Rezzori, Gregor Von
Abel and Cain
- ISBN 13:
- 9781681373256
- author:
- Rezzori, Gregor Von
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- New York Review of Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 864
- Dimensions:
- 20.3 x 12.7 centimetres (0.37 kg
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Psychological, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Abel and Cain, a magnum opus by Gregor von Rezzori, presents two masterpieces that take on the jazz age, Nuremberg trials, postwar commercialism, and the feat of writing a book in one brilliant volume. The Death of My Brother Abel is reissued in a fully revised translation, while Cain appears for the first time in English.
The novel zigzags across the middle of the twentieth century, spanning from 1918 to 1968, and explores themes of love, work, sex, writing, families, nations, and human treachery. The story centers around an unnamed narrator who is revealed as Aristide Subics in Cain, but whose identity remains unstable throughout.
Primarily set in postwar Hamburg, the novel delves into the dark confusion and deadly confrontation between two inseparable brothers, Abel and Cain, amidst a backdrop of rubble and destruction. This complex and provocative work challenges readers to consider the nature of truth and storytelling during times of great upheaval.
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