Rakes of the Old Court by Caragiale, Mateiu I.

Rakes of the Old Court (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780810143487)

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Format: Hardcover
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Rakes of the Old Court by Caragiale, Mateiu I.

Rakes of the Old Court

$69.95
Rakes of the Old Court by Caragiale, Mateiu I.

Rakes of the Old Court

$69.95
Format: Hardcover
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Widely regarded as the greatest Romanian novel of the twentieth century, Mateiu Caragiale's Rakes of the Old Court (Craii de Curtea-Veche) follows four characters through the bars and brothels of Bucharest. Guided by an amoral opportunist, the shadowy narrator and his two affluent friends drink and gamble their way through a city built on the ruins of crumbled castles and bygone empires. The novel's shimmering, spectacular prose describes gripping vignettes of love, ambition, and decay.

Originally published in 1929, Rakes of the Old Court is considered a jewel of Romanian modernism. Devoted "Mateists" have long read, memorized, and reenacted the novel, and after the Romanian Revolution, it became part of the high school curriculum. Now canonical, Mateiu's work has been celebrated for its opulent literary style and enigmatic tone.


Author: Mateiu Caragiale
ISBN-10: 0810143488
ISBN-13: 9780810143487
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/15/2021
Pages: 136
Format: Hardcover
By Mateiu Caragiale
By Mateiu Caragiale
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MATEIU CARAGIALE (1885-1936) was a Romanian writer of fiction and poetry. The illegitimate son of prominent playwright Ion Luca Caragiale, Mateiu had a contentious relationship with his family. Heavily influenced by Edgar Allan Poe, his works describe characters of uncertain ancestry, airs of fog and mystery, and plots of decadence and abasement.

SEAN COTTER is a professor of literature and translation studies at the University of Texas at Dallas.

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