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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Phoenix; New Ed edition (1 Jul 1999)
Language English
ISBN-10: 075380736X
ISBN-13: 978-0753807361
Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2 cm
Average Customer Review: (2 customer reviews)
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 105,487 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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#2 in Books > Fiction > Authors, A-Z > U > Ugresic, Dubravka
#52 in Books > History > Essays, Journals, Letters & True Accounts > 20th Century

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A funny and cynical collection of essays, observations, and sketches denouncing the perversions of political and cultural life in Croatia.

Synopsis
"The Culture of Lies" shows us the banality and brutality of nationalism and the way that nationalistic ideology permeates every pore of life. Ugresic's acerbic and penetrating essays cover everything from politics to daily routine, from public to private life. With a diverse and unusual perspective, she writes about memory, soap operas, aggression against people's own 'brothers', the conformity of intellectuals, propaganda and censorship, the strategies of human manipulation and the walls of Europe, which, she argues, never really did fall. Shot through with sarcasm and satire, "The Culture of Lies", written in the tradition of Milan Kundera and Karl Kraus, is a gesture of intellectual resistance by a writer brandished 'a traitor' and 'a witch' in Croatia. This is one of the most intelligent and lucid accounts of an appalling episode in history.

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A good look into the culture of demagogic Croatia, 3 Oct 2000

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If you want to have a look into the modern day mind when it is grasped in the hands of a demagogue and a political situation that is spiraling into unfathomable nationalism, this is a good book.

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With this book of essays Dubravka Ugrasic proves herself to be on a par with Joseph Brodsky. Her insights into the complex machinations of mankind amuses and compels in equal measure, making these thoughtful and conscientious musings stunningly moving.

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