Rakes of the Old Court
A Novel
Mateiu I Caragiale author Sean Cotter translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Northwestern University Press
Published:30th Aug '21
£18.95
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Widely regarded as the greatest Romanian novel of the twentieth century, Mateiu Caragiale's Rakes of the Old Court (Craii de Curtea-Veche) follows four characters through the bars and brothels of Bucharest. Guided by an amoral opportunist, the shadowy narrator and his two affluent friends drink and gamble their way through a city built on the ruins of crumbled castles and bygone empires. The novel's shimmering, spectacular prose describes gripping vignettes of love, ambition, and decay.
Originally published in 1929, Rakes of the Old Court is considered a jewel of Romanian modernism. Now canonical, Mateiu's work has been celebrated for its opulent literary style and enigmatic tone.
ISBN: 9780810142251
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 183g
136 pages