An edition of Calamities of Exile (1996)

Calamities of exile

three nonfiction novellas

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An edition of Calamities of Exile (1996)

Calamities of exile

three nonfiction novellas

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The three narratives by Lawrence Weschler here joined together were conceived from the start as a sort of triptych: three tales about basically decent expatriates (the first an Iraqi, the second a Czech, the third an Afrikaner), each of whom tries to do the right thing with regard to the totalitarian regime holding sway over his homeland - the thing we readers, too, might have done, if only we were much more courageous than we are - only to end up thoroughly wracked and bollixed.

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University of Chicago Press
Language
English
Pages
199

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Subjects

Political activists, Biography, Oedipus (greek mythology), Expatriation, Exiles, Aliens

People

Jan Kavan (1946-), Kanan Makiya, Breyten Breytenbach

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Cover of: Calamities of Exile
Calamities of Exile
April 1, 1999, University Of Chicago Press, University of Chicago Press
Paperback in English - New Ed edition
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Cover of: Calamities of exile
Calamities of exile: three nonfiction novellas
1998, University of Chicago Press
in English
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Cover of: Calamities of Exile
Calamities of Exile: Three Nonfiction Novellas
May 23, 1996, University Of Chicago Press
Hardcover in English
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Table of Contents

Oedipus in Samara
The trials of Jan K.
A horrible face, but one's own.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

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Chicago

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
303.48/4/0922
Library of Congress
D849 .W456 1998, D849.W456 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 199 p. ;
Number of pages
199

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OL697092M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0226893936
LCCN
97044620
OCLC/WorldCat
37836274
Library Thing
453767
Goodreads
951166

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"Initially not much was known about Samir al-Khalil."

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