The Banquet in Blitva
Political novel by Miroslav Krleža / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Banquet in Blitva: A Novel in Three Books (Croatian: Banket u Blitvi: roman u tri knjige) is a political novel by Miroslav Krleža.[1] The story takes place in the fictitious northeastern European nation of Blitva, which, after centuries of foreign rule and political instability, has become a newly independent state under a dictatorship headed by Colonel Kristian Barutanski. The novel is generally regarded as a satire of interwar Yugoslavia.[1][2]
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Author | Miroslav Krleža |
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Original title | Banket u Blitvi |
Translator | Edward Dennis Goy & Jasna Levinger-Goy |
Country | Kingdom of Yugoslavia (first and second books) SFR Yugoslavia (third book) |
Language | Croatian |
Genre | political satire |
Publication date | See below |
Published in English | 2004 |
Pages | 337 |
ISBN | 9780810118621 English version only |
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