{"product_id":"ploughshares-into-swords-hardcover","title":"Ploughshares Into Swords - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVladislav Vancura\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Short\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRajendra Chitnis\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first English-language translation of a classic Czech antiwar novel written in the wake of WWI\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Originally published in 1925, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares into Swords \u003c\/i\u003eis an expressionist antiwar novel in which Vladislav Vančura tells the story of the denizens of the Ouhrov estate in language as baroque as the manor that ties them all together. The fragmented narrative introduces the reader to such characters as Baron Danowitz, his sons, his French concubine, the farmhand Frantisek Hora, and the mentally disabled murderer Řeka in the autumn of 1913, before revealing their fates during World War I. Ranging from the peaceful farmlands of Bohemia to the battlefields of Galicia, taking in the pubs of Budapest and the hospitals of Krakow, the novel constitutes an unsentimental and naturalistic approach to the war that created Czechoslovakia. \u003ci\u003ePloughshares into Swords\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning novel by one of Czech literature's most important writers. This modernist masterpiece, reminiscent of the work of Isaac Babel and William Faulkner, is now available in English for the very first time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVladislav Vančura \u003c\/b\u003e(1891-1942) was one of the most important Czech writers of the twentieth century. He was also active as a film director, playwright, and screenwriter. \u003cb\u003eDavid Short\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator of numerous books from Czech to English. \u003cbr\u003e\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 0.87 x 7.17 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767696294176,"sku":"9788024648149","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7e81a731c6f15a25174c2218cfb581c9.webp?v=1780315584","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ploughshares-into-swords-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}