{"product_id":"europeana-patrik-ourednik-9781628975017","title":"Europeana","description":"Tracing the Great War through the Millennium Bug, 1999 through 1900, Dadaism through\u003cbr\u003eScientology through Sierra Leonean bicycle riding and back, award-winning Czech author Patrik\u003cbr\u003eOurednik explores the horror and absurdity of the twentieth century in an explosive\u003cbr\u003edeconstruction of historical memory.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEuropeana: A Brief History of the Twentieth Century \u003c\/i\u003eopens on the beaches of Normandy in\u003cbr\u003e1944, comparing the heights of different forces' soldiers and considering how tall, long, or good\u003cbr\u003eat fertilizing fields the men's bodies will be. Probing the depths of humanity and inhumanity, \u003cbr\u003ethis is an account of history as it has never been told: \"engaging, even frightening.\" At once\u003cbr\u003erecreating and uncreating the twentieth century, Ourednik explores the connections across the\u003cbr\u003edecades between the disparate figures, events, and politics we thought we knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrik Ourednik's \u003ci\u003eEuropeana\u003c\/i\u003e merits the author's reputation as a giant of post-1989 Czech\u003cbr\u003eliterature. Now translated into 33 languages, the book is a masterwork of cubism, a\u003cbr\u003epolymorphic monologue of statistics and movements and fine print and discoveries that evokes\u003cbr\u003ethe deadpan absurdity of Kafka and the gallows humor of Hasek. Ourednik has created a\u003cbr\u003emesmerizing, maddening account of the past, and his interrogation of \"truth\" and objectivity\u003cbr\u003eresonates now more than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrik Ourednik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628975016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628975017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.27d","brand":"Patrik Ourednik","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076284051711,"sku":"9781628975017","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_be82a673-c5fc-464f-a72f-79d9c0e598e2.jpg?v=1685464163","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/europeana-patrik-ourednik-9781628975017","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}