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Item Details
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THE RUIN OF KASCH
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| By: |
Roberto Calasso, William Weaver (Trans), Stephen Sartorelli (Trans) |
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Paperback |
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£10.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0099576317 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780099576310 |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 1995 |
| Pages: |
400 |
| Translated from: |
Italian |
| Description: |
Focusing mainly on the periods immediately before and after the French Revolution, but making occasional sallies backward and forward in time, this novel examines on the downfall of what Beaudelaire was already calling "the Modern". By the author of "The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony". |
| Synopsis: |
Taking as its focus the periods immediately before and after the French Revolution but making occasional sallies backward and forward in time, Roberto Calasso recounts, elucidates, and interprets the downfall of what Baudelaire was already calling 'the Modern'. The downfall came as a sequel to an earlier and opposite collapse: that of archaic societies which were regulated by the movements of the stars and the rituals of sacrifice. At the centre of the work stands the story of Kasch, a legendary African kingdom whose annihilation becomes emblematic of the ruin of the ancient and modern world. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Vintage |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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