The Lair
Synopsis
Exile in the motherland and away from it is the shared plight of his protagonists. Nowhere at home, they move through their lives in a continuous, ever-elusive quest for national and individual identity. Manea's characters seek a place and a voice in America, only to discover that the shackles of their native totalitarian and nationalist ideologies are impossible to break.
Manea's themes and narrative approach are intricate: his style fluctuates in correspondence with the instability of his characters' lives, his story is encased within an elaborate network of allusions and paradoxes. Yet in the midst of the novel's overriding disorientation, the author establishes intersections and uncovers the universal. Through the predicaments of his perpetual outsiders, he offers a poignant assessment of the conflicts of the individual in the age of globalization. He writes with unmatched intensity and a unique sensitivity to the human tragicomedy.
- Copyright:
- 2009 Norman Manea
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- ISBN-13:
- 9780300183467
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 2012-05-03T21:44:56Z
- Language:
- English
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- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.