{"product_id":"a-novel-of-london-9781944884666","title":"A Novel of London","description":"Fiction. Translated by Will Firth. A NOVEL OF LONDON is a classic of European modernism that established Serbian writer Milos Crnjanski as one of the great eastern European voices of the 20th century. The over-600-page translation will be the first English edition. Published in Belgrade in 1971 as Roman o Londonu, the novel follows an aging Russian  migr , Nikolai Repnin, as he attempts to make a life in the British capital in the 1940s, painting a stark portrait of the war-battered city through the eyes of a person living in a constant state of rejection and alienation. Born a Russian noble in pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg, Repnin is now reduced to eking out a living from odd jobs in the huge city, whose buildings, monuments, citizens and customs he portrays with fascination. As Repnin wanders the streets and the bureaucracy of the bombed-out city, reminiscing about his opulent past in Russia and subsequent odyssey through Europe's cities after the Revolution, he encounters a host of  migr s from around the world, whose stories also unfold. A pan-European portrait of class structures and the real effects of the war emerges, a vision whose depth and scope may be unmatched in 20th century literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrnjanski, Milos:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Milos Crnjanski (1893-1977) is considered one of the foremost Yugoslav literary figures of the last century. Along with Miroslav Krleza (1893-1981) and Ivo Andric (1892- 1975), he left a lasting imprint on the literature of the region.","brand":"Dialogos \/ Lavender Ink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50478385332498,"sku":"9781944884666","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_36d78e0d-eb84-451b-9f9b-8ef9e26cc217.jpg?v=1730298726","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-novel-of-london-9781944884666","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}