On the Edge of Reason
By: translated from the Croatian by Zora Depolo ; introduction by Jeremy Catto.
Contributors: Depolo, Zora.
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Translation of: Miroslav Krleža
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780811213066
Copyright date: 1987
Description: During his long and distinguished career, the Croatian writer Miroslav Krleza (1893-1981) battled against many forms of tyranny. In On the Edge of Reason, his protagonist is a middle-aged lawyer whose life and career have been eminently respectable and respected. One evening, at a party attended by the local elite, he inadvertently blurts out an honest thought. From this moment, all hell breaks loose.... On the Edge of Reason reveals the fundamental chasm between conformity and individuality. As folly piles on folly, hypocrisy on hypocrisy, reason itself begins to give way, and the edge between reality and unreality disappears.
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Notes: Originally published: England : Quartet Books, 1989.
A revived modern classic