{"product_id":"gallants-of-the-old-court-paperback","title":"Gallants of the Old Court - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCristian Baciu\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMateiu I. Caragiale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Romanian writer \u003cb\u003eMateiu I. Caragiale\u003c\/b\u003e (great playwright Ion Luca Caragiale's son), lived between 1885-1936. His main literary works are the short story \u003ci\u003eRemember\u003c\/i\u003e (1921) and the novel \u003ci\u003eGallants of the Old Court\u003c\/i\u003e (1929, Romanian Writers Society's Award). He shines through the originality and distinction of his masterly controlled style.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten in the first person, \u003ci\u003eThe Gallants of the Old Court (Craii de Curtea-Veche)\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the traits of, and satirizes, Romanian society in the early 20th century. Three self-indulgent, decadent characters while away their time, drinking, playing cards, chasing women. They also make allowance for the company of Gore Pirgu, an uncultured self-seeker of very low extraction, whose abominable character mirrors the new political class of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this novel, the dying world of medieval boyars meets a rising fiercely capitalistic world, with new rules and ruthless behavior. Respected Romanian literary critic George Calinescu wrote: \u003ci\u003eReality is transfigured, it becomes fantastical and a sort of Edgar Poe-like unease stirs these worthless figures of the old Romanian capital.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGallants of the Old Court\u003c\/i\u003e opens a fascinating universe in front of us, as well as explains usually untapped regions of the human soul, helping us to better understand not only most of the Byzantine, Balkan, and Romanian spirit, but also a large size of our own unexplored self.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe translator has done a painstakingly perfectionist work in rendering the text into English in the best possible way and also explaining every detail that might help us understand the spirit and the letter of the original, even without any hint of knowledge of Romanian.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGallants of the Old Court\u003c\/i\u003e is a great read and one of the masterpieces of world literature; and this translation is surely the best so far.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 170\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 26, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51793613553952,"sku":"9786067001723","price":17.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ae3ed81af988624b0cc2b9c16d13a8b0.webp?v=1780724885","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/gallants-of-the-old-court-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}