{"product_id":"europolis-9789633868492","title":"Europolis","description":"Set in the decaying, multicultural port town of Sulina at the edge of the Danube Delta, \u003ccite\u003eEuropolis\u003c\/cite\u003e is a hauntingly atmospheric novel that captures a world on the brink of vanishing. In this isolated outpost, where Greek, Romanian, Ukrainian, Jewish, Turkish, and Armenian characters coexist amid steamships and faded empires, the return from America of Nikola Marulis--rumored to be a wealthy émigré--sparks a wave of gossip, ambition, and dreams. \u003cbr\u003eBut Nikola's homecoming is not what it seems. As illusions unravel, passions flare, and destinies collide, \u003ccite\u003eEuropolis\u003c\/cite\u003e transforms from a tapestry of port life into a poignant meditation on disillusionment, mortality, and the slow erosion of a once-vital community. \u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1933 and now available in English for the first time, Bart's masterpiece is an elegy for a town, a time, and the lost promise of modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEugeniu Botez (1874 -1933), who became famous for his sea sketches under the pseudonym Jean Bart, was a Romanian naval officer and writer, and a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy. He is considered a modernizer who introduced cosmopolitan themes and a crisp prose style into Romanian literature. Stephen Henighan is Professor and Head, Spanish and Hispanic Studies, University of Guelph, Canada. He received his doctorate from the University of Oxford. He has published voluminously as a scholar, journalist, novelist, short story writer and translator, with sixteen books as single author, two books as collaborative author, more than fifty refereed articles and book chapters and five books as translator.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Central European University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51889835540754,"sku":"9789633868492","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8962d098-34fa-4bfc-af41-ceb3fd51667f.jpg?v=1768304521","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/europolis-9789633868492","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}