The Ruin of Kasch by Roberto Calasso (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Ruin of Kasch by Roberto Calasso, Richard Dixon A brilliant new translation of a classic work on violence and revolution as seen through mythology and artThe Ruin of Kasch takes up two subjects- "the first is Talleyrand, and the second is everything else," wrote Italo Calvino when the book first appeared in 1983. Hailed as one of those rare books that persuade us to see our entire civilization in a new light, its guide is the French statesman Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand, who knew the secrets of the ancien regime and all that came after, and was able to adapt the notion of "legitimacy" to the modern age. Roberto Calasso follows him through a vast gallery of scenes set immediately before and after the French Revolution, making occasional forays backward and forward in time, from Vedic India to the porticoes of the Palais-Royal and to the killing fields of Pol Pot, with appearances by Goethe and Marie Antoinette, Napoleon and Marx, Walter Benjamin and Chateaubriand. At the centre stands the story of the ruin of Kasch, a legendary kingdom based on the ritual killing of the king and emblematic of the ruin of ancient and modern regimes. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Back Cover Why is humankinds story forever marked by turmoil and tyranny? Sifting through the wreckage of history, from the French Revolution and the infamous statesman Talleyrand, to Pol Pot, Napoleon and the legendary African kingdom of Kasch, Roberto Calasso interweaves literature, myth and art to explore the story of civilization. It can be read with nearly continuous pleasure Italo Calvino A great, fat, jewel-box of a book, gleaming with obscure treasures John Banville Unique, idiosyncratic and vaultingly ambitious ... essential reading Michael Dibdin, Independent on Sunday It lingers in the memory like the aroma of an ancient library The New York Times Book Review Author Biography Roberto Calasso was born in Florence in 1941. An author and publisher, he began working at Adelphi Edizioni from its founding in 1962 and continued as director for fifty years. The Book of All Books is the tenth part of a series that began with The Ruin of Kasch and includes the international bestseller The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony as well as Ka, K., Tiepolo Pink, La Folie Baudelaire, Ardor, The Celestial Hunter and The Unnamable Present. He died in Milan in 2021. Promotional A brilliant new translation of a classic work on violence and revolution as seen through mythology and art. Promotional "Headline" A brilliant new translation of a classic work on violence and revolution as seen through mythology and art Details ISBN0141397012 Author Richard Dixon Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2018 Translator Richard Dixon ISBN-10 0141397012 ISBN-13 9780141397016 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-01-25 Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book Pages 432 DEWEY 909.7 Language English UK Release Date 2018-01-25 Translated from Italian Narrator Matthew Beard Illustrator Megan Levens Photographer Masashi Kuma Birth 1927 Affiliation Lecturer, University of Fort Hare Position Professor Qualifications J.D. Alternative 9780141397023 NZ Release Date 2018-02-28 AU Release Date 2018-02-28 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:123800999;

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