Boleslaw Prus
The Doll
- ISBN 13:
- 9781590173831
- author:
- Boleslaw Prus
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- NYRB Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Pages:
- 680
- Dimensions:
- 20 x 12.5 x 4 centimetres (0.70
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Doll by Boleslaw Prus is an intimate epic that explores life in late-nineteenth-century Warsaw. This beautifully detailed novel delves into the social forces that would soon convulse Europe, including imperialism, nationalism and anti-Semitism. At its centre are three men from different generations, each with their own convictions, ambitions and frustrations. Wokulski, a successful businessman, yearns for recognition from Poland's aristocracy while falling desperately in love with Izabela, the highborn and beautiful. The lives of Rzecki, an old clerk nostalgic for 1848 revolutions, and Ochocki, a young scientist dreaming of flying machines, are intertwined with Wokulski's story. This book is a brilliant novel of character, dramatizing conflicting ideas through its cast of characters. It is both an old-fashioned yet fascinating love story and a forceful yet subtle portrayal of a tragically doomed man.
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