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Death in Persia by Annemarie Schwarzenbach (2021, Trade Paperback)

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‘Few of Schwarzenbach’s own writings have been translated into English, and even fewer are available in print. . Finally, we have the opportunity to read her: Seagull Books have reissued two recent and excellent translations of Schwarzenbach’s literary travel writing.

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PublisherSeagull Books

ISBN-100857428233

ISBN-139780857428233

eBay Product ID (ePID)11038636558

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Book TitleDeath in Persia

Number of Pages156 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAsia / General, Personal Memoirs, General, Literary

Publication Year2021

GenreFiction, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorAnnemarie Schwarzenbach

Book SeriesThe Seagull Library of German Literature Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight5.4 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width7.3 in

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ReviewsAbove all, [Schwarzenbach's] discovery of the Orient was a personal one. But the author never loses sight of the historical and social context. . . . She shows no trace of colonialist arrogance. In fact, the pieces also reflect the experience of crisis, the loss of confidence which, in that decade, seized the long-arrogant culture of the West., Few of Schwarzenbach's own writings have been translated into English, and even fewer are available in print. Finally, we have the opportunity to read her: Seagull Books have reissued two recent and excellent translations of Schwarzenbach's literary travel writing. Death in Persia was only published in German in 1998, long after Schwarzenbach's death, and first published in English translation by Lucy Renner Jones in 2012. All the Roads Are Open , translated by Isabel Fargo Cole, was first published as a full English collection in 2011. Together, they map Schwarzenbach's dual struggle to overcome her own inner conflicts and, somehow, to resist the fascism that overran Europe as she made her way to Afghanistan in 1939., Death in Persia , no matter the high correlation with Schwarzenbach's real experience, is a finely crafted work.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal955.051

Table Of ContentTranslator's Note Part One Preface In Teheran Ascent to the Happy Valley The White Tents of Our Camp Memories of Moscow At the End of the World . . . . . . And a Person at the End of Her Strength The Angel Memories: Persepolis Nights in Rages, or the Beginning of Fear Three Times in Persia . . . The Beginning of Silence Part Two: An Attempt in Love The Accusal Jalé Conversation about Happiness Someone Will Come between Us A Garden Party Whisky, Fever and Singing Workers The Fight against Fear The Farewell The Angel and Jalé's Death . . . Not Much Time Left

SynopsisSince the rediscovery of her work in the late 1980s, Annemarie Schwarzenbach -- journalist, traveller, archaeologist, opium addict, and antifascist novelist -- has become a European cult figure among free spirited bohemians. Available in English for the first time and beautifully translated by Lucy Renner Jones, Death in Persia is a collage of the political and the private, documenting Schwarzenbach's intimate feelings and public ideas during four trips to Persia between 1933 and 1939. From her reflections on individual responsibility in the lead-up to World War II to her reactions to accusations from her friends of having deserted Europe and the antifascist cause for Tehran, Schwarzenbach recorded a great deal about daily life in Persia, and, most personally, her ill-fated love affair with Jalé, the daughter of the Turkish ambassador. Chronologically preceding Schwarzenbach's exquisite travelogue All the Roads are Open , an account of her automobile journey from Geneva to Afghanistan in 1939, Death in Persia is the enthralling diary of an astute observer standing at the crossroads of major events in history and a gorgeous new addition to Annemarie Schwarzenbach's growing English-language oeuvre. 'Few of Schwarzenbach's own writings have been translated into English, and even fewer are available in print . . . Finally, we have the opportunity to read her: Seagull Books have reissued two recent and excellent translations of Schwarzenbach's literary travel writing. Death in Persia was only published in German in 1998, long after Schwarzenbach's death, and first published in English translation by Lucy Renner Jones in 2012. All the Roads Are Open , translated by Isabel Fargo Cole, was first published as a full English collection in 2011. Together, they map Schwarzenbach's dual struggle to overcome her own inner conflicts and, somehow, to resist the fascism that overran Europe as she made her way to Afghanistan in 1939.' -- Helen Finch, Times Literary Supplement ' Death in Persia , no matter the high correlation with Schwarzenbach's real experience, is a finely crafted work.' -- Daniel Shvartsman, Bookslut 'Above all, [Schwarzenbach's] discovery of the Orient was a personal one. But the author never loses sight of the historical and social context...She shows no trace of colonialist arrogance. In fact, the pieces also reflect the experience of crisis, the loss of confidence which, in that decade, seized the long-arrogant culture of the West.' -- Süddeutsche Zeitung, Since the rediscovery of her work in the late 1980s, Annemarie Schwarzenbach--journalist, traveler, archaeologist, opium addict, and antifascist novelist--has become a European cult figure among free spirited bohemians. Available in English for the first time and beautifully translated by Lucy Renner Jones, Death in Persia is a collage of the political and the private, documenting Schwarzenbach's intimate feelings and public ideas during four trips to Persia between 1933 and 1939. From her reflections on individual responsibility in the lead-up to World War II to her reactions to accusations from her friends of having deserted Europe and the antifascist cause for Tehran, Schwarzenbach recorded a great deal about daily life in Persia, and, most personally, her ill-fated love affair with Jalé, the daughter of the Turkish ambassador. Chronologically preceding Schwarzenbach's exquisite travelogue All the Roads are Open, an account of her automobile journey from Geneva to Afghanistan in 1939, Death in Persia is the enthralling diary of an astute observer standing at the crossroads of major events in history and a gorgeous new addition to Annemarie Schwarzenbach's growing English-language oeuvre., Since the rediscovery of her work in the late 1980s, Annemarie Schwarzenbach--journalist, traveler, archaeologist, opium addict, and antifascist novelist--has become a European cult figure among free spirited bohemians. Available in English for the first time and beautifully translated by Lucy Renner Jones, Death in Persia is a collage of the political and the private, documenting Schwarzenbach's intimate feelings and public ideas during four trips to Persia between 1933 and 1939. From her reflections on individual responsibility in the lead-up to World War II to her reactions to accusations from her friends of having deserted Europe and the antifascist cause for Tehran, Schwarzenbach recorded a great deal about daily life in Persia, and, most personally, her ill-fated love affair with Jal , the daughter of the Turkish ambassador. Chronologically preceding Schwarzenbach's exquisite travelogue All the Roads are Open, an account of her automobile journey from Geneva to Afghanistan in 1939, Death in Persia is the enthralling diary of an astute observer standing at the crossroads of major events in history and a gorgeous new addition to Annemarie Schwarzenbach's growing English-language oeuvre.

LC Classification NumberDS258