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2822280The Eternal Philistinehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-eternal-philistine-9781935554745/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2950976/7e029722-7df0-402d-9b77-01dd5dbfe312.jpg?v=638384674078600000237308MXNMelville HouseInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>At the Worlds Fair in Paris I once lost my late husband and, just then, an elegant gentleman accosted me. As I look at him, he opens up his overcoat and hasnt got anything on underneath. I only mention this in passing.</strong></p><p>This never-before translated work by a major yet overlooked mid-20th century writer is a brutally funny look at the human comedy on the eve of Europes descent into Fascism.</p><p>It tells the tale of a failed used car salesman who wants to live the high life, and so decides to travel by train from Munich to Barcelona to attend the Worlds Fairin hopes of meeting a beautiful, rich woman who will provide for his every whim.</p><p>Its a highly stylized and, at times, raucously funny tale of the almost-absurd: a dark and satiric look at Europeans, and especially Germans, on the brink of cataclysm. Adrift in their acquisitive desires, they are vulnerable to the propaganda of the Statemaking this novel brilliantly foresightful in its understanding of politics and human nature at a crucial point in modern history.</p><p>dn von Horváths scathing insight, in fact, led to his having to flee the very society he depicted when, living in Berlin, he drew the wrath of the Nazis. And yet this hilarious tour-de-forcewritten just after his escape, and just before his death in a tragic accidenteschews bitterness for rambunctious perseverance and compassion, and provides ample evidence of why von Horváth deserves renewed appreciation.</p>...2758492The Eternal Philistine237308https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-eternal-philistine-9781935554745/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2950976/7e029722-7df0-402d-9b77-01dd5dbfe312.jpg?v=638384674078600000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20129781935554745_W3siaWQiOiIwNTdjMTk4ZS1jOGQzLTRhMjAtYmIwNS1kOGYzZjRmNjBhMmEiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjMwMCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjY5LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIzMSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781935554745_<p><strong>At the Worlds Fair in Paris I once lost my late husband and, just then, an elegant gentleman accosted me. As I look at him, he opens up his overcoat and hasnt got anything on underneath. I only mention this in passing.</strong></p><p>This never-before translated work by a major yet overlooked mid-20th century writer is a brutally funny look at the human comedy on the eve of Europes descent into Fascism.</p><p>It tells the tale of a failed used car salesman who wants to live the high life, and so decides to travel by train from Munich to Barcelona to attend the Worlds Fairin hopes of meeting a beautiful, rich woman who will provide for his every whim.</p><p>Its a highly stylized and, at times, raucously funny tale of the almost-absurd: a dark and satiric look at Europeans, and especially Germans, on the brink of cataclysm. Adrift in their acquisitive desires, they are vulnerable to the propaganda of the Statemaking this novel brilliantly foresightful in its understanding of politics and human nature at a crucial point in modern history.</p><p>dn von Horváths scathing insight, in fact, led to his having to flee the very society he depicted when, living in Berlin, he drew the wrath of the Nazis. And yet this hilarious tour-de-forcewritten just after his escape, and just before his death in a tragic accidenteschews bitterness for rambunctious perseverance and compassion, and provides ample evidence of why von Horváth deserves renewed appreciation.</p>...9781935554745_Melville Houselibro_electonico_32210cf5-0ac5-4285-abdc-34855ec17e61_9781935554745;9781935554745_9781935554745Odon VonInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/randomhousewh-epub-70dec449-ea87-44bb-8868-4bd1614f897d.epub2012-03-27T00:00:00+00:00Melville House