaves in untrammelled free markets. The poor and hardworking Sveilis family suddenly inherit great wealth, and this leads them on a journey in which desire and disappointment are always in control, and the author avoids many of the readers' expectations and all stock narratives. Upits is forensic in his naturalistic analysis of a society contending with extremes of both wealth and poverty, and how this is undermining what was left of a moral society. High on a bull market and a flood of quality alcohol, the nouveau riche are in expansive mood but what they experience is not happiness but jaded insatiability they are unable to control. These hellraisers and presumed winners in the struggle for wealth are the subject of this highly original novel, and the losers are barely mentioned except in its brief first section. The pace and the detailed observation of psychological developments carries readers along through a narrative whose power resides in its lack of moralism. They are left to make their own judgements.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. Riga, 1931. Autora Izdevums. Un volume agrafé au format 138X197mm, 48 pages. Essai sur Linard Laicens, éditeur des revues d avant garde « TRIBINE » et « KREISA FRONTE ». Etat : voir photos. (Modernisme, modernism, avant-garde lettone, latvian avant-garde).