Rapture

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A Novel

By Iliazd

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Rapture by Iliazd is a captivating exploration of the turbulent and surreal journey of a man who escapes the chaos of civil war in the Caucasus region. The story delves into themes of survival and the search for meaning amid disorder, blending avant-garde narrative techniques with vivid imagery to create a unique reading experience.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate avant-garde literature and are intrigued by experimental narrative styles. This work combines elements of surrealism and innovation, inviting readers to explore a unique literary experience that challenges conventional storytelling.

Rapture

A man tests the limits of what is possible in life and love in this early twentieth-century novel.

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The draft dodger Laurence yearns to take control of his destiny. Having fled to the highlands, he asserts his independence by committing a string of robberies and murders. Then he happens upon Ivlita, a beautiful young woman trapped in an intricately carved mahogany house. Laurence does not hesitate to take her as well. Determined to drape his young bride in jewels, he plots ever more daring heists. Yet when Laurence finds himself casting bombs alongside members of a revolutionary cell, he must again ask: is he a free man or a pawn of history?

Rapture is a fast-paced adventure-romance and a literary treat of the highest order. With a deceptively light hand, Iliazd entertains questions that James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Thomas Mann once faced. How does the individual balance freedom and necessity, love and death, creativity and sterility? What is the role of violence in human history and culture? How does language both comfort and fail us in our postwar, post-Christian world?

Censored for decades in the Soviet Union, Rapture was nearly lost to Russian and Western audiences. This translation rescues Laurence's surreal journey from the oblivion he, too, faces as he tries to outrun fate.

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Rapture by Iliazd is celebrated for its enchanting and spellbinding qualities, as it immerses readers from the very first line into a unique and captivating world. The work of Ilia Zdanevich, known as Iliazd, is noted for its experimental style and narrative, having been largely hidden due to censorship and ideological opposition. It has recently gained attention for its contribution to Russian literature and modernism, offering a thrilling tale of murder, passion, and adventure set in a fantastical land reminiscent of the Caucasus.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780231180832

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 May 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Columbia University Press

Contributors:

Translated by Thomas Kitson

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 248

Collections

Biography & Memoir Fiction General Fiction Iliazd Literary Fiction

About the Author

Iliazd (1894-1975) is the nom de plume of Ilia Zdanevich, an emigre who arrived in Paris after the Russian Civil War in time to participate in the last days of Paris Dada and the birth of surrealism. Unable to publish his writing, Iliazd forged a new career in book art, gaining fame for the series of artists' books he published under the "41 degrees" imprint. He collaborated with Picasso, Chagall, Matisse, Leger, Giacometti, Miro, and Max Ernst, among others, on books of his own poetry, anthologies of "nonsense" poetry from all ages and traditions, and works by rediscovered poets, travelers, and romantic astronomers. Iliazd has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Centre Georges Pompidou (1978) and the Museum of Modern Art (1987). Thomas J. Kitson is a freelance translator in New York City. He holds a Ph.D. in Russian literature from Columbia University.