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The Walnut Mansion
- Title
- The Walnut Mansion / Miljenko Jergovic ; translated by Stephen M. Dickey, with Jana Pavetić-Dickey.
- Author
- Jergović, Miljenko, 1966-
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
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- Description
- xviii, 429 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- This grand novel encompasses nearly all of Yugoslavia's tumultuous twentieth century, from the decline of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires through two world wars, the rise and fall of communism, the breakup of the nation, and the terror of the shelling of Dubrovnik. Tackling universal themes on a human scale, master storyteller Miljenko Jergovic traces one Yugoslavian family's tale as history irresistibly casts the fates of five generations. What is it to live a life whose circumstances are driven by history? Jergovic investigates the experiences of a compelling heroine, Regina Delavale, and her many family members and neighbors. Telling Regina's story in reverse chronology, the author proceeds from her final days in 2002 to her birth in 1905, encountering along the way such traumas as atrocities committed by Nazi Ustashe Croats and the death of Tito. Lyrically written and unhesitatingly told, The Walnut Mansion may be read as an allegory of the tragedy of Yugoslavia's tormented twentieth century.--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- A Margellos world republic of letters book
- Uniform Title
- Dvori od oraha. English
- Margellos world republic of letters book.
- Alternative Title
- Dvori od oraha.
- Subjects
- Yugoslavia
- Fascism
- Croatia
- Tito, Josip Broz, 1892-1980
- Yugoslavia > History > 20th century > Fiction
- Manners and customs
- Croatia > Dubrovnik
- Yugoslavia > Social life and customs > 20th century > Fiction
- Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 > Fiction
- Fiction
- Dubrovnik (Croatia) > History > Siege, 1991-1992 > Fiction
- Fascism > Croatia > 20th century > Fiction
- Yugoslav War (1991-1995)
- World War, 1914-1918 > Yugoslavia > Fiction
- Epic fiction
- Tito, Josip Broz, 1892-1980 > Fiction
- History
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War (1914-1918)
- World War, 1939-1945 > Yugoslavia > Fiction
- Siege of Dubrovnik (Croatia : 1991-1992)
- 1900 - 1999
- Genre/Form
- Epic fiction.
- Fiction.
- History.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the Croatian.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-7475
- ISBN
- 9780300179279
- 0300179278
- LCCN
- 2015937574
- OCLC
- 907206449
- Author
- Jergović, Miljenko, 1966- author.
- Title
- The Walnut Mansion / Miljenko Jergovic ; translated by Stephen M. Dickey, with Jana Pavetić-Dickey.
- Publisher
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- A Margellos world republic of letters bookMargellos world republic of letters book.
- Language
- Translated from the Croatian.
- Chronological Term
- 1900 - 1999
- Added Author
- Dickey, Stephen M., translator.Pavetić-Dickey, Janja, translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-7475