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Minuet for Guitar (Slovenian Literature Series)
Minuet for Guitar - Slovenian Literature Series Author:Vitomil Zupan Ranking with the best novels about World War II, Minuet for Guitar is also a masterpiece of Slovenian fiction.Taking cues from the wartime epics of Ford Madox Ford and Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Vitomil Zupan tells the harrowing story of partisan soldier ?Berk? and his surreal experiences as a guerrilla during the Axis occupation of Ljubljana. Runn... more »ing parallel to the jumble of Berk?s wartime experiences is his no less peculiar encounter with an old enemy during a vacation at a Spanish coastal resort. Together, the two men try to make sense of their wartime memories, leading past and future into a danse macabre undermining the certainties of each. A document of the horrors and tiny comedies of war, and an exploration of the nature of beauty and morality when subjected to the absurdity of history, Minuet for Guitar is an overwhelming literary achievement.« less