A House in Istria: Novel

by Richard Swartz and Anna Paterson

Book Overview

Never before translated into English, the wonderfully comic novel A House in Istria concerns marriage, a man's desperate desire to acquire the house next door, and what can happen when West meets East. In formerly communist Eastern Europe, there are many empty houses. Inhabited in turn by very different familiesJews, fascists, communiststhe houses now stand empty, decaying, the objects of countless lawsuits. Richard Swartz's quirky and marvelous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811215016
• ISBN13: 9780811215015
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 215 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

interesting style

Interesting style of writing, monologues and stream of thoughts. One man's obsession with a house nicely coupled with some details about life in Croatia.