ISBN: |
- |
Wymiar: |
130 x 205 mm |
Nr wydania: |
- |
Seria: |
- |
Ilość stron: |
228 |
Ocena: |
Dobry + |
Waga: |
0,34 kg |
Indeks: |
0165/50/0335 |
Rok wydania: |
1966 |
Wydawca: |
Claassen Verlag Hamburg |
Rodzaj okładki: |
Twarda |
Stan: |
Używana |
Autor: |
Weiss Ernst |
Opis książki
The time: the summer of 1913. The place: House Onderkuhle, an exclusive boarding school for the sons of the aristocracy in eastern Belgium. The old order may be crumbling but at Onderkuhle training for a life of command goes unchallenged. The most important lessons: fencing, riding and, above all, the forms of etiquette - 'the refinements of aristocratic intercourse.' Boetius von Orlamunde distinguishes himself at all of these. He subdues his doubts by undertaking ever more extreme physical tests, climaxing in the breaking-in of the stallion Cyrus. On the night the school burns down, Boetius displays cowardice and forfeits nobility. Immediately recognised as a masterpiece on its first publication in 1928, The Aristocrat dissects the collapse of a world of rigid hierarchy and exposes the murderous perversity of those who persist in living by the old rules.
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