Europolis / Jean Bart ; translated and with an Introduction by Stephen Henighan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bart, Jean, 1874-1933, author.

Contributor:

Henighan, Stephen, 1960- translator, writer of introduction.

Standardized Title:

Europolis. English

Language:

English

Romanian

Genre:

Novels

Translations

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Budapest : CEU Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Set in the decaying; multicultural port town of Sulina at the edge of the Danube Delta; Europolis is a hauntingly atmospheric novel that captures a world on the brink of vanishing. In this isolated outpost; where Greek; Romanian; Ukrainian; Jewish; Turkish; and Armenian characters coexist amid steamships and faded empires; the return from America of Nikola Marulis--rumored to be a wealthy émigré--sparks a wave of gossip; ambition; and dreams. But Nikola's homecoming is not what it seems. As illusions unravel; passions flare; and destinies collide; Europolis transforms from a tapestry of port life into a poignant meditation on disillusionment; mortality; and the slow erosion of a once-vital community. First published in 1933 and now available in English for the first time; Bart's masterpiece is an elegy for a town; a time; and the lost promise of modernity"-- De Gruyter Brill.

Notes:

"ISSN 1418-0162"--Title page verso.

"First published in Romanian as Europolis in 1933"--Title page verso.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed December 30, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Bart, Jean, 1874-1933. Europolis

ISBN:

9789633868508

9633868505

9789633868515

9633868513

OCLC:

1547476893

Publisher Number:

CIPO000297562

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license