Philip Latinowicz is a successful but disillusioned painter who returns to his hometown after an absence of twenty-three years. He hopes that revisiting his roots will inspire him to create the perfect work of art and thereby restore his faith in both art and life. Haunted by his troubled childhood, however, he falls in with shady characters and discovers the emotional, intellectual, and imaginative poverty of his own background. The first and most enduring work by preeminent Croatian writer Miroslav Krleza, The Return ...
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Philip Latinowicz is a successful but disillusioned painter who returns to his hometown after an absence of twenty-three years. He hopes that revisiting his roots will inspire him to create the perfect work of art and thereby restore his faith in both art and life. Haunted by his troubled childhood, however, he falls in with shady characters and discovers the emotional, intellectual, and imaginative poverty of his own background. The first and most enduring work by preeminent Croatian writer Miroslav Krleza, The Return of Philip Latinowicz was highly praised by Jean-Paul Sartre.
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Very Good. Orginally published in 1932, this novel is the first book translated into English by the author generally considered Croatia's greatest writer; it is the story of a successful but disillusioned painter who returns to his hometown in Croatia after many years absence in the hope that revisiting his cultural roots will inspire him to create the perfect work of art and thereby restore his faith in both art and life; however, haunted by a troubled childhood, he falls in with shady characters and discovers the emotional, intellectual, and imaginative poverty of his own background; introduction by Stuart Morgan (green pictorial cover with Matisse painting on the front, slight edgewear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)
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Good. Good condition. Quartet encounters edition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.