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Pharaoh

By Bolesław Prus; Christopher Kasparek

Book information

Year
2020
ASIN
B08MDN6CZV
Language
english
Format
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Filesize
1009 kB (1033044 bytes)
Pages
969\0
Time added
2024-05-18 20:11:27

Description

"Pharaoh" is the sole historical novel by Joseph Conrad’s favorite Polish writer, Bolesław Prus. It has been described by Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz as “a novel on mechanisms of state power and, as such, probably unique in world literature of the nineteenth century.... Prus, in selecting the reign of 'Pharaoh Ramses XIII' in the eleventh century BCE, sought a perspective that was detached from pressures of topicality and censorship.” As "Pharaoh" unfolds, Egypt is experiencing internal stresses and external threats that will culminate in the fall of its Twentieth Dynasty and New Kingdom. The young protagonist learns that those who would challenge the powers that be are vulnerable to co-option, seduction, defamation, intimidation. and assassination. Perhaps the chief lesson, belatedly absorbed by Ramses, is the importance, to power, of knowledge."Pharaoh" offers a compelling picture of life at every level of ancient Egyptian society. The book is composed in a limpid prose that is imbued with poetry, leavened with humor, and graced with moments of transcendent beauty. Prus is a distinctive voice in world literature. His extraordinary novel is now available in Christopher Kasparek's 2020 translation, annotated for enhanced appreciation of the civilization that "Pharaoh" so vividly brings to life.

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