The Republic of Užupis: A Novel (Library of Korean Literature) In a literary tradition dominated by social realism, The Republic of Uupis is a unique work of melancholy, Murakami-esque whimsy..Uupis ("on the other side of the river") is, in reality, a neighborho
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| Title | : | The Republic of Užupis: A Novel (Library of Korean Literature) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.78 (235 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1628970650 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 300 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-14 |
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Uupis ("on the other side of the river") is, in reality, a neighborhood in Lithuania's capital city of Vilnius, which took the peculiar step of declaring itself an independent republic in 1997. In this novel, however, it is the lost homeland of a middle-aged man named Hal, who lands in Lithuania hoping to travel back to the town of his birth in order to bury his father's ashes there--in a place that might not really exist. In a literary tradition dominated by social realism, The Republic of Uupis is a unique work of melancholy, Murakami-esque whimsy.
Editorial : This is the tenth novel of Haïlji, a novelist who has expressed the devilish nature of man and the absurdity of the world through his unique form of narrative experimentation since coming on the literary scene in 1990. This story calls to mind a Möbius strip with no beginning or end. It can also be read as the journey of a wandering writer in search of the origin of art.
(List)
The Republic of Uupis is a nice mix of dark, snowy, foreign atmosphere, mysterious strangers and coincidences, amusing absurdity, questions of national identity, and a more profound sense of longing to belong, to find one's place.
(Complete Review)
A clever, mind-bending book Superbly translated by the Fultons.
(Tonys Reading List)
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