Blameless / Claudio Magris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Magris, Claudio, Author.

Contributor:

Appel, Anne Milano

Series:

Margellos world republic of letters book

The Margellos World Republic of Letters

Standardized Title:

Non luogo a procedure. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military paraphernalia--Collectors and collecting.

Military paraphernalia.

Italy--20th century--Fiction.

Italy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 349 pages).

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

From one of Europe's most revered authors, a tale of one man's obsessive project to collect the instruments of death, evil, and humanity's darkest atrocities in order to oppose them Claudio Magris's searing new novel ruthlessly confronts the human obsession with war and its savagery in every age and every country. His tale centers on a man whose maniacal devotion to the creation of a Museum of War involves both a horrible secret and the hope of redemption. Luisa Brooks, his museum's curator, a descendant of victims of Jewish exile and of black slavery, has a complex dilemma: will the collections she exhibits save humanity from repeating its tragic and violent past? Or might the display of articles of war actually valorize and memorialize evil atrocities? In Blameless Magris affirms his mastery of the novel form, interweaving multiple themes and traveling deftly through history. With a multitude of stories, the author investigates individual sorrow, the societal burden of justice aborted, and the ways in which memory and historical evidence are sabotaged or sometimes salvaged.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

TRANSLATOR'S NOTE

Blameless

AUTHOR'S NOTE

TRANSLATOR'S GLOSSARY

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-22790-6

OCLC:

980348031